@jespah,
Thanks - I actually looked up BLR on BBB as that is the company and address listed at the bottom of the email - they acquired the Forum Company that I think you put as the BBB link.
BLR was rated as A+ company on BBB but there is no feedback or anything really about them other than they have been in operations for many years (forget the specific number of years).
So I clicked on the vendor tab and I think this is why I was invited - somehow I am on a list of being the following:
"No time wasters
The clients attending are directors and senior managers who have considerable purchasing budgets, the authority to spend and are actively reviewing their current suppliers. No time wasters - just high quality meetings."
So they are selling to vendors that people being invited are decision makers within large corporations with big pockets. So sounds like if anyone is getting screwed the vendors are - I might work for a corporation with a lot of money but I have no decision making on where we spend our money and little influence on what we spend it on as well.
"About Forum
Forum Events is dedicated to building quality industry relationships. Using a targeted approach, Forum Events invites top tier executives to highly structured business networking events across the United States."
I should go just for hoots. But not sure my company would let me attend