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Registration
& Exhibition |
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OPENING
ADDRESS
Liz Welton - Vice Chair, SOPO
David Stewert Bell,
Mayor of Solihull |
1000 |
A suppliers Perspective
Steve Baxter
Channel Development Manager, Event Sponsor Kyocera |
| 1010 |
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 1
Lorely Burt
Liberal Democrat MP for Solihull |
| 1040 |
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 2
Nigel Smith, Chief Executive,
Office of Government Commerce |
| 1110 |
Tea,
Coffee & Exhibition/Career Clinic |
| 1140 |
BREAKOUT
SESSION 1 |
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1. Improving
procurement –
Working with the RIEP’s
Dr
Andrew Larner, Director,
Improvement & Efficiency South East
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2. Best
Practice Case Study
Andy
Burford, Transport Project Manager, Gloucestershire County
Council
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3.Skills
Workshop - Connecting with the Third Sector
Lin
O'Hara, Acting Director of Market Development, Futurebuilders
England
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Buyer Village |
| 1220 |
BREAKOUT
SESSION 2 |
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Sustainable
Procurement
Barbara
Morton, Director,
Action Sustainability |
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Best
Practice Case Study –
Collaboration in Scotland
Dorothy
Cowie, Director, Scotland Excel
Ashley Gould, Head of Procurement,
Highland Council |
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Skills
Workshop – See you in Court! Dealing with Challenges to Procurement
Michael
Mousdale, Head of Procurement, Eversheds
David Hansom, solicitor, Eversheds LLP
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Buyers Village |
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Lunch
& Exhibition |
Click
HERE to view Afternoon Session |
Agenda
may be subject to change |
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Dr
Andrew Larner
Director,
Improvement and Efficiency South East |
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Dr
Larner is Director of Improvement and Efficiency
South East (the Regional Improvement and Efficiency
Partnership for the south east of England).
He is a former Director of IDeA subsidiary the
Local Government Information House, which he
established in 1998 to enable local authorities
to act collectively with Information Age related
projects. Prior to joining local government
he worked in academia and the private sector,
taking his PhD part time on some of the legal
aspects of handling information. He has worked
in a variety of countries including South Africa,
China and a number of European and Middle Eastern
states. He was one of the first Directors appointed
to a Centre of Excellence. |
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