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Untitled Document
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Registration
& Exhibition |
| 0945 |
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 |
| 1300 |
Lunch
& Exhibition |
Click
HERE to view Afternoon Session |
Agenda
may be subject to change |
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Ashleigh
Gould
Head of Procurement,
Highland Council |
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Ashley
is Head of Procurement with Highland Council,
having been promoted from Procurement Manager
in 2007. Before joining the Council in 2002,
he was Procurement and Contracts Manager for
Northern Constabulary, and from 1986 to 1998
held procurement positions in Benefits Agency
purchasing and supply and the Ministry of Defence.
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