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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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4 |
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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Barbara
Morton
Director,
Action Sustainability |
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Barbara
has worked in the field of sustainable procurement
for over 15 years, beginning in the NHS where
she worked in procurement and supply chain management.
She established the Strategic Supply Chain Group,
which is supported and facilitated by Action
Sustainability, in 2003 and was its first project
manager. Between 2003 and 2005, Barbara was
seconded to DTI/Defra Environmental Innovations
Unit, where she was responsible for a project
aimed at promoting innovation in the environmental
industries though public procurement. She is
the founder and co-ordinator of the Sustainable
Supply Chain Forum – a network of practitioners
in procurement and supply chain management,
sustainable development and corporate responsibility.
She has worked with companies in a wide variety
of sectors, providing guidance on the integration
of sustainability criteria into procurement
and supply chain management processes. In the
public sector she has worked with the Environment
Agency, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency and
many local authorities. Barbara is currently
on secondment to the Procurement and Contracts
Division of Defra, and was Project Manager to
the business-led Sustainable Procurement Task
Force. |
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