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Untitled Document
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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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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 |
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Lunch
& Exhibition |
Click
HERE to view Afternoon Session |
Agenda
may be subject to change |
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Dorothy
Cowie
Director, Scotland
Excel |
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Dorothy
was appointed in October 2006 as the Director
of abc, the Authorities Buying Consortium, which
was established in 1996 as a purchasing agency
for 12 Scottish local authorities. abc now buys
on behalf of the 12 original member councils,
four associate member councils and over 150
other organisations in the public and voluntary
sectors. Dorothy is also the Project Director
of the Scotland Excel project which aims to
create a Centre of Procurement Expertise for
all 32 local authorities in Scotland. Prior
to joining abc she was the UK Procurement Director
for ScottishPower, where she was responsible
for leading a team of 51 procurement staff in
developing and implementing appropriate procurement
strategies and commercial frameworks for the
Group's annual spend of some £800 million. |
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