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Registration
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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 |
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KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 1
Lorely Burt
Liberal Democrat MP for Solihull |
| 1040 |
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 2
Nigel Smith, Chief Executive,
Office of Government Commerce |
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Tea,
Coffee & Exhibition/Career Clinic |
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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 |
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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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Liz Welton
Vice Chairman of SOPO, and Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
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Liz is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and has worked in procurement for 25 years in both the public and private sectors.
Her previous employers include Sealink, the Health Service Supply Council, Islington Council and South Glamorgan County Council. She has been at Solihull Council since 1988, originally as Principal Purchasing Officer, and was promoted to Head of Organisational Effectiveness in 1997, a role which encompassed corporate responsibility for Procurement, Best Value, Performance Management, Customer Consultation, Emergency Planning and CCTV Management. In April 2002 she was seconded to work on Strategic Partnering for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Liz was a founder member of the Society of Procurement Officers in Local Government and was appointed as the first Chairman when the new Society was launched in 1997. She has always played an active role on the National Executive Committee and is currently SOPO Vice Chairman, and will commence her second spell as Chairman of SOPO after this yearıs AGM.
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