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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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Nigel
Smith
Chief Executive,
Office of
Government Commerce |
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Nigel
joined the Civil Service as Chief Executive
of the Office of Government Commerce in September
2007. He is a 2nd Permanent Secretary at the
Treasury and a member of the Treasury Board.
He is also the head of the Government Procurement
Service (GPS) and Project and Programme Management
(PPM) professions. Nigel has a successful track
record spanning over 30 years of leading major
national and global companies. Most recently
he has been responsible, as President the Invensys
Rail Group, for the strategic direction and
business performance of the global rail industry
activities of Invensys Plc. |
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