| 0900 |
Registration and Exhibition |
| 1000 |
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS
NEIL JONES, Assistant Director for Business Services
|
| 1010 |
Keynote – Reshaping the landscape
Chuka Umunna MP
|
| 1040 |
The emerging role of Government Procurement Service
DAVID SHIELDS, Managing Director, Government Procurement Service
This presentation will cover a number of areas including a Strategic Review of Buying Solutions and the drive for greater commerciality to enable customer engagement and understanding. In addition, David will stress the importance of investing in services and capability and of the continuous improvement of supplier management. His presentation will also focus on utilising lean methodologies and improving management information (MI).
|
| 1100 |
Tea/Coffee & Exhibition |
| 1130 |
The challenges of the Big Society
MARK BRAMAH, Assistant Chief Executive, APSE |
| 1150 |
Creative SME Engagement as a Social Enterprise
WENDY WILLS, Chief Executive Officer, Procurement Connection CIC (PCC) |
| 1210 |
Getting beyond price – Looking at livetime value add
JONATHAN WILSON, Market Development Manager, Konica Minolta Business Solutions |
| 1225 |
BREAKOUT SESSION |
| |
1 |
Social Care – a very different kind of procurement
CLAIRE SMART, Gloucestershire County Council |
| |
2 |
Outsourcing
PETER HOWARTH, Chief Executive, Society of Procurement Officers
in Local Government (SOPO) |
| |
3 |
Emerging legal issues in procurement
RUTH CONNORTON, Partner, Eversheds LLP |
| 1305 |
Lunch & Exhibition |
| 1400 |
Central Buying Consortium Demonstrating Excellence
PAUL WHITE, Northamptonshire County Council |
| 1430 |
What the collaboration agenda means for local government
IAN TAYLOR, Director, North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) |
| 1500 |
What the collaboration agenda means for suppliers
PAURIC SURLIS, Key Accounts Sales Manager, Kyocera Mita (UK) Ltd
This presentation will highlight the opportunities available to the public sector to transform the way it manages and thinks about its procurement activities. The presentation will draw upon experience gained in managing the NHSSC, which provides the NHS with over £2bn of products every year, and how local authorities can tackle the complexity of delivering new procurement models as commissioners of services while dealing with the real imperative of higher levels of savings.
|
| 1515 |
Tea/Coffee & Exhibition |
| 1540 |
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSION AND MEET THE BUYER |
| 1540 |
How the private sector can transform public sector procurement
ROGER WEST, Head of Procurement Outsourcing, DHL |
| 1600 |
CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING ADDRESS
NEIL JONES, Assistant Director for Business Services |
| 1610 |
DELEGATES' DRINKS RECEPTION |
| 1800 |
Close |
| Agenda may be subject to change |
BiP Solutions, through its PASS events programme, is dedicated to assisting the public sector in its professional development.
The CPD scheme aims to raise professional standards and plays an integral part in aiding an individual’s career progression. In addition, CPD can help keep you up to date with industry developments and improve your job performance, as well as helping to provide competitive advantage and deliver success for your organisation.
Those attending a PASS training course, whether held in-house or externally*, will receive a CPD certificate providing a record of their knowledge development.
*exclusions may apply
