25 November - Crowne Plaza, Birmingham City Centre

Agenda


09:00
Registration & Refreshments
10:20

Chairman’s Opening Address

Grahame Steed, Managing Editor, Government Opportunities

10:30

OGC Supplier Feedback Service

Bradley Daly, OGC Supplier Feedback Service

10:50

How Business Link Can Help

Dave Meseck, Sector Development Director Construction, Business link West Midlands

11:10

How SME's can benefit from Chamber of Commerce membership

Henrik Court, Director of Membership Services, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce

11:30

Q & A Open Forum

11:50

Midmorning Break & Networking

12:20

Low Value Procurement Opportunities

Philip Adams, Interoperability Manager, Supply2.gov.uk

12:40

Government Opportunities (GO) Awards

Alison Chalmers – Director, KiddiVouchers Ltd
12:50

Accessing London 2012 Opportunities

Philip Gray - Managing Director, Commercial Doctor Limited

13:10

Helping Your Business Grow

Neil Hopkins, Head of Procurement Strategy and Performance, Birmingham City Council

13:30 Lunch & Networking
14:30

Is Procurement Limiting its Horizons?

John Wallace – Deputy Chief Executive/Procurement Director, NHS re:source Collaborative Procurement Hub

14:50 Selling to Consortia - Central Buying Consortium

Stephen McHale - Assistant Head of Finance (Procurement), Oxfordshire County Council

15:10

Do's and Don'ts of Tendering

Eddie Regan, Senior PASS Consultant

15:40

Afternoon Open Forum

15:55 Chairman’s Closing Address
16:05

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