Programme
- 9.30 - Registration and Coffee
- 10.00 - Chairman's Opening Address
- - Dave Wheller Chairman CBC, Head of Procurement & Direct Services, Essex County Council
- 10.10 - Keynote Address – Buying to Save: Procurement and the Efficiency Review
- - John Oughton, Chief Executive, OGC
- 10.30 - Centres of Excellence – A Working Experience
- - Dr Andrew Larner, Director, South East Centre of Excellence
- - Q & A
- 11.15 - Refreshments and Exhibition
- 11.45 - Morning Seminars
- - Working with SMEs - Mike Osborn, OGC
- - Cross Sector Working/Collaborative Development - Neil Jarrett, Chartered Civil Engineer
- - Procurement Training - Will Parsons/Mark Allen, Qualitar
- - Specifying Recycled - Dr David Moon, Procurement Programme Manager, WRAP
- 12.30 - Lunch and Exhibition
AFTERNOON SESSION
- 13.45 - Procurement Development in the Health Service
- - Neil Argyle Associate Director of Purchasing, NHS PASA
- 14.15 - Delivering Procurement Efficiencies in Northamptonshire: The Reality not the Myth
- - Rona Bassett Principal Consultant, Hedra
- 14.45 - Achilles - Reverse Auction Demo
- - Richard Hogg, Achilles
CBC Successes
- 15.15 - Coffee and Exhibition
- 15.45 - Adrian Gibson, Strategic Procurement Manager, Essex County Council
- 15.55 - James Sheppard, Senior Procurement Officer, West Sussex County Council
- 16.05 - Clive Hammond, Chief Buyer, Suffolk County Council
- 16.15 - Close
Reception