Agenda
| 09.00 |
Registration & Exhibition |
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| 10.00 |
Chairman’s Opening Address |
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| Neil Jones, Chairman, Central Buying Consortium | |||
| 10.10 |
Keynote Address - The DWP Approach To Equalities |
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| David Smith, Commercial Director, Department for Work and Pensions | |||
| 11.00 |
Tea/Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 11.30 |
Small Businesses - Making A Big Difference |
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| Debasish Sen, Federation of Small Business | |||
| 12.10 |
Morning Breakout Session |
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| 1. |
Intelligent Commissioning: The key to involving the third sector in public service delivery | ||
| Ian Leete, Policy Advisor, Local and Regional Government Team, Office of the third sector | |||
| 2. |
Benefit of Local Procurement Inititiatives | ||
| David McAlpine, Project Manager, iCAM Supply | |||
| 3. |
Improving the Local Economy Through Supply Chains | ||
| Paul Toben, Programme Manager London 2012 Games | |||
| 13.00 |
Lunch & Exhibition |
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| 14.00 |
Buying With Equalities In Mind - What You Can And Must Do |
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| Mandy Wright, Associate Director, Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government | |||
| 14.45 |
The Equality Bill - A Practical Guide For Public Procurement
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| Allan Bouglas, Director of Development, Commited2Equality | |||
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Afternoon Breakout Session – Meet The Buyer |
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| 15.30 |
Tea/Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 15.50 |
Sustainable Procurement : |
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| Ian Heptonstall, Managing Director, Business to Business | |||
| 16.20 |
Chairman's Closing Address |
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| Neil Jones, Chairman, Central Buying Consortium | |||
| 16.35 |
Delegate Drinks Reception |
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| 18.00 |
Closing |
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