Keynote Speaker
General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue KCB CBE - Chief of Defence Materiel
One-Day event to meet with MOD Buyers and Suppliers

Agenda

   
09.00

Registration & Exhibition

09.50

Chairman’s Opening Address

Digby Barker, Procurement Advice & Support Service (PASS)
10.00 Keynote Address – Sir Kevin O’Donoghue, Chief of Defence Materiel, DE&S
10.20

The Centre for Defence Enterprise, Innovation & The Grand Challenge

Dr Nigel Chew, Innovation Team Leader, Defence Technology Innovation Centre
10.40

Refreshments & Exhibition

11.10

Supply Chain in the 21 st Century (SC21)

Andy Leather, AeIGT Programmes, Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC)
11.30

Supply Networks

Stuart Fraser, Director, Directorate of Supplier Relations
11.50

BREAKOUT SESSION 1

    1. Meet the Buyer - IPTs/Prime Contractors
    2. Maximising Market Share: Government Support for Defence & Security Exports
    Steve Thomas, Business Development Assistant Director, UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation
    3. How to Engage with a Prime Contractor
    Malcolm Warr, Managing Director, MSM Ltd
    4. Partnering
    Paul Martin, Team Leader, MOD’s Partnering Support Group
12.30

LUNCH & Exhibition

13.40

Sustainable Procurement

Iain Brookes, Head of Sustainable Procurement, Ministry of Defence (MOD)
14.00

Socially Sustainable Procurement and Best Value

Rod Turnbull, General Manager, Government Sales, Remploy
14.20

BREAKOUT SESSION 2

    1. Meet the Buyer - IPTs/Prime Contractors
    2. Next Generation Estate Contracts
    Mike J Pearson, NGEC Project Team Leader, Defence Estates
    3. Fit for Business with MOD
    Irshad Booly, General Manager, West of England Aerospace Forum
15.00

Refreshments & Exhibition

15.30

Prime & Sub Contractor Collaboration

Dermot James Cusack MBE, Head of Land Systems Reference Centre, Steria
15.40

Initiatives in cross border EU Defence Procurement

Baudouin Heuninckx, Public Procurement Research Group, University of Nottingham
16.00

Creating a winning team in the National Security and Defence Sector 

John Baker, Head of UK and International Operations, National Security and Resilience Consortium
16.20

Chairman's Closing Address

16.30

Drinks Reception

(sponsored by Defence College of Management & Technology)
17.20

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