
Buyers Village
Appointments available during conference breakout sessions Organisations participating

Agenda

09.00	Registration and Exhibition/Coffee
09.45	Chairman’s Opening Address – Liz Welton, Chairman, SOPO
10.05	Keynote Presentation 1 David Parsons CBE, Leader, Leicestershire County Council
10.35	Towards a low-carbon document strategy Helen Hopper, PR Manager , Kyocera Sponsored by
11.00	Minute’s Silence (Armistice Day)
11.01	Coffee and Exhibition
11.40	Breakout Session 1 Contract Management Terry Brewer, Chief Executive, Firebuy Ian Whitehall, Burgess-Salmon Angela Konteas, Burges-Salmon – Sponsored by The IDeA Efficiency Exchange Dr Gordon Murray, Programme Manager, IDeA Regional Collaboration – A regional perspective on meeting the emerging procurement agendas Ian Brown, Manchester City Council Neil Hind, North West Improvement and Efficiency Partnership Alan Ratcliffe, Cumbria County Council Carbon Trading covering Climate Change and CO2 Emissions Ian Watkinson, Storma Technology Rob Molyneux, Storma Technology Buyers Village (see organisations on right-hand side)
12.20	Lunch and Exhibition
13.20	The Development of Efficient Pre-Qualification Processes Aoife Mantini, Service Development Manager of Constructionline – Sponsored by
13.45	Keynote Speaker 3 Small Nation; Big Ambitions Martin Sykes, Chief Executive, Value Wales
14.15	Keynote Speaker 4 Advances in Collaboration and Category Management Jon Hughes, Executive Chairman, Future Purchasing
14.45	Coffee and Exhibition
15.15	Breakout Session 2 Legal Update including Evaluation of Tenders and Challenges from Suppliers Michael Mousdale, Head of Procurement, Eversheds – Sponsored by What’s Cooking in the EU Dominic Rowles, European Officer, Local Government Association (LGA) Working collaboratively to take control of Professional Services Claire Smart, Director of Strategic Procurement, Business Management Directorate, Gloucestershire County Council Georgina Aplin, Commercial Delivery Manager, Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Sharon Cuff, Head of Procurement, Lincolnshire Building Bridges – SOPO Award Case Study Brian Thomas, Senior Contracts Engineer, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (MDC) Buyers Village (see organisations on right-hand side)
15.55	Breakout Session 3 Latest Issues - New Equalities Bill Alison Pritchard, Deputy Director, Government Equalities Office Successful Outcomes in Social Care Procurement - Your Role Mick Burn, Procurement Manager, Coventry City Council Denise Wilcox, Procurement Manager, Coventry City Council Angela Kirby, Procurement Services Projects and System Manager at Coventry City Council Simon Peat, Senior Contracts and Commissioning Manager, Coventry City Council Putting Sustainability into Practice - a Strategy Helmut Lusser, Chairman, Global to Local Category Management and Collaborative Procurement Workshop Simon Brown, Director, Future Purchasing Jon Hughes, Chairman, Future Purchasing Buyers Village (see organisations on right-hand side)
16.35	Close
16.45	SOPO AGM – Breakout Room (Meeting room 2,3,4)
19.00	Drinks Reception – Sponsored by Canon UK
19.30	Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony – Sponsored by Konica Minolta Toastmaster: Tony Rance After Dinner Speaker: Barry Williams