| 09.00 |
Registration |
10.00 |
Chairman's
opening address |
10.10 |
The
Local Public Sector Procurement Landscape
What
drives the value for money agenda in 2008
Peter
Howarth, CEO
SOPO
|
10.40 |
Opening
up new opportunities
Getting
selected as a supplier
Ken
May, Director, Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
(ESPO)
|
11.10 |
Tea/Coffee
& Networking |
11.30 |
The
Procurement Process Internal and External influences
Including
the impact of EU regulations
Ed
Walsh, Assistant
Director, Strategic Procurement Division, (ESPO)
|
12.00 |
Selling
to local Authority Consortia
Ken
May, Director,
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
|
12.30 |
Lunch
& Networking with Fellow Suppliers/Visit
to ESPO premises |
13.30 |
The
Sustainability Agenda/CSR
Ed
Walsh, Assistant
Director, Strategic Procurement Division, (ESPO)
|
|
14.00 |
Supplying
to Local Government A view from a business organisation
James
Fothergill, Head
of Public Procurement: Health & Local Government, CBI Public Services Directorate
|
14.30 |
Tea/Coffee & Networking |
14.50 |
Selling
to the Emergency Services
Terry
Brewer, Chief
Executive Officer, Firebuy
|
15.20 |
The
Role of the Regional Bodies or Centres of Excellence
Their Impact on Suppliers
John
King, Newark & Sherwood
District Council
|
15.50 |
Top
Tips to win and Open forum Q & A
Peter
Howarth, CEO SOPO
|
16.00 |
Close |
Programme
may be subject to change |
