| 09.00 |
Registration |
10.00 |
Chairman's
opening address
Peter Howarth, CEO
SOPO |
10.10 |
The
Local Government Procurement Landscape
What
drives the value for money agenda in 2008?
Gary
Amos
Assistant
Director Procurement, Salford City Council
|
10.40 |
Opening
up new opportunities
Getting
selected as a supplier
Martin
Gleave
Head
of Procurement,
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
|
11.10 |
Tea/Coffee
& Networking |
11.30 |
The
Procurement Process Internal and External influences
Including
the impact of EU regulations
David
Worrall
Assistant
Director Procurement & Special Projects, Oldham
Metropolitan Borough Council |
12.00 |
Supplying
the Public Sector - What's in it for me
Julie
Swarbrick
Step
up to Supply Sefton Programme Manager, Sefton Metropolitan
Borough Council
|
12.30 |
Lunch/Networking
with Local Buyers/Fellow suppliers
Meet
the Buyers from the Merseyside Procurement Group |
14.00 |
Supplying
to Local Government A view from a business organisation
Thomas
Moran
Principal
Policy Adviser, CBI
Public Services |
| 14.30 |
Linking
into the Sustainability Agenda and the Third Sector
Alan Ratcliffe
Head
of Strategic and Commercial Procurement, Cumbria County
Council
|
15.00 |
Tea/Coffee
& Networking |
15.20 |
The
Role of the Regional Bodies or Centres of Excellence
Their impact on Suppliers
Neil
Hind
Procurement
Programme Manager North West Improvement and Efficiency
Partnership |
15.50 |
Top
Tips to win and Open forum Q & A
Peter
Howarth,
CEO SOPO |
16.15 |
Close |
Programme
may be subject to change |
