Events Calendar

The AUPO Conference will take place on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th September 2010 at the 4-star Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel.

The main theme of this event will be the Development of the Profession in the Sector. Sessions will be presented by influential speakers who will deliver a UK perspective on the changing context and challenges for us as both a professional community and as individuals.

PROGRAMME:

Thursday 9th September

09:00 Registration and refreshments (Foyer)

10:00 Introduction and welcome - Jenny Bushrod, Chair of AUPO (JLB 2 & 3)

10:15 Value Wales and HE Procurement (JLB 2 & 3)

Martin Sykes of Value Wales will talk about the approach taken in Wales and how Value Wales is supporting the development of procurement in HE.

11:15 Refreshments (Foyer)

11.30 HE Procurement in Scotland (JLB 2 & 3)

John McClelland, architect of the 'Review of Public Procurement in Scotland' and Chair of the Scottish Funding Council on the challenges for HE procurement (UK), reflecting on the post McClelland experience for HE in Scotland.

12:30 LUNCH (V & A Restaurant)

13:45 UUK Strategic Procurement Group - Introduction - Geoff Hope-Terry (JLB 2 & 3)

14:00 UUK Strategic Procurement Group workshop - Geoff Hope-Terry (2 syndicate rooms - The Victoria and the JLB 1)

Following on from the UUK SPG workshop on collaborative procurement in April, there will be a workshop to consider the role of procurement within HEIs to identify models of good practice and the associated professional competencies. The session will be co-ordinated by the Chair of the SPG, Geoff Hope-Terry.

16:30 Jenny Bushrod, Chair of AUPO - Summary of the Day (JLB 2 & 3)

Refreshments available in the Foyer throughout the workshops.

19:00 Reception and Conference Dinner (Formal wear) (JLB Suite)

Friday 10th September

09:30 AUPO AGM (JLB 2 & 3)

10:30 The Challenges of Sustainable Procurement (JLB 2 & 3)

Steve Egan, Deputy Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England will set the context of the HE sustainability agenda and the challenge that it sets for procurement.

12:00 Jenny Bushrod, Chair of AUPO - Close of Conference (JLB 2 & 3)

12:15 LUNCH (V&A Restaurant)