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12-17 August 2010, San Antonio, Texas, USA This is the largest North American conference exclusively for individuals in Public Procurement. Nearly 1,000 public procurement professionals from federal, provincial, state and local government agencies from the US and Canada will come together for workshops, networking, and plenary sessions.
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Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK
The annual CIPS Supply Management Awards celebrate and reward excellence in purchasing and supply. The popular event will see eight team, two individual and one overall award handed out in front of an audience of more than 1,300 buyers. Click here for more details of the event and how to book your table.
14 September, London, UK - £449/£499 All elements of the TUPE regulations are covered, in this highly topical seminar, with particular emphasis on their significance to procurement as well as examining the proposals for reform of TUPE (2006). It will examine the impact and consequences of these regulations in a way that should clarify the key issues involved. The event also covers the question of risks between the client and the service provider(s) as well as the changes introduced in April 2006 and their implications for outsourcing activities. Click here for more information.
23 September 2010Kings Place, London, UK
The conference and exhibition will be held at Kings Place in central London on 23 September. The theme ‘Driving Business, Delivering Opportunity, Directing the Future’, will cover a range of issues facing buyers including profile-raising, gaining influence, reputation, relationships, and innovation. It will provide a central forum for sharing positive experiences and best practice for those working in a much-altered environment. Click here for more information and to book a place.
26-28 September 2010, Toronto, Canada Hosted by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, this symposium is a platform for sharing recent academic research on critical supply chain issues and discussing solutions adopted by industry leaders. This year’s theme is Exploring the Leading Edge in SCM and focuses on innovation, sustainability and performance measurement. The symposium includes keynote addresses, networking events, an off-site plant tour for all delegates, presentations and panel discussions between academics and practitioners.
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5 October 2010, London UK - £449/£499 The European Procurement Directives affect most of the purchases undertaken by central and local government, universities, the health service and other public sector organisations. This seminar provides you with an overall review of the subject, deals with the practical operation of the Directives, and reviews recent changes to the legislation including the new Remedies Directive. Click here for more information
7 October 2010, London, UK - £643/£715
Designed to stimulate personal growth and capability around influencing strategies, whether it be internal or external to the organisation. This programme begins with diagnosing individual influencing prowess using the Emotional Intelligence measurement tool in questionnaire format prior to the event. The programme then moves onto revealing how to build executive competence in this area through the use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Click here for more information
12 October 2010, London, UK - £449/£499
This seminar provides a framework for establishing a set of strategic objectives for procurement, and for measuring performance against those objectives in a way that highlights the steps which need to be taken to deliver best practice procurement.Performance measurement is valuable in guiding and assisting procurement operations to move closer to best practice levels of performance, but only if it is carried out in a way which focuses on measuring the strategically important aspects of procurement. Too many organisations measure at best operational and at worst transactional aspects of procurement. Click here for more information
14 October 2010, London, UK - £449/£499
Intellectual Property is far too important to be left to Intellectual Property lawyers alone. This course will give procurement professionals a practical and commercially focused understanding of IPR, and will help them to establish clear goals for treatment of IPR in the procurement process. This is a general introductory course about IP in sourcing relationships. No prior knowledge concerning IP rights or law is necessary. Click here for more information
19 October 2010, London UK - £449/£499
Are you involved in implementing a category management based structured in your organisation? Do you work within such a structure and are responsible for a specific category?This one-day forum will help you understand the processes which are essential to establishing and operating a successful category management approach. From a simple clarification of the subject through to the practical issues of making it a reality, this highly informative day covers the fundamental issues associated with category management. Click here for more information
20 October2010, London, UK - £449/£499
The seminar is aimed at anyone involved in the procurement of Business Travel wishing to find new ideas and be able to ‘benchmark’ their current practices. Cost savings and increased efficiencies to benefit your organisation are at the heart of the whole day. Click here for more information
4 & 5 November 2010, Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
This year’s programme covers the full range of social responsibility, from sustainability and environmental issues to global licensing, ethics and logistics. The sessions address issues in sourcing and emerging issues in law. Don’t miss the panel discussion, featuring industry thought-leaders who have implemented sustainable and socially responsible processes into their organisations. Use their insight to build and improve your sustainability programmes.
8-10 November 2010, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China Under the leadership of IFPSM, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) and Beijing Wuzi University (BWU) will work together to hold the Winter School 2010 of IFPSM. This is aimed at graduates who want to develop academic depth in the field of supply management at post-graduate level. Students will be able to learn about and discuss innovative ideas, theories and experiences from other scholars, professionals and managers from all over the world.The event registration fee is US$250 and this covers three meals a day, a tour visit and all conference materials. Participants must pay for and book their own accommodation in advance. The deadline for registration is 30 September 2010.To register or for more information email: winterschool@bwu.edu.cn
2 & 3 December 2010, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Supply relationships and innovation are the focal points of this year’s 11th Annual ISM Services Conference. The ISM Services Conference is one of the most important events of the year for supply managers in service industries. Programme registration will be available summer 2010.
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