The 5th CIPSA Strategic Procurement Forum - Programme
Day One – 27th May 2010
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Time
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Session
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Speaker
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7.45-9.00am
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Registration & coffee
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9.00–9.10am
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Official welcome and MC
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Jonathan Dutton FCIPS,
Managing Director,
CIPS Australia
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9.10-9.40am
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Keynote Speech: The Minister for Finance and Deregulation
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The Hon Lindsay Tanner,
Minister for Finance and Deregulation
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9.40-10.20am
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The NZ Goverment Procurement Reform Programme
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John Ivil,
Procurement Manager All of Government Contracts,
The Government Procurement Development Group
New Zealand Ministry for Economic Development
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10.20-10.30am
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The Role of the APCC in developing professional procurement in the public sector
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Jane Montgomery Hribar,
Executive Director,
Australasian Procurement and Construction Council Inc.
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10.30–11.00am
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Refreshment break
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11.00-11.35am
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Developing a Commonwealth best practice model for procurement professionalization
An integrated approach to developing;
· a comprehensive framework for procurement policy
· operational guidance (templates)
· and procurement professionalisation.
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Willem Bouwer,
Executive Director Procurement Policy,
Procurement and Contracting Branch,
Defence Materiel Organisation,
Department of Defence
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11.35-12.10pm
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Procurement Excellence - Aiming for Sector Transformation in VIC Local Govt
Transforming local govt procurement performance requires a strategic approach to change management and the Victorian State Government, Councils, and local industry are currently working together in a new form of partnership to deliver accelerated change across Victoria:
· The VIC local government procurement strategy
· Successes and challenges so far
· The importance of people development
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John Watson,
Executive Director,
Local Government Victoria
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12.10-12.40pm
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Delivering efficiency gains and savings through cross jurisdictional benchmarking – an APCC Case Study
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John Tondut MCIPS,
Executive Director
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Rod Alderton,
Executive Director
Dept of Treasury and Finance WA
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12.40 –1.30pm
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Lunch
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1.30-1.50pm
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The Professional Agenda Today
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Jonathan Dutton FCIPS,
Managing Director
CIPS Australia
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1.50-2.30pm
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Queensland Government Reform Programme update
· The Qld govt procurement reform programme
· Case studies on new sourcing strategies
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Evelyn Jelliffe,
Queensland Government Chief Procurement Officer,
Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office,
Department of Public Works
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2.30-3.00pm
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The 4th International Research Study in Public Procurement - 2009: Lessons for Public Procurement Practitioners in Australia
In November 2009, CPOs and senior administrators from some 20 countries met in Portugal to discuss the public procurement response to the Global Financial Crisis in their jurisdiction.
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Professor Guy Callender, FCIPS
Professor & Chair of Strategic Procurement,
Curtin Business School
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3.00-3.30pm
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Refreshment break
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3.30-3.40pm
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The Whole of Government Procurement Programme
· Federal procurement strategy
· The federal procurement landscape
· CPG/AusTender update
· Professionalising procurement & the role for DMO
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John Grant,
Division Manager,
Procurement Division, Asset Management Group, Dept of Finance and Deregulation
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3.40 – 4.20pm
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Case Study: The Whole of Government Travel Programme
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Simon Teschendorf,
Director
Jane Wagner,
Director,
The Dept of Finance and Deregulation
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4.20 – 4.55pm
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Retaining Your Procurement Staff in 2010 – Trends and Tactics for the public sector
Riding the employment market rollercoaster & market employment prospects for 2010.
· Recruiting from the private sector
· The value of staff retention in the public sector
· Employee engagement & flexible cultures
· Career development &succession planning
· Incentives and rewards on offer now
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Kathy Kostyrko,
Public Sector Director,
Hays Recruitment
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4.55 – 5.00pm
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Closing remarks
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Jonathan Dutton FCIPS,
Managing Director,
CIPS Australia
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5.00 – 6.00pm
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Drinks & networking reception with ACT committee
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