Conferences

CIPS Australia 2008 Conference Schedule

Our aim in 2008 will be to continue to provide leading edge agendas presented by quality speakers, with appropriate networking opportunities, while maintaining our “value for money” pricing policy.

Here is a brief outline of the planned 2008 CIPSA Conferences Programme.
Full details on each event will be published first at our dedicated conference website:
www.cipsaconferences.com.au – so bookmark it and check it out regularly for updates.

Download the full brochure here.

>> See all the pictures and story from the 3rd Annual Conference here (Past Conferences)

The Category Management Forum- Sydney

13-14 March 2008

The Grace Hotel, Sydney

Conference a full house! Is Category Management the next big thing?

The CIPSA Conference programme for 2008 kicked off in Sydney furing March with The Category Management Forum. Taken by surprise by the level of interest and bookings for the event, CIPSA was forced to close off registrations for the first day two weeks prior to the conference. Notwithstanding the squeeze, the feedback with regard to the sessions was almost universally positive, with 91 per cent of delegates giving it a satisfaction rating of good or excellent, and virtually all delegates indicating that they took significant learnings away with them. With Category Management now confirmed as a “hot topic”, plans are already underway to develop a bigger, broader programme for next year and to move the Category Management Forum to a much larger venue.

Don't forget the CIPSA Open Training Category Management course, running in Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. To book a spot on this course, or if you would like this course run in your city, or at your workplace as In-Company training, email your interest to training@cipsa.com.au

The 3rd Public Sector Procurement Forum - Canberra

21-22 May 2008

National Convention Centre, Canberra

CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum, 12 June 2008, Auckland

Women In Procurement forum, 19-20 June

The CIPS Australia Strategic Procurement Forum - Adelaide

19 August 2008

The Stamford Plaza, Adelaide

A new event to the CIPSA Conferences Calendar, The CIPSA Strategic Procurement Forum at the Stamford Plaza Adelaide on the 19th August will address the four key issues facing the profession as well as examining the role of procurement within the broader supply chain context.

Featuring presentations from a variety of senior practitioners, consultants and academics, the programme has been developed to allow sufficient time for interactive discussions at the end of relevant sessions.

Of course conferences such as this are not just about the educational sessions. Feedback from previous CIPSA Conferences indicates that delegates gain huge benefit from the opportunity to network with their peers. With this in mind we have structured the programme to provide delegates with plenty of opportunity to meet and discuss the issues of the day.

As previously mentioned, this is our first foray into South Australia. For those procurement professionals
who have not yet experienced a CIPSA Conference, it is a great opportunity to see what you have been missing. For those who have attended other CIPSA Conferences, such as the Annual Conference in Melbourne, it is a great opportunity to engage with your colleagues at the regional level.

Whichever category you fall into I commend the programme to you and look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Jonathan Dutton,
Managing Director
CIPS Australia

See the full brochure here.

The CIPS Australia Strategic Procurement Forum - Perth

21 August 2008

Novotel Langley Perth

The CIPSA Strategic Procurement Forum at the Novotel Langley on the 21st August will address the key issues facing the profession, with a diverse programme designed to meet the needs of the Western Australia market.

Featuring presentations from a variety of senior practitioners, consultants and academics from WA’s leading organisations, consultants and academics, the programme will address the key issues facing procurement professionals today. Additionally we have included two of the most popular sessions presented at the CIPSA Category Management Forum in Sydney in March. The programme has been developed to allow sufficient time for interactive discussions at the end of relevant sessions.

This is our third consecutive year of running a CIPSA conference in Perth, which each year being more successful than the last. For those procurement professionals who have not yet experienced a CIPSA Conference, it is a great opportunity to see what you have been missing. For those who have attended other CIPSA Conferences, such as the Annual Conference in Melbourne, it is a great opportunity to engage with your colleagues at the regional level.

Whichever category you fall into I commend the programme to you and look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Jonathan Dutton,
Managing Director
CIPS Australia

Download the full programme here.

For further details contact BTTB Marketing on 07 5573 7493 or by email at cipsa@bttbonline.com

The 4th CIPS Australia Annual Conference - Melbourne

14-15 October 2008

Crown Palladium, Melbourne

The Winning Formula

CIPSA 4th Annual CIPSA Conference – Programme out now

The Winning Formula
Plans are now finalised for the 4th annual CIPS Australia conference to be held at Crown Towers, Melbourne on 14-15 October 2008.

The theme for this year’s annual event is ‘The Winning Formula’. The conference will focus on exactly how procurement can gain true stakeholder buy-in to the profession’s wider contributions through genuine goal alignment in an ever changing and ever more challenging complex world? And not just through saving real costs.

Last year’s annual CIPS Australia conference addressed the question ‘It’s not just about cost’ – which begged the question: ‘What is it about then?’ Each keynote speaker addressed a different aspect of the benefi ts professional procurement can increasingly bring organisations.

This year, each keynote speaker will address their definition of ‘The Winning Formula’ for procurement to succeed in addressing the much tougher perennial question facing procurement managers today; exactly how to win genuine stakeholder buy-in, and keep it, in a changing world that is becoming more difficult to manage by the day.

The 4th CIPS Australia annual conference will be the biggest and best yet offering an unparalleled learning and networking opportunity for all levels of the profession. It will include:

Nine international quality key note speakers, including IBM global CPO, John Paterson.
24 seminar presentations including four short CPO Agenda Masterclass seminars.
Four additional sessions after the main conference.
Procurement Professional awards dinner, featuring new CIPS CEO, Simon Sperryn.
‘The Purchasing Exchange’ trade exhibition with 50 exhibitors expected.
Learning and networking with more than 500 procurement colleagues.
Professional development surgery. These surgeries are for individuals to discuss their own circumstances privately with 15 minute appointments available to meet a member of the CIPS team.
Tuesday evening of 14 October will feature the Procurement Professional annual awards dinner, with 10 awards to be presented including the prestigious ‘CIPS Leadership Award’ to be presented by the new CIPS CEO, Simon Sperryn.
And ‘The Purchasing Exchange’ trade expo of support services to the profession will have even more than the 43 organisations that exhibited last year.

CIPS Australia’s managing director, Jonathan Dutton said, “Last year 560 people attended our annual conference, but this year we are hoping for even more. We would like to make it the largest professional procurement event in the world.”

This event will seek to define ‘The Winning Formula’ for success for the modern procurement manager often battling the reluctance of their organisation, the skepticism of colleagues and the ‘slings ‘n’ arrows’ of a changing world business environment. It will also redefine the greatest formula of them all: E=MC² but just for the procurement profession.

Download the conference brochure here.

For more information visit www.cipsaconferences.com.au

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

CIPSA Conferences provide outstanding profile building, networking and direct sales opportunities for suppliers of goods and services who are interested in engaging with key buyers.

For details on the full range of sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available, please contact:
Andrew Wynn
National Sales Manager, BTTB Marketing
Tel: +61 7 5502 7326
Email: Andrew@bttbonline.com

Further information on these conferences can be found at the CIPS Australia Conferences web site here.

Other CIPSA Supported Conferences:

National Sustainable Procurement Conference

Author, TV presenter and respected environmentalist Tanya Ha will help kick off the Queensland Government’s National Sustainable Procurement Conference in Brisbane in September and will join an impressive line-up of local and international speakers.

Queensland Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten said the conference, which will be held from 18-19 September at the Hilton Hotel, is important to both the government and business sectors.

“Business leaders and governments are now clearly regarding sustainability as a strategic issue, and they recognise the important role that procurement plays in delivering sustainable solutions,” Mr Schwarten said.

“And the timing for the Queensland Government to host the conference coincides with recent changes to the State Procurement Policy that includes greater emphasis on sustainable procurement.”

The conference will provide a great opportunity to access the latest research and case studies of how sustainable procurement practices can be integrated into the workplace to deliver improved environmental, social and economic outcomes.

The theme of the conference is “integrate, connect, progress!” and outlines the three key focus areas for the event:

Integrating sustainability into procurement policy and practice
Understanding how buyers and suppliers need to “connect” or work together in order to develop products and markets that are environmentally and socially responsible
How to make real progress in moving sustainable procurement from policy to mainstream practice.

The conference will also provide information on the recently released State Procurement Sustainable Procurement Framework by the Australian Procurement and Construction Council, a collective effort by all the governments of Australia and New Zealand.

This conference is the fourth in a series previously known as the National Buy Green Conferences held in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth since 2003. It’s an event not to be missed by anyone serous about making progress with sustainable procurement.

To find out more about the program and registration visit the conference website www.sustainableprocurement.com.au or contact the conference organisers on 02 6583 8 118 or info@sustainableprocurement.com.au.

Download the full conference brochure here.