MAY 2013
14-15 May, London, £719/£799
This two day course will equip delegates with the practical skills to draft robust contracts for services and goods – it will bring to life the contract document and will provide the keystones necessary for resilient supplier
relationships. The course will be conducted throughout by two experienced, qualified lawyers - Graham Fuller, barrister, and Professor Geoffrey Woodroffe, solicitor, both of whom have presented CIPS legal seminars for many years.
21 May, London, £643/£715
Designed to stimulate personal growth and capability around influencing strategies, whether it be internal or external to the organisation. This MasterClass provides a comprehensive overview of powerful behavioural tools that are regularly used by some of the most successful business people in the UK.
JUNE 2013
4 June, London, £643/£715
Based around the principles recommended by BS 8903 - the world’s first standard for sustainable procurement published in 2010 this brand new MasterClass will help you lead your business into a new era of sustainable procurement. Facilitator Shaun McCarthy, Director of Action Sustainability and a leading expert in sustainable business will examine how to manage your supply chains in ways that offer long-term commercial value and competitive advantage.
11 June, London, £449/£499
Keep your knowledge up-to-date with the latest TUPE regulations in this highly topical seminar. All elements of the TUPE regulations are covered, with particular emphasis on their significance to procurement. The impact of these regulations will be explained 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) and the implications for outsourcing activities.
12 June, London, £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.
13 June 2013, West Midlands
We are in the middle of a logistics revolution. E-commerce is fundamentally changing established supply chains.
At the CILT Annual Conference 2013 we will discover how innovative change is affecting different supply chains, equipping you with the information you need to help your business. Coupled with the vital lessons learned from summer 2012’s logistics successes, we are in an era of unparalleled change and opportunity.
25–27 June 2013, Manchester
PfH Live is the biggest procurement event for the social housing sector, co-located with the CIH Housing Conference and Exhibition. It brings together thousands of housing professionals for three days of master class seminars, supplier showcases and networking.
25-27 June 2013, York
The objective of the 2013 COG International conference will be to address and understand the effects of through life maintenance of equipment in a dynamically changing international environment.
JULY 2013
2 July, London, £643/£715
Many procurement groups find it a tough battle to get their voice heard within their organisations. They are often involved too late, or even not at all. Companies still have a rather out-dated view of what procurement can do, and can see the function at best as administrators and at worst as obstructive and bureaucratic. This masterClass will give you the tools, techniques and insights on how to change that perspective, and to start being the real business partner that procurement can be.
AUGUST 2013
4-7 August 2013, San Diego, California
Business Travel Event of the Year®, with nearly 7,000 attendees including buyers and suppliers from all over the world and compelling sessions, with industry-leading speakers and a 400+ company exposition show floor.
SEPTEMBER 2013
10 September, London, £643/£715
Designed to stimulate personal growth and capability around influencing strategies, whether it be internal or external to the organisation. This MasterClass provides a comprehensive overview of powerful behavioural tools that are regularly used by some of the most successful business people in the UK.
17 September, London, £449/£499
Software procurement is hugely time-consuming and software purchasing often represents a large segment of the procurement budget. Software agreements are perceived as devilishly complex. Supplier standard forms are notoriously one-sided, and it remains notoriously difficult to get a supplier to work with a customer standard form or purchase for all but the largest of deals. Led by a technology lawyer with two decades of experience negotiating and drafting software procurement agreement, the course takes a hard look at the question of what is important and what can be "given away" with minimal risk.
18 September, London, £449/£499
Procurement professionals face a software landscape that changes continually:
- new types of sales structure
- new styles of service provision
- new threats from unexpected quarters
- new forms of software agreement
This course has two goals: to focus on advanced topics encountered in medium-to-complex software projects, and to address some of the significant developments that have changed the business of software.
24-25 September, London, £715/£799
This two day course will equip delegates with the practical skills to draft robust contracts for services and goods – it will bring to life the contract document and will provide the keystones necessary for resilient supplier
relationships. The course will be conducted throughout by two experienced, qualified lawyers - Graham Fuller, barrister, and Professor Geoffrey Woodroffe, solicitor, both of whom have presented CIPS legal seminars for
many years.
25 September, London, £715/£799
Procurement Risk Management (PRM) is a subject that is long on words, full of different interpretations, and often short on actual help. In this highly interactive MasterClass, Dick Russill takes a fresh and concise look at the subject and offers a lively and structured approach to assessing your company’s PRM state-of-health and then helping you doing something about it. ‘Third party, fire and theft’ may be OK for some companies, but this MasterClass is possibly the only forum presenting the fully comprehensive package.
OCTOBER 2013
8 October, London, £715/£799
Many procurement groups find it a tough battle to get their voice heard within there organisations. They are often involved too late, or even not at all. Companies still have a rather out-dated view of what procurement can do, and can see the function at best as administrators and at worst as obstructive and bureaucratic. This masterClass will give you the tools, techniques and insights on how to change that perspective, and to start being the real business partner that procurement can be.
16 October, London, £449/£499
Supplier diversity is rapidly developing in the UK, and the advent of the Equality Act is adding further pressure on organisations to develop their approaches. It is also important that your organisation should be addressing its supplier diversity strategy in the base case - because suppliers are part of your talent pool.
22 October, London, £449/£499
This new seminar, designed and conducted by Professor Geoffrey Woodroffe and Graham Fuller, both professional lawyers who are well-known to CIPS members. It places emphasis on four important legal areas:
- making the contract; statutory implied terms; damages and compensation; exemption clauses.
29 October, London, £643/£715
This masterclass covers the whole process of procuring corporate travel from negotiation strategies to the use of technology, the impact of social media to safety issues. The event will be conducted interactively, encouraging sharing of best practice and networking amongst the group. Led by Denis Campbell who has been
a market leader within this field for a number of years.
NOVEMBER 2013
12 November, London, £643/£715
Style your Leadership – You may already be leading your organisation, the key challenge is to keep your leadership fresh, inspirational and relevant to your changing environment. This one day event will allow you to develop your skills – match them to different situations and enhance the tool-box of techniques at your disposal
to really make a difference in your business.
19-20 November, London, £1165/£1295
Led by an experienced procurement fraud practitioner and academic with over 20 years of carrying our complex criminal and civil investigations, Paul Guile will present this course using a combination of real life case studies in conjunction with interactive learning. During the two days you will develop in-depth understanding of fraud in the context of your work environment.
