09:00-09:45 REGISTRATION, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
09:45-11:00 PLENARY SESSION 1: COMMISSIONNING & PROCUREMENT FOR GROWTH
09:45 INTRODUCTION Michael Burton Editorial Director, Municipal Journal
10:00 THE NEW CHALLENGES FOR PROCUREMENT AND GROWTH
  • Inclusion and targeted growth approaches to procurement & commissioning in new corporate approaches
  • Finding accepted metrics for investment decisions
  • Working together with anchor institutions for growth and impact
  • Lessons from corporate and international experience

Chaired by
Michael Burton Editorial Director, Municipal Journal
Speakers
Tom Levitt Responsible Business Consultant and author, ‘The Company Citizen’
Matthew Haworth Co-Founder, Reason Digital
Bill Rammell Vice Chancellor, University of Bedfordshire
Adam Jackson Head of Public Affairs, Grant Thornton
Panel Discussion
11:15-11:45 REFRESHMENTS, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING
11:45-13:00 PLENARY SESSION 2: MEETING THE MEASUREMENT CHALLENGE
  • To attract investment new metrics are needed
  • Insight into current impact measurement
  • Corporate measurement in supply chain lessons
  • Governance and prudent behaviour

Chaired by
Michael Burton Editorial Director, Municipal Journal
Speakers
Dan Corry Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)
Mathew Jackson Deputy Chief Executive of Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
Ed Cox Co Founder Reason Digital
Panel Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH & NETWORKING
14:00-16:00 PLENARY SESSION 3: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL GROWTH APPLICATIONS
Chaired by
Tom Levitt Responsible Business Consultant and author, ‘The Company Citizen’
Speakers
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL GROWTH APPLICATIONS Kate Ambrosi Head of Economic Development, Croydon Council
Peter Schofield AGMA Procurement Hub Programme Manager - Greater Manchester
Philip Monaghan Commercial Technical Lead, Grant Thornton LLP
PUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENT CHOICES - ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS Jerome Baddley Head of Unit Sustainability Development Unit for Health and Care. NHS England and Public Health England
CORPORATE PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN ENGAGEMENT – BUSINESS CONNECTIONS Lisa Cunningham Director of Community Investment & Business Connectors, Business in the Community (BITC)
PLACE MAKING CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Panel Discussion
16:00 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

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This programme aims to explore and identify the best and most effective social impact practice, disciplines and measurement tools available to provide an informed basis for better commissioning, procurement and investment.