Speakers
We are delighted to be welcoming the following speakers this year.
Lorraine Cox
Director, STAR Procurement
Cllr John Collins
Leader, Birmingham City Council
The Rt Hon. Justine Greening
Chair, Social Mobility Pledge
Guy Battle
CEO, Social Value Portal
Anna Barrett
Sustainable Procurement Manager, LNER
Steve Butterworth
CEO, Neighbourly
Gus Tugendhat
CEO, Tussell
Laura Noctor-King
Head of Sustainability, Better Buildings Partnership
Mary Macleod
CEO, BITC
Sarah Hinchliffe
APMP UK Social Value Group
Sharon Kemp
CEO, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Karen Young
Director, Hays
Richard Carroll
Head of Procurement Operations, Durham County Council
Kevin Draisey
Head of Procurement Operations, DfE
Shivani Hill
Head of ESG, Arriva Rail
John Sage
Head of Corporate, Thames Tideway
Peter Ware
Head of Government Sector, Browne Jacobson
Gordon Miller
Founder, Ride for Freedom
Olivia Sutcliffe
Social Value Associate, Savills
Sean Haley
CEO, Sodexo UK & Ireland
Johnathan Werran
CEO, Localis
Andrew De Whalley
Senior Manager, Deloitte
Eugenie Teasley
Senior Manager (Impact), Amazon UK
Rebecca Rees
Head of Public Procurement, Trowers & Hamlins
Sam Monger
Head of Place-based Impact Investing, The Good Economy
Rob Wolfe
Social Value Specialist, CHY Consultancy
Sessions
A taste of what we’ll be covering across three days…
CEOs Panel: Radical collaboration to deliver the Social Value Economy
We will not deliver of vision of a social value economy is we don’t collaborate. It's much bigger than one sector of society and the challenges are just too great - inequality, social mobility, climate change, child poverty. Sometimes the challenges seem so large and intractable, that we cannot see around them. We need to change the narrative and change how we are working together across sectors. But how do we do this?
The Procurement Act - Making it work for all sectors of society
The Procurement Act is almost upon us - passed in 2023 and to be implemented across the public sector in October 2024. It will impact all sectors of society, but are we ready and what are the opportunities?
Holding ourselves to account (or how do we avoid ‘social washing’)
The greatest threat to our Social Value movement is the non-delivery and the resultant lack of trust by communities. Is this threat real and how do we avoid it and will the new procurement act help?
Delivering Social Value through the Health Sector
The health sector is naturally positioned to lead the way on Social Value - after all, it's what it does! Hear from buyers and suppliers on how they are working together to deliver real value for society.
Why Sustainable Procurement is essential for delivering thriving cities for people and planet
Cities are at the forefront of delivering sustainable social valeu for their communities - but what does this look like in different places and cultures around the world? Hear from 3 cities leading the way and challenging convention
Making Social Value core to business
How do we avoid Social Value being a passing passion by getting businesses to embed it into their culture? Not what they do, but how they do it.
Understanding the Social Value Model
In 2020, the central government committed to embedding Social Value into procurement, and this has been more recently backed up by the Procurement Act 2023. But how are they delivering and is the Social Value Model working?
Delivering Net Zero Scope 3 emissions. How can buyers deliver?
Social Value is not just about people - it is also about planet from over heating. Over 120 councils have decalred a climate emergency and 73 have said they will deliver net zero by 2030. But how will this work and does it conflict or compliment our social value obligations?
Please note: New topics will be added and session titles are subject to change.