Across the world, our public sector spends many trillions of euros on delivering services for our communities. With such massive spending power, this provides us with enormous an opportunity to influence the private sector through our procurement strategies – This session will examine the opportunities and challenges around delivering sustainable procurement within the public sector with speakers from across the world.
Session Speakers:
- Darren Knowd – Head of Procurement, Sales & Business Services, Durham County Council
- Guy Battle – CEO / Co-chair , Social Value Portal / SPP Public Sector Chapter Co-Chair
- Gareth Rhys Williams CBE – Government Chief Commercial Officer, Government of United Kingdom
- Julia Gin – Co-chair of the UN interagency Task Force for Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labour in Supply Chains and Procurement Officer of the International Labour Organization.
- Julia Schellhaas – Senior Adviser Procurement & Supply Chains, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Alexandra Yaghil – Policy Expert, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Inclusion, European Commission