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26
March 2008 –
QEII Conference
Centre, London
Conference
Speakers
Mark
Lynas
Author
of High Tide: News from a Warming World
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Since
going freelance in 2000 to work full-time
on climate change, Mark has written three
books and many articles in the UK and international
media. His first publication, High Tide: News
from a Warming World, details his exploration
of the dramatic impacts of climate change
around the world. His second, The Collins
Gem Carbon Calculator, shows how people can
calculate – and reduce – their
carbon footprints. His latest book, Six Degrees:
Our Future on a Hotter Planet, outlines –
degree by degree – what will likely
happen to different places this century as
global warming accelerates. Mark’s journalism
work has included regular contributions to
The Guardian, The Independent and other newspapers.
He also contributes to television and radio
discussions on climate change, and is a well-known
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Jonathan
Ibikunle
Head of Design, Partnerships
for Schools
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Jonathan
joined Partnerships for Schools in February
2006, supporting local authorities in the
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme
in achieving design quality. He also has responsibility
for disseminating best practice and sustainability.
During his ten years with the Architects and
Building Branch of the former Department for
Education and Employment, he worked and advised
on a range of school projects and design publications,
including being Principal Architect for the
City Learning Centres programme and producing
its design guide. Prior to joining Partnerships
for Schools, Jonathan was seconded to the
DfES to head up the Design Advisory Team to
the Academies programme. He serves on the
Royal Institute of British Architects Client
Design Advisers Assessment Panel, and sits
as an observer on the Board of the British
Council for Schools Environments. |
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Alan
Knight
Commissioner on Sustainable
Consumption, Sustainable Development Commission
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Alan
is the Commissioner on Sustainable Consumption
for the Sustainable Development Commission
and has 17 years’ experience of understanding
the opportunities CSR and sustainable development
provide to global retail. He is also the founder
of Single Planet Living Ltd, a company that
offers advice on sustainable development.
Alan chairs Defra's Food Industry Ethical
Trading Champions Group and BERR's Retail
Innovation and Sustainability Group. He is
a fellow of WWF UK and visiting professor
at Southampton University, as well as the
political editor of Organic Life magazine
and director of the Forest Stewardship Council.
He was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services
to environmental audit in business and in
2005 received a life-long award from the US-based
Rainforest Alliance for his contribution to
finding solutions to rainforest destruction
caused by the timber industry. |
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Will
Martin MCIPS
Procurement Strategy
Manager, Environment Agency
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is a member of the Chartered Institute of
Purchasing and Supply. He started his career
in procurement in the NHS in 1982 and moved
into the power industry in 1990, joining National
Power and later Eastern Merchant Generation.
He joined the Environment Agency procurement
team in 1996 and has progressively been involved
in the development and application of sustainable
procurement tools and techniques throughout
his career, while helping develop and deploy
the Environment Agency’s sustainable
procurement strategy. He leads on the Agency’s
sustainable procurement construction activity. |
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Carl
Meewezen
Interim Director Performance
and Measurement
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Dr
David Moon
Programme Manager
– Construction Procurement, WRAP |
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Dr
Moon is Programme Manager for Construction
Procurement at WRAP. His work encourages construction
clients, policy makers, planners and developers
to set requirements for waste minimisation,
recycling and the use of recovered materials,
providing practical support for implementing
such requirements. Formerly a materials scientist,
he has managed various large projects and
programmes. Before joining WRAP, he was based
at the Department of Trade and Industry, managing
a Government-Industry task force which looked
at the competitiveness of the UK's environment
industry. |
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Barbara
Morton
Director, Action
Sustainability |
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Barbara
has worked in the field of sustainable procurement
for over 15 years, beginning in the NHS where
she worked in procurement and supply chain
management. She established the Strategic
Supply Chain Group, which is supported and
facilited by Action Sustainability, in 2003
and was its first project manager. Between
2003 and 2005, Barbara was seconded to DTI/Defra
Environmental Innovations Unit, where she
was responsible for a project aimed at promoting
innovation in the environmental industries
though public procurement. She is the founder
and co-ordinator of the Sustainable Supply
Chain Forum – a network of practitioners
in procurement and supply chain management,
sustainable development and corporate responsibility.
Barbara has worked with companies in a wide
variety of sectors, providing guidance on
the integration of sustainability criteria
into procurement and supply chain management
processes. In the public sector she has worked
with the Environment Agency, NHS Purchasing
and Supply Agency and many local authorities.
Barbara is currently on secondment to the
Procurement and Contracts Division, Defra,
and was Project Manager to the business-led
Sustainable Procurement Task Force. |
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David
Newbould
UK Product Marketing
Manager, NEC Computers |
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As
NEC Computers' UK Product Marketing Manager,
David is responsible for overseeing product
marketing activities in the UK and Ireland,
including sales support and specialist product
training. Previously working in both sales
and technical roles for other companies, he
joined NEC in 2003. |
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Tom
O' Donnell,
Director of Public
Sector and Business Development, Office Depot |
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Tom
is the Director of Public Sector and Business
Development for Office Depot, the world’s
leading supplier of office products. Tom’s
experience spans over 23 years, 15 of which
have been dedicated to developing and managing
contracts within the public sector. Office
Depot’s public sector division is split
into four individual teams: education, health
and central and local government. Sustainable
procurement has been the number one topic
across the sector now for many years. Under
Tom’s leadership, Office Depot has led
the market in providing initiatives which
meet the environmental objectives within all
areas of the public sector. Tom has recently
extended his responsibilities to include Director
of Business Development. The prime role of
Office Depot’s Business Development
division is to bring new products and services
to market which enhance the company’s
proposition and deliver solutions to enable
its customers to achieve their individual
business and department objectives. |
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Graham
Randles
Programme Manager
for the Mayor of London's, Green Procurement
Code |
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Graham
is the Programme Manager for the Mayor of
London's Green Procurement Code, a free support
service for London-based organisations committed
to reducing their environmental impact through
responsible purchasing. The programme is supported
by £3 million from the London Development
Agency and is delivered by London Remade.
For the last two years Graham has managed
the delivery of the services of the Green
Procurement Code and the launch of an expanded
service, ensuring that London Remade delivers
a high level of business support to organisations
signed up to the Code. He is also responsible
for producing the annual progress review to
measure the success of Green Procurement Code
members in helping to make London a sustainable
city. Graham has 17 years’ business
experience as a senior manager in international
business in the publishing industry and as
a business development consultant in the not-for-profit
sector. |
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David
Smith
Commercial Director,
Department for Work and Pensions |
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David
has specialised in procurement and commercial
matters in the public sector for nearly 20
years. Before moving to DWP, he was Head of
Procurement for the Inland Revenue and has
previously held commercial posts in the Home
Office and HM Treasury (Central Unit on Procurement).
David is a well known and respected speaker
on commercial strategy, delivery,
e-commerce and outsourcing and acted as Commercial
Adviser to the e-Envoy on the ‘Government
Gateway’, to the European Institute
for Public Affairs (EIPA), Royal Institute
for Public Affairs (RIPA) and BiP on procurement
matters. David has a close working association
with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
He is a member of the Chief Executives’
Advisory Group (CEAG), the Government Procurement
Service Management Board, and various other
interdepartmental committees. David is also
a member of CIPS’s Board of Management. |
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Grahame
Steed
Managing Editor,
Government Opportunities |
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Grahame
joined Glasgow-based BiP Solutions Ltd as
Production Director in 2003, following 13
years as a Magazine Editor, Publisher and
latterly Publishing Director at EMAP plc.
He is responsible for the Media Department
at BiP, which includes the Contracts, Communications
and Design teams that are responsible for
producing Government Opportunities magazine
and MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. |
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