The first All Island Public Procurement Conference took place on Wednesday 15 March 2006 at the Ramada Hotel, Belfast. The theme of the conference was "Adding Value Through Better Public Procurement." Please click on each Conference speaker's name below to view their speaking notes or presentation.

John Oughton, Office of Government Commerce
(pdf, 298kb)
Keynote speech - "Adding Value Through Better Public Procurement"

Thorsten Behnke, European Commission (Directorate General Internal Market and Services
(PowerPoint, 338kb)
Keynote speech - "EU Directives - Modernisation, Simplification, Introduction of e-Procurement"

Christine Tonkin, United Nations Inter Agency Procurement Services Office
(PowerPoint, 231kb)
Keynote speech - "Sustainability in Public Procurement - an International Perspective"


Seminar 1 - Transposition of EU Directives
Billy Noone, National Public Procurement Policy Unit, Department of Finance
(PowerPoint, 395kb)
Paul McNulty, Scottish Procurement Directorate, Scottish Executive
(PowerPoint, 127kb)
Peter Bennett, Office of Government Commerce
(PowerPoint, 123kb)


Seminar 2 - Development of Collaborative Opportunities
Roy Bell, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel
(PowerPoint, 144kb)
Paul McCormack, Border Vision
(PowerPoint, 196kb)
Thomas O'Brien, National Public Procurement Policy Unit, Department of Finance
(PowerPoint, 151kb)


Seminar 3 - Driving Value in Construction Procurement
Nicholas O'Loughlin, Government Contracts Committee for Construction
(PowerPoint, 218kb)


Seminar 4 - Developing a Career Framework for Public Procurement Professionals
Professor Andrew Erridge, University of Ulster at Jordanstown
(PowerPoint, 183kb)
Mary Cunningham, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel
(PowerPoint, 192kb)


Seminar 5 - e-Procurement in Practice (e-Tenders, e-Auctions, Purchase to Pay)
Tom Wilson, Scottish Executive
(PowerPoint, 375kb)
Declan Allen, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel
(PowerPoint, 131kb)


Seminar 6 - Creating Opportunities for Small to Medium-sized Enterprises
Catriona Regan, InterTradeIreland
(PowerPoint, 865kb)
Brian Steen, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel
(PowerPoint, 133kb)


Best Practice Laboratories
Measuring Value for Money, Stephen Heard, Office of Government Commerce
(PowerPoint, 673kb)
Journey into the Strategic Model, Noel Philips, Dublin Airport Authority
(PowerPoint, 246kb)
Energy Procurement, Mike Milne, Mandraki
(PowerPoint, 172kb)
Government Procurement Cards, Stephen Heard, Office of Government Commerce
(PowerPoint, 283kb)
Centre of Excellence for Programme and Project Management, Tom Gilgunn, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel
(PowerPoint, 187kb)


e-Procurement Exhibition
Delegates also had the opportunity to visit the Conference e-Procurement Bay where the benefits of e-Procurement in a working environment were demonstrated. The exhibition element of the event provided suppliers with the opportunity to exhibit to a targeted audience while delegates had the opportunity to enhance their product and market knowledge and to develop effective communication channels with the supply base.