Reworking Procurement and the supply chain in time of credit crunch

State of Flux' Joan Watson speaks at the Green Economics Conference held at Oxford University on reworking procurement and the supply chain in time of the credit crunch. Joan's speaking notes will be published here at the end of the conference.

The conference was held on the 17th, 18th and 19th of July and contained the following speakers and topics:

David Rabey Procurement Director DEFRA. Sustainable and Green Procurement Issues in Practice

Rachel Curzon, School of Property. Construction and Planning, Birmingham City University. Stakeholder Engagement in Practice: Snakes, Ladders and Glass Ceilings

Miriam Kennet  MCIPS, Former Global and European Purchasing and Commodity Manager for France Telecom, Equant, Orange, Nortel Networks, and Babcock Power. Green Procurement and the Greening of Procurement. Rhetoric or reality?  Beyond the marketing department: parallels with the CSR Process? 

Rebecca Latchford, Forester and Certified Supply Chain Consultant Echo and St Cross College Oxford University. Procurement of Timber

John Mc-Clintock, European Commission,  Brussels  (speaking in a personal capacity). Could fairtrade help us solve the problem of global warming

Dr Richard Cuthbertson and Dr Wojciech Piotrowicz, The Said Business School Oxford University. "Sharing Best Practice in Sustainable Supply Chains" 

David Page,  Australia CEO of Consulting Pty. Incorporating Environmental Sustainability within the Worlds Best Practice Strategic Sourcing Methodology) 

Jad Oseyran IBM Netherlands. Green Logistics and Supply Chains

Rose Bridger, Procurement specialist in freight and supply chains. Aviation Economics: how one of the world?s fastest growing industries and source of greenhouse gas emissions balances the books and the payloads?  

Joan Watson, State of Flux Executive consultant and former financial controller Channel 4 talks about Reworking Procurement and the supply chain in time of credit crunch 

Graham Collins, Proquest UK, Describes his recent work for CIPS and Traidcraft on Responsible Procurement Taking The Lead 

Howard Johnson, Specialist Mexican Procurement and inward investment Consultant. Mapping Green Procurement: Issues and Practice