"Brilliant setting, perfect organisation, and a fantastic networking opportunity. ProcureCon has confirmed again this year its status as 'Best European Procurement Event'"
Luc Volatier, Executive In Residence, Purchasing & Operations Management, Institute For Management Development (IMD)

The 2007 Speaker Faculty Included:

	Barbara Kux, Member of the Group Management Committee and CPO, Royal Philips Electronics		John Dickson, Global Head of Procurement, Diageo
	Barbara Lavernos, Head of Purchasing, L’OREAL		Larry Beard, Purchasing Director and Board Member, Severn Trent
	Luis M. Ferreira, Corporate Procurement Director, EDP – Energias de Portugal		Alain Page-Lecuyer, Group Procurement Senior Vice President, Axa
	Luc Volatier, Executive In Residence, Purchasing & Operations Management, Institute For Management Development (IMD)		Jean-Luc Prache, CPO, Veolia Transport
	John Henke, Professor of Marketing in the School of Business Administration at Oakland University and President, Planning Perspectives		Peter Cottiss, Director, EMEA Manufacturing and Research Procurement, Merck Sharp & Dohme

Agenda Highlights From The 2007 Conference:

• ProcureCon 2007 Awards
• The ProcureCon Awards ceremony has been established to honour, recognise and promote best practice and leadership in procurement. Nominations from five categories were judged with the help of our leading Advisory Board and the Editor of CPO Agenda. The winners were announced at the ProcureCon Awards Ceremony following Day One of the main conference. 
• Even More Opportunities For Interactive, Focused Networking & Discussion, including:
• Champagne Roundtables on 6th November - An opportunity to discuss your most pressing issues in intimate, informal champagne roundtable sessions, ensuring our delegates met the right people and gained real-world perspective from their peers. 
• CPO Clinic – even better than last year! – Senior procurement participants could once again attend our exclusive pre-event CPO Clinic
• Interactive Voting Panel on the 6th November – Every delegate had an interactive voting tool to vote in and then view immediate results to the key procurement issues of the moment, which were then discussed by our leading panel
• Focused Afternoon Workshops – An opportunity to join two hour afternoon Workshops on the 6th & 7th November, limited to 30 participants, which allowed delegates to benefit from a truly deep dive perspective into key topics
• Cocktail Reception and Gala Awards Dinner on 6th November
• Performance Measurement Focus Day on 5th November and Commodities Masterclass on 8th November
• Special Focus On Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainable Procurement

Networking during the coffee break

Participants at Luc Volatier’s Champagne Roundtable

If you are interested in Speaking at ProcureCon 2008, please contact Diane Mekie on diane.mekie@wbr.co.uk or +44 (0) 20 7368 9323

To purchase the ProcureCon 2007 CD ROM all presentations included,
contact Sukhjinder Thiara on 020 7368 9580 or Sukhjinder.thiara@wbr.co.uk

Hear What The Press Have To Say:

Supply Management

Features, 13 December 2007

Crowd pleaser
Everybody knows about supplier relationship management - don't they? Rebecca Ellinor reports on moves likely to make it a bigger challenge for buyers

The importance of supplier relationship management is nothing new. But the theory is undergoing somewhat of a change. For many speakers at the Procurecon conference in Brussels last month a reflection of these shifts put the issue centre stage.  Read more……

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: 

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities at ProcureCon 2008 please contact Emma Jukes at WBR on +44 (0) 207 368 9420 or email her at emma.jukes@wbr.co.uk