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 ROUND UP

The Launch of FORMIGA

Kerry Hallard, CEO at the GSA
Debi Hamil, CEO of IAOP (video link)

What is FormIGA, what does it mean to be an industry for Good and how do we collaborate to enact change?

Watch Kerry's Presentation here.
View Kerry's Slides here.

Buyers can and should use their spending power to drive good

Graeme Matheson, Performance Lead, John Lewis Partnership and Global Advisory Council Member for FormIGA


A perspective for good, backed up by a robust selection process centred around driving and delivering positive change.

Watch Graeme's video here

SPSI – understanding your service providers’ ESG performance &
FormIGA SPSI’s Pioneer Partner, Sutherland Global Services


Kerry Hallard, CEO, GSA
Alistair Niederer, CEO at NeedleRock and GSA’s Council member for ESG

The GSA beta-launched its Service Provider Sustainability Index (SPSI) in March. With the results from working with its Pioneer Partner, we shared how it’s delivering actionable insight to businesses and what we’ve learnt about how we can all improve ESG performance and measurement.

Case study: “SPSI stands out from other assessments due to its easy and distinctive approach, tailored by our industry, for our industry. The ESG maturity report highlighted gaps between our current state and our aspirational goals


View Alistair's presentation here.
View Alistair's slides here.

Kerry Hallard, CEO, GSA
Alistair Niederer, CEO at NeedleRock and GSA’s Council member for ESG

AGILE SOURCING– A DRIVER FOR AN INDUSTRY FOR GOOD

Hemant Puthli, Managing Director and Partner, Neo Group
Richard Scott, Founder & Commercial Director, The Deal Coach

Chaired by Chris Halward, Director at Ascea


How is the Agile sourcing methodology building resilience across strategic sourcing partnerships and ensuring our industry is seen to be an industry that does good.

Watch the full presentation here.
View the slides here.

WHAT NEXT FOR STANDARDISATION – THE WORKHOUSE OF OUR INDUSTRY

David Jones, Founder, Clausify

Chris Halward, Director, Ascea Limited


Without standardisation across technology and business services sourcing, we’re reinventing the wheel every day and slowing down progress, hampering innovation and tying an anchor to agility. What’s next for this crucial element of modern sourcing

Watch the Presentation here.

View the Slides here.

DELIVERY DESTINATIONS: PANEL DISCUSSION


Maya Milanova, Managing Director at FlowLogic - Bulgaria

Rajive Silva, CEO and board member at Azend Technologies – Sri Lanka

Heerun Ghurburrun, Director of Europe, EDB Mauritius – Mauritius




We’re all familiar with the brilliant work being delivered from India and more recently Latam and Africa but which other delivery destinations are the ‘ones to watch’ and what are the benefits to both buyers and local communities from being there.

Watch the Presentation here.

ESG AMBASSADORS: POP UP & PANEL DISCUSSION

Matt Clarke, Managing Director, Workforce Solutions
Dimitar Dimitrov, Managing Partner, Accedia
Simon Howatson, Co-Founder and CEO, BornGood


Meet the GSA’s ESG Ambassadors, a group of businesses each doing great things to explore and expand ESG programmes within their organisations.

Watch the presentation here.
View Matt's Slides here.
View Simon's Slides here.

LEVERAGING OUR SIZE AND SCALE TO ADVOCATE FOR SUPPLY CHAINS THAT ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE.

Ben Ngobi - Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead, Accenture



AI & RESPONSIBLE BUYING

Nick Dale, VP Policing, CGI


AI-powered solutions are on every buyer’s shopping list for 2024/25 but how do you ensure that you’re buying responsibly? Are you clear on protocols, ethical frameworks and where your responsibilities begin and end? What should you be asking your vendors? 

ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL

Sean Holden, Lead Product Designer, OpenDialog


Sean will highlight the importance of accessibility in digital technology, products and services when 1 in 5 users experience a visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive disability. He will touch on how OpenDialog has implemented accessibility into their conversational ai platform as an example of how technology should and can adapt.

Watch the Presentation here.

View Sean's Slides here.

THE ART OF RESILIENCE. HOW TO SUSTAIN PERFORMANCE WITHOUT BURNING OUT.

Nick Petrie, Leadership researcher and speaker, Adeption




Two powerful development experiences to allow you to navigate and thrive in our complex world. The Art of resilience (AOR), based on 35 years of research by Dr Derek Rogers made accessible to all, and Grow-Perform-Sustain without burning out (GPS) and what the top 5% in highly demanding role (CIA, sports, surgeons, navy seals and business leaders) do to sustain their performance

 Watch the Presentation here.

FUTURE PROOFING THE INDUSTRY – WE INVITE THIS YEAR’S AWARD SUBMISSIONS TO THE STAGE TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY.

Pop ups from:

Proservartner 
Dhru Patel, COO 
Ellie Keogh, Head of Transformation & LEAN CoE


Watch the presentation here.

Diligenta 
Greg Thomas, Programme Director, Digital
Karthik Nagarajan, Chief Architect


Watch the presentation here.

KMS Lighthouse with lastminute.com 
Neil Russell Smith, Founder & CMO of NRS Marketing – Representative of KMS Lighthouse 


Watch the presentation here.

CLOSE AND SUMMARY

Kerry Hallard, CEO at GSA


Watch the presentation here.

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