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Modern Slavery - What organisations should be doing in 2024

2025

Virtual Meeting

Modern Slavery - What organisations should be doing in 2024

The future of the procurement profession

2024

Melbourne, Victoria

The future of the procurement profession

2024

Melbourne, Victoria

The future of the procurement profession

Top Australia Recruitment Agencies present what they see in current and future Supply Chain market

2023

Virtual Meeting

Top Australia Recruitment Agencies present what they see in current and future Supply Chain market

2023

Virtual Meeting

Procurement Supply Chain Career Paths

2023

Virtual Meeting

Practical Cyber Security Measures

Procurement and Supply Chain in a Changing World ... 12 months on ... what's changed since back then?

2023

Virtual Meeting

Procurement and Supply Chain in a Changing World ... 12 months on ... what's changed since back then?

Len Blackmore and Craig Lardner join us for a follow up discussion around "Procurement and Supply Chain in a Changing World ... 12 months on ... what's changed since back then?"

Virtual Meeting

Demand for Contract Labour and its Impact on the Energy Sector

How is your organisation managing project deadlines and budgets in the face of ongoing labour shortages, rising costs, uncertain global events?

2023

TBA

Annual EPSA Conference - Tasmania

Our 2023 annual Conference will be hosted by Hydro Tasmania in Hobart over the 11th and 12th of May 2023

2023

Hydro Tasmania Workshop tour

Supply Chain Resilience and the Energy Value Chain

2023

Online

Supply Chain Resilience and the Energy Value Chain

Join us for our monthly Hot Topic session around Supply Chain Resilience and the Energy Value Chain to be presented by Ernst & Young.

2023

Impacts on Procurement and Supply and Mitigating Strategies

2023 Marco-Economic Update: Impacts on Procurement and Supply and Mitigating Strategies Presented by Debobrata Hembram, Mohit Handa and Padmalakshmi G from Beroe.

New Research into Modern Slavery Act 2018

2022

Virtual Meeting

New Research into Modern Slavery Act 2018

Virtual Meeting

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - CCA Awareness Training for EPSA Members

Virtual Meeting

AGM

Procurement’s Role in Minimising Impact of Global Inflation

2022

Virtual Meeting

Procurement’s Role in Minimising Impact of Global Inflation

2022

Online

Social Procurement

Join us to hear from our three presenters, Catherine Predika - Ausnet, Greg Parkinson - Turner &Townsend and Glen Spittey - Santos, all of which have years of experience in the Procurement business.

2022

Virtual Meeting

How to Lead a Complex Negotiation

Join EPSA for our August Hot Topic where Craig Lardner - Procurement Advisory Services, will present on How to Lead a Complex Negotiation. We will also receive an update from Prof. James Cockayne – Professor of Global Politics & Anti Slavery, University of Nottingham, around new research into the Modern Slavery Act 2018.

Supply Chain Risk Management - Round Table Discussion

2022

Virtual Meeting

Supply Chain Risk Management - Round Table Discussion

Join us for a round table discussion around Supply Chain Risk Management. We will provide the opportunity for all to provide their lessons learned, experiences, concerns, questions... Whether you speak up or simply listen in, we guarantee that you will leave the session with some new insights and approaches.

EPSA Conference Adelaide South Australia

May 2022

Adelaide Oval

EPSA Conference Adelaide South Australia

EPSA's first face to face conference since October 2019 and held at South Australia's historic Adelaide Oval, the theme of the conference will be ‘Procurement and Supply Chain in a Changing World in the Energy Sector’. Hold the date in your 2022 calendars and we will provide more information as the date approaches. Working in partnership with Augment Resources the conference will also see the launch of EPSA's White Paper of the same topic.

2022

Virtual Meeting

Supply Chain Risk Management

This Hot Topic session will see presentations from Nathan Roost – Ernst & Young and David Haynes – Orrcon Distribution – A suppliers perspective of Supply Chain Risk Management

2022

Virtual Meeting

Supply Chain Risks - Ukraine/Russia

The session will be focused on the impacts of the current situation between Ukraine/Russia. Beroe will kick off the session with a presentation on the general overview and current update with a focus on certain categories that are impacted. We will then have a virtual roundtable discussion where we would like a representative from each of the membership group to share their current issues on this topic and some of the potential mitigation strategies you are putting in place if any.

2022

Contracting Resources – Augment

The session will focus on preparing for success in sourcing contingent labour and professional services. The session will cover the common structures by which to source this category; the pros and cons of each structure from both a buyer and suppliers’ perspective; what is the state of the market currently and it’s expected trends; and what risks do you need to cover as a result – particularly when choosing suppliers

December 14, 2021

Adelaide

EPSA Conference Adelaide South Australia

The December 14, 2021 APUG conference was held in Adelaide. Some topics on the agenda were Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement-State of the Market and Recycling Journey.

2020

Online

EPSA Virtual Conference

2020 threw a spanner in the works with the onset of the Covid pandemic. The world was thrown into turmoil and this saw EPSA hold its first virtual conference.

EPSA Conference Perth, Western Australia

October 2019

Western Power, Perth

EPSA Conference Perth, Western Australia

Held at Western Power’s office in Perth, this conference focused on Supplier Relationship Management, with topics including Business and Customer Services. Procure to Pay Transformation and SRM presentations from both TransGrid, Western power and AusNet Service Case Study on “Challenging the existing Sourcing Paradigm utilizing Collaborative Optimisation”. This conference coincided with the launch of EPSA modern Slavery White Paper.

August 2019

Cairns

EPSA Conference Cairns, Queensland

Our second conference for 2019 was held in sunny Cairns. Amongst other informative sessions, Energy Qld presented Procurement Challenges and Approach - As a consequence of Ring Fencing.

March 2019

Jemena, Melbourne

EPSA Conference Melbourne, Victoria

This Conference entitled The Future of Procurement Technology was held at Jemena’s offices in Melbourne and included keynote speakers from IACCM, Case Studies on Agile procurement (Jemena), Data Analytic Application (CLP) and Risk Workshop, and presentation by Hays on the Shortage of Skilled Strategic Procurement Resources

March, 2019

Melbourne, Victoria

EPSA Conference Melbourne

The EPSA conference in March 2019 was hosted at the Jemena Head Office in Melbourne. IACCM presented on the Future State of Procurment Technology with related case studies from Sharyn County - Jemena and Winnie Au - CLP

October 2018

Macau

EPSA Macau October 2018

The association's second conference for 2018 was held in Macau. EPSA presented White Papers on Sustainability in the Supply Chain and Technology-enabled Procurement.

March, 2018

Darling Harbour Sydney

EPSA Conference Darling Harbour Sydney

The first biannual conference for 2018 was held at Darling Harbor, Sydney. Presentations included Global Sourcing, Sustainable Procurement in the energy industry and Continuous Improvement Program.

February, 2017

ElectraNet, SA

EPSA Conference South Australia

The 2017 conference was held in Sth Australia and was hosted by ElectraNet. There were numerous presenters at the conference with ArcBlue presenting on Sector wide Procurement Benchmarking Programs - Mapping the sector journey towards best practice.

August 2016

EQL Brisbane

EQL Brisbane August 2016

Held at Ergon Energy in Brisbane this conference had a presentation from Transgird around the relative merits of benchmarking, Centralise Purchains by Ergon Energy, Strategic and Transactional Purchases by CLP, Supply Chain by Electranet and a Group Discussion on Sustainable Procurement

August, 2016

EQL Brisbane

EPSA Conference Brisbane, Queensland

This conference was hosted by Energex in Brisbane. Presentations were provided by Carly Irving - Our Customer Driven Future, Andre Behm - Integrated Supply Technology, to name a couple.

June, 2016

CLP , Hong Kong

Epsa Hong Kong

The EPSA conference was held in Hong Kong in June 2016. Presentations were provided to the audience from Keystone Cable, Xian Electric Engineering and A.T Kearney.

2015

Energex Brisbane

EPSA Conference Brisbane, Queensland

In August 2015 EPSA, formerly APUG, held its biannual conference in Brisbane. Along with many other topics of interest, Ergon Energy presented its view on Centralised Purchasing

2015

Ergon Townsville

EPSA Conference Townsville, Queensland

In 2015 EPSA, formerly APUG, held its 2 day conference in Townsville, Qld. A sample of areas of interest and topics of discussion were Procurement and Logistics innovations, Sustainable Procurement Decisions vs Short Term "Grab the Cash" Decisions and Procurement at Ergon.

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