2010 events archive
Meet Moventum 2010 – the official Grosvenor Movember team!
Movember is about raising funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Close to 3,300 men die of prostate cancer in Australia each year and one in eight men will experience depression in their lifetime. Through the Movember Foundation and its men's health partners, PCFA and beyondblue: the national depression initiative, Movember is funding world class research, educational and support programs which would otherwise not be possible.
Grosvenor is officially supporting this cause to change the face of men's health by registering our team, Grosvenor Moventum 2010. Even the ladies are getting on board!
If you would like to help us in our cause and donate, please go to the Movember website and search for Grosvenor Moventum 2010.
To read more about the impact Movember is having please visit the Movember Foundation.
We hope you join Grosvenor in changing the face of men's health.
Managing Volatility - The 6th CIPSA Annual Conference, Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne
13th & 14th October 2010
Peter Macfarlane is scheduled to present a session on Tender Evaluation on Day One of the conference. The session will include current techniques and processes for comparing tenders, comparing value for money and how to streamline evaluations without increasing risk.
Visit the CIPS Australasia website for further information and registration.
Optimising Tender Evaluations - New Zealand's Procurement Academy, Wellington
2nd or 3rd September 2010
Grosvenor will be delivering the one day course designed for procurement and contracting professionals involved in planning and undertaking tender evaluations.
The course will develop evaluation skills and techniques, including an understanding of the importance of evaluation criteria selection. Awareness of limitations in the evaluation process and ways to avoid and manage risk will also be addressed.
For further course details and registration, visit New Zealand's Ministry of Economic Development's Procurement Academy website.
Delivering Value - How Outsourcing Can Improve CRE Performance, CoreNet Global Forum, Melbourne
31st August 2010
As a part of Grosvenor's ongoing commitment to sharing knowledge and best practice Kent Stuart, who leads our property practice, will present on corporate real estate (CRE) outsourcing at the offices of Colliers International in Melbourne on Tuesday 31 August.
Together with co-presenters from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment and Colliers International, the forum will explore the value that can be generated from the perspective of the client, the service provider and the consultant.
For more information or registration contact Effie Margiolis from CoreNet direct at emargiolis@corenetglobal.org. Revisit our website www.grosvenor.com.au after 31 August for posting of the presentations.
"Impact Thru Innovation Down Under", CoreNet Global Summit, Sydney
2nd - 4th August 2010
Kent Stuart leads a panel discussion titled, Greening your Portfolio: Turning Conflicting Objectives into Mutual Gain. The session will explore the ANZ Banking Group's introduction of a balanced scorecard for greening the Australian portfolio in 2006. ANZ Banking Group with Jones Lang LaSalle and Lend Lease make up the panel to discuss the outcomes of the balanced scorecard and how achievement in sustainability will continue following recent expansion in India.
To attend Kent's session and the CoreNet Global Summit visit the website.
Developing Specifications Course, Wellington
6th & 20th July 2010
Grosvenor will be delivering the one day course covering development of specifications that get better outcomes from contracts. The course builds the drafting skills to develop a specification analysing the role of the various elements of a specification document, the importance of document integrity to the process and contract, and what suppliers need from a specification.
This course provides an excellent foundation for issuing tenders which result in competitive, comparable supplier bids and ultimately, more manageable contracts.
Visit the MED website for the course outline and further details.
Contract Planning and Management, Wellington
7th-8th July 2010 & 21st- 22nd July 2010
Grosvenor will be delivering the two day course covering contract planning and management of contract relationships.
Designed for those who are involved in developing or managing contracts, participants will work together to gain a practical understanding of the contracting lifecycle, attributes of an effective contract/relationship management plan and turning selection/ performance criteria into contractual commitments.
This course builds the skills to get the most out of the procurement process and to manage the resulting contracts to achieve organisational goals. See course outline for further details.
Visit the MED website for the course outline and further details.
4th CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum, Auckland
15th June 2010
Peter Macfarlane has been invited to present at the 4th CIPS NZ Strategic Procurement Forum to be held in Auckland, 15th June 2010. Peter will be present a similar session regarding tender evaluation, as presented at the 5th CIPSA Public Sector Procurement Conference in May.
Visit the CIPS Australasia website for further information.
BTTB Australia 2010, Travel Conference, Sydney
5th & 6th May 2010
Peter Macfarlane, with the Department of Finance and Deregulation, will be presenting a case study plenary session regarding the Whole of Australian Government Coordinated Procurement of Travel Services at the BTTB Australia 2010 Travel Conference, to be held in Sydney, 5th and 6th May 2010.
For further information regarding Peter's session and BTTB Australia 2010, visit the BTTB Online website.
5th CIPSA Public Sector Procurement Conference, Canberra
27th & 28th May 2010
Peter Macfarlane will be delivering a session regarding tender evaluation at the 5th CIPSA Public Sector Procurement Forum to be held in Canberra 27th and 28th May 2010.
For further information regarding Peter's session and the conference, visit the CIPS Australasia website.