Panel I - Green Supply Chains

Day

Friday, October 17, 2008
Time 10:50-12:00
Room Alberta

Opening Presentation

Buying into the Future: The Integration of Supply Management and Sustainability
Larry Berglund, CPP, MBA, Director of Supply Management, Business Operations, University of British Columbia; larry.berglund@ubc.ca

Larry Berglund will talk about the emerging role for supply professionals to introduce green products and services as well as pragmatic sustainability practices. He will also provide an outline of his model that identifies the (4) main areas for supply professionals to focus on when integrating sustainability.

Larry will provide an overview of sustainability issues and corporate social responsibility. He will also provide a discourse on barriers and enablers he has encountered in the past 5 years while building the subject matter expertise. He will share his thoughts on how to successfully implement sustainability policies from a public sector perspective.

Moderator

Guoqing Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Windsor

Panelists

  1. Larry Berglund, CPP, MBA, Director Supply Management, Business Operation, University of British Columbia
     
  2. Cem Dogan, Partner, Accenture
     
  3. Jim G. Nicholson, CPP, Purchasing Agent, City of Calgary