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PASA announces Health & Aged Care Procurement Conference program

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PASA’s Annual Health & Aged Care Procurement Conference (HACP10) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, taking place in Sydney on 4 & 5 June. Have you checked out the recently released full program?

Widely celebrated as the region’s largest health and aged care procurement conference, the event will see hundreds of procurement delegates gather at the Royal Randwick Racecourse to hear from high-profile keynote speakers, interact with exhibitors and enjoy networking opportunities.

Want to attend for free? The first 100 buyers to register will receive a complimentary ticket.

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Who will be speaking?

Across both days of the event, the carefully curated program will feature topics that are at the heart of the challenges health and aged care procurement professionals face today, providing potential solutions and expert insights.

Here’s a summary of who will be speaking and what they will be covering:

  • Dr Stephanie Allen, Senior Partner, Global Healthcare Lead, Kearney on the cost of longevity
  • Siobhain Simpson, Partner, Stewart Brown sharing a financial analysis of the state of the aged care sector today
  • Margaret Reid, GM Strategic Procurement, Bolton Clarke on dialling down supply side risk by integrating the power of efficiency, collaboration and transparency into the supply side of aged care
  • Stuart Smith, Divisional Director, Western Health (VIC) on inefficiencies of centre-led models in the health sector, often created by failures to fully understand and control their procurement lifecycle
  • Ama Aidoo-Sam, Director of Procurement Operations, ResMed providing a case study on ECT in practice at ResMed
  • Steven Jennings, Executive Director, Commercial, Procurement & Supply Chain, Metro South Health (QLD) on efficiency, collaboration and transparency in QLD Health Metro South
  • Adam Blackheart, Manager of Procurement and Capital Works, Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, WA Government on the benefits of decentralising procurement in a small agency
  • Greg Penfold, Head of Procurement, Southern Cross Care (NZ) sharing a perspective on commercial aged care challenges from New Zealand
  • Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, Conference MC talking about the real challenges facing aged care procurement, particularly in 2025 and beyond
  • Rachel Hart, Commercial Director: Supplier Partnerships and Sustainability from Nexus Hospitals and Tracey Shearer, Managing Director, August Consulting sharing a case study on how Nexus embraced ECT to improve procurement outcomes for the business
  • Rowena McCarthy, Health Sector Programme Manager, APCC on collaboration in health procurement: Beyond a single jurisdictional approach with the APCC
  • Stefano Ferrarini, Head of Procurement, Sydney Catholic Schools sharing a case study on learning from education
  • Dean Whiting, CEO, Pathology Technology Australia on a win win win proposal for procurement of health pathology
  • Michael Buchanan, Tendering Advisor (Health), Industry Capability Network, NSW on helping health suppliers to help you
  • Chris Heptinstall, Head of Procurement, Uniting Care NSW sharing a case study on procurement at Uniting doing ‘good’ in the community


Plus much more!

Why attend?

With a significantly aging population, the challenge facing procurement in the health sector is no less than helping to make healthcare in Australia and New Zealand affordable, in both the short term and the long term. As yet, the national debate on health and aged care affordability and caring for an aging population still has no easy answers…and procurement is in the front line.

Together with the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis, ongoing supply chain stresses, skills shortages, budget constraints and ESG demands plus the lasting effects of the aged care Royal Commission are all exacerbating this core challenge. So, what is procurement’s role when we cannot just ‘save’ our way to success? 

HACP10 will help procurement practitioners, working at all levels in the health and aged care sectors, to better understand the exact issues they face and the potential solutions on offer – even providing the opportunity to directly compare approaches.

Attendees will get an instant benchmark from the case studies presented by direct peers at this event, who most often face exactly the same challenges and yet may be further down the road towards implementing solutions.

Who is it for?

Buyers and suppliers!

The event is perfect for buyers who are responsible for the procurement of assets, goods or services for all segments of the health sector.

This includes public, private and not-for-profit providers of all forms of healthcare such as CFOs, CPOs, procurement heads, supply managers, vendor managers, contract managers, category managers, facilities managers, finance managers and financial controllers.

Suppliers to the health and aged care sector are also encouraged to attend, with the opportunity to meet key procurement decision makers and influencers, plus gain a better understanding of customer challenges.

Don’t miss out on Australia’s largest health and aged care procurement conference!

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