On the 15th of November, we  welcome our members in the venue Ter Vennen in Wijnegem for our closed CPO event. The topic will be ‘Consortium Buying’. The following menu will be served to you:

16.30h Welcome coffee

17.00h Defining the benefits and challenges of Consortium Buying

* What is consortium buying?

* Which structure?

* How and when can it be successful?

* Do’s and don’ts

* Q & A

Fabian Roosen, Value Chain Transformation practice lead Belgium, PwC

17.40h CASE : The Blue Sky Story – Electricity buying consortium

A consortium of electro intensive industrial companies, active in Belgium, who teamed up to buy nuclear electricity and entered into a project to build a power plant in joint venture with Electrabel (now Engie)

  • Why in consortium?
  • Consortium buying/consortium investing
  • Which structure, how to make it work?
  • Principles of governance
  • Some lessons learned

Olivier Montfort, former Managing Director, Blue Sky Amercoeur

Geert Bens, VP Procurement & Transportation, Umicore         

18.05h CASE: Aseptic liquid packaging board consortium

– one/single supplier ; could there be any benefit?

– development model and scope

– playing rules

– advantages and pitfalls

– experiences member last 5 years

Theo Wolleswinkel, Star Sourcing 360

18.30h Exchange of ideas and experiences between Pascion members

19.30h Networking – Walking dinner

Date:  15 November 2016

Venue:  Ter Vennen – Merksemsebaan 278 – 2110 Wijnegem