Port of Spain, Trinidad: Leveraging Strategic Procurement to Achieve Best Value, Effective Governance and Responsible Development will be high on the agenda, when some of the world's most eminent procurement experts descend on the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad, from October 11-12, for CPPC 2010, the leading public procurement forum in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

From procurement law, governance and anti-corruption to eProcurement and responsible supply chain management, this comprehensive two-day intensive, complete with some of the most dynamic workshops and conference presentations, will examine international best practice and the latest developments in the high-stakes world of public procurement.

From examining a country's potential risk for large-scale theft of public resources,  raising accountability and auditing standards in state-owned enterprises, integrity, transparency, anti-corruption legislation and whistleblower protection to the risk of special interest influence; workshops will be tailored around Governance, Ethic, and Accountability, Public Procurement Reform and Regional Trade, Public Construction and Infrastructure, Public Private Partnerships, Procurement and the Environment, Oil and Gas Industry Contracting and Defense Procurement.

These dynamic presentations and intensive training components will be facilitated by international and regional experts such Shahid Minto, Former Procurement Ombudsman of Canada, Dr. Derrick McKoy, Chairman of Competition and Former Contractor-General of Jamaica, Prof. Steve Woolcock, International Political Economy, London School of Economics, Prof. Christopher Yukins, Director of Government Procurement Law Programme, George Washington Law School  Paul Emanuelli, author of Government Procurement, Director, Public Procurement Programme, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Nicholas Dennys QC, Head of Atkin Chambers, UK and a leading barrister in international construction, infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, Prof. Gustavo Piga of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Editor of Economics of Public Procurement, Roberto Hernández García, Editor of International Public Procurement: A Guide to Best Practice, acclaimed British journalist, anti-corruption political activist, and author Michela Wrong, Prof. Norman Girvan, International Relations expert, University of the West Indies and Margaret Rose, Executive Director of the Caribbean Procurement Institute.

According to Margaret Rose, Executive Director CPI, "This forum provides a unique platform for leaders, policymakers, academics, business executives and professionals to gain comprehensive exposure to this emerging field and will promote an improved appreciation of the value of strategic procurement and build critical procurement professional capacity in the region."

Government ministers, permanent secretaries, directors and managers of state-owned enterprises, economists, development specialists, finance and audit professionals, developers, contractors, suppliers, construction professionals and other procurement professionals will receive some of the best training available internationally.

To register and for further details on CPPC 2010 check http://www.cppc2010.org. The media is also invited to cover CPPC 2010, Leveraging Strategic Procurement to Achieve Best Value, Effective Governance and Responsible Development, on Monday, October 11 and Tuesday, October 12. Media practitioners should email .