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By Ashley Cox
Fresh from their appearance together in Episode 4 of No Ordinary Day in Procurement: The CPC Podcast, CPC Customer Engagement Manager, Jack Horton and Regional Procurement Advisor for the North West and Northern Ireland, Louise Ashcroft will be representing CPC at the upcoming ASCL National Conference, to be held in the famed city of Liverpool.
The 2026 edition of the Association of School and College Leaders' summit will take place across Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March at the Arena and Convention Centre (or ACC), on the banks of the old King's Dock that Paul McCartney rocked.
While Beatles daytrippers have plenty of reasons to make their way to the Mersey, education sector stakeholders across the North West can also benefit from taking a ticket to ride in mid-March, with a host of keynote speakers pencilled in over two packed days of valuable networking opportunities, thought-provoking workshops and continued professional development.
Presented in partnership with sponsors Google for Education, Unifrog and Education Mutual (the latter among CPC's 1,000+ trusted procurement framework suppliers), visitors to the ACC can expert to hear from a wide variety of speechmakers, from Olympic medallist hurdler and broadcaster Colin Jackson to broadcaster and star of Channel 4's Countdown show, Susie Dent.
Visitors can find Crescent Purchasing Consortium as part of the event's exhibition, with Jack and Louise at Stand 32, ready to assist with your queries, share tips and details of our CPC services, and support your pathway to compliant public purchasing.
The headline theme of this year's ASCL National Conference is 'Forward Together' and CPC hopes to mirror this mantra as we support our member institutions, old and new, with their buying in 2026. We can be Your Procurement Partner of Choice. 🤝
The ASCL National Conference will run each day from 9am to 5pm, with further information available via the official site.