NCMA World Congress 2007 Wednesday, April 25 — Session Schedule

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Keynote Presenter: Helen Greiner, Chairman and Co-founder, iRobot Corporation
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	General Session Panel Winning Results Moderator: John L. Kreideweis, CPCM, Fellow, Partner, KL Consulting Group Panelists: Robert Drewes, President, L-3 Communication Integrated Systems; Jim Duffey, General Manager, EDS U.S. Public Sector; Keith D. Ernst, Acting Director, Defense Contract Management Agency; and James A. Williams, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break (Sponsored by BVTI)
Track Sessions	10:40 a.m. - 11:40 p.m.	11:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	2:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Contract Basics	208 The Negotiating Process: Ten Ways to Be Successful	Luncheon Speaker: Barry Rellaford, Leadership Development Expert, CoveyLink "The Speed of Trust"	209 Partnering and Best Practices for Contract Requirements	210 What's in a Contract File? Organization, Maintenance, and Retention gs2429 gs2458
Contract Law	408 Protest Sustained-2006 Year in Review		409 Navigating the Buy American Act and the Buy America Act and State Preference Legislation	No Session
Defense Contracting	608 Battlefield Contracting: Lessons Learned		609 What's New with PIA's (Proprietary Information Agreements)	610 Government and Industry Partnering-Rhetoric or Reality?
Executive and Leadership	708 Workforce Transformation		709 Federal Acquisition Workforce Landscape, What's in It for You?	710 Current Initiatives Within the Defense Contract Audit Agency
Federal Government Contracting	808 Overview of the New FAR Part 45 Government Property		809 GSA Schedule Compliance-What Your Company May Be Doing Wrong and Not Even Know it!	810 Source Selection: Best Practices in Streamlining the Process
Human Capital and Career Management	1108 ID Theft-Are You as Safe as You Think You Are?		1109 Career Development for Acquisition Professionals: Status and Challenges	No Session
Human Capital and Career Management II	1208 NCMA Salary Survey 2006: Compensation Trends for the Contract Management Workforce		1209 NCMA's Certification Program	No Session
Intellectual Property / Software Licensing / Technology in Contract Management	1308 How Compliance Issues Affect Software Licensing		1309 What Every Contract Manager Should Know About Buying and Selling Developed Software	1310 Successful Enterprise System Deployment Is Dependent on a Robust Technology and Software Architecture
Knowledge Management	1508 The Five-Step KM Process		1509 Training Enhancement and Accelerated Learning: A Knowledge Management Case Study	1510 Filling the Knowing-Doing Gap: Implications for the Contracting Workforce
Performance-Based Contracting	1608 Contracting for Performance-Based Logistics		1609 Managing Partnerships with the Customs National Uniform Program-A Performance-Based Solution!	1610 The Power of Market Research A Program Manager's Guide to Realizing Marketplace Potential
Project Management	1708 Six Things Contract Managers Need to Know About Six Sigma		1709 Risk Assessment to Define Contracting Strategy	1710 An Acquisition Overview: NASA's Next Human Space Craft-Project Orion

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