November 5–6, 2009
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, MD
Thank you to the GSA Office of Acquisition Policy for their support of this year’s event.
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Agenda
| Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | | 8:30am–4:30pm | Pre-Conference Seminars | - Risk Management for Complex U.S. Government Contracts and Projects
- Contract Negotiations
- CPCM and CFCM Fast Track Exam Preparatory Sessions
| | 2:00pm–6:00pm | FREE Contract Management Career Fair | - 30+ Organizations ready to hire
- Contract management career panel discussion
- Career counseling sessions with members of NCMA Board of Directors
| | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | | 7:30am–8:30am | Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Miracorp | | | 8:30am–8:40am | Opening Comments | Gary Poleskey, CPCM, Fellow, NCMA President Anne Reed, Conference Chair, President and CEO, Acquisition Solutions, Inc. | | 8:40am–9:30am | Keynote Speaker | Challenges, Opportunities, Building a Smarter Government  Anne Altman, General Manager, Global Public Sector, IBM | | 9:30am–10:45am | General Session Panel | Federal Acquisition Policy Initiatives: Insourcing and Inherently Governmental Functions - Steven Schooner, CPCM, Fellow, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
- Matthew Bloom, OFPP Representative
| | 10:45am–11:15am | Break in the Exhibit Hall | | | 11:15am–12:30pm | 3 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Common Acquisition Touchpoints Between Industry and Government : Jessica Morgenstern, Director of Strategic Initiatives, APMP, and Business Development Operations Manager, Northrop Grumman Streamlining Procurement for Federal Agencies Through Effective GWACS : Robert Coen, Deputy Program Director, NITAAC; Joanne Woytek, NASA SEWP Program Manager; and Marcelo Olascoaga, Deputy Director, GWAC Programs, U.S. General Services Administration Developing Effective Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) in Specifying, Cost Estimating, and Executing a Program Acquisition : Kerry A. Sheehan, Manager, Corporate Relations and Training, MCR, LLC Personal Conflict of Interests : Terry Raney, Senior Vice-President, CACI International | | 12:30pm–1:45pm | Lunch, with Guest Speaker Sponsored by Aquilent | | | 1:45pm–2:15pm | Networking break—dessert served in Exhibit Hall | | | 2:15pm–3:30pm | 4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | The Role of Cost in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) : Michael Thompson, NAVAIR Contract Manager, MCR Federal Inc. Best Practices to Avoid Protests : Barbara Kinosky, President, Centre Consulting Acquisition Intern Programs: Successes and Best Practices : Lisa Doyle, Chancellor, Acquisition Academy, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Donna Jenkins, Director, Acquisition Workforce, Department of Homeland Security Contracting for Information Technology Capability—Challenges and Solutions: Diann McCoy, Practice Management Executive, Acquisition Solutions, Inc.; Jerry E. Williams, Chief Information Officer, HUD; Tim Harp, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3ISR&IT Acquisition), OASD NII/CIO; and John Gilligan, President of the Gilligan Group | | 3:30pm–4:45pm | 4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Contracting Insights for Performance Based Logistics (PBL) : Robert Barnhart, Research Associate, University of Tennessee and Managing Partner, Logistics and Acquisition Partners, LLC Certification Trends/Update Closing the Gaps in Service Acquisition: Lyle Eesley, Fellow, Director, Learning Center of Excellence for Service Acquisition, Defense Acquisition University American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Implementation and Reporting Requirements : Christopher Yukins, Associate Professor of Government Contracts Law and Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, George Washington University Law School; and Aris Georgopoulos, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Education; the University of Nottingham School of Law | | 4:45pm–6:00pm | Conference Reception in Exhibit Hall | | | Friday, November 6, 2009 | | 7:30am–8:30am | Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Miracorp | | | 8:30am–8:40am | Opening Comments | Anne Reed, Conference Chair, President and CEO, Acquisition Solutions, Inc. | | 8:40am–9:30am | Keynote Speaker | An Overview of the NISH/AbilityOne Program David Theimer, Assistant VP of Marketing, NISH; and Robert Graham, Mail Clerk, ServiceSource | | 9:30am–10:45am | General Session Panel | Federal Acquisition Legislation Update - Eric Cho, Counsel, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Andrew Hunter, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee
- Jon Etherton, Etherton and Associates, Inc.
| | 10:45am–11:15am | Break in the Exhibit Hall | | | 11:15am–12:30pm | 4 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | Strategies for Developing and Implementing Effective Acquisition Savings Plans: Dr. Steven Kelman, Fellow, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government; Deborah Broderick, Deputy Procurement Section Chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Soraya Correa, Director, Office of Procurement Operations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; John Ely, Executive Director, Office of Procurement, Customs and Border Protection; and Bryon Young, Executive Director, Contracting Center, U.S. Army RDECOM So You Think You Know the FAR : Michelle Currier, CFCM, CPCM, Fellow, Professor of Contracts, Defense Acquisition University Update on GAO Protest Decisions : Mike Golden, Managing Associate General Counsel, Procurement Law Division, GAO (invited) Most Probable Cost in Government Source Selection : William Haseltine, CCEA, President, SCEA | | 12:30pm–2:00pm | Lunch, with Guest Speaker Sponsored by Aquilent | Acquitision Reforms for the New Administration The Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs | | 2:00pm–3:15pm | General Session Panel | Managing the People: Acquisition Workforce Challenges and Solutions Moderator: Joanie Newhart, CPCM, Senior Procurement Executive, Department of Transportation - Frank Anderson, Fellow, President, Defense Acquisition University
- Lesley Field, Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
- Donna T. McCarthy, Ph.D. CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M. Director, Federal Acquisition Institute
| | 3:30pm–5:00pm | NCMA Women's Forum
| An interactive roundtable discussion on issues facing women in the profession |
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