April 5–8, 2009
Long Beach, California
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Conference Agenda
Earn up to 20 continuing education hours by attending all three days of World Congress 2009!| | Saturday, April 4, 2009 | | 1:00pm–6:00pm | NCMA World Congress 2009 Golf Tournament*
The Oak Creek Golf Club
www.oakcreekgolfclub.com | | | Sunday, April 5, 2009 | | 12:00pm–2:30pm | FREE Career Fair | | 3:00pm–4:00pm | General Session: Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO, The Hewlett-Packard Company (1999–2005) and bestselling author of Tough Choices | | 4:00pm–5:30pm | Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting and Reception
| Monday, April 6, 2009 | | 8:00am–9:00am | General Session: The Honorable Thomas M. Davis III, Federal Government Relations, Deloitte Services LLP
| | 9:00am–10:15am | Industry Panel Panelists: Charles Chadwick, BAE Systems Vice President of Contracts and Business Conduct; Kimberly S. Rupert, CPCM, Senior Vice President for Contracts, Procurement and Pricing, SAIC; Larry Schultz, Fellow, Vice President, Corporate Contract Compliance, Parker Hannifin Corporation; and Kathleen Hines, BAE Systems Vice President Contracts, Pricing and Procurement | | 10:15am–11:00am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
| | 11:00am–12:30pm | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | | 12:30pm–2:15pm | Exhibit Hall Open, Lunch Served
| | 2:15pm–3:00pm | Dessert Served in Exhibit Hall
| | 3:00pm–4:30pm | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | | 6:30pm–11:00pm | NCMA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner* —SOLD OUT!!! Speaker: Ralph C. Nash, Fellow, Emeritus Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School | | | Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | | 8:00am–9:00am | General Session: Lester L. Lyles, Board Director, General Dynamics Corporation, MTC Technologies, Inc., The Dayton Power and Light Company, ANSER Corp., and Battelle Memorial Institute
| | 9:00am–10:15am | Federal Procurement Operations Panel Moderator: Christopher Dorobek, Editor in Chief, Federal Computer Week
Panelists: Charlie Williams, Director, Defense Contract Management Agency; Jan Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Frank Anderson, Fellow, President, Defense Acquisition University | | 10:15am–11:00am | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall | | 11:00am–12:30pm | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | | 12:30pm–2:15pm | Exhibit Hall Open, Lunch Served | | 2:15pm–3:00pm | Dessert Served in Exhibit Hall | | 3:00pm–4:30pm | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | 7:00pm
| Dine-Arounds
| | | Wednesday, April 8, 2008 | | 8:00am–9:30am | General Session: Dr. Kathleen Hall, Stress and Life Balance Expert
| | 9:45am–11:15am | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | | 11:30am–1:00pm | 15 Concurrent Breakout Sessions | 1:00pm–2:30pm
| Awards Lunch
| | 2:30pm–4:00pm | Closing General Session Panel—Federal Procurement Policy Under the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress Moderator: Robert Burton, Fellow, Partner, Venable LLP | Thursday, April 9, 2008 | | 8:30am–4:30pm | Post-conference Workshops (at the Hyatt Regency)* | | |
* Indicates special event—separate registration fee may apply.
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