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2012 CONFERENCE AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY • MARCH 21
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| 7:30am–4:30pm |
Pre-conference Seminars †
· 100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting
· Contract Types
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| THURSDAY • MARCH 22 |
| 7:30am–4:00pm |
Registration Desk Hours |
| 7:30am–8:30am |
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall · Texas Ballroom 1–3
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| 8:30am–9:30am |
Keynote Presentation · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Charles F. Bolden Jr., Administrator, NASA
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| 9:30am–10:45am |
Panel Discussions: Impacts of Strategic Sourcing in Aerospace
+ Defense for the 21st Century · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Moderator: Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner, Federal Acquisition
Service, General Services Administration;
· Karl Jeppesen, Vice President, Procurement Contracting and Risk
Management, The Boeing Company;
· Erika Kauffeld, Director, Corporate Development, LeanCor, LLC;
· Sheryl Goddard CPCM, Director, Programs Operations Division, NASA;
· Robert C. Shofner, Director, Enterprise Sourcing Group, Air Force
Materials Command
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| 10:45am–11:15am |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall · Texas Ballroom 1–3
Sponsored by Nixon Peabody |
| 11:15am–12:30pm |
Panel Discussion: The New Paradigm of Collaboration in
Government · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Moderator: Kay T. Ely, Director of GSA's IT Schedule Programs, Office of
Integrated Technology Services, General Services Administration;
· Frank J. Anderson Jr., Fellow, President, Strategic Public Sector
Solutions;
· Steven H. Weiss, Executive Vice President, Government Business
Operations, CACI;
· John C. Lavorato, Executive Director, Global Business Relationships,
Dell Corporation;
· Joy White, Director of Contracts, Space and Missiles System Center
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| 12:30pm–1:15pm |
Networking Lunch · Texas Ballroom 4–7 |
| 1:15pm–2:00pm |
Keynote Presentation · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Shay D. Assad, Director, Defense Pricing, Department of Defense
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| 2:00pm–2:30pm |
Coffee and Dessert with Exhibitors · Texas Ballroom 1–3
Sponsored by Nixon Peabody |
| 2:30pm–4:00pm |
Panel Discussion: A Joint Perspective—Acquisition and Contract
Management Policy · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Moderator: Claude M. Bolton Jr., Executive-In-Residence, Defense
Acquisition University;
· Drew Obermeyer, CFCM, Fellow, Director of Planning and
Performance Assessment Division, Contracts Directorate, Defense
Contract Management Agency;
· Ken Saccoccia, Assistant Director, Policy & Plans, Defense Contract Audit
Agency;
· Susan Cote, Vice President, Corporate Contracts, Pricing, and Supply
Chain, Northrop Grumman
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| 4:00pm–5:30pm |
Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall · Texas Ballroom 1–3 |
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| FRIDAY • MARCH 23 |
| 7:30am–2:00pm |
Registration Desk Hours |
| 7:30am–8:30am |
Continental Breakfast · Texas Ballroom 4–7 |
| 7:30am–8:30am |
Networking Breakfast · Texas Ballroom 4–7
Sponsored by the Women's Forum and New Professionals Communities
· Jessica Grant, General Dynamics Information Technology;
· Cassandra Manos, CFCM, CCCM, Battelle Memorial Institute;
· Danielle Mattei, Mercom Corporation;
· Whitney Million, BAE Systems
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| 8:30am–9:30am |
Keynote Presentation · Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Steven J. Kempf, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General
Services Administration
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| 9:30am–10:45am |
Panel Discussion: Transforming Wartime Contracting—
Recommendations from the Commission on Wartime Contracting
· Texas Ballroom 4–7
· Moderator: Jacques S. Gansler, Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair,
Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, School of Public
Policy, University of Maryland;
· Matthew R. Beebe, Executive Director, Joint Contingency Acquisition
Support Office, Defense Logistics Agency;
· Darryl A. Scott, Vice President, Contracts & Pricing, The Boeing Company;
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| 10:45am–11:00am |
Networking Break (No Exhibits) · Texas Ballroom 4–7
Sponsored by Nixon Peabody |
| 11:00am–12:15pm |
Panel Discussion: Dollars & Sense—Key Procurement Fiscal
Efficiency Measures During Economic Uncertainties · Texas
Ballroom 4–7
· Moderator: Terry Raney, Senior Vice President and Division Group
Manager of Business Management, CACI;
· Elliott B. Branch, Fellow, Executive Director, Acquisition and
Logistics Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy;
· Elizabeth A. Ferrell, Partner, McKenna, Long, and Aldridge;
· Drew Obermeyer, CFCM, Fellow, Director of Planning and
Performance Assessment Division, Contracts Directorate, Defense
Contract Management Agency;
· Glenn Richardson, President, Fedbid
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| SATURDAY • MARCH 24 |
| 8:30am–1:00pm |
Certification Exams † Hill County D |
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† Indicates a pre/post-conference event, which requires a separate registration fee.
Note: Attendees will receive 9 CPE/CLP hours for their participation in the conference. |
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