Agenda/Presentations
Wednesday, July 27 | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 4:30pm | Pre-Conference Workshops: Contract Negotiations or NCMA's New Certification Program (separate fee) |
Thursday, July 28 | |
| 8:00 a.m. -8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m. | Keynote Presenter: Anthony H. Gamboa, General Counsel, GAO What is GAO’s Role in Procurement Ethics?  |
| 9:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. | General Session: "Industry Perspective: Compliance, Ethics, & Risk Management-What We are Doing!" Moderator: Gregory A. Garrett, Chief Compliance Officer, Federal Group, Lucent Technologies Panelists: Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council; MajGen Robert Drewes, USAF (Ret.), President, L-3 Communications; and R. Steve Ayers, Vice President pf Contracts, SAIC |
| 10:45 a.m. -11:00 a.m. | Refreshement Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. - Noon | General Session: "SARA Section 1423 Panel" Marcia Madsen, Chairperson, Section 1423 Advisory Panel; and John Etherton, Vice President, Legislative Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon Presentation- Defense Transformation Tom Vice, Vice President, Business Development, Northrop Grumman Corp Integrated Systems |
| 1:30 p.m.-2:00v | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | General Session: "How Academia Is Dealing with the Ethics Challenge" BrigGen Frank Anderson, USAF (Ret.), President, Defense Acquisition University; Chris Yukins, Associate Professor, The George Washington School of Law; Dr. Thomas White, Director, Center for Ethics and Business, Loyola Marymount University; and Dr. Daniel Wueste, Director, Robert J. Rutland Center for Business Ethics, Clemson University |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | General Session: "Government Perspective: Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Management-What We Are Doing" Shay Assad, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, Ty Hughes, Deputy General Counsel for Acquisition, USAF |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Reception in Exhibit Hall |
Friday, July 29 | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Keynote Presenter: M. Martha Ries, Vice President, Ethics and Business Conduct, Office of Internal Governance, The Boeing Company |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | General Session: "DOD Policy on Contractors on the Battlefield" Thomas Abbott, National Chair, Government Contracts Practice, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP; Mark Lumer, Senior Procurement Executive, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Glenn Sweatt, Corporate Counsel, Environmental Chemical Corporation; and Martin Rips, Senior Counsel, SAIC. |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - Noon | General Session: "Defense E-Business Initiatives" Jeffrey Geear, Program Manager, Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company; Carol Albany, E-Business Directorate, Defense Contract Management Agency; and Paul Donato, OSD |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon Presentation |
| 1:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m. | "Winning Through How: Corporate Culture as a Driver of Business Success" Dov Seidman, Founder, President, and CEO, LRN |
| 2:30 p.m. | Conference Concludes |