Conference Agenda
Earn up to 12 continuing education hours by attending this two-day conference!
Monday, December 4 | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Presenter Lurita Doan, Administrator, U.S. Government Services Administration |
| 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. | General Session Panel: Blended Workforce and Other Workforce Issues Moderator: Ron Smith, Contracts Director, EADS NA Defense Panelists: Tom Luedtke, Assistant Administrator for Procurement, NASA; Terry Raney, Senior Vice President, CACI; Theresa Everett, DNI Procurement Executive; and Ron Flom, Director for Management Services and Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Personnel Management Ron Smith Presentation  Terry Raney Presentation |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area |
| 11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (4 Concurrent) |
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| 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon Presenter Belinda Porras, Project Manager, Employment Source, and Recipient of the NISH Evelyne Villines Award for Outstanding Achievement |
| 2:10 - 3:10 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (4 Concurrent) |
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| 3:10 - 4:30 p.m. | Reception and Book Signing in Exhibit Area Gregory A. Garrett will be signing copies of his new book, Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying and Selling Teams, during the opening reception. |
Tuesday, December 5 | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Presenter Paul Denett, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
| 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. | General Session Panel: Inter-Agency Contracts Moderator: Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council Panelists: Emily Murphy, Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA; and Elaine Duke, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS; and Rob Burton, Associate Administrator, OFPP |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area - exhibit hall closed at 11:40 a.m. |
| 11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. | Breakout Sessions (4 Concurrent) |
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| 12:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Luncheon Presentation: Key Contracting Legislation Panel Moderator: Karen Wilson, Director, Acquisition Policy & Industrial Affairs, Public Policy & Analysis Group, Boeing Government Relations Office Panelists: John Brosnan, Senior Counsel, House Government Reform Committee; Jeff Green, Counsel, House Armed Services Committee; Max Kidalov, Counsel, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee; Peter Levine, Minority Counsel, Senate Armed Services Committee; and Mark Stephenson, House Government Reform Committee |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | General Session Panel: Section 1423 Acquisition Advisory Panel Moderator: Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, John F Kennedy School of Management, Harvard University Panelists: Trey Hodgkins, Director of Defense Programs, Information Technology Association of America; Carl DeMaio, President and Founder, The Performance Institute; Johnathan Etherton, Member of the Acquisition Advisory Panel and Principal, Etherton and Associates; and Roger Waldron, Member of the Acquisition Advisory Panel and Acting Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer at the General Services Administration |
| 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. | FREE Contract Management Career Fair |
Wednesday, December 6 | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Post-Conference Seminars (separate fee required) Leadership: Building High-Performance Buying and Selling Teams Presented by Gregory A. Garrett, CPCM, C.P.M, PMP, Senior Partner, Acquisition Solutions, Inc. Contract Negotiations Presented by Steven R. Boshears, CFCM, CPCM, Fellow, NCMA Chief Knowledge Officer |
Breakout Session Presenters
- Tomi Bryan, President and General Counsel, FedLinx, Inc.
- Leslie Field, Senior Procurement Analyst, OFPP
- Deborah Lague, Division Director, GSA
- Deidre Lee, Deputy Director of Operations, FEMA
- Barry Levy, Director, Office of Government Relations, CSC
- Candace Miller, Director, International Trade Compliance, BAE Systems
- Dave Muzio, Consultant
- Ronald Poussard, Senior Executive Service, Air Force Program Executive Officer for Combat and Mission Support Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
- David Scruggs, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies
- Raj Sharma, President and CEO, Censeo Consulting Group
- Lt Col Skip Solis, USAF
- David Sutfin, Assistant Director, GovWorks
- William Weisberg, Partner and Chair of the Government Contracts Practice, Sullivan & Worcester
- Jeff White, President, JA White & Associates
- Bryon Young, Director, Army Contracting Agency