DRAFT 2013 Spring Training Conference Continuing the Dialogue Strategic Acquisition - An Opportunity for Federal Efficiency and Commercial Business AGENDA 7:30 a.m.
Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Coalition Update Roger Waldron, President, The Coalition for Government Procurement
8:30 a.m.
Keynote Address Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, US Department of Defense - Invited
9:00 a.m.
Stakeholders Panel on Strategic Acquisition What’s Coming in the Near Future Moderator Joe Jordan, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Panel Elliott Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of the Navy- Invited Daniel Cleaver, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, US Department of Homeland Security Iris Cooper, Executive Director of Acquisition Operation, US Department of Veterans Affairs Tom Sharpe, FAS Director, General Services Administration
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Recent Development in Case Law and Regulation Positioning Your Company for New Opportunities Panel Jonathan Aronie, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Howe, LLP David Dowd, Partner, Mayer Brown
11:30 a.m.
Lunch Keynote - The Acquisition Legislative Agenda The Honorable Darrell Issa, U.S. House of Representatives (California) - Invited
1:00 p.m.
2014 Budget and Market Outlook Speakers To Be Announced
DRAFT 2:15 p.m.
Breakout Session One DHS Programs and Priorities Robert Namejko, DHS Industry Liaison - Department of Homeland Security - Invited Jose Arrieta, DHS Procurement Ombudsman - Department of Homeland Security Michael Smith, Director of Strategic Sourcing Program Office - Department of Homeland Security Schedules Modernization – What’s Next? Jeff Koses, Director of Acquisition Operations - General Services Administration – Confirmed, pending approval Houston Taylor, Assistant Commissioner - General Services Administration Kay Ely (QTF) Director, IT Schedule 70 Acquisition Center- General Services Administration Invited The Future of Networx Kevin Youel Page, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, ITS - General Services Administration invited GWACs Mark Day, Director, Office of Strategic Programs - General Services Administration Robert Coen, Deputy Program Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management, NITACC
3:30 p.m.
Breakout Session Two Update Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiatives – Maintenance, Repair and Operational Supplies Jeff Koses, Director of Acquisition Operations - General Services Administration – Confirmed, pending approval Update Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiatives - Oasis Update Jim Ghiloni, Director of the OASIS Program Management Office - General Services Administration – Confirmed, pending approval VA – Schedule Pricing and Updates Acting Director - VA National Acquisition Center- invited NASA SEWP Darlene Coen, Deputy Program Manager- NASA SEWP - Invited DPAP Micahel Canales, Director, DPAP
4:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
