Forum 2010

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 - Registration and Welcome

Times

Description

08:00 - 17:00

Seminar Registration (Victoria Conference Centre Foyer)

09:00 - 17:00

Seminar 1: Marketing Public Procurement 101 Paul Brennan, NIGP (Oak Bay 1)

Seminar 2: Strategic Risk Implications for Procurement and Contract Management; & The Role of the Senior Manager: Ethics, Liability and Standards of Conduct two half-day courses from the award-winning Procurement and Contract Management Program (PCMP) Tracey Lee Lorenson, BA, LLB, CHRP, C.Dir, National Education Consulting Inc./Province of B.C (Esquimalt)

Seminar 3: Untangling Trade Treaty Compliance Paul Emanuelli, BA, LLB – (Saanich)

12:00 - 13:00

Buffet Lunch (Conference Centre)

Registration / Hospitality Desk Inn at Laurel Point

Welcoming Reception by Songhees Nation (no host bar) (Inn at Laurel Point)

Monday, November 2, 2009 - Day 1

Times

Description

07:30 - 17:00

Registration / Hospitality Desk (Conference Centre Foyer)

07:30 - 08:30

Continental Breakfast (Conference Centre Foyer)

08:30 – 09:00

Opening Remarks Kathleen Muretti, President, Canadian Public Procurement Council and Ken S. Babich, Chair, Forum 2009, Director, Canadian Public Procurement Council (Lecture Theatre)

09:00 – 09:15

Welcoming Address His Worship Mayor Dean Fortin (Lecture Theatre)

09:15 – 10:00

Business and Societal Leadership Principles - How the Mother of all Recessions has forced an unprecedented Paradigm Shift for Business Practises John Juricic, Chair, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce (Lecture Theatre)

10:00 - 10:15

Refreshment Break (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

10:15 - 11:45

A1: Bid Rigging Detection – During Economic Turbulence Victor Hammill, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Pacific Region, Competition Bureau (Lecture Theatre)

B1: Procurement Law Update Paul Emanuelli, BA, LLB (Saanich)

C1: Strengthening the Confidence of Canadians in Public Procurement Shahid Minto MA, LL.B, CA Procurement Ombudsman;  Office of the Procurement Ombudsman, Government of Canada (Oak Bay)

11:45 - 13:00

Buffet Lunch with Arthur Black (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

13:00 - 14:30

Plenary Session: Climate Change – Impact on the Public Procurement Profession Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrew Weaver, Climatologist, University of Victoria , team member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Nobel Peace Prize 2007 recipient (Lecture Theatre)

14:30 - 15:00

Refreshment Break (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

A2: Early Results of EDI Integration in Healthcare, and the roadmap to a national standard Éric Blanchette-Ouellet, Financial Agent, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec / Robert Bell, Director, Healthcare, GS1 Canada (Lecture Theatre)

B2: The Federal Accelerated Infrastructure Program Marilea Pirie, Regional Director, PWGSC, Acquisitions and Compensation (Saanich)

C2: Degradable Plastics Craig Foster, Municipal Representative for B.C., Environmental and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC) (Oak Bay)

16:30 - 18:00

Products Expo – Delegates and their companions – Cash bar (Exhibit Hall, Crystal Garden)

18:00 - 18:30

Reception – Cash bar (Exhibit Hall, Crystal Garden)

18:30 – 22:00

Banquet with entertainment by the Sutcliffes (Crystal Garden )

Tuesday, November 3rd - Day 2

Times

Description

07:00 - 18:00

Registration / Hospitality Desk Open (Conference Centre Foyer)

07:30 – 08:30

Continental Breakfast (Conference Centre Foyer)

08:30 – 09:00

Presentation of the 2009 Leadership in Public Procurement and Green Procurement Awards by the CPPC and Summit Magazine Anne Phillips, Summit Magazine (Lecture Theatre)

09:00 - 10:30

A3: Construction: Pitfalls to Avoid When Tendering for Complex Construction Projects Arthur Skuja, Vice President and General Manager, MERX (Saanich)

B3: Presentations from Leadership in Public Procurement Award Winners Summit Magazine (Oak Bay)

C3: Succession Planning: The Federal Stimulus Program Relative to Training, Recruitment, Retention, and Transitioning between Careers Kevin Maynard, Executive Director, Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council (Lecture Theatre)

10:30 – 11:00

Refreshment Break (Crystal Garden)

11:00 – 12:00

Special Presentation: Canadian Public Procurement Council Annual General Meeting
Announcement and Presentation from Host of Forum 2010 (Lecture Theatre)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch and Products Expo with presentation by BC Hydro (Exhibit Hall, Crystal Garden)

13:00 – 15:00

Products Expo – Delegates Only (Exhibit Hall, Crystal Garden)

14:30 – 15:00

Refreshment Break (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

15:00 – 18:00

Products Expo – Open to the General Public and Supply community (Exhibit Hall, Crystal Garden)

15:00 - 15:30

Public Debate: Questions & Answers

Marilea Pirie, Regional Director, PWGSC, Acquisitions and Compensation
Duncan McLelland, Director, Purchasing Services, Province of B.C.
Éric Blanchette-Ouellet, Financial Agent, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec
Ken Babich, Director, Purchasing Services University of Victoria
Jim Nicholson, Purchasing Agent, City of Calgary

Delegates are asked to forward in advance, questions, issues, concerns that are currently challenging to them and are looking for suggestions, answers, or assistance. In an open forum, these would be addressed in order of importance or priority by the delegates. Questions would be displayed on the screens via PPT technology and each responded to.

15:30 - 16:30

Break-out Sessions

Federal Sector Chair: Marilea Pirie, Regional Director, PWGSC, Acquisitions and Compensation (Lecture Theatre)

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 - Day 3

Times

Description

07:30 - 12:00

Registration / Hospitality Desk (Conference Centre Foyer)

07:30 - 08:30

Quebecois Buffet Breakfast (Conference Centre Foyer)

08:30 - 10:00

A4: Making Sure Wood and Paper are from Sustainable SourcesJoel Neuheimer, Director of Market Affairs, Forest Product Association of Canada (FPAC) (Lecture Theatre)

B4: Public Procurement in Changing Times: “The Good The Bad and The Ugly”Greg Baynton and Manley McLachlan, Canadian Construction Association (CCA) (Oak Bay 1)

C4: Green Procurement - A Key Component of Greening Government Operations and Procurement Renewal Cindy O’Driscoll, Green Procurement Specialist, Strategic Relations Acquistions, PWGSC / Magdalena Mika, Team leader - Green Procurement, Strategic Relations Acquistions, PWGSC (Saanich)

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment Break (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

10:30 - 12:00

Economic and Financial Market Prospects and Risks Keynote Presentation: Earl Sweet, Senior Economist BMO Financial Group (Lecture Theatre)

12:00– 13:00

Lunch (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

A5: Sustainability – ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Procura Plus Ewa Ciuk, Program Coordinator, ICLEI – Canada and Paul Warren, President of Prolomar Global & former Strategic Procurement Coordinator at the City of Calgary (Lecture Theatre)

B5: Construction – Procurement: The Key to Long-Term Value Glenn Martin, Executive Director, Consulting Engineers of British Columbia (Oak Bay 1)

C5: Procure-To-Pay Best Practices and Solutions for Public Sector & Healthcare Yves Delisle, Assistant Vice-President, Public Sector and Government Services Sales, U.S. Bank Canada (Saanich)

14:30 - 15:00

Closing Remarks and Adjournment of Forum Kathleen Muretti, President, Canadian Public Procurement Council (Lecture Theatre)

15:00 - 15:15

Refreshment Break (Conference Centre Foyer/Saanich)

15:15 – 16:30

“Carbonomics” Tools for Lifecycle Procurement Planning Hands on workshop calculating carbon footprints for various scenarios and applying these values to acquisition decisions with Ken Babich, Director, Purchasing Services University of Victoria (Saanich)