Schedule and Program

Managing Through Transition - Know Yourself
May 12-13, 2015
Ottawa Conference and Event Centre
200 Coventry Road, Ottawa

Schedule and Program

TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015

8:00 am – 8:45 am                  
Registration, HOT Breakfast in Trade show

8:45 am – 9:00 am
Room: 118CDE              
Opening Remarks
Gabriel Cormier, President, CIPMM

9:00 am – 9:30 am
Room: 118CDE   
Premier Partner Opening Keynote
Alain Séguin, Chief Financial Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada          

9:30 am – 10:30 am
Room: 118CDE   
Plenary Panel:  From Learning the Ropes to Defining the Future – Real Life Examples
Facilitator: Rosa Paliotti, A/Director, Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property Community Management Office, TBS
Panelists: Vincent Robitaille, Director General, Commercial Acquisitions and Supply Management Sector, PWGSC; Patricia Slaunwhite, Procurement Modernization Initiative, Project Lead, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; Jennifer Garrett, Director, Directorate of Land Procurement, DND

10:30 am – 11:00 am
Refreshment Break in Trade show

11:00 am – 11:45 am
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Concurrent Presentations
#1:        Creating Your Career Flight Plan
#2:       How to Deal with Difficult People
#3:       Learning from the City of Ottawa
#4:       GCSurplus: New Tools

11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Room: 118CDE   
Lunch and CIPMM Annual General Meeting

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Room: 118CDE   
Keynote Address: Becoming Unsinkable
Silken Laumann, Olympian

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Concurrent Presentations
#5:       Leading Through Changing Times
#6:       Acquiring Canada's Documentary Heritage: The Purchase of Cultural Goods
            at Library and Archives Canada
#7:       New Standard of Classification of Procurement Items: GSIN to UNSPSC
#8:       The Top Ten Challenges of Change: Practical lessons on how to
            work with your teams through transition and a saner tomorrow

2:00 pm – 2:50 pm
Room: 118CDE
TED Talks
#9:      Mind
#10:    Body
#11:     Soul
#12:    Future

2:50 pm – 3:30 pm
Refreshment Break in Trade show

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Room: 118CDE
Twitter Café: Creating Your Own Healthy Environment – Working in a Positive and Optimistic Environment

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Premier Partner's Networking Reception in Trade show
A networking reception with senior management that will allow all delegates to discuss with their own management, the future of procurement and materiel management. 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015

7:00 am – 7:30 am                  
Registration and Coffee in Trade show

7:30 am – 8:40 am
Rooms 110, 210 and 201
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Working Group / Training Breakfasts
#13:     Preparing for Certification: Explaining the Candidate Achievement Record
#14:     Fleet Managers Working Group Meeting
#15:     Tools: From P2P to SAP and Everything in Between

8:40 am – 8:45 am
Room: 118CDE      
Welcoming Remarks
Gabriel Cormier, President, CIPMM

8:45 am – 9:15 am
Room: 118CDE                  
Town Hall Session: Questions and Answers with the Comptroller General of Canada
Bill Matthews, Comptroller General of Canada

9:15 am – 10:00 am
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Concurrent Presentations
#16:      What's Happening in the Procurement Community
#17:      Tips and Tools for Successful Supplier Engagement
#18:      Understanding TBS' Guidelines on Contractual Arrangements
#19:      DFO and HC Organizational and Process Transformations

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break in Trade show

10:30 am – 11:15 am
Room: 118CDE
Plenary:  The Value of Dispute Resolution Services in Public Procurement
Frank Brunetta, Procurement Ombudsman

11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Concurrent Presentations
#20:      Communicating with Suppliers
#21:       Enterprise Assets Management: Tools Used by Departments
#22:      Updates to the Policy on title to IP Arising under Crown Procurement Contracts
#23:      Federal Sustainable Development Strategy – Green Procurement

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Room: 118CDE
Awards Luncheon

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Concurrent Presentations
#24:     With Workplace 2.0 the Future is Now! Come and discover the true story
#25:     Cultivating Mindful Leadership
#26:     Bid Rigging
#27:     Supply Chain Management – Managing for Success

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Refreshment Break in Trade show

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Room: 118CDE
DG Panel:  The Future of Procurement and Materiel Management in the Federal Government
Panelists: Roger Houde, DG, Administration Directorate, Finance and Administration Branch, Canada Revenue Agency; Normand Masse, Director General, Services and Technology Acquisition Management Sector, PWGSC; Patrice Breton, Director General, Procurement and Vendor Relations, Shared Services Canada, Corporate Services

A panel of DGs will talk about where they think procurement and materiel management will be going and what changes they foresee coming in the future.

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Rooms 110, 106H, 210 and 201
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Case Studies
#28:     Managing the RCMP Fleet
#29:     Northern Contaminated Sites 
#30:     Montreal Bridge
#31:      Procurement as an Enabler of Change