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2005 NASPO Annual Meeting
Hilton Mystic * August 29 - September 1, 2005 * Mystic, CT
Conference Agenda and Presentations
Monday, August 29th
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
MMCAP Briefing
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WSCA luncheon
1:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Training: The Art of Negotiation
Tony Ellis - South Carolina, NIGP Instructor
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
President's Reception
Tuesday, August 30th
7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Opening Session
Welcome and Roll Call
Keynote Address--Steve Kelman,John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
BREAK
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Performance Management and Benchmarking
Voight Shealy - South Carolina
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cronin Club Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Presentation and Summary by Cronin Gold Recipients
A presentation and summary of the top innovative state government procurement practices, as recognized by NASPO in both the Classic and IT categories.
AEP Awards Presentation
Wayne Casper, Director of Procurement - Tuscon, AZ
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
BREAK
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Spend Management/Strategic Sourcing Panel
Moderated by Ellen Phillips - Massachusetts; Carol Wilson - Connecticut; Terese Butler, Project Director - California; Tim Walker, State Procurement Analyst - Oregon
Wednesday, August 31st
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
NASPO Committee Reports
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Outsourcing State Procurement
Vern Jones - Alaska
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.
Lunch On Your Own
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
What's Your Problem? (Closed session-- State Members and Designees only)
Moderated by Joe Giddis - Arkansas
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
GSA Presentation
David Drabkin, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, GSA
4:00 p.m.
WSCA-NASPO PC Contract Update
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Offsite Dinner Function - Mystic Aquarium
Thursday, September 1st
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
NASPO Business Meeting
(Closed Session - State Members and Designees Only)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sarbanes-Oxley Discussion
Richard Pennington, Director, Division of Finance and Procurement - Colorado
12:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
12:30p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
New Board Orientation Meeting
3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Member Networking Time
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
State Dinner
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