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We cordially invite you to join the Coalition for Government Procurement at our Fall Training Conference titled:Market MRI:Modernization,Reorganization &Innovation– The Procurement Prognosis for Government and Industry. This all-day event will be taking place at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA on November 16th and will include a keynote, numerous in-depth government led panel discussions, smaller MRI sessions in the afternoon with a variety of government agencies participating, and of course plenty of time for networking. To access the draft agenda for the Fall Conference, pleaseclick here.
We are pleased to announce that Shay Assad, Acting DPAP Director, will serve as our morning keynote.We will have thee-Commerce, MRI, and the Future of Procurementpanel moderated by Tom Sisti of SAP,and have invited Leantha Sumpter, Deputy Director, DPAP; Ben FitzGerald, Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; andMark McCalisterDirector of Federal Contracts, IBM, to participate on the panel. The GSA MRI Panel will follow and will include Mary Davie, Deputy Commissioner, FAS (Moderator);Kay Ely, Assistant Commissioner for IT Category;Erv Koehler, Assistant Commissioner for Customer and Stakeholder Engagement; Dave Zvenyach, Assistant Commissioner for Systems Management; and Stephanie Shutt, Acting Director MAS PMO.
Before heading into lunch, we are pleased to bring back one of the most popular segments from last year’s conference –If I Knew Then, What I Know Now– while putting the Modernization, Reorganization, & Innovation spin on it. This panel will be moderated by Angela Styles, former OFPP Administrator, and will include panelist Jon Etherton, who spent 21 years of working in and with Congress and the Executive Branch on national security funding and acquisition policy issues, now founder of Etherton and Associates; Karen Evans, who served as administrator of E-Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget (a job now dubbed “federal CIO”) under President George W. Bush, now partner at management consulting service KE&T Partners;and Jim Williams, former commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, now partner at Schambach and Williams Consulting.
After a networking lunch, the afternoon will consist of two separate MRI sessions with four topics to choose from in the first session, and five in the second.
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MRI Session One
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1. Professional Services MRI
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Jacob Bertram, Contracts Director, GSA
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Alexandra Rouse, Professional Services Program Executive, GSA
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2. IT Portfolio Part 1 MRI
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Bill Zielinski, IT Category Manager, GSA
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Jose Arietta, Director, Schedule 70, GSA
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3. General Products MRI
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Teresa McCarthy, Center Director, GSA
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Jill Laduca, Center Director, GSA
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Peter Han, Center Director, GSA
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4. VA Healthcare MRI
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Craig Robinson, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, VA
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Rick Lemmon, Acting Chief Procurment and Logistics Officer, VA (invited)
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Jaime Friedel, Director Procurement Directorate, SAC, VA
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MRI Session Two
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1. IT Portfolio Part 2 MRI
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Casey Kelly, Acting Director,IT Services, GSA
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Joanne Woytek, Program Manager, SEWP, NASA
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Chris Hamm, FEDSIM Director, GSA
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2. DHS MRI
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Jackie Smyth, Strategic Sourcing Director, DHS
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Eric Cho, Project Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab, DHS
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Kevin Boshears, OSDBU Director, DHS
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Nina Ferraro, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, DHS
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3. FedMall MRI
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Adarryl Roberts, Portfolio Manager, DLA (invited)
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4. GSA Federal Marketplace Initiatives
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Kay Ely, Assistant Commissioner, IT Category, GSA
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Laura Stanton, Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Strategy, GSA
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5. Defense Healthcare MRI
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Col. Alex Zotomayor, Director Medical Supply Chain, DLA
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Timothy Klopfer, DHA
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We will conclude the Conference with light food and drinks to allow additional time for networking.
Register today for both the and Fall Training Conference and Excellence in Partnership Awards (evening of 11/15 at same location)! For any assistance with registration or sponsorship inquiries, please contact Matt Cahill at [email protected] or by phone at 202-315-1054. We look forward to your participation!
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Register
today for both the Fall Training Conference and Excellence in
Partnership Awards (evening of 11/15 at same location)! For any
assistance with registration or sponsorship inquiries, please contact Matt Cahill at [email protected]or by phone at 202-315-1054. We look forward to your participation. To access the draft agenda for the Fall Conference, please click here.
The Coalition is pleased to announce its upcoming Excellence in Partnership Awards Celebration – Dinner & Dialogue With GSA Leadership. We are honored to have Chief of Staff for GSA, Jack St. John, and newly appointed Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner, Alan Thomas,
join us for this important evening where we will honor organizations,
individuals, and officials from across the procurement community who
have made significant contributions in promoting common sense, as well
as best value acquisition strategies and outcomes that support the
evolving mission needs of government.
Mr. St. John, appointed by
President Trump in mid-March, will be providing welcoming remarks
focusing on the vital importance of government-industry partnership in
delivering best value mission support for the American people. Prior to
this appointment, from the beginning of the Administration, he served
as the Senior Policy Advisor to the GSA.
Mr. Thomas, who took on
his new role as the Commissioner of the FAS in June, will outline his
vision and goals for FAS, and he will hold an open Q&A session after
his presentation. In his critical position within GSA, he leads the
newly reorganized FAS as that organization and the agency as a whole
work to build on past successes, including improved employee, customer,
and supplier satisfaction; increasing efficiencies to yield savings, and
ensuring GSA’s acquisition strategies are aligned with the Trump
Administration’s business and technology initiatives. FAS plays a key
role in facilitating GSA’s mission to deliver the best value in real
estate, acquisition, and technology services to government and the
American people. Mr. Thomas comes to this position with more than 20
years of experience in both industry and government.
To access the draft agenda for the EIP Awards Dinner, please click here.
- Lifetime Acquisition Excellence Award
Presented
to an individual in the government contracting community for delivering
outstanding best-value solutions for the taxpayer and demonstrating a
long-term commitment to advocating “common sense in government procurement.”
- Acquisition Savings Award
Presented
to an organization or individual (government or contractor) for
developing innovative solutions resulting in savings to the government
and taxpayer through sound acquisition planning and development, and
well defined contracting requirements.
- American Innovation AwardNEW
Presented
to an organization or individual (government or contractor) for
creating innovative solutions and/or processes to solve the government’s
challenges in procurement and/or technology.
- Best Veteran Hiring Award
Presented
to a government agency or contractor for promoting and executing a
robust and successful veteran hiring, teaming or subcontracting program
to the benefit of our brave men and women in uniform.
- Acquisition Streamlining AwardNEW
Presented
to an organization or individual (government or contractor) for
successfully creating an efficient use of resources to design, develop,
or produce quality systems in the procurement and contracting
environment. This award can be for reducing contract duplication,
streamlining the acquisition process, developing a new and effective
system, or reducing unnecessary requirements or regulations.
The
following day, November 16th, the Coalition will hold its all day Fall
Training Conference at the same location. This year’s theme will be 2018 Market MRI: Modernization, Reorganization & Innovation – The Procurement Prognosis for Government and Industry.
Speakers will be discussing the status of critical legislation,
acquisition reform, business outlooks, and more. Afterwards, we will be
holding our much-anticipated afternoon MRI Sessions, which will offer a
unique opportunity to get the latest information on the most significant
contracts in the Federal marketplace.
For any assistance with registration or sponsorship inquiries, please contact Matt Cahill at [email protected] or by phone at 202-315-1054. We look forward to your participation!
Date & Time: November 15th from 6:00PM – 10:00PM
Location: Fairview Park Marriott - 3111 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA 22042
Pricing:
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Membership Tier
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EIP Regular Registration
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Conference Regular Registration
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Government
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$100
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$100
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Standard
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$200
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$575
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Premier
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$175
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$375
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SP/Exec
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$150
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$250
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Keystone
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Complimentary
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Complimentary
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Non-member
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$250
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$1,000 (includes EIP registration for 11/15)
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