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PSC 2010 Annual Conference Agenda

Sunday, October 3
11:30 a.m.	PSC Annual Golf Tournament Transportation to the course will be available at the main lobby entrance beginning at 11 a.m. All golfers must arrive no later than 11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.	Golf Alternatives Wine and Cheese Tasting (location TBA) Nemacolin's sommeliers will educate and entertain with pointers on the fine art of wine selection and enjoyment. Nature Hike at Ohiopyle State Park (meet in main lobby at 11 a.m.)
7:00 p.m.	Opening Reception As the official start of the PSC Annual Conference, this reception, with heavy hors d’oeuvres is the place to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones.
9:00 p.m.	Lawn Bowling on the Croquet Court (weather permitting) If you’re the competitive type, lawn bowling is the place for you on Sunday night. Join other PSC members on the croquet court for a friendly game of lawn bowling (also known around the world as bocce). If bocce is not your game, stop by to cheer on the competitors and enjoy after dinner drinks and camaraderie.
Monday, October 4
7:00 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Opening Keynote Address Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator (invited)
9:00 a.m.	Setting the Stage Stan Soloway, PSC President and CEO An overview of the key trends and challenges facing the federal marketplace from budgets to policy, along with a brief look at the key findings from PSC’s 2010 Procurement Policy Survey.
9:30 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m.	Acquisition Re-Reform: A Look at the Factors Driving it and Where it is Headed Daniel Gordon, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Gordon will review key acquisition policy trends, including insourcing, conflicts of interest, contract type and transparency. Panel Discussion The 2010 PSC Procurement Policy Survey: The View from Government Moderator: Daniel Gordon, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Panelists: Elliott B. Branch, Executive Director, Acquisitions and Logistics Management, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (invited) Domenico Cipicchio, Assistant Administrator and Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Acquisition, Transportation Security Administration, United States Department of Homeland Security Diane J. Frasier, Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management, National Institutes of Health Edward M. Harrington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement, Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, United States Department of the Army
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Concurrent Break-Out Sessions Session I: The Changing Dynamics of Small Business Contracting A discussion of recent and ongoing policy changes affecting small business contracting, including parity between small business subcategories, applying the rule of two to task orders, small business recertification, small business subcontracting, and size standard reviews. Moderator: Scott Amey, President and CEO, Amyx, Inc. Panelists: Kevin Boshears, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, United States Department of Homeland Security Timothy J. "Tim" Foreman, Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of Veterans Affairs (invited) Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator, Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, Office of the Administrator, United States Small Business Administration Tracey L. Pinson, Director, Office of Small Business Programs, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of Defense Session II: Spiraling into Control? Buying IT Better, Faster, Cheaper A look at government IT acquisition reform initiatives and how they could affect the market and move agencies cloud-computing solutions. This panel also highlights the administrations push for the adoption of rapid, incremental development and acquisition strategies (spiral development) for major IT systems. Moderator: Puvvada (PV) R. Venkatapathi, CTO, Unisys Corporation/Federal Systems Panelists: Diane J. Frasier, Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services David M. Wennergren, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Defense/Deputy Chief Information Officer, Networks and Information Integration, United States Department of Defense Session III: The Administration’s Labor Agenda: How it Could Change the Game for Contractors A look at how the non-displacement rule and expected “high-road” contracting policies could affect your business and your talent pool. Moderator: Roger Jordan, PSC Director of Government Affairs Panelists: Mark Baker, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP Timothy Helm, Chief, Branch of Government Contracts, Division of Enforcement Policy, Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor Matthew R. McKinnon, Director, Legislative & Political Action, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Lunch Guest Speaker (details to be announced)
1:45 p.m.	Networking Break
2:00 p.m.	Special Session Economic Espionage and Protecting Information: What Every Company Needs to Know Keith Salette discusses the federal government’s work in detecting and combating economic espionage, how the challenges of protecting vital information have never been greater, and what your company needs to know and do.
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Untangling the Chaos The Defense Department has published new proposed rules governing organizational conflicts of interest that apply to all procurements for goods and services at the department, including commercial items. The rules will have significant impacts across the services sector. Further, OMB is developing government-wide OCI rules as well. What will this mean for the professional services industry’s structure and dynamics? Will “mitigation” survive as an option? How can companies adjust to life under the new rules? Moderator: Andy McCann, Vice President, U.S. Public Sector, HP Enterprise Services Panelists: Stacy Mendler, COO, Alion Science & Technology Corporation Jim Neu, Senior Vice President, Wyle James Sheaffer, President, North American Public Sector, CSC
4:15 p.m.	Adjourn
6:45 p.m.	Reception
7:30 p.m.	Chairman’s Banquet
9:00 p.m.	PSC After Hours Live entertainment, dancing and a chance to visit with old and new friends.
Tuesday, October 5
7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Show Me the Money: Where Are the Federal Dollars Going? David R. Scruggs, Senior Associate, Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies A review of projected federal spending—including national security and civilian agency trends.
9:30 a.m.	Insourcing: The Reality and Our Industry’s Response (A town-hall style discussion) As the insourcing trend continues, and threatens to grow, some leading PSC member company executives share their perspectives—and ask for yours—on what is happening and what we, as industry, should be doing about it. Moderator: Michael Gulino, President, ITT Systems Division, ITT Corporation Panelists: Lee Carrick, Vice President, Dell Services Federal Government Ted Hengst, President, Harris Information Technology Services Dyson Richards, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, RGS Associates, Inc.
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Closing Keynote Address David Walker, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and former Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office From one of the nation’s most respected fiscal thinkers, an assessment of the federal budget and deficit, its short and long term effects, and what can and should be done to address it.
12:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks/Adjourn

PSC: Professional Services Council

PSC 2010 Annual Conference Agenda

Sunday, October 3

PSC Annual Golf Tournament

Golf Alternatives

Wine and Cheese Tasting (location TBA)

Nature Hike at Ohiopyle State Park (meet in main lobby at 11 a.m.)

Opening Reception

Lawn Bowling on the Croquet Court (weather permitting)

Monday, October 4

Networking Breakfast

Opening Keynote Address

Setting the Stage

Break

Acquisition Re-Reform: A Look at the Factors Driving it and Where it is Headed

Panel Discussion

The 2010 PSC Procurement Policy Survey: The View from Government

Break

Concurrent Break-Out Sessions

Session I: The Changing Dynamics of Small Business Contracting

Session II: Spiraling into Control? Buying IT Better, Faster, Cheaper

Session III: The Administration’s Labor Agenda: How it Could Change the Game for Contractors

Lunch

Lunch Guest Speaker (details to be announced)

Networking Break

Special Session

Economic Espionage and Protecting Information: What Every Company Needs to Know

Break

Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Untangling the Chaos

Adjourn

Reception

Chairman’s Banquet

PSC After Hours

Tuesday, October 5

Continental Breakfast

Show Me the Money: Where Are the Federal Dollars Going?

Insourcing: The Reality and Our Industry’s Response (A town-hall style discussion)

Break

Closing Keynote Address

Closing Remarks/Adjourn