Acquisition Innovation Forum

Acquisition Innovation:  adaptability, resiliency, speed and repeatability

description

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered how the business of government gets done.  Within acquisition, new opportunities have presented themselves to innovate and collaborate more effectively with industry.  In this changing landscape with a new Administration, an increased focus on supporting the federal workforce, continuing telework, and a new urgency to address supply chain and cybersecurity challenges, it's a different world and we may never go back to the old "normal".  Come join us at the Acquisition Innovation Forum and find out firsthand how government and industry are working together to build adaptability, resiliency, speed and repeatability into the acquisition process and changing the world along the way.

objectives

• Share innovative acquisition strategies from the perspective of both government and industry
• Hear proposed strategic acquisition plans for 2021
• Understand how to operate more effectively in this new environment
• Learn about more efficient acquisition tools, technology, services and methods that are changing acquisition for the better

keynotes

Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security (Confirmed)
Harrison Smith, Co-Director Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office, U.S. Department of Treasury (Invited)

presenters

Marcy Almeida, Acquisition Manager, Procurement Innovation Branch, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Treasury (Invited)
Denise Benjamin-Simons, Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Environmental Protection Agency (Invited)
Barry Berkowitz, Senior Procurement Executive and Director, U.S. Department of Commerce (Confirmed)
Andrea Brandon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisition , U.S. Department of Interior (Confirmed)
Darlene Bullock, Executive Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Department of Homeland Security (Invited)
Chris Hamm, Director, Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), General Services Administration (Invited)
Joanie Newhart, Associate Administrator for Acquisition for Acquisition Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President (Confirmed)
Donna Ragucci, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Department of Treasury (Invited)
Marisa Roinestead, Management and Program Analyst, Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Treasury (Invited)
Michael Smith, Executive Vice President, GovConRX, LLC (Confirmed)
John Tenaglia, Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, OUSD (Acquisition and Sustainment), Department of Defense (Confirmed)
Bill Weinberg, Assistant Administrator for Contracting and Procurement/HCA, Transportation Security Administration (Invited)

Other presenters will be named shortly

training credits

The individuals who successfully complete this program are eligible for 8 Continuous Learning Points (CLP).

Individuals seeking CLPs may obtain their CLPs by sending an email request to training @actiac.org.

cancellations

Registration cancellations made on or before March 30, 2021 will receive a refund.  Registration fees are non-refundable starting March 31, 2021.  substitutions are availabe at any time for no fee.  Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to [email protected].  Requests for cnacellations will not be accepted by telephone.