PROGRAM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
09:30 am - 4:30 pm
09:30 am - 4:30 pm
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
Pre-Conference Workshop: Best Practices in IT Solution Procurement Procurement Speaker: Lise Patry, LLB-Partner, LMX Law LLB and Panel Members: Vikas Bhardwaj, Associate Partner, Gartner Consulting; Daniel Bourque, Associate General Counsel, Workday; Thomas Yates, Foreign Legal Consultant, Gowling WLG; Graham Ragan, Partner, Gowling WLG
Principles Workshop: Introduction to Public Procurement
Instructor: Slavi Nalbantov
Hospitality Suite
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
9:00 am - 10:30 am
10:00 am - 11:30 am
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
12:30 pm -1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Co-op Meeting
Buyer’s Meeting
Trade Show
Lunch
Opening Ceremony and Welcome, special guest, Claudette Commanda, Elder
Keynote: Success, Self-Confidence and Performance
Networking Break
Practical Strategies for Dealing With Evaluation Challenges
Travel Break
Mistakes - The Ones I've Made and What They Taught Me
Welcome Reception - Sponsored by 
Free Time: Enjoy the night in Ottawa
Hospitality Suite
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 - Wear your charity t-shirt today on Casual Conference Day
7:00 am - 8:15 am
8:15 am - 9:15 am
9:15 am - 9:30 am
9:30 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:45am
10:45 pm - 11:15 am
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
2: 45 pm - 3:15 pm
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
7:00 pm - 12:00 am
Breakfast
Relationships Matter: How to Get a Seat at the Table
NIGP Ambassador Update
Travel Break
Session A: Enhancing Vendor Performance & Building Relations
Session B: When Bidders Attack - dealing with bid protests!
Networking Break sponsored by
Session A: Influencing Others to Embrace Change
Session B: Interpreting Market Needs: Why Diversification Matters in Public Procurement
Lunch and Networking
Session A: Reducing Supply Chain Friction in Construction Procurement
Session B: Supply Ontario Update
Networking Break
Session A: Ten Essential Building Blocks for a Sustainable Procurement Program
Session B: Collaborating with Consulting Engineering Firms for Seamless Municipal Projects
Mix and Mingle Reception
Chair's Awards Dinner and Gala, and Entertainment including cash bar and photo booth
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
7:30 am - 8:45 am
8:45 am - 9:45 am
9:45 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Breakfast
Litigating Procurement Disputes - Managing the challenges you might encounter
Simply Managing Risk in Procurement Documents
Closing Remarks and Wrap-up
Safe Travels
Thank You To Our 2024 OPBA Conference Sponsors
