3:00 – 6:00
Pre-Conference Seminar
Green Procurement
Dr. Kevin Lyons, Director, Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency Director, Public Private Community Partnership Program, Rutgers Business School
7:30 – 8:30
Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits
8:30 – 8:45
Welcome
8:45 – 10:00
Keynote
Memory Switch
Matthew Goerke, The Memory Switch
10:10 – 11:10
Concurrent Sessions I
Competitive Contract. Evaluation Process
Gerald T Reiner Jr., Purchasing Manager, Bergen County Utilities Authority
Rick Thomas, Purchasing Manager, Atlantic County Utilities Auth.
Procurement Fraud And Corruption. FBI Case Studies
Alan Karr, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
Cyber Security. Cyber Insurance.
Edward Cooney, Conner Strong & Buckelew’s
Marc Pfeiffer, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
State Contract/NJSTART. Advanced Search Techniques
Nicholas Susi, General Manager NJSTART, Periscope Holdings
Bill Hnatiuk, Local Government Manager NJSTART, Periscope Holdings
11:10 – 11:30
Break/Visit Exhibits
11:30 – 12:30
Repeated Concurrent Sessions I
12:30 – 1:45
Luncheon/Visit Exhibits
1:45 – 2:45
Concurrent Sessions II
Breakout Networking Sessions:
Small And Large Municipalities
Counties Purchasing
Schools And Community Colleges
Utilities Authorities
2:45 – 3:00
Break/Visit Exhibits
3:00- 4:00
Plenary Session
Legislative Update
Lori Buckelew, Assistant Executive Director, NJLM
Nicola Reid, Stafford Township Purchasing Agent
4:30-6:00
Networking Reception: “Color Your World!”
7:30 – 8:30
Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits
8:30 – 9:30
Plenary Session
Creating A Place of Belonging
Tricia S. Nolfi, Ed.D. Assistant Professor,
Organizational Leadership, Rider University
9:40 – 10:40
Concurrent Sessions III
Surety Bonding
Gary Kohan, Surety Agent, Broker, Consultant
E-procurement. How Does It Actually Work?
Gerald T Reiner Jr., Purchasing Manager, Bergen County Utilities Authority
Contract Administration And Management
Gordon Ball, Executive Director, Southern NJ Chapter NIGP
Rick Thomas, Purchasing Manager, Atlantic County Utilities Auth.
Public School Purchasing (not repeated)
James Shoop, BA/PA, Passaic Board of Education (Ret)
11:00 – 12:00
Concurrent Sessions III
Repeated concurrent sessions III
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
1:00- 2:00
Plenary Session
Prevailing Wage
Grace Perez, District Supervisor, Divison of Wage & Hour Compliance
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Todd Vachon, Director, Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN),
Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
2:00- 3:00
Plenary Session
Sustainable Jersey Overview
Tracy Woods, Program Manager, Sustainable Jersey