All sessions will be held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel Toronto * 90 Bloor Street East Toronto, Canada M4W 1A7 416/961-8000 (fax: 416/961-9581) unless otherwise noted.
Please note change in hotel from Park Plaza. |
Except for those functions which indicate
"ticketed event", all programs are free of charge
to Section Members registered for the Annual Meeting.
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Council Meeting
The Forest Hill, Level H-1
Open to all Section members.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Luncheon for Council Members and
Committee Officers
Stage II, Level H-3
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Workshop/Orientation for New Members
Asquith Room, Level H-3
A chance for "new" Section members to get acquainted, learn how the Section works, and how to become involved in its activities.
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Joint program with the Health Law Section
Program Chair:
Stephanie Pontzer Gilson
The first panel will address the various health care programs funded or operated by the Federal Government and the compliance issues that arise frequently. The second panel‹comprised of individuals with experience combating fraud and abuse in the defense industry‹will address the lessons learned from
Federal Health Care Programs and Compliance Issues
Moderator:
Moderator:
Federal Subcontracting
Accounting, Cost and Pricing
Research and Development
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Without a doubt, no single initiative today is more central to how the Government buys its goods and services than that of increasing the Government's reliance on the commercial marketplace and its use of successful commercial buying practices. Now that the dust has settled on the reforms, this program will take a hard look at what has been achieved. Have the new rules worked as intended or have they just created a new set of problems? Is there unfinished business? The issues to be addressed include the impact on major system acquisitions, outsourcing, the explosion of Government-wide contract vehicles, commercial item pricing, commercial services and more.
Program Chair and Moderator:
F. Whitten Peters (invited)
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Informal discussion of state and local procurement in states which have implemented the model procurement code. Focus will be on delivery mechanisms including electronic procurement and design-build, cooperative procurements, and protests.
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Joint program with the Forum on the Construction Industry
Program Chairs and Moderators:
The first panel will cover trends in the law, and discuss how advances in project communication and project controls may affect documentation, presentation and validity of schedule claims.
The Design/Build model of construction project delivery has gained a substantial share of the public and private construction market in recent years, and threatens to surpass the traditional Design/Bid/Build model in popularity over the next 10 years. Coupled with the increased use of Design/Build is the growth of project financing as the preferred financing vehicle for many projects.
But what has the shift to design/build and project finance meant for the attorneys involved in the construction process? How have the critical legal issues in drafting and negotiating contracts changed? What is the effect on the nature and frequency of disputes and claims? What are the cutting edge legal issues today and how are they likely to be resolved by the courts?
The second panel of attorneys‹heavily engaged in different aspects of a wide variety of design/build and project-financed projects‹will provide their insight into how the shift to design/build is affecting construction law practice today, and where the present trends will likely take us tomorrow.
Schedule Delays - Where New Technology Meets Old Standards
Moderator:
Speaker:
Presiding:
2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Presiding:
COMING ATTRACTIONS
November 5-7, 1998
February 25-27, 1999
May 20-22, 1999
August 7-10, 1999
Room Reservations and Registration
Section Reception
Horizons, CN Tower
301 Front Street West
TICKETED FUNCTION FOR SECTION MEMBERS ONLY.
Please refer to Section program brochure--mailed to all Section members-
for ticket ordering information and deadlines. Advance reservations required before July 20.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
Regional Officers Breakfast
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
Program‹Health Care Contracting with the Federal Government: Golden Opportunity or Trap for the Unwary?
The Forest Hill, Level H-1
The health care industry is being scrutinized for fraud and abuse in the same way that the defense industry was scrutinized during the 1980s. To effectively combat allegations of fraud and abuse, defense contractors undertook measures to improve their compliance with applicable laws and regulations and their responses to such allegations when they arose. The health care industry of the 1990s can benefit from the lessons learned by the defense industry in the 1980s. It can learn how to implement an effective compliance program, how to prevent instances of noncompliance from turning into an allegation of fraud or abuse, and how to defend against such allegations when they do occur.
the defense industry that may be helpful to combat the compliance issues raised by the first panel of speakers.
Speakers:
Lessons Learned
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Committee Meetings
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Annual State Procurement Programs
Bonding and Insurance
Commercial Products & Services
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Committee Meetings
Breakfast for 1998-99 Committee Officers
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
Program‹Commercial Buying Practices: From Major Systems to Small Purchases‹A Practical Assessment of What's Working and What's Not
The Forest Hill, Level H-1
Impact on Government
Under Secretary of the Air Force
Washington, DC
Arlington, VA
Impact on Industry
James O. Berish
Hewlett-Packard Company
Washington, DC
State and Local Division Workshop
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
Rosdale Room, Level H-1
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
Construction Division Breakfast
and Business Meeting
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
TICKETED FUNCTION
Joint Meeting of International Procurement Committees of Section of Public Contract Law and Section of International Law and Practice
Manitoba Room, MM Level, Royal York Hotel
PROGRAM‹Construction Contracting: New Twists on Perennial Problems
The Forest Hill, Level H-1
Schedule, delay and impact issues are perennial grist for the claims and changes mill. Is developing technology for project control going to cut down on the number of disputes? What is the new landscape of delay and impact costs, and how should those claims be prepared and proven?
Moderator:
Speakers:
Battle Lines in Design/Build Projects
Speakers:
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Section Luncheon and Annual
Alan E. Peterson Lecture
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
TICKETED FUNCTION
Chief Judge Loren A. Smith
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Washington, DC
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Annual Section Business Meeting
High Park Ballroom, Level H-1
Includes election of Officers and Council Members for 1998-99 and other Section business.
New Council Meeting
The Forest Hill, Level H-1
Fall Educational Program and Open Council Meeting
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO
Fifth Annual Federal Procurement Institute and Midyear Council Meeting
Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, MD
Spring Educational Program and Open Council Meeting
Doubletree La Posada Resort, Scottsdale, AZ
Annual Educational Program and Open Council Meetings
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
IMPORTANT MEETING INFORMATION
Crossing the Border
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