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IFPSM World Summit

The Future of Supply Management

21-23 September 2009
Imperial Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Understanding the Program for the World Summit

There are 6 general sessions to attend. In addition, please note that four workshops run at one time covering various aspects of supply management and associations. Delegates can only select ONE workshop from each time frame. For example, during concurrent session A, you will select either A1, A2, A3 or A4.

GS — This denotes a General Session.
PP — This denotes a Professional Practice Session.
AM — This denotes an Association Management Session.

Monday, 21 September 2009

Time General Session or
Concurrent Workshop		 Session
Code		 Session Title Presenter
1200 – 1330 Lunch & General Session - 1 AA GS — The Future of Supply Management
Discover where the profession is headed over the next decade. Use this information to plan your programs and provide leading edge courses to your membership.		 Tom Slaight
Partner
A.T. Kearney, Inc.
1330 - 1500 Concurrent Session A1 AB PP — Procurement/Supply: The Best of Times
Globalization or reverse globalization; strategic shifts or back to basics; senior management expectations or uncertainty. For over a hundred years the purchasing field contained the lowest educated, lowest paid and the least trained, but in recent time it has risen like a Phoenix to deliver amazing corporate and organizational results. This session delivers the results of 5,400+ personal interviews in over 864 companies and organizations worldwide since 1990. The presentation includes research regarding current and near future dynamics for individuals ranging from buyers to heads of supply as well as their corporations and organizations. What's next? Discover what training, development and support is needed for the next decade in supply.		 Joseph L. Cavinato, Ph.D.
Director, The A.T. Kearney Center for Strategic Supply Leadership at ISM, and ISM Professor of Supply Chain Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management
1330 - 1500 Concurrent Session A2 AC PP — Global Supplier Relationship Management in the 21st Century: The Journey from Mere Market Exchange to Collaborative Co-Destiny Alliance
One of the critical elements of supply chain management is building relationships with your key suppliers. The health of these relationships can make or break an organization.		 Chris Gallagher
Director of Global Customer Solutions
CIPS
1330 - 1500 Concurrent Session A3 AD AM — Association Governance
Look for a panel discussion on the issues facing your association. This content of this session is based on feedback from the participants. Panelists will discuss your immediate concerns.		 Panelists:
Svante Axelsson
Robert Dye
Bala Iyer
1330 - 1500 Concurrent Session A4 AE AM — Member Management: Association Membership Management in Challenging Times
The demographics of the purchasing and supply management profession have changed dramatically in past decades. Further, today's economic turmoil has added a new set of challenges to membership associations. Associations find themselves challenged to meet the needs of this new demographic as well as weather the current economic situation. Is the old association model a thing of the past?

In this session, we will discuss a variety of options to attract and retain members; the professional development of membership and how we can meet their needs. We will also discuss the potential structure of a virtual association.		 Jim Haining, MBA, CPSM, C.P.M., A.P.P.
Purchasing Administrator for Clark County Nevada
Executive Director, ISM—Nevada, Inc.
1500 – 1530 Break   Break  
1530 – 1700 Concurrent Session B1 BA PP — Talent Management
This is one of the most important issues facing organizations today. How to retain, recruit and satisfy your best employees.		 TBA
1530 – 1700 Concurrent Session B2 BB PP — Developing a Winning Business Case (for Supply Management?)
Discover how to support the business of supply management and make it a super star in the organization.		 David Noble, FCIPS
CEO
CIPS
1530 – 1700 Concurrent Session B3 BC AM — Education/Training
Find out how associations around the world plan, develop and promote their programs. You'll get tips and techniques that are applicable to both large and small budgets.		 ISM Staff
1530 – 1700 Concurrent Session B4 BD AM — Capacity Building (Revenue Growth)
You won't want to miss this panel discussion that delivers insight into developing your organization through partnerships and/or organic growth.		 Panel TBA
1700 – 1830 Reception   Cocktail Reception and Exhibition  

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Time General Session or
Concurrent Workshop		 Session
Code		 Session Title Presenter
0830 – 1000 General Session - 2 CA GS  PP — Globalisation: A World Perspective of the Profession
Emerging strategic issues in supply management including global sourcing, convergence and collaboration. Supply chain leveraged organizational transformation and the emerging area of "financial supply chain management."		 Ram Narasimhan
University Distinguished Professor
John H. McConnell Professor of Business
Supply Chain Management
Broad College of Business
Michigan State University, USA
1000 – 1030 Break   Break  
1030 – 1200 Concurrent Session C1 CB PP — Commodity Management
This discussion covers some tips and techniques to improve commodity management.		 Kurt Ritcey
Partner & National Practice Leader – Sourcing & Procurement
Deloitte Inc.
1030 – 1200 Concurrent Session C2 CC PP — Continuity of Supply
Learn how to survive the rocky economic landscape through a better plan for continuity with supply management.		 Judy Baranowski
Director
AlixPartners LLC
1030 – 1200 Concurrent Session C3 CD PP — Security — CANCELLED
These days, security is a prime focus for a strong supply chain. Discover how to build a plan to guarantee the security of your supply chain and its components.		 NIGP TBA
1200 – 1330 Lunch & General
Session - 3		 CE Networking Lunch & General Session

GS  AM — Globalisation and the Association
As members of associations globalise their companies, associations need to develop a response to the new challenges. What are the challenges for associations? What are some of the possible coping strategies?		 Soeren Vammen
CEO
DILF
1330 – 1500 General Session - 4 CF GS — Facilitated Discussions as follow-up to General Session - 3 Globalisation & the Association;
Breakout discussion groups into large, medium and small.		  
1500 – 1530 Break   Break  
1530 – 1700 General Session - 5 CG GS — TBA
 TBA
1700 – 1830 Free   Open Time  
1830 Dinner   IFPSM Dinner  

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Time General Session or
Concurrent Workshop		 Session
Code		 Session Title Presenter
0830 – 1000 Concurrent Session D1 DA PP — Business Ethics & Cultural Challenges
Business ethics within different cultures; culture's role in ethics		 Panelists:
Paul J. Brennan, CPPO
Purchasing Director
County of Rockland, New York
and President of the NIGP Board of Directors
Additional panelists TBA.
0830 – 1000 Concurrent Session D2 DB PP — Sustainability — from a global perspective
This session helps you understand how sustainability strategies with supply management can cross borders and become truly global.		 Cathy A. Rodgers
Vice President, Global Opportunities & Business Development
IBM Global Services
and Chair, ISM Committee on Sustainability and Social Responsibility
0830 – 1000 Concurrent Session D3 DC AM — Data Intelligence
How to use (not compile) internal data to make it work for you.		 TBA
0830 – 1000 Concurrent Session D4 DD AM — Product Development — CANCELLED
How do you develop your programs and products to deliver the best to your constituents? Your peers discuss how they give birth to new products that answer the needs of their membership and provide revenue to strengthen the association.		 Dr. Lars B Mikklesen
A member of DILF staff
1000 – 1030 Break   Break  
1030 – 1200 General Session - 6 DE GS — Determining Outcomes and General Wrap Up Paul Novak
Svante Avelsson
1200 – 1300 Closing   Closing Address  
1300     Disperse  
1400 - 1700     ECPS  


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