8:00 - 8:25 AM         Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:25 - 8:30 AM         Introductions and Welcome

8:30 - 12:00 Noon    Ethics Decisions Socrates Wouldn’t Make But You Must

Presented by Al Guyant, President, Guyant and Associates.

This fun-filled session will show that you may not know what you think you know about ethics. Yet it may also cause you to find out . . . and then act . . . for your sake and that of the organization. Be ready for a challenge.

12:00 - 1:00 PM        Lunch – North Ballroom

1:00 - 1:45 PM          Update from the Bureau of Procurement

Presented by Helen McCain, Director DOA Bureau of Procurement.

Latest Information from the DOA.

1:45 - 3:15 PM          Highway Safety Is No Accident

Presented by Major Daniel W. Londsdorf, Director of Safety, Wisconsin State Patrol – DOT.

Tips on how to avoid becoming a statistic. We have the power to stop the tragedies on our highways.

3:15 - 3:30 PM          Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM          Cooperative Purchasing Team Meetings.

7:00 PM                   Dinner – Coliseum Bar.

8:00 - 8:30 AM          Registration and Breakfast

8:30 - 9:15 AM          Financial Statements

Presented by Tim Meeusen, Office of Strategic Finance, DHFS.

Looking for financial stability in vendors’ financial statements.

9:15 - 10:15 AM         "Grand Central Station" Committee Presentation

Presented by the "Grand Central Station" Cooperative Purchasing Sub-Committee.

The "Grand Central Station" sub-committee members are working with the State DOA VendorNet staff and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communications Specialists to explore the possibility of developing a new search system. The new system would facilitate quick, easy and comprehensive access to the historical archives of competitive procurements made by state and local governmental and educational agencies throughout Wisconsin. The ideal solution will make all bid, quote and RFP tabulations available through a search engine with a key word or commodity code. All member web sites, including city, county, state and educational, would be searched.

10:15 - 10:30 AM        Break

10:30 - 11:30 Noon     Cooperative Purchasing Presentations.

 Moderated by Carolyn Clow (City of Madison) and Linda Dupuis (City of Green Bay).

11:30 - 12:00 AM        State Office Supply Contract

                                         Presented by Keri Lange, Account Manager, Office Depot.

12:00 – 1:00 PM          Lunch – North Ballroom

1:00 – 2:30 PM           WAPP Business Meeting