April 25-27, 2010 | Renaissance Boston Waterfront | Boston, Massachusetts
GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE AGENDA REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATIONS SOCIAL PROGRAMS POST-CONFERENCE TRAINING
Conference Agenda Preview
Note the conference schedule below is subject to minor changes.
| SUNDAY, April 25 |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (Atlantic Foyer) |
| MONDAY, April 26 |
| 8:00 am | Conference Check-In and Breakfast at the Renaissance (Atlantic Foyer) |
| GENERAL SESSIONS (Atlantic 1) | ||
| 8:45 am | Welcome & Introductions Ameeta Soni, Senior VP of Marketing & Business Development, VFA, Inc. |
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| 8:50 am | New Horizons Jerry Kokos, President & CEO, VFA, Inc. |
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| 9:15 am | Keynote Speaker John McGee, Chief Operations Officer, Ice Energy Past Chair, IFMA |
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| 10:00 am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:15 am | VFA Software Update - Exploring New Horizons in Capital Planning Melanie Ziegler, Senior VP of Software Development, VFA, Inc. |
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| 11:15 am | Innovations and Trends in Response to Customer Challenges |
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| 12:00 pm | LUNCHEON (Atlantic 2 & 3) | |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||||
| Pacific A Room |
Pacific B Room |
Pacific C Room | ||
| 1:30 pm | Maximizing Financial Control of Construction Projects George Nolan, CHFM, Vice President of Support Services, UMass Memorial Healthcare |
Strategic Facilities Planning and Optimization of Capital Funding Nancy Levy, Vice President, Strategic Facility Planning, AECOM. |
A Proactive Approach to Sustaining Municipal Facilities at the City of Regina Pat Gartner, Director, Facilities Development & Maintenance and Jamie Hanson, Manager, Facilities Development & Maintenance, Corporate Services, City of Regina |
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| 2:30 pm | Implementing a Successful Self-Assessment Strategy at the General Services Administration Edna Reynolds, Program Manager, U.S. General Services Administration |
An Integrated Approach for Strategically Managing the Capital Planning and Deployment Process Tom McCarty, Managing Director, Strategic Consulting, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. Peter Shannon, Executive Vice President, Strategic Consulting, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. |
Establishing a Province-Wide Capital Assessment Management Solution at the British Columbia Ministry of Education Doug Stewart, Director, Capital Management, British Columbia Ministry of Education |
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| 3:15 pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |||
| GENERAL SESSION (Atlantic 1) | ||
| 3:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Facilities Management: Evolution from Fire Fighting to Strategic Planning Moderator: Ray Dufresne, Vice President, VFA, Inc. |
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| 4:45 pm | Day One Sessions Conclude |
| 6:00 pm | Reception and Dinner John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse , Boston Presentation of the 2010 VFA CapStar Awards |
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| TUESDAY, April 27 |
| 8:00 am | BREAKFAST BUFFET | |||
| GENERAL SESSIONS (Atlantic 1) | ||
| 9:15 am | Summary of Day 1 Ameeta Soni, Senior VP of Marketing & Business Development, VFA, Inc. |
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| 9:20 am | Panel Discussion: In a Challenging Economy, How Do You Rationalize, Manage and Optimize Your Portfolio? Moderator: Lee Kaufman, Senior Vice President of Professional Services, VFA, Inc. |
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| 10:15 am | MORNING BREAK | |
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| Pacific A Room |
Pacific B Room |
Pacific C Room | ||
| 10:30 am | Addressing Resource Challenges with Facility Self-Assessment David McGreevy, Assistant Director for the Division of Engineering and Buildings, Virginia Department of General Services |
Understanding Portfolio Condition and Improving Key Data Marcel Gingras, P.Eng. PMP, Base Development Engineer, Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt |
Adding Reason to the Equation - Validating Funding Requests and Improving Facility Condition Keith Bowden, Director, Infrastructure Support, Eastern Health |
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| 11:15 am | Controlling Capital Expenditures to Meet Fiscal Goals T. Allen Archer, System Manager, Capital Planning & Acquisition, Wellmont Health System |
Establishing a Facility Condition Assessment System at James Madison University Charles Grimm and Kathleen Whetzel, Building Inspectors, James Madison University |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Ken Fletcher, Operations Department Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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| 12:00 pm | LUNCHEON (Atlantic 2 & 3) |
| 1:30 pm | MODERATED TOPICAL ROUNDTABLES | |||
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Pacific B Room |
Pacific C Room | ||
| A1. Gain Maximum Value from a Facility Self-Assessment Strategy A2. Integrating Sustainability into Your Capital Plan A3. Prioritizing Capital Needs |
B1.VFA.spendManager Financial Project Management B2.Approaches for Maintaining Portfolio Condition Data B3.Business Intelligence |
C1. Ask the Experts: VFA.facility C2. Ask the Experts: VFA.spendManager |
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| General Session | ||||
| 2:15 pm | VFA Q&A and Key Learnings Moderator, Ameeta Soni, Senior VP of Marketing & Business Development, VFA, Inc. |
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| 3:00 pm | Conference Conclusion | |||
| WEDNESDAY, April 28 |
| 8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
Post-Conference Software Training Sessions |
Deadline Extended - Register before March 31 to receive a $100 discount.
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| Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook schedule. |
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Questions? Contact Nathalie Hirschtritt at connections@vfa.com or call (617) 772-8226. |
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VFA CONNECTIONS 2010
April 25-27, 2010
Renaissance Boston Waterfront
Boston, Massachusetts
