Pierre-Yves Guay, Senior Competition Law Officer, Industry Canada

'Bid-rigging' refers to a secret agreement between suppliers in a tender to fix prices and allocate the market among themselves. It has serious economic consequences for business and the public and is a criminal offence defined by Section 47 of the Competition Act. Is your department at risk of becoming a victim of such a scheme?

The session will provide practical advice to promote effective and transparent bidding and tendering practices. An overview of detection techniques including the identification of the red flags to look for and tips and specific actions departments can take to mitigate the risk of becoming a victim will be discussed. Actual cases will be used to provide participants with an understanding of the role of the Government of Canada Competition Bureau in assisting organizations identify, investigate and prosecute offenders. This session will raise your awareness of bid-rigging schemes and equip you with information necessary to assess the risk of it occurring in your organization.

Dennis Brunner, Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning and Support Directorate, Implementation Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs of Canada
David Snowdon, Senior Advisor, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

As of April 1, 2009 federal departments will be required to monitor and report on their contracting activities in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (CLCA) areas. Although this requirement is not new, the method by which it will be done and the data required has been changed and is currently outlined in Contracting Policy Notice 2008-4: Amendments to the Treasury Board Contracting Policy: Clarification of the obligations to monitor and report contracts under Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements. In support of this change. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) will be launching CLCA.NET which will serve as a means for federal departments and agencies to submit data to INAC to store, monitor and report on behalf of Canada for public consumption.

Dennis and David's presentation will provide participants with a hands-on view as to how CLCA.NET will function, as well as demonstrate how federal departments will be expected to input information into the system.

In addition, they will provide an overview of the Aboriginal Considerations in Procurement course content update, the CLCA Contracting Implementation Guide and how CLCAs impact your contracting requirements.

Robb Flemming, Director, Crown Assets Distribution, Public Works and Government Services Canada

As a service line focused on providing Canadians with complete access to surplus assets through a fair and transparent business process, this session will address new and recent changes in how the federal government disposes of its surplus moveable assets including a live demonstration of its new on-line bidding system.

Caroline MacIntosh, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Greening Government Operations

Environmentally sound and secure disposal of electronic waste is an increasingly global concern. Improper disposal can lead to significant health and environmental impacts in Canada and in developing nations. The federal government is committed to the implementation of a strategy on electronic waste by 2010, in accordance with PWGSC's 2007-2009 Sustainable Development Strategy. This presentation will provide an overview of key elements of the strategy, discuss appropriate lifecycle management of electronic and electrical assets, and provide an overview of existing and planned disposal mechanisms for federal government e-waste in the context of current trends in the recycling industry.

Martin Job, Identity Theft and Mass Marketing Fraud Investigator, RCMP

This presentation will discuss credit card fraud, mass marketing fraud and identity theft. Martin will discuss actual cases that he was involved in and will explore various scams and tricks that many criminals use today. Martin will also introduce dynamics between the suspects and the key players in identity theft investigations. To conclude, Martin will provide some simple tricks and practices on how to protect people and businesses against identity theft, mass marketing fraud, and credit card fraud.

Sylvain Cardinal, Senior Director, Informatics and Telecommunications Systems Procurement Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada

'This session will provide an overview on two of PWGSC's newest methods of supply, namely the Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) and the Solutions-Based Informatics Professional Services (SBIPS). The presentation will provide participants with the features of these methods of supply as well as some key information on ordering procedures.

Jake McDermott, Acting Head, Outreach, Controlled Goods Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada

The Controlled Goods Directorate (CGD) is a domestic industrial security program that helps strengthen Canada’s defence trade controls and prevents the proliferation of tactical and strategic assets including weapons, navigation and communications equipment, military equipment and related intellectual property. This is done by regulating and controlling the examination, possession, and transfer of controlled goods and controlled technology in Canada. Anyone who conducts business in Canada and examines, possesses and/or transfers controlled goods and/or controlled technology in Canada must comply with the Defence Production Act and the Controlled Goods Regulations. This presentation is designed to provide a general overview of the Controlled Goods Program with a focus on the registration requirements, the legal obligations and how to maintain compliance with the Controlled Goods Program.

Colleen Post , Senior Director, Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property Community Management Office, Treasury Board of Canada
Micheline Brunette, Senior Analyst, Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property Community Management Office, Treasury Board of Canada

Come and join the Procurement, Materiel Management and Real Property (PMMRP) Community Management Office staff who will share with you some of the results of the PMM Capacity Building exercise conducted across Canada during the past six months. It will be your opportunity to contribute to the overall challenges and solutions identified by your community colleagues. Your participation will help us in the development of a five-year action plan for the renewal of the PMMRP Community. This session promises to be very interactive!

Frank Brunetta, Assistant Deputy Minister, Departmental Oversight Branch, Public Works and Government Services Canada

Frank Brunetta will talk about how Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) takes specific actions to reduce risks in its areas of responsibility, such as contracting, real property management, and IT shared services. He will outline how PWGSC created the Departmental Oversight Branch to oversee key departmental activities through Audit and Evaluation, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, as well as Special Investigations and Internal Disclosure.

Daryl Leach, Client Services Officer, Industrial Security Operations Division, Public Works and Government Services Canada

The Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD) is responsible for administering the Industrial Security Program within Canada as indicated in the Government Security Policy and its operational standards. CISD provides personnel screening services to industry contractor personnel and ensures security and inspection of companies that will be required to safeguard protected and classified government information and assets.
This session will highlight the purpose of the program, roles and responsibilities of contracting to industry with contracts containing a security requirement and the protection of protected and classified information and assets.

Brian Kyle , A/Director, Public Works and Government Services Canada
Garth Reid, Reid, Smith & Associates

LESS is a decision support tool that calculates expected annual results for multi-year projects. It determines financial performance indicators such as net present value, and also calculates any non-cash result that can be quantified. Greenhouse gas emissions, building condition changes, and vehicle fleet fuel consumption can all be modelled and linked to costs and financial benefits.

Developed by Reid, Smith & Associates under the direction of Public Works and Government Services Canada, LESS is available royalty-free to all Federal Government Departments.

This presentation will explain how LESS can be applied to planning the delivery of Materiel Management services.

Maurice Vodon, Senior Policy Analyst, Real Property and Materiel Policy Division, Treasury Board of Canada
Serge Joanisse, Senior Policy Analyst, Real Property and Materiel Policy Division, Treasury Board of Canada

Within the Assets and Acquired Services Directorate at Treasury Board Secretariat, the Real Property and Materiel Policy Division is responsible for the development and interpretation of policies, standards, directives and guidelines on the management of federal real property and materiel assets including fleet and for the assessment of departmental performance in the management of real property and materiel.

This presentation will give Treasury Board the opportunity to introduce its new guides to the materiel management community. The guides provide a common set of procedures that will allow materiel managers to determine if their management practices are consistent with the full range of good practices and guidelines relevant to the management of materiel.

Joanne Desjardins, Assistant Superintendent, Outreach, Innovation, Business Management, Industry Canada
Nathalie Brault, CMA, CIRP, Le Groupe Pigeon Brault Syndics Inc.

After introducing the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy as a federal agency coming under the authority of the Minister of Industry Canada, we will give a general overview of commercial insolvency, and, more specifically, the differences between corporate bankruptcy and a commercial proposal. Lastly, we will discuss the rights and responsibilities of creditors and inspectors in a bankruptcy case.

Madeleine Plouffe, Team Leader – Green Procurement, Acquisitions Branch, Public Works and Government Service Canada
Caroline MacIntosh, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Greening Government Operations

The Federal Government’s Policy on Green Procurement requires adjustments to department and agency procurement procedures to incorporate environmental performance in decisions that occur throughout the life-cycle of assets and acquired services. A coordinated, government-wide approach to information sharing, planning and reporting on green procurement is being pursued to facilitate these changes and help you achieve your ‘greening’ goals and demonstrate results. Find out what new initiatives and tools are available to help you, learn about recent success stories, and tell us what you need to accomplish your goals.

Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Poulin, CD, Commanding Officer of the 25th Canadian Forces Supply Depot

In charge of continuous, regular supply to all military bases in Eastern Canada, as well as all Canadian Forces (CF) missions abroad, the 25th Supply Depot is one-of-a-kind.

The variety of material it handles, with over 278,000 different items, making up an inventory worth $3.7 billion, the adoption of advanced logistics technology and the revamping of the many processes make the 25th CFSD a model whose quality is the main priority and a major player in the success of CF operations.

During this presentation, the Commanding Officer of the 25th Canadian Forces Supply Depot, Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Poulin, will present an overview showing the specific services of the< Depot. This overview will look at the different incarnations of the 25th CFSD since the 1990s until present-day, with the rare attributes of resource synchronization, flexibility and operational ability, as well as the support roles played by the 25th CFSD within the supply chain, and in the current mission in Afghanistan.

At the end of the presentation, participants will have enhanced their knowledge about the different models to adapt in order to increase logistic and storage capacities and to meet the needs of clients.

Doug Taggart, Senior Risk Analyst, Public Works and Government Services Canada

Environmentally sound and secure disposal of electronic waste is an increasingly global concern. Improper disposal can lead to significant health and environmental impacts in Canada and in developing natisns. The federal government is committed to the implementation of a strategy on electronic waste by 2010, in accordance with PWGSC's 2007-2009 Sustainable Development Strategy. This presentation will provide an overview of key elements of the strategy, discuss appropriate lifecycle management of electronic and electrical assets, and provide an overview of existing and planned disposal mechanisms for federal government e-waste in the context of current trends in the recycling industry.