Monday April 7th |
| 08:30-12:30 |
Academic Symposium |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Conference Open Tim Cummins, CEO, IACCM |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Globalization
Panel Discussion Moderator:
Dalip Raheja, President & CEO, The MPower Group Panelists:
Jean-Jacques Beaussart, Chief Procurement Officer, National City Bank Michael R. Levin, Esq., Vice President, Corporate Integrity Strategy, Integrity Interactive Corporation Richard C. Wingate, General Counsel, LG Electronics U.S.A, Inc. |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Break |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Globalization 1:
Cracking The Code: How You Can Take Advantage Of The Global Networked Economy Dalip Raheja, President & CEO, The MPower Group |
Globalization 2:
Terms, conditions and principles: the role of law in a global economy René Franz Henschel, Professor, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus Cynthia L. Jackson, Partner, Baker & McKenzie |
Globalization 3:
It's a Matter of Trust: Making Ourselves More Effective As Facilitators & Negotiators Of Business Doug Turner, Contracts Manager, British Columbia Institute of Technology |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Keynote
A General Counsel's perspective on the role of the corporate law department in managing risk and contracting in the 21st century James R. Jenkins, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Deere & Company |
| 18:00-20:00 |
Evening Welcome Reception - Sponsored by:  |
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Tuesday April 8th |
| 07:30-08:30 |
Breakfast |
07:30-08:15 |
Gurus@Play |
| 08:30-09:15 |
Keynote
Organization - Contracting Globally in the 21st Century - Just How Flat is This World? Graham Allan, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Worldwide Legal Operations, Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| 09:15-10:15 |
The Future of the Organization
Panel Discussion Moderator:
Pierre Mitchell, Director, The Hackett Group Panelists:
Melinda L. Wilkins, Vice President, Contracts and Negotiations, IBM Global Services Mark McDaniel, V.P Procurement & Logistics, Halliburton Graham Allan, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Worldwide Legal Operations, Cisco Systems, Inc. Dave Barton, Director of Customer Contracts & Proposals, Agilent Technologies |
| 10:15-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Organization 1:
Re-shaping Procurement Pierre Mitchell, Director, The Hackett Group |
Organization 2:
Re-shaping Sales Contracting Diane Homolak, Director, Americas Legal Quality and Operations, Hewlett-Packard Amy Henderson, Director, Sales Support, W.W. Grainger |
Organization 3:
Re-shaping Legal Roles & Interfaces Jean Kinney, Associate Director Purchases, Procter & Gamble Company Wolfgang Kreutzer, Associate Director & Associate General Counsel, Legal, Procter & Gamble |
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| 11:45-12:30 |
Keynote
Today’s Third Party Advisor – How our Role is Changing Guest Speaker:
Scott Gildner, Partner and President, TPI North America |
| 12:30-13:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15-13:45 |
Keynote
Risk - A new contract paradigm: negotiating contracts to increase sales and add value rather than mitigate risk David Fields, Managing Director, Ascendant Consulting |
| 13:45-14:30 |
Risk
Panel Discussion Moderator:
Jason Busch, Managing Director, Azul Partners and Editor of 'Spend Matters' Panelists:
Bob Endres, CEO, Synaptic Decisions David Fields, Managing Director, Ascendant Consulting Kevin Fronk, Global Procurement Program Manager, Shell Barry I. Medintz, Senior Legal Counsel, Motorola |
| 14:30-15:30 |
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| 15:30-15:45 |
Break |
| 15:45-16:45 |
Risk 4:
Measurements & Their Role in Managing Global Risks Lucy Alexander, Director, Procurement Business Operations, McNeil Consumer Healthcare |
Risk 5:
Social Networking and Communities of Interest: Second Life or Real Life? Jason Busch, Managing Director, Azul Partners and Editor of 'Spend Matters' |
Risk 6:
Creating Effective Partnerships to Mitigate Risk Chris Happ, Executive Vice President, BlueSolutions, Inc. Claude Marais, Partner, TPI Tim McCarthy, Director Contracts & Pricing, Rockwell Automation |
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| 16:45-18:00 |
The Role of Automation
Panel Discussion Moderator:
Mickey North Rizza, Research Director, AMR Research Panelists:
Russ Edelman, President & CEO, Corridor Consulting Michel Gahard, General Manager of LCA's CPE Program, Microsoft Jason Lemkin, CEO & Co-Founder, EchoSign David Lohrman, System Integrator, Sprint |
| 18:30 |
Gala Dinner - Sponsored by:  |
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Wednesday April 9th |
| 07:30-08:30 |
Breakfast |
| 08:30-09:30 |
Keynote
Contracts & Negotiations - The Point of the Deal Danny Ertel, co-author, The Point of the Deal and Partner, Vantage Partners |
| 09:30-10:30 |
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Contracts 1:
Beyond Good Faith: Contract Clauses that Build Strong Commercial Relationships Thomas D. Barton, Professor of Law, California Western School of Law |
Contracts 2:
Contracts & The Law As A Source Of Competitive Advantage George J. Siedel, Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan |
Contracts 3:
Best & Worst In Drafting & Governance: Considerations of Good Practice in the Most Frequently Negotiated Terms Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann, Partner, Baker & McKenzie René Franz Henschel, Professor, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus |
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| 11:45-12:30 |
Keynote
Champions of Change - Aligning Interests & Reconciling Differences Tim Cummins, CEO, IACCM |
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