Spring 2024 Conference Schedule
Spring 2024 Conference & Vendor Expo
"Embracing the Eclipse: Illuminating Procurement Excellence"
Margaritaville Lake Resort | Lake Conroe, Texas
April 29 - May 2, 2024
Plan to join the Texas Public Purchasing Association for its Spring 2024 Conference & Expo. This powerful conference will include timely content and a dynamic expo. Be sure to register today!
Monday, April 29, 2024
1:00pm – 5:00pm Pre-Conference Sessions (Two Options)
Pre-Conference A | Solicitation Activities: Three-Part Series | Ms. Stacy Gregg, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP Procurement Director, South Carolina State University
Pre-Conference B | Ethics, Integrity & Transparency | Denise Badillo, City of South Charleston, SC (Session Eligible for NIGP Badging)
2:30pm – 2:45pm Networking Break with Peers
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast
8:15am – 9:00am Conference Opening Session | Embracing the Eclipse: Illuminating Procurement Excellence | Victor Castillo, TxPPA President
9:00am – 10:15am General Session/Keynote | Great Cultures are More than Hawaiian Shirt Day or Flip Flop Friday | Derrick Strand, UPPCC
10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break with Peers
10:45am – 12:00pm Breakout Sessions 1
Session A | RFP #1 | Dr. Brian Lines, Professor, University of Kansas
Session B | Bid Rigging and Anti-Trust Issues for Texas Procurement Folks | Coulter Goodman, JD and William Schrieber, JD – Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Session C | Artificial Intelligence in Procurement | Dustin Lanier, CPPO, CEO and Founder of Civic Initiatives
12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch | Leveraging DIR for IT Procurements | Tom Hay, State of Texas, DIR
1:15pm – 1:30pm Break
1:30pm – 2:45pm Breakout Sessions 2
Session A| RFP # 2 | Dr. Brian Lines, Professor, University of Kansas
Session B | Construction, Part 1 | Michelle Croft and Beverly Mendez, City of Austin
Session C | Navigating the Public Sector IT Procurement | Hershel Becker, Hershel Becker, Former CPO for DIR
2:45pm – 3:15pm Networking Break with Peers
3:15pm – 4:30pm Breakout Sessions 3
Session A | Self Care and Leadership: Why They Can and Do Exist | Diane Palmer- Boeck
Session B | Construction, Part 2 | Michelle Croft and Beverly Mendez, City of Austin
Session C | Talent Management Strategies for Procurement Workforce | David Gragan, NASPO
6:00pm – 8:00pm Opening Reception | Entertainment by Joe Vega
Wednesday, May 1,2024
7:45am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am – 9:45am General Session/Keynote | Leading with Compassion | Stacy Gregg, CPPB, CPPO, NIGP-CPP
9:45am – 10:15am Networking Break with Peers
10:15am – 11:30am Breakout Sessions 4
Session A | Purchasing Ethics | LaVonia Horne-Williams, UT-San Antonio
Session B | TBD | PlanetBids
Session C | TBD
10:15am – 11:15am VENDOR ONLY BREAK-OUT with Lunch for Vendors | Vendor Session | Victor Castillo, Alan Phillips, et. al
12:00pm – 3:00pm Vendor Extravaganza and Participant Lunch
3:00pm – 4:00pm Entity Networking
4:00pm – 5:15pm General Session | TxPPA Live! | Tim Slifka, City of Southlake
Thursday, May 2, 2024
7:45am – 8:30am Breakfast
8:00am – 8:30am Closing Remarks/Conference Overview | Victor Castillo
8:30am – 9:45am General Session | Sourcewell
9:45am – 10:00am Break
10:00am- 11:30am General Session/Closing Keynote | Can You Relate? Expanding Your Sphere of Influence | Carrie Mathis, Chair NIGP-Board
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