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IT Procurement Summit

IT Procurement Summit

San Antonio • October 22 - 23, 2012

Post-Conference Sessions (Optional)

Complimentary to Attendees and Caucus Members

Post-Conference Schedule
TimeEvent
Wednesday, September 22
8:00 – 8:45 amCTPS/CTPE Procurement
9:00 – 9:45 amCTPS/CTPE Contract Management
10:00 – 10:45 amCTPE Legal
11:15 – 12:00 pmCTPE Finance
1:00 – 1:45 pmCTPE Technology
Wednesday, September 22
10:00 – 2:00 pmCTPS Exam
2:00 – 6:00 pmCTPE Exam

At each conference, Caucus offers complimentary post-conference study sessions for the Certified Technology Procurement Specialist (CTPS) and Certified Technology Procurement Executive (CTPE) for attendees and Caucus members. This year is no exception.

We will offer five facilitated sessions to review each module of the examination. We will review the contents of the module and focus on highlighting ways to help you pass the examination.

If you are not attending the IT Procurement Summit or not a member, but would like to attend the post-conference study session there is a charge of $249.

Should you wish to attend the post-conference study session please contact Tyrus Cooper, Caucus Customer Service Manager by emailing him at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 

Session Discussion Points

Procurement

  • Learn about cost, value, price analysis and total cost of ownership.
  • What are US and international shipping terms and how do they differ?
  • What are key antitrust laws and the issues that concern you?
  • What are some key project management issues that you should know?
  • What are key outsourcing issues to be aware of?
  • What is the ideal procurement process?

Contract Management

  • Learn key negotiation skills including ploys and countermeasures.
  • Learn why deadlock is something to consider in any negotiation.
  • Learn about escrow and why not to use the vendor escrow agreement.
  • Understand revenue recognition and how to combat the vendor ploy.
  • Learn some pre- and post-contract concepts to save you money and improve performance.

Legal

  • What are the 4 IP protections and how long do they offer protection?
  • What are the elements of a contract and what are the exceptions?
  • What is the UNCISG and why is it important to you?
  • What are some warranties, remedies, breach and indemnification issues?
  • What are differing ways to allocate risk in your contracts?

Finance

  • How do financial statements help predict supplier performance?
  • How to evaluate a vendor’s response and solvency
  • What are key leasing fundamentals?
  • What are key leasing terms and how to negotiate them?
  • How to assess the financial basics of SLAs?

Technology

  • Learn about the Open Source (GPL3, Microsoft’s patent claims 235 of them.)
  • What is the internet, its history and key concepts?
  • What is Bluetooth, the wireless standards and the future?
  • What are key network security issues and solutions?
  • What are key disaster recovery issues?
  • What is virtualization and where is it heading?
  • Is embedded software a taxing problem and what is it?
 
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