VFA Connections 2008 - Renaissance Waterfront Hotel, Boston Massachusetts, October 5-7, 2008


Sunday, Ocotber 5


 Note the conference schedule below is subject to minor changes.

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 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
6:00 pm -
9:00 pm  		   Welcome Reception
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (Atlantic Foyer)
 MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
8:15 am   Conference Check-In and Breakfast at the Renaissance (Atlantic Foyer)
  GENERAL SESSIONS (Atlantic 1)
8:45 am   Welcome & Introductions
Ameeta Soni, VP of Marketing & Business Development, VFA, Inc.
9:15 am   Charting Your Course
Jerry Kokos, President & CEO, VFA, Inc.
9:30 am   Show Me the Money: Achieving Energy Savings & Funding Capital Improvements in the State of Missouri
Trent Blair, Director, Division of Facilities Management, Design & Construction, Missouri Office of Administration; Dave Mosby, Senior Consultant, Talisen Technologies
10:15 am   MORNING BREAK
10:30 am   Capital Directions: Understanding Total Cost of Ownership
Peter Scanlon, Project Director, VFA, Inc.
11:15 am   Promoting Business Insights: VFA Software Preview
Melanie Ziegler, VP of Software Development, VFA, Inc.
12:00 pm   INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON (Atlantic 2 & 3)
 
  • Federal Government
  • State / Local Government
    		•
  • Education
  • Healthcare
    		•
  • Corporate
    •   BREAKOUT SESSIONS
      Caspian Room
    		 Mediterranean Room
    		 Pacific C
    1:30 pm   Integrated Facilities Management
    at Berkeley National Laboratory
    Ken Fletcher, Operations Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab     		Best Practices in Managing
    Capital Spend
    Thomas Allen Archer, Capital Program Administrator, Wellmont Health; Keith O'Leary, Product Marketing Director, VFA, Inc.     		VFA.facility Productivity Tools
    Todd Madar, Training Associate,
    VFA, Inc.
    2:15 pm   Integrating Sustainability Initiatives into the Capital Planning Process at the FDA
    Jay Jefferies, Project Officer, U.S. Food & Drug Administration; Susan Buchanan, Project Manager, VFA, Inc.     		Developing a Province-Wide
    Capital Management Program
    at Saskatchewan Health
    Carol Chernick-Smith, Director, Capital Asset Planning, Saskatchewan Health

    		 Managing Projects in VFA.facility
    Kathy Randall, Training Associate, VFA, Inc.

    3:00 pm   AFTERNOON BREAK
      BREAKOUT SESSIONS
      Caspian Room
    		 Mediterranean Room
    		 Pacific C
    3:15 pm   Implementing a State-Wide Facility Condition Assessment Program in the Commonwealth of Virginia
    Bert Jones, Director, Architectural & Engineering Services, Virginia Department of General Services     		Creating a Unified Capital Planning Environment at the BBC
    Gary Hills, Head of Capital Development, British Broadcasting Corporation; Jim Blaschke, Managing Director, UK & Corporate Clients, VFA, Inc.     		Reporting in VFA.spendManager
    Brad Miser, Solutions Consultant, VFA, Inc.

        GENERAL SESSION (Atlantic 1)
    4:00 pm   Effective Methods for Developing a Seamless Capital Planning Process
    Glen Stonebraker, Assistant Director, Division of Property Management, National Institutes of Health;
    Ray Dufresne, Vice President, VFA, Inc.
    4:45 pm   Day One Sessions Conclude
    6:00 pm   Reception and Dinner
    New England Aquarium, Boston

    Presentation of the 2008 VFA CapStar Awards
     TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
    8:00 am   BREAKFAST BUFFET
      GENERAL SESSIONS (Atlantic 1)
    8:45 am   Trends in Sustainable Buildings
    Marc Heisterkamp, Manager, Corporate & Investment Real Estate, U.S. Green Building Council
    9:30 am   Reducing Energy Cost and Consumption: A Clinton Climate Initiative Update
    Peter White, Director, Clinton Climate Initiative Program, North America, Johnson Controls, Inc.
    10:15 am   MORNING BREAK
      BREAKOUT SESSIONS
      Caspian Room
    		 Mediterranean Room
    		 Pacific C
    10:30 am   Prioritizing Mission-Critical
    Projects at Bonneville Power Administration
    Shana Kuhn, Manager of Facility Operations, Bonneville Power Administration     		Using Dashboards to Provide Province-Wide Visibility into
    Capital Assets
    Ted McLeod, Project Officer,
    Public Works & Services, Government of the Northwest Territories     		Creating Capital Budgets in VFA.facility
    Ray Dufresne, Vice President,
    VFA, Inc.
    11:15 am   Effective Approaches for Maintaining Facilities Data Across Large Portfolios
    Anthony Chamberas, Senior Consultant; Lee Kaufman, Solutions Consultant, VFA, Inc.    		 Making the Case for Capital Improvements at the City
    of Victoria
    Sierd Hortsing, Manager,
    Facilities Planning & Projects,
    City of Victoria BC     		Developing a Sustainability Plan
    Susan Haifleigh, Director of Sustainability Solutions;
    Susan Buchanan, Project Manager, VFA, Inc.
    12:00 pm   LUNCHEON (Atlantic 2 & 3)
    1:15 pm   MODERATED TOPICAL ROUNDTABLES
      A1. Understanding Total Cost
    of Ownership

    A2. Evaluating Costs and Benefits
    of Green Initiatives

    A3. Prioritizing Capital Needs


    A4. Improving Your Capital
    Planning Process
    		B1. Managing Your Capital Spend

    B2. Approaches to Maintaining
    Portfolio Condition Data

    B3. VFA Software Futures

    B4. Creating Dashboards


         		C1. Ask the Experts:
    VFA.facility and VFA.auditor

    C2. Ask the Experts:
    VFA.spendManager
      PANEL DISCUSSION
    2:15 pm   The Dollars and Sense of Sustainability
    Moderator: Susan Haifleigh, Director of Sustainability Solutions, VFA, Inc.
    3:00 pm   Conference Conclusion
     WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
    8:30 am -
    4:30 pm      		   Post-Conference Software Training Sessions

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