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Purchasing Conference

March 28-30, 2012
  1. Register online with TVPPA
  2. Make your hotel reservations:
    The Chattanoogan
    3. 1201 Broad Street
    Chattanooga, TN 37402
    800.619.0018
    Online group ID: 418649 
    TVPPA room rate: $109 ends March 8.

    IMPORTANT: The hotel will hold the TVPPA room block until Thursday, March 8. Early reservations are encouraged. Reservation requests received after March 8 will be confirmed on a rate- and space-available basis.
    AGENDA
    Please note that all times are EASTERN.
     

    Wednesday, March 28

    5:30 – 6:30 p.m.    Welcome Reception
     

     

    Thursday, March 29

     7:30 a.m.             Registration open
                                Continental Breakfast
               

    First General Session

     
    8:30 a.m.             Welcome
                                Jeff Rhea, Chairman
                                Agenda Planning Committee
                                Northcentral Mississippi EPA
     
    8:35 – 8:50          Exhibiting Sponsor 
                                    Recognition
     
    8:50 – 9:50          30 Ways to Get it Done...
                                Even if You're Not the Boss! 
                                Daren Howard,
                                Dale Carnegie Training
     
    9:50 – 10:20        TVPPA and Utility Law Update
                                Jack Simmons,
                                TVPPA President/CEO
                                                           
    10:20 – 10:50      Refreshment Break
     
    10:50 – 11:30      Energy Efficiency Incentives
                                David Murphy,
                                TVA Energy Right
                                Business Solutions
     
    11:30 – Noon      Fire Retardant Clothing/
                                ARC Assessment
                                Danny Hayes, Director
                                Job Training/Safety
                                Tennessee Technology Center
                                Murfreesboro, TN
     
    Noon  – 1:45 p.m.  Lunch (on your own)
     

    Second General Session

     
    1:45 p.m. – 2:30   The Global Marketplace
                                 Terry Watson,
                                 Hubbell Power Systems
     
    2:30 – 3:00           Scrap Bill – Potential Risk
                                 Rep. Judd Matheny,
                                 Tennessee General Assembly
     
    3:00 – 3:30           Refreshment Break
     
    3:30 – 4:15           Think Tank Roundtables
     
    4:15 – 5:00            Roundtable Reports
     
    5:00 –6:00 p.m.     Reception     
     
     

    Friday, March 30

     

    Third General Session

     
    7:30 a.m.            Registration Open
                               Continental Breakfast
     
    8:30 a.m. – 9:20 Commodities Update
                               Eddie Moak,
                               Sales VP, Stuart C. Irby Co.
                               Rick Morrison,
                               President/CEO, Utilicor
     
    9:20 – 10:05       Lean Process
                               for Reducing Cost
                               Gary Dillard, President/CEO
                               Warren RECC
     
    10:05 – 10:35     Refreshment Break
     
    10:35 – 11:15     Vehicle Specification Writing
                                Rick Ausbrooks
                                Gillie Hyde Ford
                                                           
    11:15 – Noon     Purchasing Ethics
                               Mark Crowder
                               TVA Supply Chain Sr. Program Mgr
     
    Noon                  Adjournment
     
     

     
     

2012 Purchasing Conference Sponsorship Information

See below for our list of sponsors!

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

​Vehicle Spec Writing - Ausbrooks

Purchasing Ethics - Crowder 

 Lean Process - Dillard

FR Clothing/ARC - Hayes 

Commodities - Moak 

Commodities - Morrison 

Energy Efficiency - Murphy 

​TVPPA Update - Simmons 

Register Online or call Diana Bryant at 423.648.2466

Registration Fees:

TVPPA members (includes spouse) $419 3+ same utility registered at same time = $50 per person discount. (After 03/12/12: $469)

Non-members (includes spouse) $519 (After 03/12/12: $569)

Exhibits/Displays
(includes conference registration for three reps & EXHIBIT privilege)

$799 (After 03/12/12: $859)

Bronze sponsors (includes conference registration for two reps)

Members: $539 (After 03/14/12: $589)

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Exhibiting Sponsors

 Cox Industries

Francis & Lusky

Gillie Hyde Ford/
Ford Motor Company

GovDeals, Inc.

HD Supply

Hubbell Power Systems

Osmose Utilities Services

Perfect Fit Image Apparel

Plastic Technique, Inc.

Solomon Corporation

Staples Advantage

Stuart C. Irby Co.

TCI of Alabama

Thomasson Company

Transformer Decommissioning, Inc.

Tennessee Valley Authority

TVPPA Education & Training

Wesco Distribution Inc.

UtiliCor

Bronze Sponsors

Baldwin Pole & Piling

ESE Utility Supply

Utility Power Incorporated 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please read our Cancellation Policy

NO REFUNDS on sponsor cancellations.