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Purchasing Conference
March 29-31, 2010
  1. Register online with TVPPA
  2. Make your hotel reservations:
    Marriott Nashville Airport
    600 Marriott Drive
    Nashville, TN 37214
    615.889.9300

    TVPPA room rate: $115 single/double ends March 8. Use the link above or call 615.889.9300.

    IMPORTANT: The hotel will hold the TVPPA room block until Monday, March 8. Early reservations are encouraged, since the room block could sell out prior to March 8. Reservation requests received after March 8 will be confirmed on a rate- and space-available basis.

UPP certificates will be presented at this Purchasing Conference. If you have completed this program and would like to receive your certificate at this conference, please contact the E&T department at training@tvppa.com. Certificates not presented at conferences will be sent by mail.
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WHY ATTEND A TVPPA CONFERENCE?

Monday, March 29
5:30-6:30 PM Welcome Reception in Exhibiting Sponsors Area

Tuesday, March 30
7:30 AM Registration Open
Continental Breakfast

FIRST GENERAL SESSION

Welcoming Remarks
Rody Blevins
Chairman, Valley Supply Chain Committee
President/CEO, Volunteer Energy Cooperative
Decatur, TN
8:30 AM Exhibing Sponsor Recognition
(Exhibitors will provide a one minute introduction of their company and products/services)

Ethics Presentation
Speaker TB




TVPPA Vehicle Incentive Program, Transformer Buying Group,
TVPPA Purchasing Certificate, Valley Supply Chain Committee
John Cooke (left)
Danette Scudder (center)
TVPPA
Chattanooga, TN

Rody Blevins (bottom)
President, CEO
Volunteer EC
Decatur, TN


Smart Grid Overview
Mike Ingram, P.E.
TVA
Chattanooga, TN
11:30 AM Lunch (on your own)

1:30 PM SECOND GENERAL SESSION



Emergency Planning for Purchasing
Steven Gwin, P.E.
Warren RECC
Bowling Green, KY
3:00-4:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Select one)




Vendor Perspective from
Former Utility Employees (panel)
Jeff Nelson (left)
United Utility Supply
Knoxville, TN

Robby Kelley (right)
HD Supply
Knoxville, TN

Van Bonin (bottom left)
Stuart C. Irby Company
LaVergne, TN

Joel Wright (bottom right)
UtiliCor
Jackson, TN



Bonding Terms, Conditions, Contract Language, Services on Contracts
Deborah Lipscomb (left)
Progressive Bonding Solutions

Victor W. Alexander, Sr. (right)
Alexander and Associates Incorporated
Nashville, TN

Louis N. Farringer, Jr. (bottom)
BB&T Cooper, Love, Jackson, Thornton & Harwell
Nashville, TN
4:00-5:00 PM Discussion of Pre-Conference Survey Results

Breakout of Municipal Utilities and Cooperative Utilities
5:00-6:00 PM Reception in Exhibiting Sponsors Area

Wednesday, March 31
7:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM THIRD GENERAL SESSION


Achieving Peak Performance by Inventory Management
F. Michael Babineaux, CPSM, C.P.M.
Babineaux Educational Services and Training, Inc
Collierville, TN


Commodities Update: Cost, Availability, Future
Ed Moak (left)
Stuart C. Irby Company
Jackson, MS

Rick Morrison (right)
UtiliCor
Nashville, TN


Being A Survivor In Tomorrow's Workplace
Fred Landiss
F&M Bank
Clarksville, TN
Noon Adjourn

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Registration Fees:

TVPPA members (includes spouse) $399 3+ from the same utility registered at same time = $50 off/each (After 03/15/10: $449)

Non-members (includes spouse) $499 (After 3/15/10: $549)

Exhibiting Sponsor (includes up to three reps and spouses) $769 (After 3/15/10: $829)

Vendor Reception co-sponsors (includes up to two reps and spouses) $499 (After 3/15/10: $549)

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