Calendar of Events

START DATE	END DATE	TITLE	LOCATION	SYNOPSIS	INTERNET	MORE INFO
January 2007
January 17, 2007	January 18, 2007	Public Procurement	Ottawa, ON	Ottawa The Canadian Institute's 4th annual forum	www.canadianinstitute.com
January 29, 2007	January 30, 2007	Public Procurement	Vancouver	The Canadian Institute's 3rd advanced forum	www.canadianinstitute.com
March 2007
March 12, 2007		Protests and disputes: What's a buyer to do?	Alberta	NIGP Leap Program	donnat@nait.ca
March 28, 2007	March 29, 2007	Border Security and the C-TPAT Program	Toronto	Update seminar on US border security measures and policies for trade	www.compufinder.com
March 30, 2007		Introduction to Public Purchasing	London, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
April 2007
April 16, 2007		Ethical Procurement and Sustainability	Mississauga, ON	OPBA seminar	www.opba.ca
April 16, 2007	April 17, 2007	Dealing with Difficult People	Toronto	Stitt Feld Handy Group	sfhgroup.com
April 26, 2007		Risk Management in Public Purchasing	Thunder Bay, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
April 27, 2007		Contract Issues in Public Purchasing	Thunder Bay, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
April 30, 2007	May 1, 2007	Navigating Global Supply Chain	Vaughan, ON	Supply Chain and Logistics Institute annual conference	www.sclcanada.org
May 2007
May 2, 2007	May 4, 2007	NIGP Introduction to Public Procurement	Oakville, ON	NIGP seminar	www.opba.ca
May 7, 2007	May 10, 2007	18th Annual Materiel Management National Workshop	Ottawa, ON	annual national meeting	www.mmi-igm.ca/en/mmnw/index.shtml
May 8, 2007	May 9, 2007	Leading Canadian RFID Conference	Markham, ON	RFID Canada present range of critical topics	www.rmoroz.com
May 10, 2007	May 11, 2007	Quartier municipal des affaires	Quebec City	Where public sector buyers and suppliers meet for city business	www.umq.qc.ca
May 16, 2007	May 18, 2007	Developing and Managing RFP's	Halifax, NS	NIGP Leap Program	(902) 490-6307
May 27, 2007	May 29, 2007	Taking Care of Business	Winnipeg, MB	FMI Annual Meeting	www.fmi.ca
May 28, 2007	May 30, 2007	Hire Expectations: Attracting and Retaining the Leaders of tomorrow - today!	Calgary	CAMA annual conference	www.camacam.ca
June 2007
June 1, 2007		Electronic Purchasing in the Public Sector	St. Catharines, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
June 1, 2007	June 4, 2007	Leading Change	Calgary	FCM Annual Meeting	www.fcm.ca
June 10, 2007	June 13, 2007	AMCTO Annual Meeting	Kingston, ON	Annual meeting and professional development institute	www.amcto.com
June 13, 2007	June 15, 2007	A World of Opportunity	Niagara Falls, ON	PMAC annual members conference	www.pmac.ca
June 14, 2007	June 15, 2007	NIGP Contracting for Pubilc Sector Services	Newmarket, ON	NIGP seminar	www.opba.ca
June 22, 2007		Competitive Bidding in the Public Sector	Oakville, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
August 2007
August 4, 2007	Sugust 8, 2007	NIGP Annual Conference	Hartford, Conn	NIGP annual meeting and trade show	www.nigp.org
August 26, 2007	August 29, 2007	Making Connections: People, Policy and Progress	Winnipeg, MB	IPAC annual conference	www.ipac.ca
September 2007
September 24, 2007	September 26, 2007	NIGP Leap	Edmonton, AB	Sourcing in the Public Sector	www.opba.ca
September 25, 2007		NIGP Leap	Hamilton, ON	CPPO and CPPB review sessions	www.opba.ca
September 26, 2007	September 28, 2007	OPBA annual conference	Hamilton, ON	annual chapter conference	www.opba.ca
September 26, 2007		Introduction to Public Purchasing	Hamilton, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
September 26, 2007	September 28, 2007	Legal Aspects of Public Procurement	Hamilton, ON	OPBA Leap Program	opbasup@vaxxine.com
September 26, 2007		Risk Management	Hamilton, ON	OPBA Leap Program	www.opba.ca
September 30, 2007	October 3, 2007	CPPC Annual Forum	Calgary	annual national meeting	www.ccmp-cppc.qc.ca
October 2007
October 9, 2007	October 13, 2007	OIPMAC annual Conference	Toronto, ON	2007 Global Supply Optimization	www.pmac.ca
October 10, 2007	October 11, 2007	Healthcare Technology Procurement	Toronto, ON	with the Strategy Institute
October 15, 2007	October 17, 2007	GTEC WEEK	Ottawa	Ottawa, Canada's technology showcase	www.gtecweek.com
October 16, 2007	October 18, 2007	Legal Aspects of Public Procurement	Halifax, NS	NIGP Leap Program	(902) 490-6307
October 17, 2007	October 19, 2007	5th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management	Toronto, ON
October 17, 2007	October 20, 2007	SARSCENE 2007	Victoria, BC	National Search and Rescue Secretariat conference	spower@nss.gc.ca
October 18, 2007		NIGP Leap	Scotsburn, NS	Ethincs: A survival kit for public procurement	www.opba.ca
October 19, 2007		Cooperative Purchasing in the Public Sector	Newmarket, ON	OPBA Principles Seminar	www.opba.ca
October 22, 2007	October 24, 2007	MMI Western workshop	Edmonton, AB	MMI regional meetings and professional development workshop	www.mmi-igm.ca
October 24, 2007	October 26, 2007	NIGP		Train the trainer course	www.opba.ca
November 2007
November 2, 2007		Electronic Purchasing	St. Catharines, ON	OPBA session	www.opba.ca
November 15, 2007	November 16, 2007	NIGP Fundamentals of Leadership	Oshawa, ON	NIGP seminar	www.opba.ca
November 19, 2007	November 21, 2007	MMI Eastern workshop	Halifax, NS	MMI regional meetings and professional development workshop	www.mmi-igm.ca
November 27, 2007	November 30, 2007	FMI Professional Development Week	Ottawa, ON	FMI annual event	www.fmi.ca
November 28, 2007	December 1, 2007	Spotlight on Accountability	Ottawa, ON	FMI Professional Development week	www.fmi.ca
December 2007
December 6, 2007	December 7, 2007	Supply Chain and Logistics Summit	St. Augustine, FL	5th annual forum	www.supplychain.us.com