Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Professional Development Day

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:40 am
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Linkletter, 2009 Workshop Chair

8:40 am – 9:00 am
Opening Address
Colleen Post, Chair, RPIC Professional Development Delivery and Certification Program

9:00 am – 4:15 pm
Training Sessions

A: Procurement Planning for Projects
Anthony Tsoukanas, BComm, MA, PMP, Circumflex Five Management Inc.

B: Coaching Practices for Managers
Céline Beauregard, Head, Information Management Services, Canada School of Public Service
National Managers’ Community

C: Labs21 Introductory Course: High Performance, Low-Energy Design
Philip Wirdzek, Founding President and Executive Director, International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories
Dwayne Willmer, National Director, Laboratory Business Segment, Public Works and Government Services Canada

D: Municipal Green Building: Policy to Practice Workshop
Steve Kemp, Sustainable Design Consultant, Enermodal Engineering

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Refreshment Break

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
RPIC AGM

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception in Trade Show area

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Symposium

7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Registration

7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Trade Show

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast in Trade Show Area

8:30 am – 8:55 am
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Linkletter, 2009 Workshop Chair
Tara Dinsmore, 2010 Workshop Chair

8:55 am – 9:40 am
Opening Address
What Every Manager Should Know About the Link Between Happiness and Productivity
Ray Williams, B.A., M.A., PCC, CMC, Co-Founder of Success IQ University, and President of Ray Williams & Associates

9:40 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Address
Meeting Today’s Challenges…A Collective Effort
James Ralston, Comptroller General of Canada, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break in Trade Show Area

10:30 am – 11:45 am
Concurrent Breakouts
1. Real Property Competencies: The Foundation for Professional Development
2. Sustainable Development and the Public Health Agency of Canada Energy Initiative
3. Fixed, Flex and Free! A New Approach to Office Accommodation
4. The Future of the LABS21 Program in Canada

11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch

12:15 am – 1:30 pm
ADM Champion Address
Gordon K. McIvor,Ph. D., APR, Vice President, Strategic Acquisitions, Public and Government Affairs,
Canada Lands Company

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Luncheon Address
Ottawa Convention Centre Redevelopment
Graham Bird, P.Eng., President, GBAssociates

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Dessert Break in Trade Show Area

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Concurrent Breakouts
5. What Do Workers Want? 21st Century Leadership in a Culture of Change
6. Get Me To The Project On Time, On Budget, On Scope: PWGSC’s National Property Management System
7. Working Smarter, Not Harder
8. Human and Animal Health Biological Containment Laboratory, Kyrgyz Republic

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Refreshment Break in Trade Show Area

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Breakouts
9. Protection of Assets and People
10. A New Level of Ambition: Accelerating the Capital Construction Program at National Defence
11. Strive for Real Property in Real Time
12. CANMET: Materials Technology Laboratory's New Home

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Transportation to Gala Dinner

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Reception

6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony with Keynote Speaker Glen Foster, a.k.a. “That Canadian Guy”
Canadian Museum of Civilization

Thursday, November 26, 2009
Symposium

7:45 am – 9:00 am
Registration

7:45 am – 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast

8:45 am – 9:00 am
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Linkletter, 2009 Workshop Chair

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Address
The Network as the Fourth Utility for Smart+Connected Federal Real Estate
Rick Huijbregts, PhD, Vice President, Vertical Sales and Industry Solutions, Cisco Canada

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Refreshment Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am
Concurrent Breakouts
13. Do people read what you write? Interactive Session on Writing for Real Property
14. Going for the Gold: PWGSC's Quest for Service Excellence in Support of the 2010 Games
15. Intelligent Buildings...from Concept to Reality
16. Leveraging the Sustainability Advantage in Lab Design

11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Luncheon Address
Innovation and Collaboration – Keys to a Successful Partnership between DCC and DND/CF
James Paul, President and Chief Executive Officer, Defence Construction Canada (DCC)

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Closing Keynote
Ignite YOUR Innovation
Meredith Thatcher, Carroll Thatcher Planning Group

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Closing Remarks
JP St-Amand, RPIC President

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
Loading Buses for Site Tours

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Site Tours
1. Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield (OLF) Tour
2. Canadian Museum of Nature’s Natural Heritage Building Tour
3. University of Ottawa Biology Building
4. Ottawa Paramedic Service Headquarters

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Buses return to the Palais des congrès

Friday, November 27, 2009

9:00 am – 11:00 am
Federal Real Property Week ADM Panel Discussion
Gordon McIvor, Vice President, Strategic Acquisitions, Public and Government Affairs,
Canada Lands Company
John McBain, ADM, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Real Property Branch
Scott Stevenson, ADM, National Defence, Infrastructure and Environment
Gavin Liddy, Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat