Prof. Danielle M. Conway to feature at Guam Procurement Conference

Procurement Seminars featuring Professor Danielle M. Conway will be held on Monday, July 23, and Tuesday July 24, 2012, at the Guam Hyatt Regency on Tumon Bay. The Monday seminar is presented by the Guam Chamber of Commerce, and the Guam Procurement Advisory Council will present the Tuesday seminar. The Bank of Hawaii is sponsoring the events, and the Guam Judiciary, the U.S. District Court of Guam and Guam Bar Association are cooperating in bringing the presentations to Guam.

Professor Conway is the author of “State and Local Government Procurement”, recently published by the American Bar Association. She is the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law and director of the University of Hawai’i Procurement Institute at the William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu.

The July 23 seminar begins at 9 a.m., with registrations starting at 8:30. The morning session covers procurement planning and needs assessment, market research, and translating needs and research into effective specifications. During lunch there is a panel discussion of construction specialists discussing procurement tips gleaned from construction projects on Guam and around the region. The afternoon session covers best practices in contract administration and models of procurement for infrastructure construction, along with an open Q&A time. The cost of the program is $110, which includes lunch.

The July 24 seminar begins at 1:30 p.m. with registration at 1:00 p.m., and goes to 5:30. All panels will be led by former U.S. District Court Chief Judge John Unpingco, Chair of the new Guam Procurement Advisory Council, and joined by Prof. Conway and others. The panels will cover procurement ethics for government and private sector participants, contract law basics for procurement staff, and Hawaii’s experience with its Procurement Institute and Procurement Advisory Council, with tips and lessons for Guam. The cost of this program is $65.

While this program is geared toward staff and participants in the procurement process, both private and government, it will be relevant and valuable for educators, managers, advisors, policy makers and others. Lawyers may earn up to 10.5 hours of CLE, including 2 hours of ethics.

To sign up, persons should contact the Guam Chamber of Commerce at 472-6311/8001 or email the office at info@guamchamber.com.gu. Lawyers who have questions about CLE should call GBA's Executive Director's Office on 475-3396. General questions about the program can be addressed to John Thos. Brown, Chair of the Procurement Committee of the Guam Chamber of Commerce, on 477-7293.