Spring 2024 Conference ScheduleSpring 2024 Conference & Vendor Expo Plan to join the Texas Public Purchasing Association for its Spring 2024 Conference & Expo. This powerful conference will include timely content and a dynamic expo. Be sure to register today! Monday, April 29, 2024 1:00pm – 5:00pm Pre-Conference Sessions (Two Options) Pre-Conference A | Solicitation Activities: Three-Part Series | Ms. Stacy Gregg, CPPO, CPPB, NIGP-CPP Procurement Director, South Carolina State University Pre-Conference B | Ethics, Integrity & Transparency | Denise Badillo, City of South Charleston, SC (Session Eligible for NIGP Badging) 2:30pm – 2:45pm Networking Break with Peers Tuesday, April 30, 2024 7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast 8:15am – 9:00am Conference Opening Session | Embracing the Eclipse: Illuminating Procurement Excellence | Victor Castillo, TxPPA President 9:00am – 10:15am General Session/Keynote | Great Cultures are More than Hawaiian Shirt Day or Flip Flop Friday | Derrick Strand, UPPCC 10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break with Peers 10:45am – 12:00pm Breakout Sessions 1 Session A | RFP #1 | Dr. Brian Lines, Professor, University of Kansas 12:00pm – 1:15pm Lunch | Leveraging DIR for IT Procurements | Tom Hay, State of Texas, DIR 1:15pm – 1:30pm Break 1:30pm – 2:45pm Breakout Sessions 2 Session A| RFP # 2 | Dr. Brian Lines, Professor, University of Kansas 2:45pm – 3:15pm Networking Break with Peers 3:15pm – 4:30pm Breakout Sessions 3 Session A | Self Care and Leadership: Why They Can and Do Exist | Diane Palmer- Boeck 6:00pm – 8:00pm Opening Reception | Entertainment by Joe Vega Wednesday, May 1,2024 7:45am - 8:30am Breakfast 8:30am – 9:45am General Session/Keynote | Leading with Compassion | Stacy Gregg, CPPB, CPPO, NIGP-CPP 9:45am – 10:15am Networking Break with Peers 10:15am – 11:30am Breakout Sessions 4 10:15am – 11:15am VENDOR ONLY BREAK-OUT with Lunch for Vendors | Vendor Session | Victor Castillo, Alan Phillips, et. al 12:00pm – 3:00pm Vendor Extravaganza and Participant Lunch 3:00pm – 4:00pm Entity Networking 4:00pm – 5:15pm General Session | TxPPA Live! | Tim Slifka, City of Southlake Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:45am – 8:30am Breakfast 8:00am – 8:30am Closing Remarks/Conference Overview | Victor Castillo 8:30am – 9:45am General Session | Sourcewell 9:45am – 10:00am Break 10:00am- 11:30am General Session/Closing Keynote | Can You Relate? Expanding Your Sphere of Influence | Carrie Mathis, Chair NIGP-Board REGISTER HERE |