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Back by popular demand, the value-added seminars are included with your Full Forum registration at no extra cost. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from the experts about how to apply world class best practices to your company’s procurement system in order to enhance your bottom line, and see what Alberta’s opportunities can mean for you.
         
Seminars will be offered on-site at the National Buyer/Seller Forum, concurrent to the scheduled One-on-One meetings. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
         
This website will be updated as seminars and presenters are confirmed.

Seminar schedule and location information will be available in your on-site delegate package and from this website.

March 26th, 2008

Collaborative Innovation: Making Supply Chains Work for You

Time: 1:30 to 3:00pm
Presenter: Robert Porter Lynch, Warren Group

Internationally recognized supply chain expert Robert Porter Lynch will discuss Collaborative Innovation and what it means to your company.  See how your suppliers can be strategic partners, not just vendors, and how your company’s bottom line can be enhanced through collaborative and innovative partnerships.

Accessing the Alberta Market:  A Shift in Philosophical Thinking

Time: 2:00 to 3:00pm
Presenter: Ron Subramanian, Director, Alberta Project Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
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The opportunities available in the Alberta market are vast and long-term.  How can companies from across Canada tap into some of the projects?  Last year, at the first annual National Buyer Seller Forum, businesses from across Canada ventured to Alberta to claim a piece of the pie.  Unfortunately, many quickly learned that this market was like any export market; it was going to take more than one visit to get a contract. The Alberta market hold a wealth of opportunity but it can only be accessed with a very long-term focused strategy.  Ultimately, the opportunities in Alberta represent a larger shift in philosphical thinking for manufacturers.  Canadian manufacturers have to re-invent themselves if they want to survive and ultimately thrive in the 21st century, and Alberta is showing them the way.
The presentation will provide some insight into the lessons learned and how you can make connections within the market.  After spending the past two years navigating through the Alberta oil sands market and working with Alberta manufacturers, EPC firms and owners as well as companies from across the country trying to access the opportunities, Ron has a lot of valuable knowledge to share.

Doing Business with the Government of Canada

Time: 2:00 to 3:00pm
Presenter: Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME)
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This session will provide an overview of the fundamentals of selling goods and services to the Government of Canada.  You will find out what the Government buys, the annual volume of purchase and how much of it goes to small and medium-sized enterprises. You will also learn how to identify business opportunities using the electronic tendering system MERXTM  and gain some insight into responding to government requests.

Financing for Your Supply Chains

Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm
Business Development Bank of CanadaPresenter: Royal Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada
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Hear about financing options for developing your supply chain partnerships and business alliances across Canada. Learn how to get your keys to the safe!

March 27, 2008

Transportation

Time: 1:30 to 3:00pm
Presenters

Transportation is a key element for maintaining cost competitiveness in the supply chain. This session will discuss the services available as well as the unique challenges and opportunities of shipping products that support the development of Alberta’s oil sands extraction and processing industries.  Panel members will provide insight from a rail, trucking and logistics management perspective detailing the shipment of products across Alberta, Canada and national borders.

Alberta’s Dynamic Industry Sectors

Time: 1:30 to 3:00pm
Presenters:

A number of Alberta industries support and service the heavy oil and oil sands.  Each are very different and have certain dynamics that are important for new players to understand.  Alberta Government’s Sector Directors will provide details on the industry and opportunities for partnerships.  The sectors included are:

  • Metal Fabrication
  • Energy Equipment and Services
  • Architecture Engineering and Construction
  • Hydrocarbon Upgrading
  • Environmental Products and Services

Doing Business with the Government of Canada

Time: 2:00 to 3:00pm
Presenter: Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME)
ppt View Presentation

This session will provide an overview of the fundamentals of selling goods and services to the Government of Canada.  You will find out what the Government buys, the annual volume of purchase and how much of it goes to small and medium-sized enterprises. You will also learn how to identify business opportunities using the electronic tendering system MERXTM  and gain some insight into responding to government requests.

Financing for Your Supply Chains

Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm
Business Development Bank of CanadaPresenter: Royal Bank of Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada
ppt View Presentation by RBC
ppt View Presentation by BDC

Hear about financing options for developing your supply chain partnerships and business alliances across Canada. Learn how to get your keys to the safe!

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Bus Tour

On Tuesday, March 25, join Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association and the Resource Industry Suppliers Association on an informative three-hour guided tour of Alberta's Industrial Heartland. Travelling around the Industrial Heartland area northeast of Edmonton (total size 317 square kilometres), you’ll see where and when the bitumen upgrader projects will be proceeding, subject to market conditions.

As part of this tour you will receive a booklet with a summary of existing projects already in place (estimated at more than $25 billion), and a CD with information about the new projects announced, in the works, or recently completed (estimated at more than $60 billion).

The tour will start at 1.00pm from the Jasper Avenue entrance of the Shaw Conference Centre, returning at 4.00pm. Please register early because it will fill up quickly.

Visit www.resourcesuppliers.com or call 780.489.5900 for more information. Click here to download the tour registration form.

NB: This tour takes place before the official NBSF event program, and is not included in your Forum registration.

The tour is not organised by the NBSF Steering Committee, but is being offered to registered delegates through a collaborative marketing partnership.

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