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Annual Forum

SAVE THE DATE

May 4 – 7, 2025

Ottawa Marriott Hotel

Ottawa, Ontario

Here‘s a sneak peek of what’s coming !

Word from the Chair

I am so proud and honoured to be selected as the Chair of the 2025 Canadian Forum on Public Procurement being held in Ottawa.  I have had a dedication and passion for all things procurement throughout my career and I am delighted to share this with you and our wonderful community of procurement professionals!

As you know, the Canadian Public Procurement Council (CPPC) is the leading resource for public procurement professionals across Canada. They tirelessly serve and educate their membership, which spans federal, provincial, municipal governments as well as healthcare, academia and crown corporations.  Once again, the team will offer an amazing program which will be sure to exceed all your expectations.

Public procurement is always innovating, growing and adapting to our ever changing world which makes this year’s theme, “Think Differently, Create Possibilities” so relevant. When we come together, we not only share best practices but we also maximize the art of possible. It’s these new possibilities that help us to move forward confidently to meet the opportunities and challenges of tomorrow.

Please consider this your official invitation to join me and your amazing public procurement community, in the beautiful City of Ottawa in May 2025!

Caroline Landry, Chair of CPPC Forum 2025

 

Program

Our English preliminary program for “Think Differently, Create Possibilities“ is now available. Click here to view it and see the schedule of what will be a great event again this year. It is with great pleasure that we are integrating into our program a full day and a half of content exclusively in French. This program is currently under development.

Our sessions will offer our participants a program rich in content with workshops and learning activities that will leave you with practical tools to use in your working environment.

 

Registration

Registration is now open. Click here to access our online registration form for the English program. You will find below the detailed early bird rates.

CPPC                                                                  Member                        Non-member

Full Forum + Pre-Forum Seminar                $1200                                  $1650

Full Forum only                                                  $850                                   $1200

One-Day only                                                    $450                                    $750

Pre-Forum only                                                 $350                                   $450

 

Hotel Registration

Staying at the host hotel helps the CPPC meet its contractual obligations, therefore keep registration fees down. Take advantage of the convenience, camaraderie and savings by staying at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel where the event will be held. Attendees choosing alternate accommodations from the three offered will be assessed a $150 surcharge on their registration fee. In your registration process you will be asked to provide your hotel reservation confirmation number so please make sure you complete your hotel reservation first. See below to know how to proceed.

Local attendees: If you plan to commute daily and live within a 100 kilometer radius of any of the three proposed hotels, please include as part of your registration the commute mileage (one way) when registering and you will not be assessed of a 150$ surcharge.

Room Sharing: Attendees sharing a room at any of the three hotels must provide a confirmation number and list all names on reservation for verification and you will not be assessed of a 150$ surcharge

Click here to reserve your guestroom.

 

Marketing Opportunities

The CPPC encourages companies who do business with governments at all levels to take this opportunity to meet public procurement officials outside of the confines of a contract negotiation. Marketing opportunities in the form of different sponsorships are available for the three-day conference. For more information, click here to download our sponsorship brochure.

 

CPPC Connect

The Canadian Public Procurement Council (CPPC) invites you to save the date and join the public procurement community for its second edition of CPPC Connect. The event will take place in Ottawa, Ontario on May 6 at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel during CPPC’s national Forum which will go from May 4 – 7, 2025. CPPC Connect is an event designed to build relationships among the supplier community and government entities from all sectors. It is a place where learning, networking and partnering come tothether to support public procurements that are effective, efficient, transparent and fair.

 

Call for Presentations

The Call for presentations period is now closed. However, if you have a proposal to submit that would be in line with the theme of the Forum you can still do so. The program committee may still take it into consideration.

Please email your proposals to [email protected].  All proposals should include:

  • A creative, concise but descriptive session title;
  • A session overview (50-75 word maximum) which will briefly describe the content and most importantly how it links to our Forum theme and session objectives;
  • Intended format of the session and how you intend to make it interactive;
  • Learning outcomes and takeaways for the participants (please list 2-3 items in bullet form).

As a not-for-profit association, the CPPC does not provide honoraria for session presenters at our Forum. Presenters are responsible for their own travel, hotel and other expenses. A complimentary one-day registration for the day on which the presentation is scheduled is provided.

Selections will be made by the Forum 2025 Program development Committee based on a number of criteria, including topics and benefits to delegates.