Deltek Virtual Insight 2020: Your Guide to "Can't Miss" Costpoint Sessions

The countdown is on. Less than one week to go before Deltek Virtual Insight 2020, our annual customer conference, providing education, inspiration, and collaboration to government contractors and project-based businesses. This year our event may look a little different as we come to you virtually, but we’re more excited than ever as we prepare to share Costpoint 8, the industry-leading solution you trust,  now bringing you more innovation and greater intelligence across the entire project lifecycle.

Whether you’ve been a Costpoint user for years, are newer to our solution, or are just looking into Costpoint for the first time, there is something for everyone. We are offering more than 80 sessions specific to Costpoint next week! With scheduling now open, we want to help ensure you get the most out of the event and have put together a list of recommended sessions you won’t want to miss.

Our scheduled breakout sessions will have Deltek experts ready to answer your questions in real-time, while you can watch our on-demand library of sessions on your own schedule. Keep in mind, we couldn’t cover all in our list below, so if you’re looking for a specific topic, be sure to check out the complete Costpoint session catalog, and don’t forget all content will be available on-demand through December 31, 2020.

Here it is, can’t miss sessions for Deltek Virtual Insight 2020:

Costpoint Kickoff
CPKO-01 Costpoint Kickoff: The 8 Great Things About Costpoint 8
During the Costpoint kickoff you’ll hear directly from our Product team about all of the great new capabilities in Costpoint 8 that you’ve been asking for.

Intelligent Time and Expense:
CP-53 Looking Ahead: The Costpoint Time and Expense Roadmap
Get a first-hand look at our vision for a comprehensive Intelligent Time and Expense experience for users, approvers, and administrators and learn what’s planned in future releases to deliver that experience.

CP-49 Costpoint 8: The Future of Expense is Here
Mobile Expense is here, and we want to share all of the great capabilities and features now available, from capturing receipt images and data with Intelligent Character Recognition to submitting and approving Expense Reports and viewing Expense Tasks.

CP-52 Supporting Your Mobile Workforce: Time and Expense
Learn how our comprehensive Time and Expense solution provides all the tools needed to support an increasingly mobile workforce.

Planning:
CP-45  Costpoint 8: Bringing You Smarter Professional Services Automation
Discover how Costpoint’s PSA can make a difference in your organization, helping efficiently manage people, projects, and financial data, all in real-time, while providing visibility into every aspect of project delivery.

CP-46 Take a Closer Look: New Integration Between Planning and Contract Management
Learn how new integration between Costpoint Contract Management and Planning now allows the sharing of key information between these applications and how that results in improved project delivery.

CP-47 The Path Forward for Costpoint Planning: Our Roadmap
Take a look at what’s new with Planning in Costpoint 8, including recent enhancements and tighter integrations with other domains, while also getting a look at where Planning is headed in the future.

Project Accounting:
CP-13 Navigating Costpoint for a Better User Experience
Review the latest updates to the Costpoint user Interface, including navigation banners and see what other usability features will be rolling out.

CP-15 The Power of Costpoint for the Nonprofit Entity
Get a comprehensive overview of how Costpoint can benefit Nonprofit entities, including a look at managing grant proposals and awards, labor and employee expense collection, and a review of Costpoint’s Native functionality.

CP-17 Subcontractor Invoicing through the Supplier Portal
Learn how to effectively use the Supplier Portal functionality in Costpoint 8.0 to help with Subcontractor Invoicing and Reconciliation.

Contract Management:
CP-22 Costpoint CRM and How it Can Help You
Take a look into the future and our plans for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in Costpoint as well as how to stay better connected with your customers.

CP23 Back to the Future with Contract Management
Get a complete look at the recently released features for Contract Management, including integration between Contracts and Planning, subcontract integration with purchasing, GovWin IQ integration, supplier/vendor rating, reporting, and more.

CP-29 Contract Management Overview
Whether you’re new to Contract Management or already an active user, get an overview and learn the basics of Costpoint Contract Management, including pre and post award functionality, and how the module ties into the rest of Costpoint.

Business Intelligence:
CP02  Bringing Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence …Together
Discover how new and innovative AI assisted BI capabilities within Costpoint Business Intelligence 8.0  can help your business become more data-driven.

CP08 How AI is Shaping the Present and the Future
Hear from IBM General Manager and Chief Strategy Officer of the Public and Federal Marketplace on how Artificial Intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, enabling businesses to become more data-driven and how AI is helping government contractors improve their operations.

CP05 Smart AI – Resource Mgmt – Planning-PSA
See Smart AI in action and learn how you can leverage Artificial Intelligence in Costpoint Business Intelligence (formerly CER) with your resource planning data.

Source to Pay:
CP-30 Costpoint Source to Pay
Learn how Costpoint can digitalize and streamline the entire source to pay process, from vendor selection, FAR/DFARS contract flow downs, and purchase order collaboration, to time and material collection, payment, and compliance reporting - all on a single secure platform.

CP-33 What’s coming in Costpoint 8.0 Procurement
Take a look at some of the new enhancements to Costpoint 8.0 Procurement and Supplier Portal, including the New Manage Shipping Information application, approval history visibility, digital signature technology, and more.

CP-35 Procurement Reporting and Analytics
Find out how Costpoint 8’s new features, including increased visibility into purchase requisition and purchase order status, spend analytics, and a buyer dashboard can improve your business processes by understanding your data.

Manufacturing:
CP-38  What’s Coming and What’s Next in Costpoint Materials and Manufacturing
During this roadmap session, hear about the new Materials and Manufacturing features in Costpoint 8 and get a glimpse into what's on the horizon.

CP-40 Manufacturing Reporting and Analytics
Explore the power of Costpoint BI, the new manufacturing dashboard, and how it can help improve data analysis.

CP-41 Making the Most of Materials
Discover the depth of Costpoint Manufacturing and learn why it’s flexible enough to be used by any government contractor that performs manufacturing functions.

Cloud:
CP-62 Costpoint Cloud Overview
Take a deep dive into Costpoint’s Cloud solution, including the benefits of the cloud and an overview of everything the Costpoint cloud service has to offer.

CP-63 Costpoint Ground to Cloud (customer + partner panel)
Find out why Costpoint Customers continue to deploy new, and migrate existing, Costpoint implementations to the cloud.

CP-64 Security & Compliance in the Cloud
Learn everything you need to know about Deltek’s layered approach to security, as well as how we support our customers in meeting their compliance related requirements.

CP-65 What’s New with Costpoint GovCon Cloud Moderate
Get detailed information about how Deltek combines FedRAMP Moderate equivalent controls and US Citizen support to meet the enhanced requirements of customers with Covered Defense Information (CDI) and ITAR data.

CP-66 Why We Are Moving to the Deltek GovCon Moderate (ITAR) Cloud
The decision to move from an on premises ERP solution to cloud-based ERP takes a thorough review of business processes, objectives, and costs. Hear Robert Kondilas, Chief Information & Data Officer at Logistics Management Institute (LMI) discuss what went into their decision to move to the Deltek GovCon Moderate (ITAR) Cloud.

Be sure to register for those sessions you plan to attend and save them to your calendar, so you don’t miss a minute. Remember, you can also visit XPO to dive deeper into Costpoint products and learn how our sponsoring partners' products further power your project success. Take a FREE exam and get Costpoint certified. Schedule a time to Meet 1:1 with a Deltek Expert.  And don’t forget to have some fun while you’re at it, view some of the excellent Deltek Talent competition submissions, get in a bike ride with the Deltek Peloton session, join us for virtual yoga or strike a pose in our Selfie Booth!

We look forward to seeing you virtually next week!