2009 Seminar Schedule
 Updated 4/28/09
 

Time

Track 1
Large Corporations

Track 2
Beginner's Track

Track 3
Advanced Track A

Track 4
Advanced Track B

 Duration
  Wingate Inn Room A Room C Lounge  
8:15 - 8:25 am Opening & Announcements  
8:30 - 9:30 am

Networking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government Contracting Basics
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Speakers:
Michael Bell
 Procurement Technical Assistance Center at Palm Beach
Community College

Doing Business with Defense Logistics Agency
~
Speaker:
Vikki Hawthorne
Defense Logistics Agency

 

Proposal Writing: What You Need To Know
~
Speaker:
Vicky Strycharske
Starr Solutions


 

 1 hour
9:30 - 9:45 am Break  
9:45 - 10:45 am Doing Business with Large Corporations
~
Speaker:
Len Hamel
Independent Consultant

Getting on GSA Schedule
~
Speaker:
David Gibson
General Services Administration
 

Overview of How to Apply and Win Government SBIR / STTR Grants
~
Speaker:
Wayne Brass
Small Business Development Center at USF
 

 1 hour
10:45 - 11:00 am Break 15 Mins
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Doing Business with Veterans Affairs
~
Speaker:
Warren Ector
Bay Pines VA Hospital
VISN8

 

Taking the Mystery Out of Doing Business with the Government
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Speaker:
Richard Hardesty
Independent Consultant

"How to Get Federally Certified through the SBA's 8(a) BD Program
~
Speaker:
Robert Chavarria
Small Business Administration

 1 hour
12:00 - 1:30 pm SBDC Awards & Networking Luncheon 1 hour & 30 Mins
1:30 - 2:30 pm Alliance of Supplier Diversity Professionals Meeting
 

 

 Government Panel Discussion
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Mediator: Desiree Hanson (Moffitt Cancer Center)

Panelists:
Christopher Harrington (US SOCOM)
Nelson Escribano (MacDill AFB)
Cheryl Hawkins (Hillsborough County Aviation Authority)
George Cotter (USF Purchasing)		  
2:30 - 2:45pm Break Break 15 Mins
2:45 - 3:45pm

Networking

 Roundtable for Small Business
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Mediator: Sue Englander

Panelists:
Walter McKnight - Shim Enterprise, Inc.
Vicky Strycharske - Starr Solutions
Greg Celestan - Celestar Corporation
 

 1 Hour
3:45 - 4:00pm Break 15 Mins
4:00 - 5:00pm Joint Roundtable (Small & Large Business)
Located in the Lounge
~
Mediators: Fred Seyboth & Len Hamel

End of Day 1

 1 Hour

This schedule last updated April 28th, 2009.
Please note that schedule is subject to change.

 

If you have questions or issues that you would like to have discussed at the Round Table sessions, Please email them to us by April 21.

Roundtable for Small Business:
Join us in an atmosphere where Small Business Owners are provided with an intimate roundtable setting to share questions, issues, concerns, struggles & successes… topics provided by you and discussed by a panel of your peers that have experienced similar situations.

Please email Krissy Larsson at klarsson@coba.usf.edu to submit your confidential question or a topic you would like to be discussed. This roundtable is for small businesses only.


Joint Roundtable (Small & Large Businesses):
Are you a Small Business who has questions for the Large Businesses, particularly about how to do business with the Prime Contractors? Email your questions to the large business mediator at kmanning@coba.usf.edu.