2008 Seminar Schedule
 

Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Duration
  Room A Room C Lounge  
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration 8 hours
8:45 - 8:55 am Opening   &  Announcements 10 min.
9:00 - 10:15 am

Town Hall SBLO Meeting
~
Speakers: Joyce Thurman

 

Small Business Administration

Aliiance of Supplier Diversity Professionals

Veterans First Contracting Programs  
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Speaker:
Wayne A. Simpson,
Department of
Veteran Affairs

 

Roundtable for Small Business
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Mediator:
Sue Englander
EEI Manufacturing Services


Panelists
Ann LaMaire
Barbara Manzi
Tricia Ricke
Vicky Strycharske
 

 1 hour & 15 min.
10:15 - 10:30 am Break 15 min.
10:30 - 11:45 am Doing Business with University of South Florida
~
Speaker: 
Desiree Hanson
USF Purchasing & Property Services
 

Doing Business with Large Corporations
~
Speaker:
Len Hamel
Leslie Controls
 

 Getting on GSA Schedule
~
Speaker:
Dinora Gonzalez
General Services Administration		 1 hour & 15 min.
11:45 - 1:00 pm SBA Awards Luncheon 1 hour & 15 min.
1:00 - 2:00 pm

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

Doing Business with Mac Dill Air Force Base
~
Speaker: 
Nelson Escribano
Department of the
Air Force

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

 1 hour
2:00 - 2:15 pm Refreshment Break 15 min.
2:15 - 3:00 pm

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

 Marketing to Government Agencies & Prime Contractors
~
Speaker:
Michael Bell
Procurement Technical Assistance Center at Florida Atlantic University		 Doing Business with Defense Logistics Agency
~
Speaker:
Vicki Hawthorne
Defense Logistic Agency		 45 min.
     
3:00 - 4:00 pm

Joint Roundtable (Small & Large Business)
Located in the Lounge
~

Mediators:
Clyde Burch
Fred Seyboth
 

 1 hour
4:00 pm End of Day 1  

This schedule last updated on April 22nd, 2008
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.

Small Business Round Table:
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 Alvarez at kalvarez@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 Small & Large Business Round Table:
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.