ProBiz 2015 Small Business Procurement Conference

This was last year's event.

This year's event is located at www.probiz2015.eventbrite.com

July 16, 2015 at FHI 360 Conference Center: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009

For more information, please call 202-730-5765

ProBiz 2014 is the most Significant Small and Minority Business Procurement Conference in the Mid-Atlantic Region, to be held Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC, sponsored by the National Business League of Greater Washington, a regional chapter of the National Business League, founded by Dr. Booker T. Washington in 1900. In the past , the annual event has welcomed over 1,000 attendees and over 100 exhibitors. ProBiz is a great opportunity for public and private sector procurement officials to engage with competent and capable small and minority contractors. The main event is the day-long exposition with information-packed concurrent seminars and workshops featuring the leading experts in every field of procurement, information technology opportunities, construction development, finance, marketing intelligence, certification, export-import, supplies and commodities, services, staffing and much more. Federal, local government expenditures, and global trade contribute over $10 Billion dollars annually to the region's economy. Business-to-Business marketing opportunities through networking open up fresh access to revenues for many small businesses. In the world of commerce, "Building Relationships For Success" is your competitive edge.

[No charge for registered government procurement officials with verified/identified agency]

ProBiz 2014 Conference Schedule of Activities

7:00 AM Registration Opens

8:00 – 8:30 AM Opening Ceremony Remarks: Honorary Co-Chairs:

Elected Officials: Hon. Vincent Orange, DC Councilmember

ProBiz Co-Chairs: James Staton, OCP. Dr. Malcolm Beech, ProBiz Director, President, NBLGW, Ronald Evans, NBL National President

8:30 AM Keynote Speaker:TBA

Seminars Room A (Regency –B)

9:00 – 9:50 Procurement Roundtable Local Services Opportunities

James Staton, Director, Moderator

DC Office of Contracting & Procurement

Joan Hummons, Reza Hassan, Marvin Manassa

Room B (Bunker Hill)

9:00 – 9:50 Construction Opportunities

Charlie Partridge, PEPCO, Moderator

Korey Gray, DC Water,

JW Lanum, Associate Director, DGS

Kyle McPherson, Estimator, Ft. Myer Construction

Lisa Gregory, DDOT

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Match-Making Sessions for pre-registered 10 min appointments (Next to Bunker Hill)

Room A

10:00 – 10:50 Federal Opportunities-I

Malda Brown, Small Business Administration, Moderator

Devera. Redmond, Dept. of Transportation

Diane Sant, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Luwanna Clark, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Room B

10:00 – 10:50 DC OCTO – Future Technologies

Kim Harwell, GovPurchase, Moderator

David Bishop, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, and

Jan Whitener, Enterprise Contracts Management Services

Room A

11:00 – 11:50 Federal Marketing Intelligence

Jamie Bratten, EZGovOpps

Room B

11:00 – 11:50 DC Healthcare Services

Arianna Quinones-Miranda, Chief of Staff

Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services

Jerry Carter, Child & Family Services

Wendell Atkinson, Dept. of Human Services

Dr. John Thompson, Office on Aging

Camille Williams, Office on Aging

12:00 – 12:45 Lunch Break

Room A

1:00 – 1:50 Teaming & Sub-Contracts

Waymon Guinn, SBTC Prog Mgr, Moderator

Janice Davis, Esq.

Candice Miles, SBTC Business Dev Specialist

Room B

Global Opportunities in Africa

Fred Oladeinde, Moderator, Foundation for Democracy in Africa

Babacar Beye, Economic & Trade Minister, Embassy of Senegal

William Fanjoy, Export USA

Bill Houck, SBA

Room A

2:00 – 2:50 Capital Access & Business Finance

Michael Bing, Moderator, Director, DCMBDA

Rod Johnson, Vice President, Industrial Bank

Gayle Dorsey, Hitachi Government Finance Services

Jeff Banks, Vice President, Bank of Georgetown

Room B

Federal Opportunities – II

Wayne McDonald, SSA, Moderator

Judith Stackhouse-Jordan, GSA

Rudy Watley, Smithsonian Institution

Roberta Richardson, Defense Intelligence Agency

Maile Parker, Director of Procurement CSOSA

Room A

3:00 – 3:50 Local Opportunities-- II

Dr DeVance Walker, Moderator, Montgomery County Eco Dev

Betty Toulson, WMATA,

MWAA

Kellyann Few, Fort Meade BASE Business Initiative

Room B

Certification & Technical Assistance

Lyals Battle, Moderator, DC MBDA

Ralph Buchanan, SBA

Ted Archer, DSLBD

Milton Goodman, DC PTAC