Fall 2016 Exhibitors
SBA/SCORE | Offutt AFB | Army Corps of Engineers | Department of Transportation (DOT) | Department of Roads (DOR/DBE) | National Parks Services, Veterans Administration (VA) | HUD, OPS | Nebraska Safety Council | GSA | National Guard | OPPD | Blue Cross Bue Shield
$45, Early Bird before Sept. 15
$75, Registration ends Nov. 3
Agenda
- 7:30 a.m. – Registration Open. Continental breakfast served.
- 8:00 a.m. – OPENING REMARKS
- Louis Pol, Dean, UNO College of Business Administration
- Cathy Lang, State Director, Nebraska Business Development Center
- 8:15 a.m. – Keynote: Is Your Message Getting Through? Three Ways To Ensure Effective Communication Today, Sinikka Waugh, president and CEO, Your Clear Next Step
- 9:00 a.m. – GENERAL SESSION
- Myth vs. Reality, Steve Koprince, Managing Partner, Koprince Law LLC
- 10:00 a.m. – Networking Break
- 10:30 a.m. – GENERAL SESSION
- Mining for Gold in the Federal Procurement Data System Next Generation, Guy Timberlake, CEO, The American Small Business Coalition, discussed practical methods for using freely available federal agency purchasing data to find customers, partners and primes, and opportunities.
- 11:30 a.m. – PANEL PRESENTATION: Resources for Minority Businesses
- 12:00 p.m. – NETWORKING LUNCH
- 1:00 p.m. – BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- TOPIC ONE – Small Business Program Updates, Lisa Tedesco, 8(a) government contracting specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration
- TOPIC TWO – 15 Reasons Simplified Acquisitions Should be in Small Business Pipelines! Guy Timberlake
- TOPIC THREE – How to Write and Effective Capability Statement, Luis Valdivieso, TargetGov
- 2:00 p.m. – NETWORKING
- 3:00 p.m. – Conference closes