· Post Pandemic Small Business & Government Partnership Sessions:
· Moderator: Tommy L. Marks, VP, Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC), Director, Virginia Minority Business Development Agency (VA-MBDA), with panelists:
· Calvin J. Mitchell Jr, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) , U.S. Department of Education
· Kimberly Ball, Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) | OSDBU
· U.S. General Services Administration | OSDBU
· U.S. Department of Energy | OSDBU
· U.S. Department of Homeland Security or Department of Veterans Affairs
· Additional Partnership Sessions in the Main Room:
· Prime Contractor Panel – Moderator: Diane Dempsey – BAE Systems
· Baltimore City – Paul Taylor, Mayor’s Office of Small, Minority and Women Business
· The Magic of Mysterious MRAS – TargetGov
· How to significantly increase your sales to government agencies by using ecolabels – GEC
· Meet and network with hundreds of government and business exhibitors and attendees looking to work with small businesses, minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, service/disabled Veteran-owned businesses, 8a businesses, and HUBzone businesses
· Find in-depth opportunities during One-on-One procurement, “Matchmaking Sessions”* with government representatives and prime contractors who will bring their most up-to-date small business ‘procurement forecast’ for their agencies.