Treasury Small Business Day March 9
The Department of the Treasury, Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) would like to take this opportunity to invite you and you to Treasury’s Industry Day on Thursday, March 9th, 2017 at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. with networking and light refreshments being served and conclude at 2:00 p.m. For additional details regarding this event please reference the attachment and the agenda shown below:
Agenda
Thursday, March 9, 2017
9:00am – Check-in – Exhibits – Refreshments
10:00am – 10:45am – Plenary Session
Welcome Remarks:
Jose Arrieta, Director, Office of IT Schedule Contract Operations, Office of Acquisition Management, Office of Information Technology Category (ITC), U.S. Department of General Services Administration (GSA)
Georgette “Gigi” Godwin, President & CEO, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Ron Perry, President of the National 8(a) Association; President, Teya Technologies LLC. – an 8(a) Certified Alaska Native Corporation
Champions at Treasury Award Presentation:
LaTonya Bowman – Treasury Small Business Specialist Champion
Michael Briskin – Treasury Acquisition Law Champion
Pamela Wilson – Treasury Small Business Vendor Community Champion
Lorraine Cole, Ph.D. – Treasury Diversity and Inclusion Champion
Iris Cooper – Treasury Small and Disadvantaged Business Procurement Champion
Martina Williams – Treasury Small Business Advocate Champion
Sean Bennett – Making Home Affordable Program Champion
Sonny Bhagowalia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems (DAS-IS) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Keynote (Confirmed Speaker)
11:00am – 11:45am – Breakout Sessions
Fenton Room
Capability Statement Essentials presented by Gloria Larkin, President, TargetGov
Ellsworth Room
Mentor Protégé Program Updates presented by John W. Klein Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law, U.S. Small Business Administration and Pamela J. Mazza, Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC
Spring Room
Graduating out of the 8(a) Program: Now What? Pathways for Successpresented by Melvin E. Clark Jr., Chief Executive Officer, G. W. Peoples Contracting Company, Inc.
12:00pm – 2:00pm – Buffet Lunch
12:00pm – 2:00pm – Matchmaking
Pre-scheduled One-on-One Matchmaking Sessions with Treasury Buyers, Primes and Mentors. Federal Government Hosts: U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Postal Service, Federal Reserve Board, OPM (Other Federal Agencies Invited).
We look forward to seeing you at the Treasury Industry Day. To register for this event please go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/treasury-industry-day-tickets-31350792063If there are questions, please feel free to call me at (202) 622-8213 or via email at [email protected].