Friday, May 21, 2010
Grand Hyatt Seattle
721 Pine Street
The economic recovery is creating opportunity for business owners and entrepreneurs. Thriving small and minority businesses are seen as essential in the new regional economy, but how do they fnd these opportunities and capital? This conference provides resources and guidance for how to tap into the economic power. All corporations, business, nonproft and government professionals are encouraged to attend!
- Experience educational panels
- Engage with regional business leaders
- Find business resources and partnering opportunities
- Join in effective networking
- Meet government officials and corporate leaders
- Tools to grow your business
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Schedule
| Time | Details |
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| 7:00 – 8:00 | Registration |
| 8:00 – 9:30 | Breakfast Welcome Dow Constantine King County Executive - Procurement and Contracting Reform Initiative Morning Keynote Bob Drewel (PSRC) |
| 9:45 – 10:55 | Regional Leadership Panel Public Sector Innovation How public officials can help your business |
| 11:10 – 12:10 | Prosperity Partnership Panel Contracting opportunities in the Emerging Industries |
| 12:20 – 1:30 | Lunch Afternoon Keynote Earl Overstreet III (GMI) Awards |
| 1:45 – 2:45 | Momentum Panel: Business Development tools Tools to grow your business |
| 3:00 - 4:15 | Fast Lane Panel Small Business on the move Lessons from successful small business leaders |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Call to Action Next steps Ready, Set and Go! |
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Message from the President
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“We want to give our constituency the road map for building business capacity by creating, developing, and promoting sustainable growth and prosperity for small and minority business owner. The Small Business Partners for Prosperity will strategically align small and minority businesses to focus on leading regional industry clusters with the highest economic growth for procurement such as Aerospace, IT, Clean Technology, Energy, Life Sciences and Logistics.”
Panels
REGIONAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Innovation in the public sector 
Everett Mayor Stephanson,
Kitsap County Commissioner Brown,
Tacoma Mayor Strickland,
Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell
Moderator: Nate Miles – Lilly, Government Affairs PNW
PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP
contracting opportunities in the emerging Industries
Steve Klein, General Manager, SnoPUD
Patrick Clark, Director of Federal Energy, McKinstry
Erik Nilsson, President, Insilicos
Margaret McCormick, General Manager, Targeted Growth
Moderator: Eric Schinfeld – PSRC, Economic Development Program Manager
Lunch Sess
ion
Afternoon Keynote and Awards
Rob Holland Port of Seattle Commissioner
Luis Navarro, Port of Seattle SCS Program
SBPP Awards
MOMENTUM PANEL
Small Bus
iness Development Tools
Michael Verchot, UW BEDC
Silas Potter RSBDP
Tim Strege, Willam Factory Small Business Incubator
Mark Costello, SBA Region X
Moderator: Steve Johnson – City of Seattle, Economic Development Director
FAST LANE PANEL
Small business o
n the move
Donald King, CEO, DKA Architecture
Patrick Hughes, CEO, The Hughes Group
Nancy Heen, CEO, MPTech Consulting
Erika Schmidt , President, Frause Communications
Moderator: Fernando Martinez – Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, President & CEO
Program
Register
To register online you can complete the registration form, and have your registration confirmation sent to you.
Small Business Partners has a No Refund Policy
For questions:
Call – 206.686.2278
Email – conference@sbpp.org