AGENDA
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| BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE & EXPO |
September 10 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
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| 8:00 am – 8:45 am | Kickoff Breakfast Featured Speaker: Michael Mathis, MGM Springfield |
Aria A&D |
| 8:45 am – 10:00 am | Bear’s Den Competition Judges: Charles Smith, Eastern Bank Gladymar Parziale, Harvard University Eric Goodwine, JPMorgan Chase |
Aria A&D |
| 10:00 am – 12:45 pm | Expo opens | Aria B&C Bellagio A&D |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Luncheon Fireside Chat Featuring: David Casey, CVS Health Peter Hurst, GNEMSDC |
Aria A&D |
| 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Expo Resumes | Aria B&C Bellagio A&D |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Shining Star Reception Featuring Award Recipients: Scott Baker, RTD Logistics, LLC dba Skycom Courier Jane Comeau, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Paul Mondello, OCR Capital |
Terrace |
| BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE | September 11 7:30 am – 11:30 am |
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| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Conference Breakfast, Featured Speaker: Peter Hurst, GNEMSDC |
Aria A&D |
| 8:30 am – 10:00 am | Plenary Session – Unconscious Bias Featured Speaker: Dr. Cecilia Frometa, Yale University School of Medicine |
Aria A&D |
| 9:30 am – 10:25 am | MBE Breakout Session – Access to Capital Featured Speakers: Sekou Kaalund, JPMorgan Chase Monika Mantilla, Small Business Community Capital |
Bellagio A |
| Corporate Breakout Session – Convergence: Supplier Diversity & Sustainability Featured Speaker: Kenyatta Lewis, MGM Resorts International |
Bellagio B | |
| 10:25 am – 10:40 am | Break | |
| 10:40 am – 11:30 am | Joint Breakout Session – Digital Transformation: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Information Security and other Emerging Technologies Featured Speaker: Saad Ayub, Zones, LLC |
Aria A&D |
| GNEMSDC ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON |
September 11 11:30 am – 2:30 pm |
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| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Registration & Networking | Prefunction |
| 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Annual Awards Luncheon “Conversation about the Future of Healthcare: Delivery & Technology” featuring Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Hospital Rohit Mahajan, BigR.io/Saviance With Moderator, Cosmo Macero Jr., O’Neill and Associates CELEBRATING OUR STAKEHOLDERS |
Aria B&C |
| PRESIDENT’S AWARD | ||
| DIVERSE SUPPLIERS OF THE YEAR: | ||
| Category 2 (Revenue: $1 Million to $10 Million) Category 3 (Revenue: $10 Million to $50 Million) Category 4 (Revenue: >$50 Million) Subscriber MBE to MBE Empowerment Award |
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| CORPORATE AWARDS: | ||
| Buyer of the Year Advocate of the Year Institution of Higher Learning Corporation of the Year (Local) Corporation of the Year (National) |
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