AGENDA

Wednesday, 2 November 2005

Opening Remarks: GEN Benjamin S. Griffin, USA, Commanding General, (AMC)

Continuing Opportunities for Small Business, Hon Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Update on the State of the Army Small Business Program, Ms. Tracey L. Pinson, Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary of the Army

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Thursday, 3 November 2005

The Outlook for the US Economy, Dr. Keith Hall, Chief Economist, US Department of Commerce

• Operating & Marketing Your Small Business for Success, Ms. Madhu Beriwal, President, Innovative Emergency Management, Inc
  
  
• Performance Based Acquisition: Making it Real, Mr. Shaw Cohe, Senior Principal for Defense, Acquisition Solutions, Inc.
  

• Guidelines for Partnering/Teaming and Getting Credit as a Small Business, Ms. Denise Benjamin, Assistant General Counsel for Contracting, Office of General Counsel, SBA
  
  
• Business Opportuniteis with Future Combat Systems, Mr. John Kelley, Director, FCS Supplier Management, The Boeing Company
  
  
• Update on HUBZone Program, Mr. Michael McHale, Associate Administrator for HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program, SBA
  

• What You Need to Know Before You Team/Partner, Ms. January Dennison, President Technology Resource Consultants
  
  
• Tips and Opportunities Available for Small Business, Mr. Jim Regan, Director, Procurement Technical Assistance Program, GMU
  
  
• Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Opportunities, Ms. Susan Nichols, Program Manager and Major Kenneth Strayer, Deputy Program Manager, SBIR US Army RDEC
  
  
• The Route to ISO 9000 Qualification, Ms. Joan Ales, Chief, Weapons Product Quality Management Barnch, US Army RDEC and Mr. Jay Jacobowitz, Team Leader, National Logistics Qualification Office, AMC
  
  

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