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6th Annual National Small Business Conference

1-3 June 2009

 
Agenda

Monday, 1 June 2009

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

·         Mr. Dan Smith, President, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Company

 

DEFENSE OUTLOOK: WHY THE AIR FORCE NEEDS THE AGILITY, EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION OF SMALL BUSINESS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION

·         Mr. John Caporal, Deputy Director, U.S. Air Force Office of Small Business Programs

 

NEW ENGLAND SMALL BUSINESS OUTLOOK

·         Mr. Robert Baker, President, Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE)

 

SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY

·         Mr. Brian Hart, President, Black-I Robotics

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Tuesday, 2 June 2009

 

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

·         Mr. Pete Steffes, Vice President, Government Affairs, NDIA

 

 TEAM SUBMARINE OVERVIEW

·         Mr. Jack Evans, Executive Director, PEO Submarine, Naval Sea Systems Command

 

INSTALLATION OPPORTUNITIES PANEL

         Panelists:

·         Mr. Richard Lombardi, Executive Director, USAF Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, MA

·         CAPT Michael Byman, USN, Commander, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, RI

·         Ms. Cheryl DeLuca, Director of Contracting, U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center

 

GRAND BALLROOM A

·         Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport Small Business Advocate,  Mr. David Rego, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, RI

·         10 Things You Should Know About What a Prime Values in Their Integrated Supply Chain, Dr. Kenneth W. Sullivan, Center for Management and Economic Research (CMER) University of Alabama, Huntsville

·         Mergers and Acquisitions, Mr. Paul Serotkin, Senior Advisor, Venture Management, Mr. Erik Thamm, President and CEO, Log.Sec Corporation, Mark Shappee, Managing Director, Venture Management, Inc.

 

GRAND BALLROOM B

·         Competition Management, Mr. Ernie Robinson, Procurement & Production Analyst, Competition Management Office, Mr. Shelley Muhammad, Competition Advocate, Competition Management Office

·         Hanscom Air Force Base Small Business Specialist Briefing, Mr. Bill Donaldson, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

·         Innovations in Expanding the Participation of Service Disabled Veterans in the Establishment and Operation of Small Businesses

 

GRAND BALLROOM C

·         Legal Aspects of Teaming Agreements, Mr. Ralph Thomas, III, Partner, Barton, Baker, Thomas, & Tolle, LLP

·         Accounting Requirements, Mr. Peter Witts, CPA, Principal, Peter Witts, CPA Mr. Michael Gitlen, CPA, Senior Government Accountant, Peter Witts, CPA Mr. Lawrence S. Nannis, CPA, Shareholder, Levine, Katz, Nannis & Solomon, PC

·         What’s It Costing You By Not Having An Opportunity Identification & Qualification Process, Mr. William Scheessele, CEO/President, MBDi

 

VANDERBUILT

·         Innovative Technologies - Avenues for Working with the Government, Mr. Eric Bankit, Associate, Director for the Office of Small Business Programs, Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

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Wednesday, 3 June 2009

GENERAL SESSION - “TOOLS FOR SUCCESS”

·         “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS”

1.         Mr. Jacob Erlich, Partner, Burns & Levinson, LLP

2.        Ms. Alison Brown, President/CEO, NAVSYS Corporation

·         HOW TO TANSITION TO THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR”

1.        Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves, Acting Director, Office of Technology Transition

2.        Ms. Jenny C. Servo, Ph.D, President, Dawnbreaker, Inc.

·         “HOW THE STIMULUS WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST”

1.        Mr. Joseph Donovan, Managing Director, Nelson Mullins Public Strategies

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