2015 Awards Winners

Registration Information:

Workshops:

• Innovative Exporting for the new Millennium (1:00pm - 2:00pm)
    Learn how to sell to the 95% of the world's population that
    lives outside of the U.S.  The panel will consists of
    representatives of the continents of Asia, Africa and South &
    Central America.  They will describe the needs of the
    different countries and what they are presently buying.  The
    panel will be moderated by a representative of U.S.
    Commercial Service, a part of the U.S. Department of
    Commerce.

 

• Financing that Fits (2:15pm - 3:15pm)
    Receive information on highly specialized financing
    opportunities for small and minority owned firms.  You will
    hear from the Export Import Bank, one of the few government
    agencies that will lend directly to businesses.  We will also
    have a Crowdfunding expert on hand to let you know the latest
    rule changes and how they affect capital formation for small
    business.

 

• Measure R Contracts:  Understanding the Design-Build Bid Process (3:30pm - 4:30pm)
    Learn how the major construction companies build their teams
    for the over $40 Billion in transportation projects that will
    come to fruition over the next 25 years.   Some of the topics
    will include, DBE Goals-How much money does this translate
    to, how does Design Build differ from Bid-Build, Short term
    versus long term opportunities, and upcoming projects and
    estimated dates.