SCHEDULE
DAY ONE – AUGUST 2, 2021 | |
1:30 PM -1:45 PM | Motivation With Allison Moore (MooreLaughing) |
1:45 PM -2:00 PM | Official Welcomes Jeff Conley (Henrico County) / Dominique Milton (CVMSDC) / Darryl Gibbs (Equitable) |
2:00 PM -2:05 PM | Commercial Opening Equitable |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
2:05 PM -2:25 PM | Billion Dollar Message (Part One) Janice Bryant Howroyd (ActOne) |
2:25 PM -2:45 PM | Billion Dollar Message (Part Two) Kevin Williams (GAA) |
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Billionaire Mindset Panel Discussion – Growing Supplier Diversity Moderated by: Keith Pigues (Luminas Strategy) Panelsists: Dominique Milton (CVMSDC) / Louise Connell (BMW) ) / Kym Gardner (Turner Construction) / Shelly Brown (AON) & Bill Williams (American Tire Distributors) |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Capitalizing Minority Enterprises Ralph Sampson (Winner’s Circle Ventures) |
CONCERT CONCLUSION | |
4:40 PM – 5:15 PM | Live Stream Concert With Jazz Trombonist Buff Dillard |
DAY TWO – AUGUST 3, 2021 | |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Wake Up Dance Party With DJ TMobile |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Official Welcome / Capital Resources Roundtable Discussion Welcome with Dominique Milton (CVMSDC), Jeff Conley (Henrico County) & James Hamlin (ATD) Disucssion with Allison Moore (MooreLaughing) / Jim Franklin (Prodigy Capital Consulting Group) Domink Mjartan (Optus Bank) / John James (The James Group) / Herbert Drayton (Vertical Holdings) and Ralph Sampson (Winner’s Circle Ventures) |
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Break With Video Visual Artist Morowa Mosai |
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM | A Seat at the Tech Table – Tech Noir With Tope Mitchell (Reflekt Me) / Keith Piques (Luminas Strategy) / Jeremiah Smith (BLKTIX) William “Bill” Spruill (Global Data Consortium) & Bernard Worthy (LoanWell) |
WORKSHOPS (Choose One For Each Session) | |
11:40 AM – 12:40 PM | Session One – 2021 Challenges & Opportunities In Supplier Diversity (CORP) / Patents & Production (Combined) / How to Get Into the Tech Startup Game and Win (MBE) |
12:40 PM – 1:00 PM | Break With Video Visual Artist Morowa Mosai & Allison Moore Coffee Break |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Session Two – Turn Conversations Into Cash (MBE) / Food & Beverage Retail Readiness (MBE) / Investments (Combined) |
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM | Virtual Lunch Break and Live Auction Announce Winner of Live Auction Featuring Morowa Mosai |
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES | |
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Matchmaking Pre Scheduled Corp : MBE Meetings Meet The President (If not Matchmaking – Optional) With Dominque Milton (CVMSDC) |
EVENING NETWORKING (OPTIONAL) | |
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | “Unwine” (Optional Evening Networking) With Jamel Lynch (Harlem Beer Distributing) |