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Agenda

Agenda

November 16

12:30 pm

Registration

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Welcome & Icebreaker

Claremont (4th Floor)

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Keynote: Ethical Decision-Making, Unconscious Bias, and Creating Spaces for Meaningful Connections
Jay O’Toole
Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Old Dominion University

Claremont (4th Floor)

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 – 4:45 pm

Keynote: Building Personal Elasticity
Aaron Montgomery
Managing Partner, The Montgomery Development Group

Claremont (4th Floor)

5:00 pm

Dinner on your own

November 17

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast

Brandon A & B (4th Floor)

8:00 – 9:15 am

Sessions
How to Prepare for
Government Contracting

Claremont (4th Floor)

Presenter

Lisa Wood 
Director, Virginia PTAC

What the Heck is Lean Canvas, and What Do I Do With It?

Greenway 

Presenters

Tom Tanner
Advisor, Roanoke Regional SBDC

Amanda Forrester
Director, Roanoke Regional SBDC

Finding Your Center’s Brand

Eppington 

Presenter

Tati Pena
Assistant Director, Capital Region SBDC

9:15 – 9:30 am

Break

9:30 – 11:00 am

Panel: What? I Didn’t Know That! Trends/Forecasts/Programs to Help SBDC Advisors

Claremont (4th Floor)

Moderator

Christine Kriz,
Laurel Ridge SBDC

Panelists

Kyle Meyer
Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) Virginia Main Street

Laura Messer
Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC)

Jenny Crittenden
Retail Alliance

Michele Bridges
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)

Kathy Dolan
Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD)

11:00 – 11:15 am

Break

 

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Sessions
Business Growth Preparation

Greenway

Presenter

Mike Williams
The Growth Coach of Northern Virginia

Hiring & Retaining Talent
in a Tight Labor Market

Claremont (4th Floor)

Presenter

Donna Norman
DLN Leadership Group, LLC

Video Kills: The Marketing Star! Examining & Understanding the Video First Marketing Scene

Eppington

Presenter

Nicole Cooper
Modern Buzz Media

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

Brandon A & B (4th Floor)

 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Panel: Understanding Virginia’s Tech Ecosystem

Claremont (4th Floor)

Moderator

Josh Green
Virginia SBDC ICAP 

Panelists

Conaway Haskins 
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)

Evans McMillion
757 Accelerate

William McPheat
ICAP Life Science Mentor

Alex Euler
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation(VIPC)  VVP

Ian Frazier
757 Accelerate

Liz Pyle
ICAP Life Science Mentor

Akosua Acheamponmaa
NSU Innovation Center

3:30 – 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 – 5:15 pm

Panel: Financing – Knowing Your Options

Claremont (4th Floor)

Moderator

Bill Holloran
Hampton Roads SBDC

Panelists

Jeff Richardson
Beach Commercial Finance

Perry Olenych
All Merchant Funding

Mike Austin
Hampton Roads SBDC

Joseph Barnes
Virginia Community Capital

Anna Mackley
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority (VSBFA)

5:15 pm

Reception

Brandon A & B (4th Floor)

November 18

7:00 – 8:00 am

Breakfast

Brandon A & B (4th Floor)

 8:00 – 8:30 am

Strategic Plan Update

Claremont (4th Floor)

 8:30 – 9:30 am

Concurrent Sessions
Strategic Plan Group Working Sessions
Operations Meet Up

 

Leaders

Tati Pena
Capital Region SBDC

Heather Fay
Roanoke Regional SBDC

Advisors Meetup

 

Leaders

TJ Master
ICAP Mentor

Angela Kelley
University of Mary Washington SBDC

 9:30 – 9:45 am

Break

 9:45 – 10:15 am

Session
Speaker

Joey Pocan
SBA Richmond District Office, Economic Development Specialist & SBDC Project Officer

10:15 – 11:15 am

New Intranet Showcase

10:30 – 11:30 am

Accreditation Training

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Open Programming

12:00 pm

Lunch

Brandon A & B (4th Floor)

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