EDF Event Schedule - Thursday, August 27, 2008

Thursday, August 27, 2009

7:00 am – 4:00 pm - Registration

7:30 am – 9:00 am - Power Breakfast

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Farrah Gray

Young Author, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Author of “Realionaire” and “The Truth Shall Make You Rich”

He will discuss the obstacles and triumphs that he faced throughout his young entrepreneurial journey as well as how he built a company with revenues over $1 million.

9:00 am – 9:30 am - Plenary Session

Dr. Sarah Layton, Blue Ocean Strategy Consultant

Immediately following the breakfast program, features Dr. Sarah Layton who will set the stage for the day by discussing the current situation/state of minority businesses. She will present data that clearly shows the need for a paradigm shift, which makes traditional thinking about your approach to business (for both corporations and MWBEs) are a thing of the past.

9:45 am – 10:00 am - Ribbon Cutting (Exhibit Hall Entry)

10:00 am – 5:00 pm - Exhibit Hall Hours

10:00 am – 12:00 noon - CEO/Presidents Roundtable

Facilitator: Nancy Coffee, President and CEO

The Leadership Academy

CEOs of Tomorrow:

Johnny Moore - President & CEO, SunTrust Bank-Memphis

Meri Armour - President & CEO, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Michael Ugwueke - Administrator & CEO, Methodist North & South Hospitals

Strategic Partnerships – Value Proposition:

- Tom Fendley (West TN Healthcare) & David Hunt (DOC Imaging)

- Willis Yates (Y & W Technologies) & Gene Baker (Smith & Nephew)

- Kenneth Loyd (South Coast Paper) & David Liebetreu (International Paper)

- Vincent Lee (ServiceMaster Clean) & David Messenger (ServiceMaster)

- Anthony Norris (Worldwide Packaging) & Wanda Golden (GlaxoSmithKline)

This seminar will feature diverse CEOs of Tomorrow who will discuss the value of inclusion and the fact that corporate leadership that takes an integrated approach to their businesses tend to have a more diverse approach to doing business, including a more diverse workforce, a diverse vendor base and more. Also presented, will be panelists comprised of corporations and minority business enterprises that have formed strategic partnerships, thus demonstrating the value proposition which has resulted in economic impact and win-win outcomes that benefit all parties involved.

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm - Luncheon MBE Panel -
“MWBEs Traversing and Navigating Through Challenging Economic Times”

Facilitator: Monika Johnson, Esq., Director of Contracts

Memphis City Schools

Panelists:
- Sandra Walls, AVPOL
- Ana Yambrek, ProTech
- Marcel Hill, Charles Hill Construction
- Nisha Powers, Powers Hill Design

A panel of four successful MBEs will discuss how they have managed, lead and navigated their organizations during tough economic times.

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm -

Inner-City Redevelopment: Reviving the Economic Core of Memphis

Facilitator: Gayle Rose, Principal & CEO

Electronic Vaulting Services (EVS)

Panelists:
- Archie Willis – Community Capital
- Tom Hardiman - A & H Contractors
- Rod Teachey - The Dawson Company
- Al Cousins – World Overcomers

Joint Venture Team:

- Martin Carodine, Precise Contracting, LLC

- Jimmie Tucker, Self-Tucker Architects

Today’s economy has created opportunities for the redevelopment of inner city communities, positioning minorities to own, develop and manage commercial real estate. This session includes local and national panelists that are taking advantage of the opportunities that exist in inner city commercial real estate. The panelists will discuss ways to establish joint ventures and present perspectives on the economic impact of rebuilding inner city communities that, in spite of big box retailer flight, do have the household incomes to sustain businesses. Developing inner city communities through commercial real estate creates long-term assets, builds prosperity, creates jobs and much more.

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm - Concurrent Seminars

*Innovative Growth Strategies: A New Era of Minority Business
Business

Facilitator: Jozelle Booker

Manager, Procurement & Contracts

MLGW

Panelists:

- Dr. Sarah Layton - Blue Ocean Strategy Consultant

- Charles Barnes (Memphis Chemical) & Greg Trunzo (Staples)

- Howard Robertson, Jr. (Trust Marketing) & Michael Thompson, Sr.

(Thompson & Company)

- Leah Wells (BioDimensions)

- Natika Calhoun (LifeCyte, Inc.)

This seminar focuses on the changes taking place in the global marketplace and the importance of selling products and services that consumers value, as well as the essential need for a more innovative approach to your business. This session will focus on positioning minority businesses to change their paradigm and adopt out of the box thinking through value innovation. As well as the seminar will offer solutions to prepare minority businesses for the post recession era.