Tuesday, June 29, 2010

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Power Breakfast
Keynote Speaker: James Lowry, Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

MMBC Community Spirit Award Recipient:
Tom Schmitt, Chairman, Greater Memphis Chamber
Sr. VP - FedEx Services

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plenary Session
Keynote Speaker: Patricia Hanes, CPM, Regional Director,
US Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Ribbon Cutting – Exhibit Hall Entry

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Hours

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar:
Strategic Fits At Work: Optimizing Community Assets
Facilitator: Tammy Sneed, Director - Strategic Sourcing, ServiceMaster

Panelists:
Atlanta-Memphis Business Exchange:
John Moore – President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
Adam Walker – President, Homestead Packaging

Memphis Tomorrow Supplier Diversity Pilot:
Blair Taylor – President, Memphis Tomorrow
Skip Gutelius – Chief Procurement Officer, First Tennessee

Working Capital Loan Fund:
H. Montgomery – President & CEO, Montgomery Martin
Joey Hatch – Chief Operating Officer, Skanska USA

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon:
Aspiring To Be Great: What It Takes To Grow MBEs To Scale
Facilitator: Thomas Kadien, Sr. VP Consumer Packaging & IP Asia, International Paper

Panelists:
Andre Gist – CEO, MIG, LLC
John Carter – CEO, Carter Brothers
Darrell Freeman – Chairman, Zycron, Inc.

Concurrent Seminars:
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Seminar:
The Tipping Point: Attaining Equilibrium In The Market Place
Facilitator: Waldrup Brown - Treasurer/Secretary, SEACAP

Panelists:
Dr. Thomas Boston – Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Reggie Williams – CEO, Procurement Resources
Professor Patricia Papachristou – Professor of Economics, Christian Brothers University

Darryl Williams – CEO/Executive Director, Urban Entreprenuer Partnership, Inc. A Program of the Kauffman Foundation

Concurrent Seminar:
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Seminar:
2GMBE: Bridging Memphis Youth With The World
Facilitator: Dr. Carolyn Callahan, Director of School of Accountancy, University of Memphis

Panelists:
Nat Irvin, II – Woodrow M. Strickler Chair, Professor of Management,College of Business, University of Louisville;Founder & President, Future Focus 2020
Angela Collins – President, Purplemind Technologies
Jamien Sills – CEO, NEIMAJ, Inc.

Featuring:

Deidra Shores - Memphis' own winner of the NBC "Kid Reporter" Contest

EXHIBIT HALL MINI-SEMINARS:

Loretta McNary, celebrated talk show host, will serve as mistress of ceremony for all exhibit hall mini-seminars.

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Exhibit Hall Stage

The Power of Advertising - Melvin Jones, President & CEO

Black Business Directory

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Showcase Square

Meet & Greet with Deidra Shores, Memphis' own winner of the NBC Today Show Kid Reporter Contest

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Exhibit Hall Stage

A Conversation With Josh Pastner, Men's Basketball Head Coach University of Memphis

Power Breakfast
Keynote Speaker:
James Lowry
Senior Advisor
Boston Consulting Group

158 Madison Ave
Suite 300
Memphis, TN 38103
Ph (901) 525-6512

Strategic Fits
Facilitator:
Tammy Sneed
Director
Strategic Sourcing

ServiceMaster