Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce/ Hampton Roads Office’s
2nd Annual ProcureCon Hampton Roads 2018 Industry Day
October 11, 2018 * 9: 00 am to 2:30 pm * Dominion Energy Conference Center
2700 Cromwell Drive, Norfolk, VA
EXHIBITION DETAILS :
Commercial and Government Agency Small Business Offices: ProcureCon Hampton Roads Exhibits are open to exhibitors. Contact Ms My Lan Tran at: aabac@aabac.org to obtain exhibiting & sponsorship opportunities!
This regional procurement event includes major procurement decision makers to discuss current procurement opportunities, provide technical assistance, one-on-one counseling on business expansion, contracting guidelines, and business certification updates.
22 Buyers offer business contract opportunities and projects from a wide range of technology and infrastructure construction projects/plans. This event was again a standing-room only event with up to 200 participants ( Or max room capacity).
The below programs and activities will be offered at ProcureCon Hampton Roads 2018:
- Information on upcoming annual procurement forecast and requirements
- Solicitation: Bidding processes by buyers
- Small business procurement technical assistance programs
- Setting small business prime and subcontracting goals
- Minority- Small- Women- Business certification procedures
- Set-aside/subcontracting opportunities By federal agencies
- Infrastructure- Construction opportunity briefings
VACC invites all the below organizations to participate:
- All commercial, federal, state and local government purchasing officers
- Technical/program representatives including contracting officers
- Agency engineers, business developers
- Agency/Industry logistics specialists
- Architect/Engineers/Primes
- Contract Managers , Small Business specialists
- Supplier Diversity Professionals
- Manufacturers/Inventors
- Local- Regional-State-Federal Small business counselors
- Business solutions providers
- CONFERENCE DAY 2018 AGENDA – HIGHLIGHTS
8:30 -9:30 am: Exhibit Set Up
9:30-10:00 am: Registration- Welcome Reception – Breakfast
10:00 am – EXPO Opens
10:00 -11: 00 am: General Plenary Session Speakers
11:00 am -Noon: Exhibitor Trade Show/Match Making
Noon – 1:00 p.m: Conference Luncheon with Keynote Speaker
1: 00 pm – 2:30 pm: Round Robin Match Making * EXPO * Networking * SWaM-DBE Certification clinics
2:300 pm: Conference concludes- ProcureCon Hampton Roads 2019 date announcement