| GREAT PLAINS PRO-BIZ SUMMIT |
| Time |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
| |
Track 1- Bear Butte |
Track 2 - Badlands |
Track 1- Bear Butte |
Track 2 - Badlands |
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast/Networking opportunity/ Registration Washington Room |
Breakfast - Update on Suriname - Lt. Col. Tracy Settle; Washington Room |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome
Cultural Etiquette - Suzi Aadland Washington Room |
Black Hills Business Development Center - Jim Mirehouse & USDA Rural Development - David Adrian |
Small Business Loans and Bonding - Corrie Stevens, Great Western Bank & Rod Cowling, Western Dakota Insurors |
| 9:30 AM |
Hiring and Firing Employees Legally - James Marsh, Division of Labor and Management |
Leveraging Advantages for Native American & Tribal Businesses - Clarence O'Berry, Mandaree Enterprises |
| 10:00 AM |
Walking in Two Worlds - Laurette Pourier |
Doing Business with the DOT - Denise Rodriguez-Lopez & Jana Weitkamper, USDOT |
| 10:30 AM |
Federal Government Contracting Panel - DOD - Ellsworth AFB and FE Warren AFB, USFS, GSA, - Washington Room |
| 11:00 AM |
GSA - Pennie Estrada, Denver, CO |
Medical Contracting - John Blankenship VA, Washington DC |
| 11:30 AM |
| 12:00 PM |
Luncheon with John Caporal, Department of Defense
Air Force Office of Small Business "Reaching Beyond Goals"
Washington Room |
Luncheon with Steve Yellow Hawk - Native American Dance and Customs Washington Room |
| |
| 1:00 PM |
Networking/Round tables Washington Room |
Networking/Round tables Washington Room |
| 1:30 PM |
Research Grants - Gary Archamboult, SBDC, Sioux Falls, SD |
Special Programs - SBA, DBE, PTAC, SBDC & PLAINS |
State Government Contracting Panel - SDDOT, OPM, GOED, City of Rapid City, SDANG Washington Room |
| |
| 2:30 PM |
Apprenticeship & Hospitality - Daphne Richards Cook |
Wind Energy - Pat Spears, ICOUP |
Quality Control Programs - Tony Root, EAFB Contracting |
DUSEL Lab - Dr. Bill Roggenthen, SD School of Mines |
| |
| 3:30 PM |
"The Tipping Point" - Maximizing Your Marketing - Don Frankenfeld - Washington Room |
The Next Step - Tanka Bar - Karlene Hunter |
Northrup Grumman |
| |
| 4:30 PM |
Networking/Round tables Washington Room |
Networking/Round tables Washington Room |
| Registration and booths will be held in Washington Hall. Booth set-up will be after 5:00pm on Monday, March 10th. Breaks will be held in Washington Hall. |
