BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ad226d866003984cfe64afaa249a4b10568 CATEGORIES:Business Development SUMMARY:NW Supplier Diversity Summit DESCRIPTION:
WHERE: Greater Tacoma Convention Cent
er
1500 Commerce Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
COST: The fee to attend is just $25 pe r person, thanks to the generous support from The Boeing Company
The Supplier Diversity Summit will showcase the northw est’s robust and diverse supplier network – including small, women-owned, a nd minority-owned businesses – to major aerospace customers.
During this one-day event, attendees will hear directly f rom Boeing, Tier 1 suppliers, and government contractors about supply chain opportunities for small and diverse businesses in the aerospace industry. Afternoon business to business meetings will create new connections betwee n customers and diverse aerospace businesses.
This event is a new partnership between the Aerospace Futures Alliance , the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, and the Pacific Nort hwest Defense Coalition.
8:15AM | Doors Open for Networking |
9:00AM
(5 min) | Welcome & Vision Setting Emily Wittman Pres ident & CEO – AFA / WSSC |
9:05AM
(35 min) | < strong>Keynote - Boeing Defense & Commercial Outlook Eric Cissell Senior Director - Supply Chain Operations Functional Excellence & Sub-t ier Management Boeing Matthew Kosmal Regional Director o f Market Analysis Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
9:40AM
(45 min) | Social Impact Panel Fernando Martinez (Moderator) President & CEO – NW Mountain Minority Suppl ier Development Council Camille Geiger Senior Manager, Small / Diverse Business and Strategic Alliances - Boeing Venus Rekow Chief Behavioral Strategist Neuralshifts Dicran “D” Arnold Area Vice President – Business Development Global Enterprise Sales < p>World Wide Technologies, Inc. |
10:25AM | BREAK (15 min) |
10:40AM
(45 min) | Government Procurement Panel Denise Ryser (Moderator) Director, Market Developmen t – PNDC Trena Payton Counselor - Procurement Technical Ass istance Center Joe Smetak Business Opportunity Specialist – U.S. Small Business Administration Joe Fletcher Technology &a mp; College Relations Control Dynamics |
11:25 AM | |
11:30AM | BREAK (20 min) – l unch buffet |
11:4 5 AM
(45 min) | Tier 1 Panel < /span> Eric Cissell (moderator) Director of Supplier Management & Procurement Boeing Elisabeth Shipman Sr. Supervis or, Strategic Sourcing | Lavatories Collins Aerospace Dicran “ D” Arnold Area Vice President – Business Development Global Enterpris e Sales World Wide Technologies, Inc. Nancy Papineau Pr esident Dualos, LLC |
12:30PM
(10 min) | Emily Wittman, President & CEO p> AFA / WSSC |
12:40 PM – 3:00 PM |
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3:00PM (60 min) |
Event Ends |
FE ATURING...KEYNOTE SPEAKER
COVID
Policy: we will follow the facility and county guidelines at the time of t
he event. Currently masks are required when not actively eating or drinking
.