THE 2020 NATIONAL HBCU WEEK AND CONFERENCE

HBCU CONTRACTING COMPETITIVENESS WORKSHOP TRACK

Educational Workshops - Thursday, September 24, 2020

Federal Industry Day and Matchmaking - Friday, September 25, 2020

IS YOUR HBCU SEEKING TO DIVERSIFY ITS REVENUE STREAMS?

Consider Federal Contracting!

WHAT TO EXPECT

The HBCU Industry Day and Matchmaking Session, presented by NIH, will provide opportunities for HBCUs to :

Present your capabilities to government agencies.
Present with an academic or business teaming partner, if desired.
Meet with federal program offices and procurement decision makers to identify federal funding opportunities and discuss best practices.
Network with other HCBUs.

AGENDA

Day 1 - Thursday, September 24, 2020

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

Federal agencies and HBCUs to provide tangible resources and best practices for pursuing federal funding opportunities.

Marketing to the Government – Upgrading Your Federal Contracting Power

1:00 – 2:00pm (ET)

Presenters:
Tuwanda M. Smith
Program Manager, AEDM and Minority Serving Institutions Program/HBCU Program, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Anthony “Tony” Briggs
Manager, Small Business Program

Greg Simmons
Workforce Development and Minority Serving Institutions at DHS, Science and Technology, Office of University Programs

Lauren Edwards
DHS Industry Liaison, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Yolanda Collins
Sr. Contracting Officer, ITC Hardware

COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium – A Roadmap for HBCUs to Consider in Order to Accelerate Their Competitiveness

2:00 – 3:00pm (ET)

Panelists:
Becky Springmeyer
Livermore Computing Division Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

William Burke
Senior High Performance Computing Engineer, The George Washington University

Patricia Damkroger
VP and General Manager of Intel’s Extreme Computing & Data Platform Group

Chuck Howell
Chief Scientist for Dependable Artificial Intelligence, The MITRE Corporation

Moderator:
Dimitri Kusnezov
Theoretical Physicist, U.S Department of Energy

Leveraging HBCU Consortiums to Cultivate Research and Technology Innovation to Spur Economic Development in Opportunity Zones

3:00 – 4:30pm (ET)

Panelists:
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Society for Human Resource Management

Dr. Oliver Jones
Founder of Revolution Wealth Foundation and Wealth Ecology System and Senior Economic Professor, The Center for Applied Economics and Entrepreneurship, Hampton University

Ann-Marie France
Department Head, Business Process Innovation, The MITRE Corporation

Barbara Iyayi
CEO & Founding Partner of Unicorn Growth Capital

Derek McGowan
Diversity Program Manager, Higher Education Institutions, Diversity & Inclusion, Lockheed Martin

Theodore Callier
Asst. VP for Research and Sponsored Programs, Dillard University

Dr. Abdalla Darwish
Presidential Professor, Dillard
University

Anissa Lumpkin
Lead Program Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory

Moderator:
Dr. James A. Fabunmi
Chief Operating Officer, The American Heritage Defense Corporation

Day 2 - Friday, September 25, 2020

HBCU INDUSTRY DAY AND MATCHMAKING SESSION

More than 20 federal agencies and their operating divisions are ready to learn about what your HBCU can offer the federal government.

Opening Remarks And New Policy Discussion

1:00 – 1:25pm (ET)

Presenters:
Diane J. Frasier
Head of Contracting Activity, National Institutes of Health and Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management

Dr. Michael E. Wooten
Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget

Annette Owens-Scarboro
Program Manager, NIH Office of Small Business Program

Dr. David Hall
President, University of the Virgin Islands

Matchmaking Sessions

1:30 – 4:00pm (ET)

The 2020 Virtual HBCU Industry Day is an opportunity for HBCUs to market their institutional capabilities to the Federal Government and learn about Federal contracting/programmatic opportunities. HBCUs should leverage the lessons learned and resources obtained from the September 24 Contracting Workshops in their 1-on-1 meetings with Federal buyers/representatives.

Click here for a full list of participating Federal Agencies.

*Day 2 is open to only those who received confirmation for the matchmaking session. See below for more info.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ TO LEARN HOW TO ACCESS THE DAY 2 INDUSTRY DAY AND MATCHMAKING SESSION*

Step 1:

If you’re registered to participate in matchmaking sessions, you will receive an email from support@exposent.com on Thursday, September 24.

Step 2:

Click on the “Magic Link” button within the email to open the Expo Pass platform in a browser window. Chrome or Edge are the preferred browsers. It’s recommended that you try to access the platform at least an hour prior to the Friday 1:00 PM Opening Session

Step 3:

Scroll down and click on the 1:00 pm session listed in the event schedule. It will send you to the Opening Remarks and New Policy Discussion page and allow you to “Join” when the session begins. A countdown clock will appear otherwise.

Step 4:

After the 1:00 pm opening session has completed, click on “Back to Sessions” at the top of the page then click on the matchmaking session(s) in which you’re registered at the scheduled time(s). More details will be given during the Opening Remarks session.