DAY 1: September 24 – Opening Reception held at World Wide Technology HQ

Location: 1 World Wide Way, St. Louis, Missouri 63146

4:30 PM Registration & Welcome Mixer

5:00 PM Opening Remarks - Juanita Logan, VP, Int'l Human Resources & Supplier Enablement with World Wide Technology and James Knight, Director of Business Services with Mid-States MSDC

5:15 PM Preview of Conference & Speaker Spotlights

5:30 PM Networking

7:00 PM Adjourning Remarks

 

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DAY 2: September 25 – Main Conference

Location:
Main Entrance: 1 University Blvd, St Louis, MO 63121
Event Building: Millennium Student Center, 17 Arnold B Grobman Dr, St. Louis, MO 63121. The event is on the 3^rd floor
Parking: Lot E  - day parking is included for all attendees , then follow signs to walk to the Millennium Student Center (MSC)
Directions to UMSL Campus: Directions to Campus | UMSL

Theme: Resilience: Strengthening Supplier-Corporate Ecosystems Through Strategy & Innovation

8:00 AM Arrival & Check-In

8:30 AM Welcome James Knight, Director of Business Services with Mid-States MSDC

8:35 AM Conference Igniter Keisha Mabry Haymore, Grow With Google

Event Emcee and Moderator, Dr. Kelley Hoskins, News Reporter with FOX2 

8:45 AM Keynote Fireside Chat with Tracy Hart, President & CEO of Tarlton, and Anthony 'Tony' Thompson, the Chairman & CEO of Kwame Building Group

9:45 AM Workshop Block: Quick Wins

• Brandi Brooks - A Framework for Moving Small Businesses From Training to Success - Corporate Session – 15 Mins
• Keisha Mabry Haymore - AI in Action: Simplifying the Supply Chains with Smarter Tools | Supplier Session – 15 Mins
• Monique McKinney - Turning Policy Pressure into Pipeline Power - Supplier Session – 15 Mins
• Laura Scheidhauer - Collaborating Across Diverse Sectors: Unlocking Potential - Corporate Session – 45 Mins
• Chris Jackson - From Chaos to Clarity: Strengthening Supplier Growth with EOS - Supplier Session - 45 Mins

10:00 AM Workshop Block: Playbook

• Pratik Patel - Building Differentiated Value Coming in the Supply Base - Corporate Session – 30 Mins
• Sheila Burkett - Driving Digital Transformation - Supplier Session – 30 Mins

10:30 AM Break + Networking Hall Open 

10:45 AM Workshop Block: Practicum

• Daryle L. Johnson - From the Buyer's Perspective: Positioning - How to Put Your Message in Front of the Right People - Corporate & Supplier Session – 45 Mins
• Gary Sutton – How to do business with Deloitte – 45 Mins
• Dr. Jazzmine Nolan-Echols - GrowthOps Workshop - Supplier Session – 45 Mins
• Jackie Bernstein, Paul Olatunde, Amina Abdul-Malik, Charlene Lopez-Young, Ken Cissell - Panel Discussion: Building Resilient Supply Chains: A Collaborative Approach to Engaging Small, Local Businesses – 45 Mins 

11:30 AM Lunch + Presentation

• Liz Gattra, Senior Manager Solution Strategy with World Wide Technology - The Prompt Blueprint; A Foundation for Building AI Adoption

12:45 PM Regional Success Stories presenter – Lisa Hardin, Senior Manager – Procurement, Salesforce

1:00 PM Break

1:10 PM Reverse Pitch Competition (with judges and an award) Lakesha Mathis, Vice President, Strategy (SupplySTL) ), Greater St. Louis, Inc.

2:50 PM Top Your Ice Cream Break + Networking Hall Open

3:30 PM Matchmaking Appointments

4:00 PM Closing Mixer + Takeaways

5:00 PM Adjournment