6th Annual Native American Procurement Conference

Text Box: Guest Speaker Ralph C. Thomas, III Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolie, LLP Ralph C. Thomas, III is a Partner with Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle, LLP in McLean, Virginia, one of the premier law firms in the country that focus primarily on Government Contracts law. Mr. Thomas focuses his practice on legal issues affecting small businesses in the federal government contracts arena, particularly those involving teaming arrangements, such as joint ventures, prime and subcontracting relationships and mentor protégé agreements. During 1992-2005, prior to re-entering private law practice, Ralph was the Associate Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Washington, D.C. There, he served as the agency's senior small business advocate, reporting directly to the head of NASA. Under Ralph's leadership the amount of prime and subcontract dollars going to small, minority, and women-owned businesses dramatically increased and were and still are the highest amount of dollars going to such entities in NASA's history. While at NASA, he received a number of awards from within and outside the government, including the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive, an award restricted to 1 percent of the 6000 + Federal Senior Executive Service by Republican President George W. Bush and, in 2000, received the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive, an award limited to 5 percent of the Federal Senior Executive Service, from Democratic President Bill Clinton. Mr. Thomas has taught more than 100 seminars on "Teaming Agreements" and related topics all over the country. His course is regularly attended by owners, executives, and officials from small businesses, major corporations, academic institutions and the Federal government. He has written more than 60 published articles on teaming arrangements and other small business issues. As Chair of the Federal Bar Association's Small Business and Socioeconomic Matters Committee, Thomas was editor of the publication, "Negotiating Effective Teaming Agreements: A Handbook for Small Businesses Engaged in Federal Contracting." Ralph has a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with honors. He is a past elected Chairman of the Federal Bar Association's Government Contracts Section, and was elected twice as Chairman of the Federal Small Business Directors Interagency Council and is a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, he was a speaker at the International Congress on Government Purchasing from Small and Micro Businesses in Brazil, critiquing that country's new Small Business Act.

Text Box: 6th Annual Native American Procurement Conference “Achieving Success as a Small Business in Contracting”

Text Box: September 9-10, 2008
Hilton Garden Inn, Kalispell, Montana

Presented by:

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

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Text Box: Hotel Information Hilton Garden Inn 1840 US highway 93 South, Kalispell, MT 59901 Room Rate: $78.00 single/double (+tax), Cut-off date: August 29, 2008 For reservations call: 1-877-STAY-GHI and mention the Native American Procurement to receive special rate. Online hotel registration: www.kalispell.stayhgi.com (groupcode: NAP) Free Shuttle to and from Airport Service Available Supporters: Save the Date!! 23r Annual National Reservation Economic Summit Conference & American Indian Business Trade Fair (RES 2009) Las Vegas Hilton Las Vegas, NV March 9-12, 2009 events@ncaied.org ›› Click here for other National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development events

Native American Procurement Conference

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center presents this exciting annual event. Come and join us to meet one-on-one with federal and state contracting officers. This saves time and money… also the chance to market your business to the Government and Prime Contractors! General Sessions and Workshops increase your knowledge about the government contracting process.

For additional conference information contact

Lori at 1800-462-2433 extension 225, email lori.sneezy@ncaied.org or email lou.thompson@ncaied.org.

Registration is now $150.00 includes conference materials, sessions, meals, & network reception.

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TENTATIVE CONFERENCE AGENDA

DAY ONE– Tuesday, September 9th

DAY TWO– Wednesday, September 10th

THANK YOU SPONSORS:

To Contact American Indian Procurement Technical Assistance Centers for AZ & MT Office:

Marketing & Procurement Services Program

AZ AIPTAC

National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

953 E. Juanita Avenue

Mesa, AZ 85204

Phone: 800462-2433 x230

Fax: 480-545-4208

E-mail: elaine.young@ncaied.org

Marketing & Procurement Services Program

MT AIPTAC

C/O Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

15 Depot Park

Kalispell, MT 59901

Phone: 406-758-1361

Fax: 406-758-2805

E-mail: lou.thompson@ncaied.org

“We Mean Business for American Indians”

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers

2007 5TH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE

Hunt Construction Group at the conference networking reception

Networking with Federal Agencies and Corporate buyers

Jeanette Brown, Director, OSDBU-Department of Environmental Protection Service and Denise Rodriguez-Lopez, Director, OSDBU-Department of Transportation, General Session speakers

Curtis Bryant, OSDBU-Department of Health and Human Services and Theresa Speake, Director, OSDBU-Department of Energy, General Session speakers

7:00 AM	Registration
7:30 AM	Welcome & Introduction
	Welcome: Scott Gregory, NCAIED Presentation of the Colors Invocation: Blackfeet Tribe Welcome Speaker: Honorable Pamela Kennedy, Mayor of Kalispell; Honorable John Bohlinger, Montana Lt. Governor
9:00 AM	Track I—Concurrent Sessions
	Session 1: How to do business with GSA Session 2: How to do Business with the State and Department of Transportation Session 3: How to do Business with Defense Supply Center Columbus
10:40 AM	Track II– Concurrent Sessions
	Session 4: Doing Business with the Air Force/DoD Session 5: Doing Business with the Army Corp of Engineers Session 6: Teaming 101
12:10 PM	Lunch (on your own)
1:30 PM	Track III—Concurrent Sessions
	Session 7: Resource Providers & Procurement Assistance Session 8: Lockheed Martin/Manufacturing Requirements Session 9: Doing Business with Indian Health Services
3:15 PM	Track IV– Concurrent Sessions
	Session 10: Doing Business with The Forest Service Session 11: 8a/Mentor Protégé/Joint Venture Session 12: How to do Business with Sandia National Laboratories
6:00 PM	Business Networking Reception

7:00 AM	Registration
7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast & Introduction
	Welcome Speaker: Blackfeet Tribe Guest Speaker: Ralph C. Thomas, III Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolie, LLP
8:30 AM	General Session I: Leveraging Your Resources—Added Value
	Monica Y. Jojola, Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.; Clarence O’Berry, Mandaree Enterprise Corporation; Travis; Travis Parashonts, Suh’dutsing Technologies, LLC
10:10 AM	General Session II: Federal Procurement Updates and Forecast
	Debbie Ridgely, Department of Health & Human Services-OSDBU; Betty Sebastian, National Business Center-Department of Interior
12:00 PM	Conference Luncheon
	Invited Keynote Speaker: Thomas R. Acevedo, Esq., CEO, S&K Technologies
1:30 PM	Procurement Fair: Match making, one-on-one meetings with Primes, Buyers and Government Agencies: