9:00am – 9:30am – Plenary Session: Sustainability- Maximizing Opportunities for M/W/L/DBEs

Moderator: Kenneth A. Neal, Director, Office of Civil Rights, MTA

Keynote Speaker: Elliot G. Sander, Executive Director and CEO, MTA
Keynote Speaker: Christopher O. Ward, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

9:30am – 10:30am – Developers’ Forum: A panel of public agency and private developers will discuss the status of major projects in New York City and its surrounding communities and how M/W/L/DBE firms can take advantage of the myriad of opportunities.

Forum Moderator: Warren Whitlock, Director, Construction Coordination Columbia University.

10:45am – 11:45am – Concurrent Workshops:

Session I. Access to the Region’s Core Project (ARC) -
Ida Perich, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Session II. Financing, Bonding and Insurance Opportunities –
Michael J. Garner, NYC School Construction Authority
Timothy Marshall, Jamaica Business Resource Center

12:00pm – 1:00pm – Concurrent Workshops:

Session III. Know Your Rights As A Vendor with the City of New York - Walter Maxwell, NYC Dept. of Small Business Services

Session IV. Getting M/W/L/DBE Subcontractors LEED Ready -
Kris Shaw, Crescent Energy

1:15pm – 2:30pm – Luncheon Program

Moderator: Kenneth A. Neal, 2008 CE Planning Committee Chair
Director, Office of Civil Rights, MTA

Keynote Speakers:
Michael Jones-Bey, Executive Director, Division of Minority & Women’s Business Development, Department of Economic Development

Paul T. Williams, Jr., Executive Director, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY)

Awards Program:

Moderator: Warren Whitlock, 2008 CE Planning Committee Co-Chair, Director, Construction Coordination, Columbia University

MBE Award of Excellence
Lawrence Redric III, Faze Electrical Contracting Inc.

WBE Award of Excellence
Maria Perez, AIA New Dimensions in Marketing

Clarence E. “Gene” Swanston Leadership Award
Jitendra “Jim” Hirani, Hirani Engineering & Land Surveying. P.C.

2:45pm – 4:00pm – “The Marketplace”
The Market Place allows disadvantaged, local, minority and women business owners an opportunity to meet with major General Contractors, key Procurement Specialists, and government agency Certification Managers. Business owners will meet first hand with decision makers in private industry and senior officials in the government, private, and the not-for-profit sectors. You will also learn what it takes to do business as a prime or sub-contractor, and meet other successful contractors.

**PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE