This event supports and encourages entrepreneurship and business growth for
Veterans, Guard and Reserve members, active military and their spouses.




 

FIFTH ANNUAL VETERAN BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM
attendance fee is only $35

This all day event is being offered to provide area past and present members of the military with an opportunity to:

  •  Gain direct access to a variety of business development resources
  •  Benefit from government contracting panels and workshops
  •  Network with federal and state buying activities and prime contractors
  •  Learn about franchising opportunities and incentives for Veterans

A Veteran’s Resource Center will be available to help you get the answers and information you need to:

  • Start your own business
  • Expand an existing business
  • Assist with Veteran benefit questions

To register for the Fifth Annual Veteran Business Symposium, click on the First Time User link on the left if you are a first time user or the Returning User link if you are a returning user.  If you are a first time user, you will be asked to create a login before registering so you can return to the site to edit your organization profile and view updated information about the event.

Registration is limited to 400 attendees. When we reach that limit you will be wait listed and may miss out on this exceptional marketing opportunity. We currently have 325 registrations.


INVITED SPEAKERS

Scott Denniston
Director of Office of Small Business Veterans Affairs

James C. Lloyd
Assistant to the Director for Major Programs, U.S. Army Office of Small Business Programs

Timothy Foreman
Director, Small Business Programs, Office of the Secretary of the Navy

John Caporal
Deputy Director, Small Business Programs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force


CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS ATTENDING

  • Aeronautical Systems Center Small Business Office
  • Agility Defense Government Services
  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Applied Industrial Technologies
  • applied Industrial Technologies
  • Battelle
  • Bureau of Workers Compensation
  • Coverall Cleaning Franchise Owner
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • CVE Center for Veterans Enterprise
  • Defense Contract Management Agency Cleveland
  • Defense Supply Center Columbus DSCC
  • Disabled Veterans Associations
  • dousMarketing
  • DSCC
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • FirstEnergy
  • Franchise Selection Specialists Inc
  • GSA
  • GSA Great Lakes Region
  • GSAProposalcom
  • Lawrence Economic Development Corporation
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Lorain County Community Development
  • Lorain County Veterans Service
  • Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Merrill Lynch
  • NASA Glenn Research Center
  • NaVOBA
  • NEO PTAC
  • ODJFS Veteran Services
  • ODJFS VETS UNIT
  • Ohio Air National Guard
  • Ohio Department of Development
  • Ohio Treasurer of State
  • Ohio University PTAC
  • Ohio Veterans Home Agency
  • Parma Vet Center
  • Rockwell Automation
  • SBA
  • SCORE
  • Small Business Administration
  • State of Ohio Procurement Technical Assistance Program
  • Stumphauzer OToole McLaughlin McGlamery Loughman Co LPA
  • SWCO PTAC
  • TACOM LCMC WRN US ARMY
  • The Ohio department of Transportation
  • The Ohio SBDC at the Lorain County Chamber of Commerce
  • Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • U S Dept of HUD
  • UNICOR Federal Prison Industries
  • US Department of transportation
  • US Small Business Administration
  • VA Center for Sress Recovery
  • Veterans Upward Bound at Cuyahoga Community College
  • Youngstown Air Reserve Station
  •  

PRESENTED BY


The Ohio Procurement Technical Assistance Centers,
in cooperation with the
U.S. Small Business Administration
and
Lorain National Bank.

CONTACT

For more information please contact:

Jane Stewart, NEO-PTAC
jstewart@lcedc.org
440-357-2294

 

Cancellations must be submitted to Ty Blume at (937) 414-0087 or Ty.Blume@OBCsbdc.org by November 1, 2007 to receive a full refund. No refunds will be given after November 1. 2007


SBA PTAC SBDC Ohio Business Connection, Inc

Agility    BattelleOBWCFirst Energy Lorain Community College   Lorain National Bank
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Ohio SBDC program is also funded in part by the Ohio Department of Development. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. For arrangements, call the Ohio SBDC at 614-466-2711 or (800) 848-1300 ex. 6-2711.