7:30am - 10:00am | Registration Open | Conference Reg Desk |
8:30am - 9:30am | Continental Breakfast | Foyer |
9:30am - 9:50am | Opening Ceremonies | Grand Ballroom A-J |
| Posting of Colors - Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard | |
| National Anthem - Ernesto Jayme Jr., Contract Specialist, National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE | |
| Welcome Remarks - Charlie Smith, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE | |
9:50am - 10:30am | Opening and Welcome Remarks | Grand Ballroom A-J |
| D.E. 'Dori' Ellis, Deputy Laboratories Director, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Dr. Kelly Beierschmitt, Deputy Laboratory Director, Operations, Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE | |
10:30am - 10:45am | Break | |
10:45am - 12:00pm | Welcome Remarks | Grand Ballroom A-J |
| Synthia Jaramillo, Director of Economic Development, Office of Mayor Tim Keller | |
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| General Session: Doing Business with DOE's Management and Operations Contractors (M&Os) | |
| Moderator: Christy Jackiewicz, Deputy Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE | |
| Speakers: Norbert Doyle, Head of Contracting Activity, Office of Environmental Management, DOE | |
| Christopher Fresquez, Small Business Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE | |
| Paul Sedillo, Small Business Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Ryan Williamson, Small Business Program Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, DOE Contractor, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | |
12:00pm - 12:20pm | Break | |
12:20pm - 12:45pm | Keynote Speaker | Grand Ballroom A-J |
| The Honorable Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE | |
12:45pm - 2:00pm | Lunch | |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Breakout Sessions | |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session 1: Business Opportunities with the Sandia National Laboratories | Grand Ballroom E-F |
| Moderator: Marie Myszkier, Lead Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Speakers: Patricia Brown, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Eric Lochausen, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Shannon Mulligan, Business Point of Contact, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
| Leo Valencia, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, DOE | |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session 2: Business Opportunities with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Idaho National Laboratory | Grand Ballroom G-J |
| Moderator: Lani MacRae, Small Business Program Manager, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE | |
| Speakers: Rexann Dunn, Small Business Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE | |
| Stacey Francis, Small Business Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory, DOE | |
| Tonya McCabe, Event Logistics Manager & Mentor Protege Program Administrator, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE | |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session 3: Business Opportunities with DOE's Power Administrations: Bonneville Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, and Western Area Power Administration | Cimarron/Las Cruces |
| Speaker: Byron McCollum, Small Business Program Manager, Western Area Power Administration, DOE | |
2:00pm - 3:00pm | Session 4: DOE's Mentor-Protege Program | Grand Ballroom A-D |
| Moderator and Speaker: John Garcia, District Director, New Mexico District Office, SBA | |
| Speakers: Josh Baca, Business Opportunity Specialist, New Mexico District Office, SBA | |
| Mark Lochbaum, Lead Small Business Specialist, DOE's Mentor-Protege Program Manager, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE | |
3:00pm - 3:15pm | Break | |
3:15pm - 4:15pm | Breakout Sessions | |
3:15pm - 4:15pm | Session 1: Business Opportunities with the Los Alamos National Laboratory | Grand Ballroom E-F |
| Speaker: Christopher Fresquez, Small Business Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, DOE | |
3:15pm - 4:15pm | Session 2: Business Opportunities with the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and N3B | Grand Ballroom A-D |
| Moderator: Jim Green, Lead Veteran Small Business Specialist, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE | |
| Speakers: Julie Baer, Small Business Coordinator, and Subcontract Administrator, N3B Los Alamos | |
| Ryan Williamson, Small Business Program Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, DOE Contractor, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant | |
3:15pm - 4:15pm | Session 3: Business Opportunities with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC | Grand Ballroom G-J |
| Moderator: Nicola Ohaegbu, Procurement Analyst, Small Business Technical Adviser, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE | |
| Speakers: Jon Benjamin, Small Business Program Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, DOE | |
| Ryan Johnston, Small Business Program Manager, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC | |
4:15pm - 6:00pm | Networking Reception | Zuni Terrace |