| 7:00am - 10:00am | Registration Open |
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 9:20am | Opening Ceremonies |
| Master of Ceremony
- Charlie Smith, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Posting of Colors
- Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard |
| National Anthem
- TBD |
| 9:20am - 10:00am | Opening and Welcome Remarks |
| Dr. Stephen Younger, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Kelly Beierschmitt, Deputy Laboratory Director, Operations, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am - 11:30am | Welcome Remarks |
| Norbert Doyle, Head of Contracting Activity, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy |
| General Session: Doing Business with the Department of Energy (DOE): Emphasis on DOEs Management and Operation (M&O) Structure |
| Moderator: Paul E. Ross, Small Business Technical Adviser, Team Lead, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Speakers: Christopher Fresquez, Small Business Program Manager
Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
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| Paul Sedillo, Small Business Program Manager, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Ryan Williamson, Small Business Program Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, Contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Lunch |
| 12:20pm - 12:45pm | Master of Ceremony -
Charlie Smith, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Luncheon Keynote Speaker |
| The Honorable Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 12:45pm - 1:00pm | Break |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Breakout Sessions: |
| Session 1: Opportunities and Doing Business with Sandia National Laboratories |
| Moderator: Marie Myszkier, Lead Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Speakers: Patricia Brown, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Eric Lochausen, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Shannon Mulligan, Business Point of Contact, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Leo Valencia, Supplier Diversity Advocate, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Session 2: Opportunities and Doing Business with National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory |
| Moderator: Lani MacRae, Small Business Program Manager, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Speakers: Rexann Dunn, Small Business Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Stacey Francis, Small Business Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Tonya McCabe, Event Logistics Manager & Mentor Protege Program Administrator, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Session 3: Opportunities and Doing Business with the Department of Energy Power Administrations: Bonneville Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, and Western Area Power Administration |
| Speaker: Byron McCollum, Small Business Program Manager, Western Area Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Session 4: DOEs Mentor-Protege Program |
| Moderator and Speaker: John Garcia, District Director, New Mexico District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration |
| Speakers: Josh Baca, Business Opportunity Specialist, New Mexico District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration |
| Mark Lochbaum, Lead Small Business Specialist, DOEs Mentor-Protege Program Manager, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 2:00pm - 2:15pm | Break |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Breakout Sessions: |
| Welcome Remarks |
| Kelly Beierschmitt, Deputy Laboratory Director, Operations, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Session 1: Opportunities and Doing Business with Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Speaker: Christopher Fresquez, Small Business Program Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Session 2: Opportunities and Doing Business with Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and N3B |
| Moderator: Jim Green, Lead Veteran Small Business Specialist, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Speakers: Julie Baer, Small Business Coordinator, and Subcontract Administrator, N3B Los Alamos |
| Ryan Williamson, Small Business Program Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, Contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm | Session 3: Opportunities and Doing Business with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC |
| Moderator: Nicola Ohaegbu, Procurement Analyst, Small Business Technical Adviser, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Speakers: Jon Benjamin, Small Business Program Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
| Ryan Johnston, Small Business Program Manager, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC |
