2019 Native Business Summit – Draft Agenda as of 01/28/19 – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Presenting Sponsor:
May 13–15, 2019
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino • Tulsa, Oklahoma
Draft Agenda MONDAY, MAY 13, 2019
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM NATIVE BUSINESS GOLF CLASSIC – Cherokee Hills Golf Club 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM REGISTRATION – Convention Entrance Area 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM NATIVE BUSINESS SUMMIT – OPENING WELCOME RECEPTION
The Resort Pool at the Hard Rock Hotel TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM REGISTRATION – Convention Entrance Area 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM NETWORKING BREAKFAST - 18TH Floor – Sky Room 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM OPENING GENERAL SESSION - Sequoyah Ballroom
• Posting of Colors • Invocation • Summit Welcome • Welcome – Presenting Sponsor • Welcome – Elected Federal Officials • Featured Speaker • Keynote Speaker • Final Remarks
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM TRADESHOW OPENS – Sequoyah Ballroom 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM NATIVE BUSINESS MATCHMAKING EXPO - Location TBD 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS ONE
• Session I: Small Business Training – Startup Basics • Session II: Agriculture: Hemp • Session III: Energy – Solar: Trapping the Sun/Powering the Rez
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM LUNCHEON - Sequoyah Ballroom
• Invocation • Lunch Served • Keynote Speaker • Final Remarks
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS TWO • Session I: Small Business Training–Accounting/Legal/HumanResources • Session II: Gaming – Live Shooter Preparedness • Session III: Energy – The Future of Tribal Oil and Gas • Forum: Technology – Cybersecurity
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM NETWORKING BREAK – Sequoyah Ballroom 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS THREE
• Session I: Small Business Training – Marketing and Customer Service • Session II: Economic Sovereignty: How to Execute Capital Markets
Transactions for Indian Country Businesses • Session III: Agriculture: The Greenhouse Farming Potential in Indian
Country • Forum: Growing Business Journalism to Cover the Business Growth of
Indian Country – Native Business Magazine + Native American Journalists Association
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM VIP NETWORKING RECEPTION – 18TH Floor – Sky Room WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM REGISTRATION – Convention Entrance Area 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM BREAKFAST – 18TH Floor – Sky Room 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM TRADESHOW – Sequoyah Ballroom 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOUR
• Session I: Legal: Arm of the Tribe Challenges • Session II: Broadband – Connecting Indian Country • Session III: Energy – Microgrid: Empowering Tribal Energy Sovereignty • Forum: Healthcare
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM NETWORKING BREAK – Sequoyah Ballroom 10:15 AM – 11:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS FIVE
• Session I: Native Women in Business • Session II: E-Commerce • Session III: Federal Contracting • Forum: Infrastructure
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS SIX • Session I: Agriculture: Cannabis • Session II: Finance: Capitalizing Indian Country • Session III: Entrepreneurship: The Power of Self-Sovereignty • Forum: Corporate Diversity
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCHEON – Sequoyah Ballroom • Invocation • Lunch Served • Keynote Speaker • Final Remarks
