About this Event
The Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship announces "Black Commerce: The Future of Entrepreneurship," an innovative experience designed for Black entrepreneurs and their supporters. This conference will empower the current and next generation of business owners with resources, information, tools, skills, and opportunities to launch and scale their operations locally, nationally, and worldwide.
The multi-day conference welcomes Black entrepreneurs, investors, scholars, families, educational institutions, local and federal government officials, corporations, and nonprofits to connect and collaborate on strategies to grow the impact of Black-owned businesses. The conference will include fireside chats, workshops, panel discussions, a resource fair, a fashion show, and an awards gala that all serve to inspire, encourage, empower and support Black entrepreneurs across the country.
Panels, workshops, and activities will follow three tracks of content:
1) Elevating Emerging Entrepreneurs: Workshops and activities that provide small-business owners with resources, skill development, and industry-specific knowledge to help entrepreneurs looking to scale or grow their business ventures.
2) Empowering the Ecosystem: Discussions uniting research and practice, aimed toward building robust networks to support Black entrepreneurs.
3) Investing & Impact: Information on leveraging and learning strategies to fund, finance and grow Black-owned businesses as well as Black communities.
Ticket Levels
General Admission: $99 (for the entire conference)
VIP Admission: $199 (for the entire conference + a ticket to the Awards Gala on June 16th)
College Student, Faculty & Staff: Complimentary (for the entire conference + a ticket to the Awards Gala on June 16th; must register with .edu email address, which will be verified)
To only purchase an Awards Gala ticket, visit: https://giving.howard.edu/blackcommercegala
To book your hotel room, visit: https://book.passkey.com/go/HWUPNC
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, 999 9th Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 199.00