About this Event
Our Philadelphia Small Business Conference is designed to foster communications between agencies and small businesses. Join us for a day of networking and agency briefings!
Ice Breaker for the SAME Philadelphia Post Small Business Conference 10/07: Join us for networking on Wednesday, 10/07 at 7 pm, the evening before the conference at the Standing O Bar and Bistro inside the conference hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City. Appetizers will be provided.
October 7, 2026
- 7:00PM-9:00PM Ice Breaker Networking! Standing O Bar and Bistro, DoubleTree Center City
October 8, 2026: SCHEDULE
- 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Registration, Exhibit set up
- 9:00AM – 9:30 AM: Networking
- 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Welcome/Announcements
- 10:00 AM – 10:30AM SBA-Regulation Updates to Notice!
- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Revolutionary FAR Overhaul and the SBA Regulations, a perspective!
- 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM General Services Administration Office of Small Business
- 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Exhibit Networking
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Networking Lunch On-Site, Special Presentation
- 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Exhibit Networking
- 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM USACE Philadelphia District Contract Opportunities
- 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Exhibit Networking
- 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Small Business Concerns Discussion: APEX Accelerator/NSWC
- 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Event Closing, Networking
AGENCY, PROGRAMS BRIEFING AND SAME LEADERSHIP
- US Small Business Administration, John Klein, Deputy General Counsel and Associate General Counsel for Procurement
- GSA, Andrew Tulli, Deputy Associate Administrator-Office of Small Business
- USACE Philadelphia District, James Wood, Deputy for Small Business Programs
- SE PA APEX Accelerator, Beth Ann Alboucq, MPA, Program Manager
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, Christie Colaianni, Deputy for Small Business
- Thompson Hine, LLP, Edward DeLisle, Partner
Sponsors
CCI Construction and Utility Services, LLC
Michael Baker International
Exhibitors
Princeton Hydro
Pro Turn Construction
SGS North America Inc
EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC
MFS Engineers and Surveyors
Event venue & nearby stays
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Philadelphia Center City, 237 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, United States
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