Agenda
HUB EXPO and Spot Bid Fair
Event Registration:
Monday, May 6, 2019 - 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Monday, May 6, 2019
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Opening & Welcoming Remarks-Tips for Spot Bid Fair
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Workshops begin
First Track Workshops
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
State Government Information Technology Procurement Opportunities
Speaker: Lynn Hodde, CTCM, HUB Program Manager, DIR
How to Do Business with State Universities
Moderator: Tiffany Dockery Gibson, HUB Director, UT Austin
Forecasting State of Texas Agencies and Universities Construction
Moderator: Yolanda Strey, CTPM, CTCM, HUB Director, Texas Facilities Commission
Business Development Resources Available to Small Businesses- SBDC, MBDA, Cross Timbers Procurement Centers
Moderator: Ray Cervantes, Program Director, MBDA Business Center – Dallas
Panel: SBDC, PTAC, MBDA Center
Second Track Workshops
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Business Development Resources – Business Development Fund, TWC, State Surplus, TFC, Texas Emission Reduction Program, TCEQ
TCEQ
Understanding HUB (State) and DBE (TXDOT)
Certifications
Speakers: Ricardo Perez, HUB Certification Team Lead, Statewide HUB Program, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Joe Sanchez, DBE Certification, TXDOT, Office of Civil Rights
How to do Business with State Agencies
Speakers: Mindy Sue Cohen, Senior Assistant HUB Coordinator, General Land Office
Norma Barrera, CTCM, CTPM, HUB Director, Department of Public Safety
Business Resource Tools for Marketing and Researching State
Procurement Opportunities
Speaker: Laura Cagle-Hinojosa, Statewide HUB Program Manager, Comptroller of Public Accounts,
Third Track Workshops
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
How to Do Business with the Texas Department of Transportation
Speaker: Carlton Cooper, Program Specialist, Office of Civil Rights,
How do Business with Corporations and the Private Sector
Moderator: Andrew Nash, Director of Operations, Dallas/Ft Worth Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
Panel: ONCOR Electric
Southwest Airlines
Texas Instruments
Updating and Populating your HUB Profile
Speaker: Cassandra Johnson, CTPM, CTCM TPWD HUB Program Specialist
The Mentor Protégé Program
Speaker: Claribel Diaz, CTCM, TCEQ/FAD/HUB Coordinator
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own - Concessions available
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Senator Royce West`s "Doing Business Texas Style Spot Bid Fair”
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Senator Royce West’s Doing Business Texas Style Spot Bid Fair
Exhibit Hall will be closed for luncheon 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.