February 11, 2009
from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm 

Agenda     Event Sponsors     Partnering Organizations    Exhibitor   
Register  (closed)        Workshops     Certification   Sponsorships    
     Past Participating Organizations     Appointments   Hotel Rooms

• Business Expo of more than 50 exhibitors including corporations, small business owners doing B2B, and organizations that can provide support services and consulting such as the NY&NJ MSDC and NJAWBO's Women's Business Center.
• Be An Exhibitor -  The Business Expo will have more than 50 exhibitors including corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, small businesses and non-profit organizations all offering the attendee opportunities and resources to grow their business.  Register for your table early! 
• Workshops on:
  • Certification
  • Positioning Your Company
  • Navigating the Process on Bid Business
  • Strategies in the New Economy
  • eBusiness Presence
  • Increasing Your Success Rate through Positioning
• One-on-One Appointments - we average in excess of 100 pre-set appointments each year with corporations such as Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, PSEG, Verizon, UMDNJ, Sanofi Aventis, NJ Resources and many others.  This year the State of New Jersey will also be participating.
• Networking - with more than 250 people from almost 15 partnering organizations as well as many other M/W/DBEs and  numerous corporations!
• Certification - Begin your certification Process now by going to the sites  below and following each organization's directions to become certified.  You can ask questions at the event or bring your competed application so the certifying agency can begin their certification process.  You can also begin the process at the event.  Click on the links below to begin:
  • State of New Jersey
  • NY/NJ MSDC
  • NJ Transit
  • MSDC-PA,NJ, DE
  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
    
• Registration is now closed - please pay at the door
   
• Agenda
  
• Sponsorships 
     Corporate
     Small Business
• Hotel
  The Crowne Plaza, 2055 Lincoln Highway, Edison is across the street from the Pines Manor for those who want to come in the night before.  Rooms are $109 per night plus tax.  Call 732-287-3500 to reserve a room.  The Group Name is NJAWBO.  
  
  
   
  
  
   

  Some Past Participating Organizations Colgate Palmolive* Commerce Bank  County of Essex*  Daiichi Sankyo*  Enterprise Rent-A-Car*    Ernst & Young    First Energy    Horizon BlueCross BlueShield NJ*  NJ Natural Gas*    NJ Transit*    NJ Turnpike Authority*    Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation*     PNC Bank  PSEG*  Roche* Rutgers University*    Sanofi Aventis* Schering Plough*  The Port Authority of NY & NJ*  UMDNJ*    Verizon* *  Indicates 2009 Participating Organization

 

Event Partners                       MSDC- PA, NJ, DE                   l