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10th Anniversary 2007 Wall Street Economic Summit Schedule |
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“A More Perfect Union: Free, But Not Equal.”
January 7 – 10, 2007
SHERATON NEW YORK HOTEL & TOWERS
811 SEVENTH AVENUE AT 53RD STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10019
*Sunday, January 7, 2007- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - View Theme of the Day
*Monday, January 8, 2007- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -View Theme of the Day
*WSP/NYT Career Opportunity Expo
*Tuesday, January 9, 2007- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -View Theme of the Day
*Small Business Institute
*Wednesday, January 10, 2007- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -View Theme of the Day
All scheduled events are subject to change................ *Invited
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 2007- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -View Theme of the Day
Civil Rights/ Politics
11:30AM – 12:00PM
PRESS CONFERENCE
Focus: America’s New Political Front
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
12:00PM – 2:00PM
SESSION I: POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 40 YEARS LATER - GREEN LINING REDLINED AMERICA.
The leaders and the accomplishments during the period that history denotes as the Civil Rights Movement were immense. On November 7, 2006, America went to the polls and voted a mandate of a new direction for the country. These new and seasoned leaders come together collectively to solve America’s pressing problems such as; 1) Tax credit restoration, 2) Green lining redlined America, 3) Review of the Enterprise Zone Initiative, and 4) Bankruptcy.
Co-Chairs: *Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, *Congressman: Charles Rangel, D-NY; *Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, D-NY
Moderator: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Panelists: Mayor Byron Brown, City of Buffalo, NY; Mayor Robert L. Browser, City of East Orange, NJ; Congressman John Conyers, D-MI; Robert L. Hill, President American Association of Blacks in Energy; Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-DC; Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-MI; Representative David J. Mack III, D-SC; Marc H. Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League; Congressman Jerrold Nadler, D-NY; Mayor C. Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans, LA; Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Action Network; John B. Taylor; President and Chief Executive Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition; Janet Baker Walker, Executive Director, The Links, Incorporated; Vanessa R. Williams, National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc. (NCBM)
*Invitees: *Mayor Cory Booker, City of Newark, NJ; *Governor Jon S. Corzine, D-NJ; *Mayor Willie W. Herenton, City of Memphis TN; *Mayor Frank G. Jackson, City of Cleveland, OH; *Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, City of Detroit, MI; *Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ; *Denise L. Nappier, State Treasurer of Connecticut; *Senator Barack Obama, D-IL; *Governor-Elect Deval Patrick, D-MA; *Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-CA
2:00PM - 4:00PM
SESSION II: POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 40 YEARS LATER – URBAN POLICY AND RENEWAL.
The leaders and the accomplishments during the period that history denotes as the Civil Rights Movement were immense. On November 7, 2006, America went to the polls and voted a mandate of a new direction for the country. These new and seasoned leaders come together collectively to solve America’s pressing problems such as the restoration of urban cities and plans on how to break down capital barriers.
Moderator: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Panelists: Mayor Byron Brown, City of Buffalo, NY; Mayor Robert L. Browser, City of East Orange, NJ; Congressman John Conyers, D-MI; George E. Curry, Executive Director, Newspaper Publisher’s Association; Robert L. Hill, President and Chief Executive, American Association of Blacks in Energy; John D. Hofmeister, Chief Executive Officer, Shell Oil Company; Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-DC; Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-MI; Representative David J. Mack III, D-SC; Marc H. Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League; Congressman Jerrold Nadler, D-NY; Mayor C. Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans, LA; Congressman Charles Rangel, D-NY; Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Action Network; John B. Taylor; President and Chief Executive Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC); Janet Baker Walker, Executive Director, The Links, Incorporated; Vanessa R. Williams, National Conference of Black Mayors(NCBM)
Invitees: *Mayor Cory Booker; City of Newark, NJ; *Governor Jon S. Corzine, D-NJ; *Mayor Willie W. Herenton, City of Memphis, TN; *Mayor Frank G. Jackson, City of Cleveland, OH; Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, City of Detroit, MI; *Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ; *Senator Barack Obama, D-IL; *Governor-Elect Deval Patrick, D-MA; *Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-CA; *Congressman Melvin L. Watt, (“Mel”), D-NC
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
Entertainment: Joe Coleman, Lead Singer, The Platters; The Claudia Hayden Project
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*Monday, January 8, 2007 - - - - - - - - - - View Theme of the Day
Business / Career Management
7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
7:30 AM – 9:30AM
ECONOMIC SUMMIT BREAKFAST
DIVERSITY & ADVERTISING: WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG?
Are we closer to achieving the participation initiatives that challenge corporate America to include minority asset management and servicing firms in the 1.7 trillion dollar institutional pension fund market? Continuing the discussion toward removing barriers and changing policy to institutionalize minority and women owned investment management and brokerage firms.
Moderator: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Speakers: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY; William C. Thompson, Jr., NYC Comptroller
Honorees: “Passing the Torch Award”
*Earl “Butch” Graves, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and President, Black Enterprise; *Linda Johnson Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.; Alfred C. Liggins, III, Chairman, TV One; Mellody Spann-Cooper, President and General Manager,
WVON Radio
10:00 AM
PRESS CONFERENCE
Focus: Pension funds and lack of participation in corporate, private & institutional pension funds and equal access to the advertising business.
Morning Sessions
10:00AM – 12:00PM
DEVELOPING A MADISON AVENUE PARTNERSHIP: HIRING AND OUTSOURCING
This session will discuss a better understanding of the criteria for developing successful minority supplier partnerships with advertising agencies, advertisers and media companies and how to have a successful career in the advertising industry.
Moderator: Wally S. Snyder, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Advertising Federation
Speakers: Glenda Gill, Executive Director, Rainbow PUSH Los Angeles; David Hamlin (Minority Vendor Supplier Relations - Ad Agency Perspective), Manager Supplier Diversity, McCann Erickson; Eric Harris (Minority Vendor Successful Partnerships), President, Plot Designs; Anita Laney, President, Professional Partnering Solutions, Inc.; Rohena Miller (National Minority Supplier Development Council Services), President, Niche, Marketing, Inc.; Sandra Sims-Williams (HR - Climbing the Ad Industry's Corporate Ladder), Vice President, Director of Diversity, DIGITAS, Inc.; Ken Smikle, Chief Executive Officer, Target Market News; Tiffany R. Warren (HR - Recruitment, Retention and Promotion), Director, Multicultural Programs and Community Outreach Arnold; Robert V. Wingo, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sanders / Wingo
10:00AM – 12:00PM
PROCUREMENT SESSION:
One-hour roundtable discussion of opportunities in each prospective company. Immediately following will be a one-hour breakout session for more detailed procurement information.
Moderator: Pauline Gebon, Vice President, Supplier Diversity, Adecco
Panelists: Diane Ashley, Senior Vice President and Director, Supplier Diversity, Citigroup; Harvey Butler, Vice President, Corporate Supplier Diversity, JPMorgan Chase; Joe Coe, Supplier Diversity Program Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company; Tamika Eubanks, Vice President
Senior Change Manager, Global Operations and Supplier Relationship Development, Bank of America; and Michael K. Robinson, Program Director Global Supplier Diversity, IBM Corporation
10:30AM – 12:00PM
SESSION I: SECURING PENSION FUND BUSINESS: NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF CONSULTANTS: What is the role of the pension consultant? Beyond, being included in their database for potential future business opportunities, how should you market yourself and/or your firm’s services? How can you help them to market you? How should you market yourself to the client? Are opportunities increasing? Outlook for 2007?
Moderator: James A. Casselberry, Former Principal, Ennis Knupp
Panelists: Brad Blalock, Director, Mercer Investment Consulting; Doris V. Ewing, Partner, New England Pension Consultants; P.J. Kelly, Principal and Consultant, Ennis Knupp & Associates; * Robin Pellish, Consultant, Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC; David Scopelliti, Managing Director - Corporate Development and Client Service, PCG Asset Management
10:30AM – 12:00PM
AFRICAN AMERICAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROUNDTABLE
(By invitation only).
Moderator: John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Capital Management, LLC
Panelists: Dennis W. Archer, Dickinson Wright PLLC; Barbara L. Bowles, Vice Chairman, Profit Investment Management and Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Kenwood Group, Inc.; Herman E. Bulls, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bulls Capital Partners, LLC; Zachary W. Carter, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP; James W. Compton, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Urban League; Johnathan Rodgers, President and Chief Executive Officer, TV One; Steve Rogers, Professor, Kellogg School of Management; Donald Thompson, President, McDonald’s Corporation; J.C. Watts, Jr., J.C. Watts Companies, LLC
10:30AM – 12:00PM
HBCU DEAN’S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
In a recent CNN Magazine article, it was reported that only 3 percent of senior management at Fortune 100 companies is African American or Hispanic. It goes on to report that there is a limited pipeline of diversity talent in the U.S. at the present time. Less and less African American and Hispanic students from some of the best undergraduate schools are opting not to go after an MBA from the ivy-league school from where non-diversity talent is being heavily recruited. In this session, the Deans of some of the most prestigious HBCUs will discuss how to prepare their students to compete in this changing paradigm. In addition, the session will address the relevance and need to restore Pell grants as a part of the urban agenda.
Moderator: Dr. Glenda Glover, Dean, College of Business, Jackson State University
Panelists: Dr. Joseph Boyd, Dean, School of Business, Texas Southern University; Dr. Barron Harvey, Dean, School of Business, Howard University; Dr. Otis Thomas, Dean, School of Business, Morgan State University
12:00PM – 6:00PM
Wall Street Project/New York Times Job Market Career Opportunity and Development Expo
Resume Makeover, Expert Review by 5:00 O’clock Club
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
EQUITY AND PARITY LUNCHEON
Keynote Speaker: Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, D-OH
Speakers: Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management, LLC and Chairman, Ariel Mutual Funds Board of Trustees; Lois E. Quam, Chief Executive Officer, Ovations, United Healthcare Company
Honorees: “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”
Odysseus M. Lanier, Partner, McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP
James Reynolds, Jr., CFA, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Loop Capital Markets, LLC
“Trading Partners Award”
John T. Hooker
Afternoon Sessions
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
PUBLIC PENSION, PRIVATE PENSON AND TREASURY OPPORTUNITIES
This session will discuss trends and opportunities with emerging manager and minority teams within majority firms, direct investments vs. fund to funds and ways to win business in this marketplace.
Moderator: James Mitchell, Jr., CIO, GE Asset Management
Panelists: Joe Haslip, New York State Teacher's Retirement; Jarvis V. Hollingsworth – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Texas Teacher’s Retirement System; Larry Jones, Executive Vice President Practice Leader, Emerging/Minority Manager Programs, Northern Trust; Mark Schmid, Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, The Boeing Company; Dan Slack, State of Illinois University Retirement System; Darrell Thomas, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, PepsiCo; Thurman V. White, Chief Executive Officer, Progress Investment Management Company
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
NAVAL PROCUREMENT SESSION - Your Connection to Non-Military Contracts within a Military Agency
The Naval Sea Command procures products and services totaling 23 billion dollars annually. Executive officers from the Naval Sea Command, based in Washington, DC will present an overview of the Command’s structure and contracting opportunities for business owners to include: How to do business with the Command; The Small Business Initiative Research (Command investment bank); How the Command Procures Products and Services from Vendors; and the type of large/Small Products Procured by the Command.
Speakers: Elliott B. Branch, Executive Director for Contracts, Naval Sea Systems Command; Rear Admiral Charles H. “Chuck” Goddard, Vice Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Richard R. McNamara, Executive Director-Program Executive Office Submarines, Naval Sea Systems Command; James E. Thomsen, Program Executive Officer Littoral & Mine Warfare, U.S. Navy
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION I: FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT AT&T
Representatives from AT&T and some of the minority investment/financial transaction firms currently working with AT&T will discuss the challenges and opportunities in doing financial business with a fortune 500 company like AT&T
Moderator: Charles P. Allen, Managing Director-Assistant Treasurer, AT&T Finance
Speakers: James Reynolds, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Loop Capital Markets, LLC; John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Capital Management, LLC. Christopher J. Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Williams Capital Group, LP
SESSION I: FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT AT&T
Representatives from AT&T and some of the minority investment/financial transaction firms currently working with AT&T will discuss the challenges and opportunities in doing financial business with a fortune 500 company like AT&T
Moderator: Charles P. Allen, Managing Director-Asst., Treasurer, AT&T Finance
Speakers: James Reynolds, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital Markets, LLC; Christopher J. Williams, CEO, Williams Capital Group, L.P.
6:30PM – 9:00PM
WELCOMING RECEPTION
Wall Street Project Salutes Black Enterprise’s 75 Most Influential Blacks on Wall Street.
Venue: Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
Honorees: Shawn D. Baldwin, Chairman & CEO, Capital Management Group; Bernard Beal, CEO, M.R. Beal & Co. (– (sending representative); Napolean Bradford III, Chairman & Founding Partner, Siebert Bradford Shank & Company, L.L.C. (sending Jonathan White to accept award); Troy Dixon, Managing Director & Head of Pass-Through Mortgage Trading, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corp.; James F. Haddon, Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance Group Municipal Securities, Citigroup; Carla Harris, Managing Director, Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley; William H. Hayden, Senior Managing Director, Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc.; Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management, L.L.C.; Mr. Jarvis Hollingsworth, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani L.L.P.; Edward Johnson, Jr., COO, Advent Capital Management L.L.C.; Terry Jones, General Partner, SYNCOM; Philip McNeal, Managing Director, Senior Private Banker, JPMorgan Private Bank; James Reynolds, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital Markets L.L.C.; J. Donald Rice, Jr., President, Rice Financial Products Company, John W. Rogers, Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Capital Management, L.L.C.; Maceo Sloan, Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, NCM Capital; Gerald Smith, Chairman & CEO, Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors L.P.; Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, Chairwoman, President, and CEO, Smith Whiley & Company; Jacob Walthour, Former Managing Director, Quellos Group L.L.C., Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr., Founder / Managing General Partner, SYNCOM; Thurman V. White, Jr., CEO, Progress Investment Management Company, L.L.C.; Willie Woods, Jr., President, ICV Capital Partners, Kneeland Youngblood, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Pharos Capital Group.
MC: Melody Spann-Cooper, President and General Manager, WVON Radio
Entertainment: The Claudia Hayden Project
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*Tuesday, January 9, 2007 - - - - - - - - - - View Theme of the Day
Church, Youth and the Small Business Institute
7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
ONE THOUSAND CHURCHES CONNECTED CLERGY, CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY BREAKFAST: THE BEST PRACTICES FOR BUILDING, BANKING AND BORROWING
This breakfast will spotlight church, community and civic leaders that are “raising the bar” in their economic empowerment and neighborhood/community development crusades through collective bargaining, and establishing viable partnerships with funding and financial institutions. The advantages of the Church implementing vocation and entrepreneurial training programs, and financial education programs with a focus on family and individual savings, budgeting, homeownership, investments and insurance will also be discussed. Finally, this session will explore the Church as some of the largest land owners and what opportunities there are for economic development for our communities.
Keynote Speakers: Maurice Coleman, Senior Vice President, Community Development Market Manager, Bank of America; Senator Christopher Dodd, D-CT; Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake, Pastor, The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York; John B. Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
Co-Chairs: Dr. Freddie Haynes, III, Pastor Friendship West Baptist Church, Texas; Rev. Dr. David Jefferson, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Newark NJ
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Clyde A. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, United Methodist City Society
Dais Guests: Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Pastor, Believers Christian Fellowship, New York City; Rev. Jacques DeGraff, Associate Pastor, Canaan Baptist Church of Harlem; Rev. Dr. Major L. Jemison, Senior Pastor, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK; Dwight Robinson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations & Housing Outreach, Freddie Mae; Dr. Rodney Sampson, General Overseer of Public Affairs, The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Honorees: Dr. Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr., Senior Pastor, Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville, FL; Dr. Rodney Sampson, General Overseer of Public Affairs, The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship
Rev. Al Sharpton, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Action Network; Dr. Harold Wallace, Director, The Foundation for End-of-Life Care; VITAS, Hospice Charitable Fund
Entertainment: Elizabeth Quinones; Darrius Brooks, Soloist
Morning Sessions
10:00AM – 12:00PM
SESSION V: CREATING RESPONSIBLE IMAGES IN THE MEDIA
Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Vice Dean for the Clinical Programs
Panelists: Pete Chatmon, President & CEO, Double 7 Film; Anthony Marshall, Current TV
10:00AM - 12:00PM
THE WORLD OF BOEING
Joan Robinson-Berry, Director Supplier Diversity; Andrew Ward, Director, Investment Strategy & Asset Allocation
10:00AM – 1:00PM
YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS CAMP (By Registration Only - Ages 14-19)
This exciting workshop will equip youth with the tools they need to start, manage and market their very own business and to become entrepreneurs. The students will learn how to develop a feasible business concept, assess their marketable skills, create a business plan, and apply for venture capitol and marketing. Each student will be challenged with creating a sustainable business; one that invests a portion of their profits into their community.
Instructor:: Endura Govan, Executive Director, International Business Kids.
Sponsored By: Verizon Wireless
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
ACCESS TO CAPITAL LUNCHEON
Keynote Speaker: *Lieutenant Governor David Paterson, D-NY
Honorees: Lowell Hawthorne, President and Chief Executive Officer, Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill
Lisa Price, Founder, Carol’s Daughter, LLC
Afternoon Sessions
1:00PM – 5:00PM
THE BULL & BEAR INVESTMENT CAMP
This session, designed for youth, will discuss learning how to budget, save and invest in stocks, bonds and mutual funds and more.
Instructor:Douglas W. Coe, President, Moody Reid Investors
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION I: FOCUS ON AFRICA: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA
According to a 2006 World Bank report, Africa has moved from the bottom to the middle of the pack among world regions in implementing changes that makes it easier to start and run a business. Some African countries ranked among the top ten performing countries, include France, China and Mexico. This shows the growing investment opportunities in Africa, especially as India, China and the United States compete for new emerging markets.
Moderator: Crispan Kirk, Director of International Affairs, NAACP
Panelists: Ambassador Ali Aujali, , Libyan Liaison Office; Ambassador H.E. Andrew M. Daraja, United Republic of Tanzania to the United States; Rosa Whitaker, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Whitaker Group
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION II: MOVIN’ ON UP: WHO’S GOT NEXT?
This session will advocate the importance of “strategic connectivity”. This principal encourages owners of small businesses, corporate executives and other professionals to recognize the power of working together. This seminar will highlight ways in which young professionals can begin the process of discovering successful minority-owned businesses, critical relationship building and solidifying networks which ultimately increases our economic strength.
Hosted By: IMPACT
Sponsored By: 4th Dimension Management and Amtrak
Moderator: Marshawn Evans, 27, Attorney and Chief Executive Officer, Marshawn Evans Unlimited (from NBC’s The Apprentice)
Panelists: Jeff Johnson, 33, CEO, Truth is Power (BET Host & Producer; Angela Rye, Co-Founder & Director, Strategic Partnerships IMPACT; Ryan Scott, Co-Founder and Director, Economic Development to the Panel; IMPACT; Ephren Taylor, 24, CEO Amoro Corp. (Youngest African American CEO of publicly-traded company); Omar Tyree, 37, Author & CEO, Omar Tyree, Inc. (New York Times Best-Selling Author)
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION III: RETENTION OF TOP LEGAL TALENT
This Roundtable Discussion will explore best practices and cutting edge strategies to retain the best lawyers in the corporate setting and as outside counsel.
Moderator: Janice Mathis, Executive Director, Citizenship Education Fund
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION IV: MEDIA OWNERSHIP SESSION
The workshop will convene FCC Commissioners, members of Congress, and industry experts to discuss the affects of media consolidation on the industry, business owners, and communities of color. In short, too few, own too much, at the expense of too many.
Moderator: Larry Irving, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Irving Group
Panelists: Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Michael J. Copps, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; Stephen C. Hillard, Chief Executive Officer, Council Tree Communications; Marty King, Chairman, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
3:30PM - 5:00PM
SESSION V: ACCESS TO CAPITAL: A CALL TO ACTION ON PREDATORY PRACTICES
From HS, to PH’D, from low income to high income, there is a phenomenon floating that has consumers profiled based on their credit scores and criminal history. This session will cover, Credit Worthiness (History, Score, Restoration, Maintaining) and why this is a concern.
Moderator: Stuart Rossman, NCLC
Panelists: Keith Butts, President, ER Credit Education Solutions; Emma Chappell, Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer, United Bank of Philadelphia; Keith Corbett, Executive Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending; Donald M. Ferguson, Director of Minority Dealer Development, DiversityMarketing/Advertising, GMAC; Judge Greg Mathis
3:30PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION VI: THE FUTURE FOR MINORITY OWNED BROKER DEALERS IN CORPORATE UNDERWRITINGS: SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED?
The economy still seems robust. Companies are accessing the US capital markets in steady numbers. And, major Wall Street firms are boasting of record profits. Yet, the number of firms included in major deal syndicates is shrinking, access to deals by minority owned firms is increasingly difficult and issuers are finding more reasons to stay the course with their customary banking sources. Are the gains won during the last decade in underwriting opportunities for broker dealer firms of color in jeopardy? The panel would explore success stories in recent issuances featuring significant minority firm inclusion (GE,GMAC,NYSE), factors which are helping to determine the shape of underwriting syndicates today (Merrill, Goldman, Dardens) and offer ideas as to how to promote and ensure better access to deals by minority owned firms, including the role, if any, of minority corporate directors.
Moderator: Paul T. Williams, Jr., President, Toussaint Capital Partners, LLC
Panelists: Jeff Chandler, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch; Charles Walls, AT and Director Corp. Cash Management, Exelon; Kathleen J. Yoh, Deputy Treasurer, General Electric
3:00PM – 4:30PM
ESTABLISHING PUBLIC POLICY MINISTRIES
This workshop will examine methods by which the church can develop or enhance a public policy ministry that will encourage an on-going civic awareness dialogue among congregants. The focus here is on education that fosters analysis, discussion, and innovative approaches to problem solving; the goal is shaping informed citizens and leaders that recognize the correlation between civics/public policy and the growth of the church and its community.
Moderator: Janice L. Mathis, Esq., Vice President, The Citizenship Education Fund and Executive Director-Atlanta, Rainbow Push Coalition
Panelists: Rev. Joe A. Carter, Pastor, The New Hope Baptist Church, Newark, NJ; Rev. Dr. Herbert D. Daughtry, President, Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance; Rev. Dr. David Jefferson, Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church, President and Chief Executive Officer, JNET Communications, LLC; Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor, Sr., Senior Pastor, Center of Hope International, Founder and President, East River
Development Alliance
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
HIP-HOP ENTERTAINMENT SHOWCASE
Entertainment: J-Harris, Singer/Songwriter; Messiah, Spoken Word Artist
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The Small Business Institute
7:00AM – 7:00PM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
8:00AM – 6:30PM
THE SMALL BUSINESS INSTITUTE
Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurs: An Owner-to-Owner Dialogue
A One-day Seminar in New York City, 8:00 – 6:30 p.m.
8:00AM – 9:00 AM
SESSION 1: FINANCING YOUR EXPANSION: ACCESS TO CAPITAL
This session will discuss resources for financing, includes banks, credit cards as well as alternative sources such as, venture capital, loan applications, capital for business, real estate purchase, and equipment purchases. With fast approval, low interest rates, easy application, dealing with bad credit issues.
9:00AM – 10:00AM
SESSION 2: ORGANIC GROWTH THROUGH MARKETING & PROMOTION – This panel will discuss what your stretch goals are and expanding your products/services through optimal channels like, advertising, PR, print, TV.
10:00AM – 10:30AM
BREAK
10:30AM – 11:30AM
SESSION 3: "WHY SMALL BUSINESSES MUST INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY?
This session will discuss knowing what technology you need and why technology is an investment not an expense, and show you how your business can use technology to be more efficient and improve level of support to your clients.
11:30AM – 12:30PM
SESSION 4: STRATEGIC GROWTH: ACQUISITIONS, JOINT VENTURES AND ALLIANCES –
This session will discuss evaluating your options determining pros and cons for each strategic option.
12:30PM – 2:30PM
LUNCH
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES IN URBAN BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT
2:45PM – 5:00PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 – 5
SET ASIDES: How to Win Government Contracts: How to become eligible – SBA sets aside 5% of all procurement contracts for small businesses owned by “socially and economically disadvantaged” – includes AA, Hispanics, Native Americans, etc.
EMPLOYEE ISSUES: Recruiting and retaining employees; productivity, HR issues; Health insurance/life insurance – helping find optimal coverage for smaller companies.
Suggested Moderator: Willie Carrington, Carrington & Carrington
Suggested Panelists: Pat Welcome, Pinkney Perry
MARKETING WORKSHOP: Meet a guru; example: dialogue with Byron Lewis, Founder, UWG
MEET A BANKER: Dialogue with a financial specialist
Representative from Bank of America
Representative from Citigroup
Representative from JP Morgan Chase
Representative from Commerce Bank
Representative from OCC
TECHNOLOGY ROUNDTABLE: Leading edge products and services for small businesses.
5:00PM – 5:30PM
CLOSING REMARKS: Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.
5:30PM – 6:30PM
NETWORKING/COCKTAILS
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*Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - - - - - - - - - - View Theme of the Day
Morning Sessions
7:00AM - 1:00PM
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
7:30AM - 9:30AM
LABOR BREAKFAST - THE BUSINESS OF LABOR
Corporations are declaring bankruptcy at alarming rates. As they recognize, they are putting hard earned employees’ pension funds-from coal miners to steel workers, from airlines and auto workers-at risk. A pension fund crisis is emerging, threatening to turn the dream of retirement into a new American nightmare. What can be done to prevent corporations from turning their backs on retired and retiring workers, and to secure employee pensions in the next era?
9:00AM – 12:00PM
HEALTH SCREENING, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
--Arabian Proverb
During this session health care and service providers, sponsors, partners and supporters send their representatives to meet conference delegates, exhibit resource materials, perform screenings and share innovative developments in their respective areas: Health Focus: Health Coverage; Medicare D; HIV AIDS; Breast, Ovarian, and Colon Cancer; Heart Disease; Nutrition & Obesity; Depression, and Senior Care.
Participating Exhibitors: American Cancer Society; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA); VITAS; United Healthcare
Screenings: Diabetes and Blood Pressure
10:30AM – 12:00PM
SESSION I: USING INSURANCE TO AQUIRE WEALTH
Moderator: Leonard P. Grimes, Jr., Vice President of Group and Reinsurance Sales, Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Panelists: George R. Barnes, MetLife; Dwight Raiford, Senior Financial Planner, MetLife; Olivia H. Stoner, Esquire, CFP Stoner and Topping LLP
10:30AM – 12:00PM
SESSION II: INCLUSION 2025:
Both private and public sector organizations are under continuing pressure to improve their bottom lines. For private sector organizations this is profit and profitability; in the public sector it is the efficient delivery of services for all members of society. Diversity and inclusion can help organizations: identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve products and services; attract, retain, motivate and utilize human resources effectively; improve the quality of decision-making at all organizational levels; and reap the many benefits from being perceived as a socially conscious and progressive organization. These benefits are manifested in an improved bottom line and maximization of shareholder value. In this session, diversity officers will look at the changing external factors and determine how we will lead change to prepare our organizations to be successful in the long term.
Moderator: Bob Reed, VP Diversity & Inclusion, Cingular
Panelists: Desiree Dancy, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, New York Times; Ronald C. Glover, Vice President, Global Workforce Diversity Human Resources, IBM; Russell Griffin, Vice President Office of Diversity, MetLife; Larry Ruisi, Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Credit Suisse; May E. Snowden, Vice President, Global Diversity, Starbucks Coffee Company; Carlton Yearwood, Waste Management
10:30AM – 12:00PM
SESSION III: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NEXT GENERATION’S CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
Moderator: Gary Flowers, Executive Director, DC Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Panelists: Jeff Johnson, BET Host & Producer; Marty King, Chairman, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Joe Leonard, Jr., Ph.D., Executive Director, Black Leadership Forum, Inc.; Bonita Parker, Chief Operating Officer, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Dr. Rodney Sampson, General Overseer of Public Affairs, The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship and Chief Executive Officer, The Intellectual Currency Exchange
10:30AM - 12:00PM
SESSION IV: MARSHALLING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN MUSIC, TV AND FILM IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM – COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS, PATIENTS
This session will focus on how African-Americans can maximize the potential for profits with intellectual property rights in the media arts. African-Americans have traditionally not received their fair share of the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry profits this is largely due to lack of ownership of intellectual property rights. This panel will focus on how intellectual property rights can be marshaled and maximized for profits for both the up-and-coming artist, author, creator or inventor as well as established the artist, author, creator or inventor. The panel will deal with legal and business issues, including ownership strategies, licensing, new revenue options for the new millennium as well as venture capital possibilities. The talent of African-Americans that is expressed in music, film and tv is a commodity -- much like gold and diamonds -- and we must learn how to maximize and manage these intellectual property rights for profits and creative control as we move into the new millennium. This panel will deal with copyright termination rights, licensing and acquisition of copyright, trademark and patent properties and maximizing intellectual property rights for profit potential. For far too long African-Americans have not leveraged these intellectual property rights and others have made gains at the expense of our community and the individual creators.
Moderator: Lisa Rosario, Esq., Founder, WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting
Panelists: Kenneth Brown, Jr., President, Technology Alliances; Harry Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Haven Media Group, LLC; Todd Pilot, Esq., Founder, Trademark Institute
10:30AM – 12:00PM
THE WORLD OF CITGO
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE
This session will reveal the collective plan of various financial institutions to facilitate access to capital resulting in green-lining America
Moderator: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
10TH ANNIVERSARY VIP RECEPTION (By Invitation only)
UNITED NATIONS
Entertainment: Spjourner Strings
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
10TH ANNIVERSARY GALA RECEPTION
UNITED NATIONS
Entertainment: "The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards"
DJ: World Famous DJ Lee
*All scheduled events are subject to change
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