December 3, 2024, Tuesday
9:00 AM – Keynote Address - Keynote Recording

Mr. Dave Busigo, DoD OSBP and Col. Victoria Nemmers, Deputy Director of Contracting, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. 

10:00 AM Matchmaking Sessions begin

General Sessions Begin
10:15 AM – Small Business Directors Fireside Chat; Air Force - DAF Fireside Chat Recording

• Mr. Jeff Mellott • Mr. Luke Schultz • Mr. Brian McJilton • Mr. Ronald Hobbs

11:15 AM – America Makes - the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing technology and education - America Makes Recording

Alexander Steeb, Operations Director

1:00 PM – Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation - DLA Aviation Recording

– presentation on the Source Approval Request (SARS) Program and Replenishment Parts Purchase or Borrow Program (RPPOB) and Small Business Program

•  Ali Olinger, Branch Chief • Kevin Minter, Team Lead for DLA Aviation

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2:00 PM - MySBA Certification: Your One-Stop Destination for SBA’s Small Business Certification presented by the Small Business Administration (SBA) Pittsburgh District

• David Pinkosky, Business Opportunity Specialist, SBA Pittsburgh District

3:00 PM Rapid Integrated Scalable Enterprise (RISE) program - RISE Program Recording

• David Busigo, Senior Advisor OSBP, DoD

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December 4, 2024, Wednesday
9:00 AM – Keynote Address - Keynote Recording

Mr. Joseph (Mike) McWilliams, Deputy Director of the Air Force, Office of Small Business Programs
10:00 AM Matchmaking Sessions begin

General Sessions Begin
10:15 AM – Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land & Maritime - Source Approval Request (SARS), RPPOB: Replenishment Parts Purchase or Borrow Program - DLA Land & Maritime Recording

• Jamie Spangler, DLA SAR & Procurement Analyst • Jared Lillo, RPPOB Manager

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11:15 AM - Working with the Department of Defense SBIR|STTR - DOD SBIR Panel Recording

• Dr. Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence, Chief of the Office of Small Business Programs & Industry Engagements of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) • Brian Shipley, Acting Director for the Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR Programs • Nicole Lauren, Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Coordinator •Tylar Temple, DoD SBIR|STTR • Candace Wright, SBIR/STTR Program Lead within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) • Daniel Carroll - Air force • Matthew Willis, Army

1:00 PM - How to Do Business with Large Government Prime Contractors - Doing Business with the Primes Recording

• Orysia Buchan, Program Manager, Government Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation

• Tiffany Williamson, CSDP, Lead Small Business Liaison Officer, Center of Excellence, Supplier Diversity – Small Business, SPACE & AIRBORNE SYSTEMS / L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES

2:00 PM – Army’s SBIR/STTR Program - Army SBIR/STTR Program Recording

• Nicole Fox, S&T Portfolio Manager Contested Logistics & Sustainment and CATALYST Team Lead for the U.S. Army SBIR|STTR

3:00 PM – Pennsylvania COSTARS Program - COSTARS Program Recording

• Isaiah Smith, COSTARS Marketing Manager