(Preliminary: Subject to Change)
7:30 – 8:30 AM
 Registration and Sponsor Booth Visits
8:30 – 8:45 AM
 Welcome and Sponsor Greetings
8:45 – 9:45 AM

Legal Parameters of Affirmative Action:
Understanding Why Certain Things Can or Can Not Be Done

Presenter: Denise Farris; Farris Law Firm LLC
What certification programs will be covered in day long seminar

Constitutional Requirements: Disparity Studies, Benefitted Groups; How registration builds statistical support; “Locality” issues; “Work Scope” issues; “Small Business” components.

Tension existing between Presidential Administration vs. Congress vs. current Supreme Court.
9:45 – 10:00 AM
 Break
10:00 – 11:45 AM

Local Certification Programs, Missouri and Kansas

and Understanding the Application Questions
Moderator: Denise Farris, Farris Law Firm LLC
Panel Experts:
-Phillip Yelder, City of Kansas City, Missouri
-Jason Banks, Unified Government Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS
-Rhonda Harris, State of Kansas
-Donetta Cole, MoDOT

Identification of Local Missouri and Kansas programs including Kansas City, MO; State of Missouri, and MoDot; Unified Government Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas; State of Kansas; KDOT; Public/Private Partnerships; and Private Contracting

-Resource materials overview (Ordinance, regulations and application forms)
-Goals by agency
-Assistance Resources by Agency and specific contract information
-Time for questions (15 minutes)


Case study on application completion with focus on:
Ownership issues (Definition, proof of, capitalization, and requisite paperwork)

Control issues (Voting, Impact via corporate structure; non-minority or woman partners or key employees; contracting arrangements; “commercially useful function”.

“Front companies” and False Claims Act exposure
11:45 AM – Noon
 Break/ Transition to Lunch
Noon – 1PM
 Economic Stimulus Package: Show Me the Money
Ann Sullivan; President
Madison Services Group, Inc. Washington DC
1:00 – 1:30 PM

Exhibitor and Sponsor Booth Visits

** Attendees securing sponsor stamps on program eligible for drawing

($500 Southwest Airline Voucher)
1:30 – 2:30 PM

Coalition Response to Affirmative Action Challenges

Anthony Robinson, President
Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Chair of the National Unity Council

 

-Update on affirmative action programs at national level

-“Sustainable Predicate” initiatives by Unity Council

-How local organizations can assist in this effort
2:30 – 3:30 PM

Federal Certifications: CCR, 8A, 8M, Service Disabled Vet, HubZone
Denise Farris, Farris Law Firm LLC

-Brief overview of regulations
-Summary of resource materials including all relevant applications
3:30 – 4:00 PM
 Break, Sponsor Booths
4:00 – 5:00 PM

Marketing

Panel:
Denise Farris, Farris Law Firm LLC
Pat Brown Dixon, GSA
Patrice Manuel, P-Strada
Torrie Chinn, Kansas Motor Speedway


-Preparation of corporate representative summary
-Marketing re: local government projects
-Marketing re: federal government projects
-Marketing private corporations
-Teaming and Joint Venture Arrangements (local and federal)

5:00 – 5:30 PM
 Sponsor Booths
 


$249 early bird