7:00 - 8:00

  Registration Sponsored by:  Fort Detrick Business Development Office

   7:30 - 10:30

  Breakfast / AM Break Sponsored by:  Maryland Department of Business and
  Economic Development (MD DBED)

   8:00 – 9:00

  Welcome & Keynote Speakers - Moderator: Kurt Heckman, President,
  Sycamore.US, Inc.  

• Keynote by the Honorable Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett
• Keynote by David M. Van Buren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
      Air Force (Acquisition and Management)
• Keynote by MG George W. Weightman, Commander, U.S. Army Medical
      Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
• Keynote by Rear Admiral Sean F. Crean, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
      Navy, Acquisition and Logistics Management 

   9:00 – 9:30

  Break Sponsored by:  Maryland DBED

   9:30 – 10:45

  Concurrent Breakout Sessions:  

Session 1:

  Financial Tools You Need to Succeed in Government Contracting:  Sources
  of Capital, Financing, Benefits Structuring, Banking Relationships – Proving
  Financial Capacity                                                                                                  
   Moderator: Russell Teter, Maryland Small Business Development Center
   (MDSBDC), Northern Region, Bel Air, Maryland 

• Etta Waugh, CFCM, CPCM, PMP, Sr. Acquisition Specialist, ASI
• Don Morin, President, Garrett Container Systems, Inc.
• Karen Barbour, President, The Barbour Group, Maryland Small Business of
      the Year 2008
• Charles Stouffer, VP, Commercial Lending, BB&T
• Kathleen Manley, President, Asset Funding Solutions, Inc.
• Ronald W. Kaese, M.B.A., M.S., M.E., TEDCO, Senior Program Manager,
      Federal Lab Partnerships

Session 2:

  Small Business Contracting Goals and Acquisition Forecasts

   Moderator: Jerome Maultsby, Associate Director, Office of Small Business
   Programs, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) 

• Pamela Porter, Director, NSA Office of Small Business Programs, Small
      Business Advocate
• Kenneth Carkhuff, NAVAIR Office of Small Business Programs Small
      Business Deputy, NAWCAD Pax River
• Jerome Maultsby, Associate Director, Office of Small Business Programs,
      USAMRMC
• Joe Ware Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Agriculture OSDBU
• Wendy Hill, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization OSDBU),
      Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Session 3:

  Prime Construction Contractors & Sub-contracting Opportunities

   Moderator: Bryan Patchan, Executive Officer, Frederick County Builders
   Association

• William Matarazzo, Senior Construction Manager, Corporate Office Properties
      Trust Development & Construction Services, LLC (COPT)
• Jeffrey Schramm, Vice President, Gilbane Building Company
• Carlen Capenos, Deputy for Small Business for the Baltimore District Corps of
      Engineers
• Greg Cannito, Program Manager, Picerne Military Housing, Aberdeen Proving
      Grounds (APG)
• Wesley Stith, Minority Outreach Coordinator,  Clark Construction Group, LLC
• William Poulin, Operations Director, BP Solar

Session 4:

  Business Development – Making the most of your marketing and business
  development efforts

   Moderator: Darryl Rekemeyer, Director, Fort Detrick Business Development Office
   (FDBDO)

• Sid Jaffe, CEO, Advantage Consulting, LLC
• Gloria Berthold, President, TargetGov, Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc.
• Joel Tootill, Program Manager, Defense Holdings, Inc.
• Owen Jackson, U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Enterprise
      Center
• Darryl Rekemeyer, Director, Fort Detrick Business Development Office
      (FDBDO)

   11:00 – 12:15

  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  Prime Contractors & Sub-Contracting Opportunities

   Moderator & Panelist: MG John S. Parker, MD, MG, USA (retired), FACS, FCCP,
   Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Chief Medical Officer, Technical
   Fellow, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

• John Trifone, Director, Acquisition and Logistical Services, National Cancer
      Institute, SAIC Frederick, Inc. 
• Cynthia (Cindy) Kendall, VP, Health Solutions Business Unit, SAIC
• Robert V. House, Ph.D., President, DynPort Vaccine Company, LLC, a CSC
      Company
• William C. Artz, Vice President, Government Services, Perot Systems
• Tony Bardo, Assistant Vice President, Government Solutions, Hughes
      Network Systems

  Area BRAC Update

   Moderator: Bonnie  Maliszewski – APG Harford County ECDC

• BG Mike Hayes, USMC (Ret.), Maryland Department of Business and
      Economic Development, Office of Military and Federal Affairs
• Colonel Judith D. Robinson, Commander, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Detrick
• Bert Rice, EUL / Privatization Officer, Fort George Meade
• Ralph Cardenuto, BRAC Program Manager, APG

Session 7:

  Maryland Business and Technology Incubators

   Moderator:  Larry Brown, President/Founder, Sensics, Inc.

• Mike Dailey, Executive Director, FITCI, Frederick
• Chris Marschner, Director, Technical Innovation Center, Hagerstown, MD
• Dr. Joseph Hoffman, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor of
      Physics and Engineering, Frostburg State University, Maryland, Tawes
      Science and Technology Incubator, Frostburg
• Lydia Reiser, Garrett Information Enterprise System, Garrett County
• Ronald W. Kaese, M.B.A., M.S., M.E., TEDCO, Senior Program Manager,
      Federal Lab Partnerships

   12:15 – 1:30

  Lunch and Networking in Exhibit Hall:  Sponsored by Lovelace Respiratory
  Research Institute (LRRI)

   1:30 – 2:45

  Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  Prime Contractors and Sub-Contracting Opportunities – Fort Detrick
  National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NIBC)

   Moderator:  Mike Jewett, U.S. Army Garrison, Ft Detrick, MD 

• Patricia “TISH” Nelson, Subcontracts Manager, Battelle National Biodefense
      Institute (BNBI), National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
      (NBACC), Ft. Detrick
• Mark Dertzbaugh, Ph.D., Chief of Business Plans and Programs, U.S. Army
      Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
• Jason Paragas, Ph.D., Associate Director for Science, NIAID Integrated
      Research Facility
• Mary-Ann Lusby, Contracting Officer, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
      (ARS), Fort Detrick

  Government Programs Available to Small Business and Other Groups

    Moderator:  Shelia Washington, Business Development Specialist, Fort Detrick
    Business Development Office (FDBDO)

• Jerome Maultsby, Associate Director, Small Business Programs, U.S. Army
      Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), HBCU/MI/TCU/ HSI
      programs
• Ron Newlan, Director, HUBZone National Contractors Council.
• Mary Lee Kolich, Program Director, Maryland Procurement and Technical
      Assistance Program – MD Programs

  Teaming Agreements and Intellectual Property Rights

   Moderator: Al Edwards, Member, Board of Directors, Fort Detrick Alliance

• George Cox, Ph.D., Miles and Stockbridge P.C.
• Terry McCune, Branch Chief, Business Oversight Branch, U.S. Army Medical
      Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)
• John Wilkinson, EdD, CPCM, Fellow, Director of Education and Certification,
      National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
• Kurt Heckman, President, SycamoreUS, Inc.

   2:45 – 3:30

  Wine & Cheese Reception Featuring Maryland Wineries in Exhibit Hall
  Sponsored by Goldbelt Raven, LLC

   3:30

  Closing Remarks in Exhibit Hall