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NOTE: This registration portal is for NON-GOVERNMENT BUYERS Only. Government Buyers that wish to participate in the Buyers Forum should use the Government Buyer registration portal. Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) that wish to participate in the Buyers Forum should use the MBE Pre-registration portal.

Heart of Illinois Business to Business Symposium 2012 - Buyer Registration

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM (CT)

Peoria, IL
Heart of Illinois Business to Business Symposium 2012 -...

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Private Sector Buyers Forum Engagement Table Oct 5, 2012 $500.00 $0.00
Advertising: Full Page Oct 5, 2012 $500.00 $0.00
Advertising: Half Page Oct 5, 2012 $400.00 $0.00
Advertising: Quarter Page Oct 5, 2012 $250.00 $0.00

Event Details

Overview | Schedule of Events | Keynote Speaker | Buyers Forum Information | Refund Policy | Lodging

Overview

The Heart of Illinois Business to Business (B2B) Symposium and Training Seminars is a business networking activity designed to create new markets for suppliers and new sources for buyers. It is a corporate and minority business exchange.

Designed to enable Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) the opportunity to identify current marketplace needs and appropriate personnel within the area's leading corporations and government agencies, the 2012 Heart of Illinois B2B Symposium also focuses on providing buyers and procurement decision makers the opportunity to identify new competitive sources of services and supplies.

Through a series of focus-group discussions, MBEs are efficiently able to market their capabilities and capacities to major corporations and government agencies, and buyers are able to inform MBEs of their procurement processes in a relaxed, personable setting - in one location - in one day.

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

7:00 a.m. - Registration
8:00 a.m. - Keynote Presentations & Award Ceremony
9:30 a.m. - Buyers Forum*
11:30 a.m. - Forum Conclusion

*Buyers Forum Information

The purpose of this event is to substantially match current purchasing needs with qualified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) vendors. The following outline details the format for this event.

  • Prior to the event each registered corporation and government buying group will submit a list of commodities/services that they are planning to purchase within the next 6 to 12 months. NOTE: This is requested by 5:00 p.m. CST Tuesday, 25 September 2012.
  • In response to the provided list of commodities, the Heart of Illinois staff will compile a list of qualified minority businesses that have the capabilities to meet the buying organization's requirements. After thoroughly reviewing each business' history and determining if the business is a match to the buying organizations' needs, businesses will be scheduled to participate in the 9 October Forum.
  • At the Forum, each buying organization/designated buyer will be assigned to a table to engage a preselected group of 4-5 minority business owners for a 30-minute interval. The buying representative will initiate the discussion by sharing his/her company's procurement focus and the "rules of engagement" for his/her respective procurement process for approximately 5 minutes.
  • After the remarks from the buying representative, each minority business owner will take approximately 5 minutes to discuss his/her capabilities, capacities and value proposition. NOTE: Because of the targeted nature of this event, it is appropriate that corporation BUYERS attend the Buyers Forum along with the Supplier Diversity Manager.
  • After 30 minutes, the MBE participants will rotate to the next scheduled buying table. Each corporation will meet with approximately 3 groups of business owners throughout the Forum. This format should afford the opportunity for the buying organizations to engage a host of potential suppliers and exchange information for future discussions.

Keynote Speaker 

TBA

Lodging

Holiday Inn City Center
500 Hamilton Blvd.
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 674-2500

Mark Twain Hotel
225 E. Adams Street
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 676-3600
http://www.marktwainhotel.com

Pere Marquette
501 Main Street
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 637-6500
http://www.hotelperemarquette.com

Refund Policy

Event registration fees are nonrefundable twenty-one (21) days prior to the start of the event.

When & Where



The Gateway Building
200 NE Water Street
Peoria, IL 61602

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 7:00 AM to 11:30 AM (CT)


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Hosted By

Council Enterprises, Inc.



Council Enterprise's role is to support and develop minority-owned businesses by facilitating important connections between corporations and minority suppliers. Our regional Council operates under the umbrella of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, one of the country's leading business membership organizations. It was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes. The NMSDC network includes a national office in New York and 39 regional Councils across the country. There are 3,500 corporate members throughout the network, including most of America's largest publicly-owned, privately-owned and foreign-owned companies, as well as universities, hospitals and other buying institutions. As a regional Council, we certify and match minority-owned businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American) with member corporations that want to purchase goods and services. Through our events we are able to provide opportunities of exchange and partnership to both supplier and corporate members. Our territory includes the state of Wisconsin, Central Illinois and Iowa. Council leadership is provided by President, Floyd Rose, Ph.D.