Tuskegee University To Host Booker T. Washington Economic Development Summit

The 15th annual Booker T. Washington Economic Development Summit will be held on September 15-17, 2010 at the Tuskegee University Kellogg Conference Center in Tuskegee, Alabama. The conference theme is: "Revitalizing Entrepreneurship and Procurement Opportunities in Small Towns and Rural Communities".

Key speakers include George Curry, renowned speaker, author and moderator; and Maggie Anderson, CEO of The Empowerment Experiment

The conference is designed to promote economic development through private enterprise with emphasis upon procurement opportunities for business owners, contractors, community-based organizations, small business development programs and HBCUs involved with community development.

Procurement officers will be on hand to actively engage and verbally exchange with conference attendees in areas that revolve around the creation of business initiatives with their respective corporate entity.

Corporate organizations that have confirmed to have procurement representatives include: Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, Johnson Controls, Gunter AFB Small Business Programs, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Veterans Administration Tuskegee AL, Tuskegee Utilities Board, South Region Minority Supplier Development Council, Small Business Administration 8A Development.

I've attended this conference in the past, and had the privilege to be a keynote speaker. I highly recommend attending if you can make it.

For more details, visit:
www.tuskegee.edu/btwsummit