Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo - Past

2011 Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo

Honorary Chair: U.S. Congressman Chris Van Hollen

A great day for COMMERCE took place on May 4 at the 2011 Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo at The Universities at Shady Grove campus in Rockville. Congressman Chris Van Hollen, the conference's Honorary Chair, addressed hundreds of participating business leaders at the opening ceremony, which was followed by 34 morning workshops and a spectacular afternoon expo. Nineteen federal agencies were represented at the event, along with major prime contractors and others.

News from the 2011 Congressional Procurement Conference:

• Interview with Hope Lane of Aronson: "How to Survive a Contracting Bottleneck"
  Federal News Radio - 05/10/2011
• Contractors fret over federal cuts (Article on MCCC's Congressional Procurement Conference)
  Gazette Newspapers - 05/06/2011
• SAIC on How to Approach a Prime Contractor (From MCCC Procurement Conference)
  GovWin - 05/05/2011
• L-3 on Marketing Yourself to Large Businesses (From the MCCC Procurement Conference)
  GovWin - 05/05/2011

2010 Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo

700+ business leaders and government agencies connected for a great day of commerce at the MCCC GovConNet 2010 Congressional Procurement Conference and Expo on May 5 at The Universities at Shady Grove. 

2010 Sponsors

• Event Sponsors: Deltek; Jackson & Campbell; Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
• Tote Bag Sponsor: PilieroMazza PLLC
• Supporters: Montgomery County, Maryland Government; The Universities at Shady Grove

2010 Photos

View the 2010 Congressional Procurement Conference & Expo Photo Gallery.

2010 Presentations

Presentations and handouts are posted as they become available.

• Doing Business with the Department of Homeland Security (Presented by Soraya Correa)
• Doing Business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Presented by Jack Beecher)
• Doing Business with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (Presented by Sandra Bellinger)
• Guidelines for Success for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (Presented by Barry Kane, Catapult Technology)
• How to Market and Team with Large Businesses (Presented by Wayne Pizer, L-3 STRATIS)
• Joint Ventures (Presented by Antonio Franco, PilieroMazza PLLC)
• Strategies for Winning Proposals (Presented by Molly Gimmel, Design to Delivery Inc.)
• The ABCs of Government Contracting (Presented by Jackson & Campbell and Aronson LLC)
• The GSA Schedule: Your Ticket to the Federal Market (Presented by Vanessa Payne, Aronson LLC)

WORKSHOPS: Read the List of Presenters and Topics
PROGRAM: View the Program Book

2010 Exhibitors

Meet the agency and business exhibition booth hosts.