Washington, DC (CapitalWirePR) July 02, 2008 -- Dialogue on Diversity announces its fifteenth annual Entrepreneurship/IT Conference July 18th at the National Press Club in Washington.

 You are invited to join us, and we hope that you may pass the invitation along to friends, colleagues, and any interested persons. The Conference is the principal program given over to this core concern of Dialogue on Diversity -- the economic viability of our ethnic and cultural communities, the engine of America's vital diversity.

Agenda

8:30 a.m.           Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:15 a.m.           Welcome:    Beginning the Dialogue
                          Greeting:     Ma. Cristina C. Caballero, President/CEO, Convenor
                          Welcome:    Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate, District of Columbia
                                             U.S. House of Representatives [invited]

9:30 a.m.            Diverse Supply Chains,  OSDBU

                           The Corporate Quest: Diverse Links in the 21st Century Supply Chain
                           Kenneth Clark, President, MD/DC Minority Supplier Development Council
                           Susan Santana,  AT&T,  utilities, other corporate supplier diversity executives)
                           Eugene Cornelius, District Director, Washington , S.B.A.
                           
                           Academic Supply Chains                              
                             
                           Antonio Monroig,  Ana G. Mendez University System, San Juan Puerto Rico
                           Focus on Government Contracting:  “The Compleat OSDBU Shop”
                           Theresa Alvillar-Speake, Office of Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy
                           Denise Rodriguez-Lopez, Department of Transportation
                           
11:30 a.m.           Access to Capital and Business Productivity
                           
                           Enrique Carrillo, Senior Vice President and Director, Hispanic Banking, Chevy Chase Bank
                           Manuel A. Rosales,  Inter-American Financial Services

12 noon               Lunch
                           
                           Keynote:  Hon. Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States     
                           International  Award:  Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. House of Representatives
                             
                           Leadership Recognition:  Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland House of Delegates, District 18  
                           Sonia Gutierrez, Founder, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
                           The Coming Digital Transition:  Susan Gonzales,  Comcast Corporation                     
                           IT as a Learning Tool:  Idit Harel Caperton, MaMaMedia, Inc., New York [invited]
                           Metropolitan Business Outlook,  Daniel Flores, Washington Board of Trade [invited]

1:00 p.m.             Diversity Roundtable:   Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals
                           
                           Karla Gonzalez,  DBTS                                       
                           Carmen Ramos,  QMRI  
                           Zainab al-Suwaij, Executive Director. American Islamic Congress

2:00 p.m.             IT/Telecommunications/Wireless  Innovations
                           New Departures for the current year -- and on the horizon
                           Smart phones, cutting edge hand-helds,  most recent and prospective
                           Small-business software applications, and "Internet Cafés", the HD digital tide
                           
                           Lynette Spano, President, Software Control International (SCI)                         
                           Eric E. Richardson, Director, Office of Cable Television, District of Columbia
                           Kim Kuo, Executive Director, MyWireless
                           Saran Baker, Business Development Manager,  Verizon Communications
                           Sandra Bast,  Bast Services, Inc., Chicago

3:00 p.m.             Corporate Suitors/Minority Suppliers:    Interactive Seminar on Supplier Diversity
                           Sodexho (Lourdes Diaz), PG&E (Sylvia Aldana),  PEPCO (Charlie Partridge [invited])
                           Representatives of G.S.A.,  Chevy Chase Bank, AT&T,  Verizon

4:00-6:00 p.m.     Reception -- honoring Sponsors, Speakers, Guests