Thursday, October 19

8:00am ET

Sponsor Breakout     |     Small Business Breakfast Briefing with Experian  
 

 

9:00 am ET
Guest Arrival   

 

9:30 am ET
Welcome and Opening Remarks 

  • Steve Patterson, Small Business Summit Host

 

9:35 am ET
Keynote Remarks

  • Suzanne P. Clark, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

 

9:45 am ET
Panel Discussion     |     Audience Q&A
Ready. Set. Scale.:  Big Business Platforms to Automate and Accelerate SMB Growth

  • Ashley Hubka, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Walmart Business
  • Ciara McCoy, Head of SMB Advocacy, NA, Meta

Moderated by Barbara Thau, Editorial Director, Features, CO—by U.S. Chamber of Commerce     

                           

10:20 am ET
Trend Watch      |     Key Trends Every Small Business Should Know About
Featuring T-Mobile

  • Sean Magowan, Solutions Engineer, T-Mobile

                                 

10:25 am ET
Live! from the Small Business Stage     |     Creative Pivots That Transformed Our Small Business  

  • Mark Estomin, Owner, Calgo Gardens
  • April Peterson, Co-owner, River Rock Outfitter

Moderated by Jeanette Mulvey, Editor-in-Chief, CO—by U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

                                 

10:40 am ET
Fireside Chat      |     Small Business Update

  • Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer, and Head of Strategic Advocacy, U.S. Chamber of                                                   Commerce

In conversation with Jenna Shrove, Executive Director of Strategic Advocacy and Advisor to the Chief Policy Officer 

 

11:00 am ET
Trend Watch      |     Key Trends Every Small Business Should Know About
Featuring Iron Mountain

  • Krishna Nacha, Senior Vice President, Head of North America, Iron Mountain Global Records and Information Management

                                 

11:05 am ET
Live! from the Small Business Stage     |     Tactics for Building Customer & Community Loyalty 

  • Caitlin Drayna, Events & Community Engagement Coordinator, Shakopee Brewhall 

  • Denise Einkauf, Owner/President, Waggin’ Tails

  • Lillian Werbin, CEO & Co-Owner, Elderly Instruments 

Moderated by Jeanette Mulvey, Editor-in-Chief, CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

         

11:20 am ET
Fireside Chat      |     Demystifying the Funding Process for Growing Small Businesses

  • Cory Kampfer, Co-President, Small Business Lending, Enova 

Moderated by Steve Patterson, host of America's Top Small Business Summit

 

11:45 am ET 
Luncheon and Networking 

 

12:45 pm ET           
Live! from the Small Business Stage     |     Hiring and Building an Employee Team That Loves What They Do 

  • Will Chen, Founder and CEO, P.L.A.Y. Pet Lifestyle and You 
  • Dan Newman, Founder, CEO & Principal Auctioneer, Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals

Moderated by Jeanette Mulvey, Editor-in-Chief, CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

 

Fireside Chat      |     Audience Q&A 
The Great Tech Equalizer: How AI is Helping Small Businesses Compete Better with Big Brand

  • Matt Madrigal, Vice President and General Manager, Merchant Shopping, Google 

In conversation with Kristen DelGuzzi, Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

                       

1:20pm ET
Closing Remarks 

 

1:30pm ET               
Program Concludes