Thursday, October 19

9:00 am ET
Guest Arrival and Breakfast  

 

9:30 am ET
Welcome and Opening Remarks 

 

Keynote Remarks

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

 

Panel Discussion     |     Ready. Set. Scale.:  Big Business Platforms to Automate and Accelerate SMB Growth

  • Ashley Hubka, General Manager & Senior Vice President, Walmart Business
  • Justin Osofsky, Head of Online Sales, Operations & Partnerships, Meta

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

                           

Trend Watch      |     T-Mobile

                                 

Panel Discussion     |     Live! from the Small Business Stage - Creative Pivots That Transformed Our Small Business  

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

                                 

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 

 

Trend Watch      |     Dell

                                 

Panel Discussion     |     Live! from the Small Business Stage - Tactics for Building Customer & Community Loyalty 

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

 

Fireside Chat      |     Advancing Entrepreneurship in an Increasingly Diverse Business Landscape

  • 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, Strategic Advocacy and Advisor to the Chief Policy Officer 

 

Trend Watch      |     Iron Mountain

         

Fireside Chat      |     Demystifying the Funding Process for Growing Small Businesses

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

 

11:45 am ET 
Luncheon and Networking 

 

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

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

 

Fireside Chat      |     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