2010 NGLCC National Business & Leadership Conference: Out for Business! & National Dinner: An Evening of Courage!

Join us in the Nation's Capital as we combine our
2010 National Business
and Leadership Conference and National Dinner
November 18-20, 2010

 

National Business and Leadership Conference:
Out for Business!
Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC  20036
National Dinner: An Evening of Courage!
National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

NGLCC is very happy to announce the combination of these two wonderful events in our Nation's Capital!

Out for Business! will be a three-day event, including a series of exciting business symposia, engaging keynote speakers, thoughtful panel discussions and fun special events designed to educate and connect attendees. The NGLCC's relationship with the current White House Administration, Capitol Hill and several federal agencies will provide attendees a wealth of political insight from elected and appointed officials who bring their influence to the LGBT business movement. 

Robust programming is designed to meet the interests and needs of LGBT business owners and entrepreneurs, allied companies and NGLCC affiliate chambers from around the country. The Out for Business! Conference will also connected local and national LGBT businesses with NGLCC's corporate partners for contracting opportunities. Among the 100+ NGLCC Corporate Partners represented include companies such as IBM, Aetna, American Airlines, Ernst & Young, Hewlet Packard, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, Merck, AT&T, UPS, Wells Fargo and Hilton, just to name a few. Click here for a complete list of NGLCC corporate partners.

Invited speakers include:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi	Congressman Barney Frank	Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin	Congressman Jared Polis	Commerce Sec. Gary Locke

Assistant Sec. Dept. of Labor, Kathleen Martinez	Senator Mary Landrieu	Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez	Senator Olympia Snowe	Chaiman Export Import Bank, Fred Hochberg

Schedule of events.
To see a tentative agenda for the Out for Business! conference and a sample of sessions being offered, please click on the button below:

The NGLCC National Dinner: An Evening of Courage! will be a celebratory event on Friday evening during the conference. Conference attendees, LGBT business owners, corporate allies, local chamber leaders, government officials and community leaders will gather, once again, for the 2010 National Dinner to celebrate courageous women and men in business, government and community activism. Guests will have the opportunity to mingle, re-connect and continue to network at the Founders & Friends Reception and Silent Auction prior to the start of the dinner program.

An Evening of Courage! will, once again, be held in the Great Hall of the historic National Building Museum in downtown Washington, DC.

5:30 - 7:30 PM - Founders & Friends reception and Silent Auction
7:30 - 10:00 PM - National Dinner Program
10:00 - 11:00 PM - Nightcap

Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of those making a significant impact in the LGBT business movement. Awards presented included:

- NGLCC/American Airlines ExtrAA mile Award
- Chamber of the Year Award
- Courage In Business Award
- Corporation of the Year
- Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year Award
- NGLCC/Wells Fargo Business Owner of the Year Award

In addition to the wonderful line-up of events, the evening will culminate with the NGLCC after-party where guests further network and socialize.

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact the NGLCC Events department at 202.234.9181 or events@nglcc.org