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Join Us for Prizes, Appetizers, Vendor Displays, Workshops, Free Samples, and an Entertainment Showcase!

If you plan anything from corporate events to company picnics, Event Expo is for you. Visit with over 60 exhibitors representing the areas best restaurants, venues, planning services, and more. Enjoy appetizers and entertainment as you stroll through the Forum experiencing samples and ideas from meeting planning experts.

Register NOW and Attend FREE!

Expo 2008 Show Schedule

9:30 AM Show Registration Opens

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Welcoming Session
Keynote Speaker Paul Kiewiet, past chairman PPAI
The Experience Economy,
The Value of Corporate Events
Whether the objective is aligning employee behaviors to corporate goals or inspiring consumers to purchase, “if it doesn’t go WOW, it doesn’t go.”

11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Event Expo 2008
Show exhibits from over 65 event product and service companies.

5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Entertainment Showcase and Reception
Sponsored By: Jerry Bruno Productions.
The entertainment showcase and cocktail reception starts at 5PM for visitors, exhibitors, and sponsors. Raffle for the American Diabetes Association. Cocktail reception for visitors, exhibitors, and sponsors with music performed by the Jerry Bruno Orchestra.

The Conference & Expo will be facilitated by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio/Hispanic Business Association (HCCO/HBA). The conference will feature two powerhouse keynote speakers that are sure to energize everyone in attendance. We will commensurate our conference and expo with a keynote address by Ms. Juana Bordas, President of Mestiza Leadership International, arriving from Denver, Colorado. Cleveland’s native Ms. Robin Jay, Author of Corporate Trainer, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada will be our keynote speaker for our luncheon address.

A sell-out crowd is expected to attend and participate in the day-long event with an array of corporate exhibitors.

The theme of this year’s conference, “BRIDGING SUCCESS,” has a mission to promote women business enterprises at all stages of development, by providing an unmatched forum in the region. Women business owners can find the information and the tools necessary to expand their market. Entrepreneurs will be able to display their products and services to America's leading corporations and governmental agencies. These corporations and agencies will join the conference from across the state and the nation as sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees.

During the event, business owners, senior corporate executives, supplier diversity procurement professionals, community leaders and governmental officials will make a difference by actively participating in our events, which include networking activities, workshops, panel discussions, and matchmaking procurement sessions. Additionally, a highlight of the conference will be the Women’s Business Market Place & Expo.

Join SME Cleveland member Tom Bennett of St. Martin de Porres High School and Senior Executives from Forest City Enterprises, KeyBank and National City mix your drinks just the way you like them!! Complimentary appetizers and happy hour drink prices will be available. 100% of all gratuities will go to support the programs and services of Towards Employment. Annually, Towards Employment helps hundreds of disadvantaged Greater Clevelanders move from poverty to a paycheck.

Velocity | 2008
Celebrate the innovation behind Northeastern Ohio Leading Companies
Sponsored by the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club
with the support of
SME Cleveland
Tech Czar
FIT Technologies
Gallo Displays/Opus
COSE/NEOSA


ve·loc·i·ty /vəˈlɒsɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[vuh-los-i-tee]: the rate of speed with which something happens; rapidity of action or reaction.

Every day, companies in Northeastern Ohio innovate, compete and succeed in the global marketplace. They add velocity and momentum to our economy, putting money in motion. Velocity 2008 celebrates these companies, highlighting how each one uses innovative processes, procedures and technologies to produce outstanding results.

Attendees will hear from King Hill, founder of Digiknow, Michael DeAloia, the Tech Czar, and other leaders in technology and innovation. Afterwards, the first floor of The Idea Center will be open to mix and mingle with more than 30 companies from Northeast Ohio who are creating revolutionary innovations in their industries.

Where: The Idea Center at Playhouse Square (on Euclid Avenue)
When: May 29, 2008
Cost: $10 for members (SME and COSE members) and $15 for non-members.

The event begins at 4:30 p.m. with open networking followed by a brief presentation at 5:30 p.m.
From 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the Idea Center will be open for you to meet some of Northeaster Ohio's leading companies in innovation, technology, and ideas.

For more information about this event (either to attend or exhibit), contact Dan Young.