Brought to you by our Presenting Sponsors:
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Walter E. Washington Convention Center Expo Floor | Ballroom B & C Workshops | Rooms 304-305-306 Executive Luncheon | Ballroom A |
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 Expo Floor from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 9:00 am Executive Luncheon at 12:00 pm |
GWHCC Business Expo
Join us at our biggest event of the year and connect with the region's leading businesses.
The GWCC Business Expo has become the region’s premier event connecting minority-owned businesses with potential clients and organizations that support their growth. Participation in the Expo has increased from 70 exhibitors and 500 attendees in 2010 to over 1,000 attendees and more than 100 exhibitors in 2019. A once in a year opportunity to have your business on display among these powerful resources.
Why attend?
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- Connect with the Local Hispanic Business Community – According to Nielson, if it were a standalone country, the US Hispanic market’s buying power would be a top-20 world economy. Ranked the nation’s fourth fastest growing market, the Washington metro area Hispanic market greatly impacts/influences this standing. The Expo is an excellent opportunity to meet leaders of the Hispanic business community face‐to‐face and establish the relationships that would allow your business to gain access to the local Hispanic market.
- Meet Buyers and Decision Makers – Interact with over 100 exhibitors that will be showcasing their businesses. Additionally, the Business Matchmaking Sessions will allow you to meet decision makers that purchase goods and services in local and federal government agencies, large organizations and corporations.
- Attend Business Workshops – Topics will include Marketing to Hispanics, How to Do Business with DC, MD, and VA Governments, Learning from Successful Hispanic Business-Owners, Federal Procurement, Overseas Investment Opportunities, and more.
- Explore International Business Opportunities – Latin American Embassies will be present to showcase unique business opportunities.
- Get covered - Get informed and enroll yourself, your family or business in the District's health exchange with DC Health Link.
Executive Luncheon
Each year the Business Expo features a high-profile VIP Executive Luncheon that brings C-Suite executives and corporate leaders together. This portion of the expo is an opportunity to listen to some incredible speakers. Plus a networking opportunity where you get the word out about your business to some of the most prominent people in the community that you may otherwise not be able to get in front of.
This years Executive Luncheon will be held in the Walter E Washington Convention Center, Ballroom A, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Meet the 2024 Executive Luncheon Keynote Speaker
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For more than two decades Mr. Gibson Sylvestre, MBA, has informed, inspired and invigorated audiences from New York to New Delhi, from Bangalore to Barcelona, From Sao Paulo to Switzerland from Beijing to Boston, from South Africa to South America, and from England to Ecuador. In all, Mr. Gibson has had the opportunity to touch lives in over 50 nations around the world. As a life-long learner, Gibson has challenged himself by completing certificates from Harvard University and Yale.
Gibson has appeared in FORBES Magazine, ABC News, New York Times, NBC News, CBS News, Associated Press, YAHOO! Business, Wall Street Select, and USA Today. Mr. Gibson is a best-selling author. He has interviewed Heads of States, celebrities, and rock stars, as well as world renowned authors on his trendsetting podcast entitled, Leaders, Followers, and Everything In-Between on Apple Podcast, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and everywhere podcasts are available. Visit WWW.GIBSONSYLVESTRE.COM for more information. |
Meet the 2024 Luncheon Emcee
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Alberto Pimienta is an anchor/reporter for Noticiero Telemundo 44, which airs on WZDC, the local station serving the Spanish-speaking community in the Washington, DC area. As part of Noticiero Telemundo 44, Pimienta reports breaking news and of most importance to viewers in the Washington, DC area. Before joining Telemundo 44 in November 2017, Pimienta worked as a political reporter for NY1, NY1 Noticias and the 24-hour local news stations Spectrum News from 2016 to 2017 working as a political reporter in Washington, DC, covering Congress and the White House. Pimienta also covered the legislative shootout in Alexandria, the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia, President Donald Trump's campaign close in New York, the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando and violent protests in Charlotte. Pimienta earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
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PITCH YOUR BIZ COMPETITIONPitch Your Business at the GWHCC Business Expo. Application form available now! Apply and you may be one of the 8 selected businesses that will Pitch their Biz in front of a LIVE crowd! A panel of judges chosen from the local entrepreneurial community will judge the competition. Top three winners will earn cash prices valued at $500, $400, and $300.
All Small Business are eligible! APPLICATIONS CLOSED |
All applicants must be available to present their business pitch in person in the first round and the final round. Terms and Conditions apply.
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Why Exhibit?
The GWHCC Annual Business Expo provides the opportunity for you to showcase your business to over 1,000 potential new customers. Launched in 2010, the Business Expo is one of our region's prime events to connect multi-cultural owned businesses to companies and clients who want to do business with them. Capitalize on this unique opportunity to reach one of the fastest growing Hispanic markets in the country.
The Business EXPO is the time to:
- Increase business awareness and credibility.
- Showcase existing and/or new products/services.
- Sell products/services – “cash and carry” allowed and encouraged.
- Make key business contacts and “seal the deal”. People do business with people they know!
- Network with other exhibitors and attendees
- Promote employment opportunities.
Exhibitor Booth Rates: (SOLD OUT)
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On Site Benefits Include:
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Why Sponsor?
This is your opportunity to target the nation's largest minority group.
When you invest in our community, you invest in your success. The Business Expo is just one of many programs and initiatives that supports the Chamber’s mission to build community through business. Your sponsorship of the Expo will help position you as a leader in the GWHCC business community and help us create more opportunities for business growth and success.
When you invest in our community, you invest in your success. The Business Expo is just one of many programs and initiatives that supports the Chamber’s mission to build community through business. Your sponsorship of the Expo will help position you as a leader in the GWHCC business community and help us create more opportunities for business growth and success.
Sponsorship opportunities are SOLD OUT FOR 2024.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR 2024 SPONSORS
GWHCC TRUSTEES
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President's Club
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Presenting Sponsor
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Leading Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor
Registration Area Sponsor
Executive Luncheon Sponsor
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Corporate Sponsor
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Breakfast Area Sponsor
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Small Business Village Sponsors
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Marketing and Media Sponsors
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Partners
For more information contact GWHCC at [email protected] or call 202-728-0352.
*No refunds or reimbursements. General Attendance is FREE and open to all. As this is an adult-focused event, children are not allowed unless otherwise instructed by the GWHCC organizers.
*No refunds or reimbursements. General Attendance is FREE and open to all. As this is an adult-focused event, children are not allowed unless otherwise instructed by the GWHCC organizers.
