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SUMMARY:22nd Annual APACC East-West Business Connection presented by Horizon Bank
DESCRIPTION:Resilience in Transition: Adapting to Economic Shifts and Policy Evolution\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                        Title Sponsor\n\n\n\n2025 will mark the 22nd anniversary of the APACC East-West Business Connection. This global supplier diversity matchmaking event attracts minority-owned businesses\, Supplier Diversity practitioners\, and business-to-business professionals. Attendees include Asian and U.S. businesses\, minority business enterprises (MBEs)\, OEMs\, Tier 1 suppliers\, and corporate purchasing teams. The event features networking\, a supplier exhibition\, and the "Meet the Buyer" Showcase\, which provides suppliers the opportunity to engage one-on-one with corporate buyers on specific procurement needs.\n\nView Buyers' Commodities List HERE - Weekly Update\n\n\n\nLunch Program Speaker: Dr. Bryan K. Kieler\, Senior Vice President and Michigan Market Manager for Community Development Banking at PNC Bank\n\nAdjunct Professor at DeVos School of Management at Northwood University\, Wayne State University\, University of Detroit Mercy\, and Walsh College. He teaches finance and management courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels\, specializing in leadership\, strategy\, and finance.\n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n 9:30 a.m.    Check-In\n\n 9:30 a.m.    Exhibitors Showcase and Networking\n\n10:00 a.m.   Morning Program\, The AI Advantage: Building Resilience and Scaling for Growth\n\n11:30 a.m.    Lunch\n\n12:00 p.m.    Lunch Program\, Resilience in Transition: Adapting to Economic Shifts and Policy Evolution\n\n1:15 p.m.      Meet the Buyers Showcase\n\n\n\nExhibitors Unloading and Parking Guide Here: Click to View \n\nAttendees Parking Guide Here: Click to View \n\n\n\n\n\n* Buyer participation is by invitation only. To attend as a Buyer\, please contact Leonie Teichman\n\n\n\nAll paid attendees will receive a copy of our Lexicon which contains the company and contact information of all event participants.\n\n\n\n* Cut-off date to be included in the Lexicon is Wednesday\, February 12\, 2025.\n\n\n\nMedia Sponsor: Corp! Magazine\n\nMagazine Sponsor: DBusiness
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Resilience in Transition: Adapting to Economic Shifts and Policy Evolution<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="72" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3222/Image/HorizonBank.png" style="width: 243px\; height: 72px\;" width="243" /><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Title Sponsor<br />\n<br />\n2025 will mark the 22nd anniversary of the APACC East-West Business Connection. This global supplier diversity matchmaking event attracts minority-owned businesses\, Supplier Diversity practitioners\, and business-to-business professionals. Attendees include Asian and U.S. businesses\, minority business enterprises (MBEs)\, OEMs\, Tier 1 suppliers\, and corporate purchasing teams. The event features networking\, a supplier exhibition\, and the &quot\;Meet the Buyer&quot\; Showcase\, which provides suppliers the opportunity to engage one-on-one with corporate buyers on specific procurement needs.</p>\n\n<p><strong><a href="http://www.apacc.net/buyers" target="_blank">View&nbsp\;Buyers&#39\; Commodities List HERE</a></strong> - Weekly Update<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="223" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3222/Image/Speakers/Kieler_09719small.jpg" style="width: 150px\; height: 223px\; float: left\; margin: 5px\;" width="150" /><strong>Lunch Program&nbsp\;Speaker:</strong> Dr. Bryan K. Kieler\, Senior Vice President and Michigan Market Manager for Community Development Banking at PNC Bank<br />\nAdjunct Professor at DeVos School of Management at Northwood University\, Wayne State University\, University of Detroit Mercy\, and Walsh College. He teaches finance and management courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels\, specializing in leadership\, strategy\, and finance.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Agenda:</strong><br />\n&nbsp\;9:30 a.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Check-In<br />\n&nbsp\;9:30 a.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Exhibitors Showcase and Networking<br />\n10:00 a.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Morning Program\,&nbsp\;<em>The AI Advantage: Building Resilience and Scaling for Growth</em><br />\n11:30 a.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Lunch<br />\n12:00 p.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Lunch Program\, <em>Resilience in Transition: Adapting to Economic Shifts and Policy Evolution</em><br />\n1:15 p.m.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Meet the Buyers Showcase<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Exhibitors Unloading and Parking Guide Here:&nbsp\;<a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3222/File/ExhibitorInstructionsfor22ndEast-WestBusinessConnection1.pdf" target="_blank">Click to View</a> </strong><br />\n<strong>Attendees Parking Guide Here:&nbsp\;<a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/3222/File/AttendeeParkingSuggestionsfor22ndEast-WestBusinessConnection1.pdf" target="_blank">Click to View</a> </strong><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>* Buyer participation is by invitation only. To attend as a Buyer\, please contact <a href="mailto:events@apacc.net?subject=East-West%20Business%20Connection%20Buyer%20Registration" target="_blank">Leonie Teichman</a></strong><br />\n<br />\n<em><strong>All paid attendees will receive a copy of our Lexicon which contains the company and contact information of all event participants</strong></em>.<br />\n<br />\n* <strong>Cut-off date to be included in the Lexicon is Wednesday\, February 12\, 2025.</strong><br />\n<br />\nMedia Sponsor: Corp! Magazine<br />\nMagazine Sponsor: DBusiness</p>\n
LOCATION:Wayne State University (Student Center)
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URL:https://www.apacc.net/events/details/22nd-annual-apacc-east-west-business-connection-presented-by-horizon-bank-2931
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