TxDOT will conduct briefings around the state for small and minority-owned businesses providing contract opportunities and information on how to do business with TxDOT and with the State of Texas. The briefings will provide General Industry Sessions to include specific information on doing business in the construction, goods & services, information technology and professional engineering service industries. Breakout Sessions will cover small and minority-owned business certifications, resources for small business development, and business marketing for state contracts.

Workshop Attire

Dress for the conference will be business/business casual.

Dates/Locations

San Antonio

Preliminary Agenda

July 20, 2011
Norris Conference Center - San Antonio
Crossroads Mall
4522 Fredericksburg Rd., A-100
San Antonio, TX 78201
ph. (210) 738-0040
www.norriscenters.com

Online registration available until: July 15, 2011.

The following hotels have room blocks for this event:

• Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
  Residence Inn by Marriott
  San Antonio Downtown/Market Square Area
  620 South Santa Rosa
  San Antonio, TX 78204
  ph. (210) 299-1000 · fax (210) 299-1030

Past Meeting Locations

Beaumont

November 10, 2010
MCM Elegante
2355 I H - 10 South
Beaumont, Texas 77705
ph. (409) 842-3600
mcmelegantebeaumont.com

Ft. Worth

April 20, 2011
Omni Ft. Worth Hotel
1300 Houston Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
ph. (817) 535-6664
www.omnifortworthhotel.com

Registration Information

Registration Fee

$50 – Online Registration
(Please see online registration deadline below for your desired location.)
$60 – On-site Registration

Note: Speakers and TxDOT employees are NOT required to pay a registration fee.

Online Registration

Online registration deadlines are at 12:00 noon CST on the following days:

• Beaumont - Wednesday, November 3, 2010
• Ft. Worth - Friday, April 15, 2011
• San Antonio - Friday, July 15, 2011

To register, please complete the online registration form.

Please Note: Payment is due by the registration deadline above. Companies who have failed to pay will be removed from the registration system and must register on-site for $60 as space allows.

You may pay your registration fee by check, money order, or credit card. Please make checks or money orders payable to TTI-SBB11 and mail your payment to Event Management & Planning (EM&P). EM&P also accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express credit cards online or over the phone.

For payment processing purposes, the vendor identification number for TTI-EM&P is 37277277275000. The federal identification number is 74-2270624.

Cancellation

The following cancellation schedule is set up for those that may need to cancel their registration. Each location has a different cancellation cutoff date. To receive a full refund, a cancellation request must be received in writing (via postal mail and/or email) to EM&P by 5:00 pm on or before the cancelation cutoff date.

• Beaumont cancellation cutoff date - October 22, 2010
• Ft. Worth cancellation cutoff date - April 1, 2011
• San Antonio cancellation cutoff date - July 1, 2011

No refunds will be made if the cancellation request is made after the cutoff date, NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. Please e-mail your request to events@tamu.edu. At any time, if the registered participant cannot attend this conference, someone else may attend in his/her place or you may opt to attend the next Small Business Briefing within the same fiscal year, should one be available.

On-site Registration

On-site registration is available beginning at 7:30 a.m. on the day of the event for a fee of $60 payable by check, money order or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) only.
Cash will not be accepted on-site.

For More Information

Program Contents

Alta Alexander
Business Outreach and Program Services Branch
TxDOT
3800 Jackson Avenue, Building 5
Austin, TX 78731
ph. (512) 486-5524
alta.alexander@txdot.gov

Registration Information

Event Management & Planning
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 862-1219 · fax (979) 862-1225 · toll-free (888) 550-5577
events@tamu.edu