Featured Program Tracks & Themes
Event Theme: The Power of Small Business: Driving Change, Creating Opportunity
This year’s theme highlights the vital role small businesses play in transforming communities, fostering innovation, and driving economic progress. Small business owners are changemakers in our communities!
Breakout session proposals should align with this theme all while showcasing your knowledge and expertise. Whether you’re sharing actionable advice, cutting-edge insights, or tools to drive success, your session will help empower small businesses to navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and create meaningful change.
We are looking for breakout session speakers to share their expertise and align with our tracks and themes for each event. Breakout session tracks include:
- Access to Capital
- Business Operations
- Business Growth
- Government Contracting
- Technology
- and Marketing
Things to Note:
- If selected, all speakers will receive a complimentary registration to the event.
- Speakers fees are not provided.
- If selected to present, speakers will be responsible for covering the cost for logistics (travel, accommodation, etc.).
- Each session can have a maximum of four speakers at a time. If a panel, our preferred format is one moderator and three panelists.
- Presentations will be chosen based on the proposed idea and speakers suggested. Changes in subject or speakers must be approved in writing by the Florida SBDC Network and may lead to the cancellation of the session.
- If selected, speakers will be required to attend a mandatory pre-conference meeting and will also be required to arrive on site no later than 30 minutes before their scheduled time slot.
- Once offers are accepted, and speaker and session content have been confirmed, we will add the session to the event agenda. We may list the speaker as a confirmed speaker on the speaker page in advance of finalizing the speaker details.
*Please note submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis.*
