The Gathering 2023 Agenda
Saturday, July 22nd
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Pre-Gathering Networking at GolfSuites Tulsa
Sunday, July 23rd
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Trade Show Registration and Vendor and Artisan Set-Up
Sign-In and Receive Badges at Will-Call
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Break For Lunch (Not Provided)
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Trade Show and Art Market
3:00 PM
Grand Ribbon Cutting | Main Ballroom Stage
Please Join State Board President Bailey Walker and State Board of Directors
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Break
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Vendor Networking Reception | Main Ballroom and Vendor Show
Karaoke, Hors D’Oeuvres, and Cash Bar Available
Monday, July 24th
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Trade Show | Registration | Receive Badges (Open All Day)
Sign-In and Receive Badges at Will-Call
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Networking Continental Breakfast | Main Ballroom
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
General Session
Master Of Ceremonies: Nicholas Wahpepah
Blessing Of The Gathering: Dean Turner
Grand Entry: Chickasaw Dance Troupe
Welcome: AICCO State Board President Bailey Walker
Opening Prayer: Rev. Eddie Lindsey
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Trade Show
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch | Main Ballroom
Presenting Sponsor James Boggs, Executive Vice President and President
Community and Tribal Banking, Sovereign Bank
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Speaker | Main Ballroom
Amy Walton, Deputy Director of Business Development
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Speaker | Main Ballroom
The Honorable Susan Harper, Consul of Canada
The Consulate General of Canada in Dallas (responsible for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
Break
2:10 PM – 3:00 PM
Speaker | Main Ballroom
Jackson Brossy, Assistant Administrator
The Office of Native American Affairs, U.S. Small Business Administration
3:15 PM – 4:40 PM
B2B Matchmaking Session | Main Ballroom
Sign Up During Registration
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Panel Discussion | Financing Your Business | Breakout Room 1
Moderator: Shelly Douglas
Panelist: Felecia Freeman, Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation
Panelist: James Boggs, Community & Tribal Banking at Sovereign Bank
Panelist: Sarah Roberts, Tinker Federal Credit Union
Panelist: Dustin Shanks, Tinker Federal Credit Union
Panelist: Edith Baker, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Panel Discussion | Cybersecurity | Breakout Room 2
Moderator: Jordan Caldwell
Panelist: Madison Horn, Critical Fault
Panelist: Amanda Lee Keammerer, gener8tor Cybersecurity
Panelist: Dave Henderson, Osi Vision
5:45 PM – 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion | Digital Broadband and Oklahoma Municipal League | Breakout Room 1
Moderator: Felecia Freeman
Panelist: MJ Barton, Oklahoma Broadband Office
Panelist: Edyn Rolls, Oklahoma Broadband Office
Panelist: Mike Sanders, Oklahoma Broadband Office
Panelist: Daniel McClure, Oklahoma Municipal League
5:45 PM – 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion | Federal Contracting and Business Grants | Breakout Room 2
Moderator: Nicolette Casula
Panelist: Susan Dean, REI Oklahoma
Panelist: Amanda Smith, Native American Business Association
Panelist: David Hoffmeier, APEX Accelerator
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Apache Fire Dancers | Main Ballroom
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
President’s Legacy of Servant Leadership Award and Dinner | Main Ballroom
Vendor Prize Giveaways
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Presidential Reception and Mixer | Main Ballroom
Cash Bar
Tuesday, July 25th
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Networking Continental Breakfast | Main Ballroom
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Trade Show and Art Market Open
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Speaker | Main Ballroom
Santiago Almarez, Head of Contracting Activity and Director
Office of Management Services, Indian Health Service
“Buy Indian Act Update”
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
AICCO Awards | Main Ballroom
Small and Large Business of the Year
Chapter Awards – Member of the Year
11:30 AM
Closing Remarks | Main Ballroom
Bailey Walker, AICCO State Board President
Adjourn | Trade Show and Art Market Teardown