Conference Sponsors:
Center for Support of Economic Development
Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Public Service Company of New Mexico
MESA
ALTELA
SOAR Collaboration, LLC
Team Technologies, Inc.
Sacred Power
Sky City
New Mexico Economic Development
FUCAPI
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico
Fundacao
Canada
The Loan Fund
Native Original Products
NativeWorld Trading Co., Inc.
Native American Investment Group
FIBEA Conference Agenda

FIBEA 2007 Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship Alliances in the Americas (FIBEA) Conference
November 7 - 9, 2007

Sky City Hotel and Conference Center
Acoma, New Mexico




November 7, 2007

Conference agenda for November 7, 2007.

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception

November 8, 2007

Conference agenda for November 8, 2007.

6:30am - 8:45am Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Sustainable Development I (Session Chair: Dr. Bettina Schneider)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Economic Development and Entrepreneurship (Session Chair: Dr. Raul Gouvea)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Cultural & Environmental Sustainability Workshop
10:15am - 10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am - 11:45am
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Indigenous Infrastructure (Session Chair: Dr. Craig White)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Indigenous Entrepreneurial Strategies (Session Chair: Dr. Steve Walsh)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Government Sponsored Contracts & Entrepreneurship (Session Chair: Bettina Schneider)
12:00 noon - 1:30pm Lunch
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Ecotourism (Session Chair: Dr. Mark Calamia)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Investing in the Indigenous Entrepreneur (Session Chair: Dr. Sul Kassicieh)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Sustainable Development II (Session Chair: Dr. Shelton Davis)
3:15pm - 3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Sustainable Technologies (Session Chair: Dr. Steve Walsh)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Fraud
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Indigenous Entrepreneurship Issues (Session Chair: Dr. Anne Deruyttere)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Dinner and Keynote Speaker

November 9, 2007

Conference agenda for November 9, 2007.

6:30am - 8:45am Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Indigenous Gaming (Session Chair: Elvira Stahn)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Financing Indigenous Business Ventures (Session Chair: Dr. Na Dai)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Education & Indigenous Entrepreneurship (Session Chair: Dr. Emmanuel Morales-Camargo)
10:15am - 10:30am Coffee Break
10:30am - 11:45am
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Cultural Heritage And Tourism (Session Chair: Brian Vallo)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Investments (Session Chair: Elsie Sanchez)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Legal Aspects of Indigenous Entrepreneurship (Session Chair: Aline Gonzales-Saiz)
  • Session 4, Huwaka Patio - Latin American Strategies (Session Chair: Lidice Meirlles)
12:00 noon - 1:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
2:00pm - 3:15pm
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Agriculture (Session Chair: Dr. Shelton Davis)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Government Contracting (Session Chair: Albert Cherino)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Education II
3:15pm - 3:30pm Coffee Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm
  • Session 1, Pinon A - Multilateral Development (Session Chair: Dr. Raul Gouvea)
  • Session 2, Pinon B - Export Strategies (Session Chair: Matthew Woodlee)
  • Session 3, Pinon C - Case Studies (Session Chair: June Ortiz)
6:00pm - 8:00pm Celebration Banquet

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