Major Fortune 500 Corporations Sponsor National Business Opportunity Conference in New York

PR Log (Press Release) – May 08, 2009 – Washington, DC – The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC Education Foundation) announced today that major Fortune 500 Corporations are sponsoring their 24th Anniversary CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference ‘09, May 20 – 22, New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York. This national Conference is USPAACC Education Foundation’s continuing effort to turn challenges facing small and minority businesses into opportunities.

The Conference theme, “Business beyond Boundaries: Turning Challenges into Opportunities—Follow the Money,” will show businesses how to thrive even during economic downturns, how to get (and do) business in the Obama Administration’s “green” energy movement, and how to win a piece of the $787 billion Economic Stimulus package.

Wells Fargo and PepsiCo are the Corporate Co-Chairs; Merck and The Coca-Cola Company are the Program Co-Chairs. GE is the Co-Chair of the Excellence Awards Gala Dinner; Verizon sponsors the Welcome Reception; Wal-Mart for “Go Green Opportunities;” Merck for “Building Your Business Capacity to Win;” Marriott Hotels for the Excellence Awards Reception; and Harrah’s Foundation for the Business Leaders and Scholarship Awards Luncheon.

Over 40 Fortune 500 Corporations and 16 Asian American Business Enterprises (ABEs) are sponsoring CelebrAsian ‘09. More than 100 Asian American-owned businesses will be represented and over 600 Asian American suppliers and business owners are expected to participate in the three-day Conference.

“We are honored by the diverse roster of Fortune 500 Corporations who once again support our flagship event,” said Susan Au Allen, USPAACC Education Foundation National President & CEO. “We thank our Corporate partners who have worked with us for many years now—for their generosity and steadfast commitment to helping Asian American and other minority businesses to succeed in today’s dynamic marketplace.”

Allen noted that USPAACC Education Foundation also works closely with the Federal, State and Local government agencies, ABEs and other national minority business organizations, such as the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, to form a far-reaching network of strategic resources for small and minority businesses nationwide. USPAACC Education Foundation has established a network of 12,000 Asian American businesses through its Regional Chapters in Northern and Southern California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia in the National Capital Area.

CelebrAsian—the oldest and largest pan Asian American business opportunity conference in the United States—connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and business owners with buyers from Fortune 500 corporations, the Federal, State and Local government, and the small and minority business community, through pre-scheduled one-on-one matchmaking business meetings, informative summits, workshops, and networking events.

The Conference will shine the spotlight on the success and achievements of outstanding Asian American businesses, through the USPAACC Education Foundation/Wells Fargo Asian Business Leadership Awards, the Business Leaders and Scholarship Awards Luncheon, and The Excellence Awards Gala Dinner presenting the “Fast 50 Asian American Businesses.”

For more information or to register, visit www.uspaacc.com