CelebrAsian 2012 Business Opportunity Conference to be held in Bethesda, Maryland on June 4-6

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr. 2, 2012 - WASHINGTON, DC – The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) will hold its annual flagship event CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference 2012 on June 4-6 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland. This year's theme is "The Future is Now: Seize It and Win It."

Conference Co-Chairs are Ravi Saligram, CEO of OfficeMax and Kyle McSlarrow, President of Comcast/NBC Universal. Corporate Co-Chairs are Marriott International, PepsiCo and Wells Fargo.

CelebrAsian is the only annual national Pan Asian American business conference in the United States and provides Asian American-owned businesses wide access to contract opportunities, growth industries, strategic solutions and best practices to thrive in the global marketplace.

Every year, CelebrAsian connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and business owners with buyers from Fortune 1000 Corporations, the Federal, State and Local government, and the small and minority business community, through informative summits, workshops, networking events, and it signature pre-scheduled one-on-one business matchmaking meetings. This year, USPAACC lists over 45 different types of commodities needed to be purchased across industries.

"Our mission is to provide parity and a roadmap to opportunities for the more than 15,000 business-to-business Asian American-owned enterprises nationwide so that they can compete effectively in the mainstream," said Susan Au Allen, USPAACC National President & CEO.

The specially-designed sessions will include: Under 40 Millionaire Entrepreneurs – Success Stories; International CPO Forum; Asia Trade Mission Roundtable; Welcome Reception and Asian American Directors' Awards; Supplier Diversity & Small Business Program Caucus; Immigration Investors Program as a Business Expansion Plan: Financing Through Investors & Banks; Business Express: Ready Set Grow®; Crack the Code of Marketing to Corporations & Government 101; Taking Your Relationship with Corporations & Government to the Next Level: Advanced Contracting; Asian American CEOs: Living the American Dream; Excellence Awards Gala Reception and Dinner; Presentation of the Fast 50 Asian American Businesses; Guanxi* Supplier Opportunity Fair; One-on-One Prescheduled Business Matchmaking Meetings; and the Business Leaders and College Scholarship Luncheon; and much more. (*Guanxi is a business term meaning "connections" or "relationship")

For more information or sponsorship opportunities, visit http://www.uspaacc.com or http://www.celebrasianconference.com or call USPAACC at (202) 296.5221

Media Inquiries:
JP Torres
Tel (617) 933-9629
jptorres@uspaacc.com

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ABOUT USPAACC: Founded in 1984 as a non-profit and non-partisan organization, USPAACC is the single unified voice for equal opportunity for Asian American businesses. We promote and propel economic growth by opening doors to business, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, government at the federal, state and local levels, and the small and minority business community. For 26 years, USPAACC has served and will continue to serve as the gateway to large corporate and government contracts, top-caliber Asian American and small and minority suppliers, key information about Asian Americans and business opportunities in the dynamic Asia-Pacific market.