Asian American-owned Businesses Sponsor USPAACC’s CelebrAsian 2010

April 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington, DC -- US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) has announced that 15 Asian American-owned businesses will be sponsoring USPAACC’s 25th Anniversary CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference on May 25-27, 2010 at the Omni Shoreham hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC and The United States Capitol. The national business conference aims to increase procurement opportunities for Asian American suppliers.

PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi is the Conference Chair; PepsiCo and Wells Fargo are the Corporate Co-Chairs; Alorica, Inc. is the Asian American Business Co-Chair.

Asian American-owned Business sponsors include: Alorica, Inc.; Ampcus, Inc.; CE2 Corporation; Infinity; MSL Express; PCCW Global; Peri Software; Planned Systems, Inc.; Sugar Bowl Bakery; Techni Source Services Group; Topline Products; Tronex; and VXI Global Solutions, Inc.

To date, these 15 Asian American-owned businesses will join over 50 Fortune corporations, 25 Federal Agencies and several media partners who are sponsoring the Conference. Special guests from the U.S. Congress and leaders of national organizations are also expected to attend. In all, close to a thousand Conference participants from all over the country will come to the nation’s capital—where USPAACC was founded a quarter-century ago—to celebrate this auspicious and important milestone.

“We are grateful for the show of solidarity and support from these successful Asian American-owned businesses during our 25th Anniversary flagship Conference,” said Susan Au Allen, USPAACC National President & CEO. “Their participation in CelebrAsian 2010 is a strong testament to their enduring commitment to helping us provide the Asian American business community increased access to procurement opportunities especially in today’s challenging marketplace.”

CelebrAsian—the largest of its kind in the United States—annually connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and small business owners with buyers from Fortune 500 corporations, the Federal government, and the small/minority business community, through pre-scheduled one-on-one business matchmaking meetings, informative summits, workshops, and networking sessions.

This year's Conference Program is focused on achieving robust business growth, wealth-creating opportunities, and turning the spotlight on the achievements of successful businesses: International CEO Forum: What You Need to Know to Enter and Succeed in China's Market; Congressional Reception; “How I Built a $300 Million Business through Federal Contracting;” “How We Built a $120 Million Business through Corporate Contracting;” Doing Business with Corporations 101; Summit on the Future of Supplier Diversity and Federal Small Business Programs; Where are the Opportunities for Sustainability and How to Access Them; USPAACC/Wells Fargo Asian Business Leadership Award Luncheon; 25th Anniversary Awards & Recognition Gala; Presentation of the “Fast 50 Asian American Businesses;” Guanxi* Supplier Opportunity Fair; One-on-One Prescheduled Business Matchmaking Meetings; Business Leaders & Scholarship Luncheon; and much more (*business term meaning “connections” or “relationship”).

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

For Media Inquiries, contact: JP Torres
Tel (617) 933-9629 | email: jptorres@uspaacc.com

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US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) was formed in 1984 as a national, non-profit organization representing all Asian Americans and Asian American-related groups in business. USPAACC promotes, nurtures and propels economic growth by opening doors to contract, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, the Federal government, and the small and minority business communities in the United States and Asia. Headquartered in Washington, DC, USPAACC has a nationwide reach through Regional Chapters in California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia in the National Capital Area.