The 2020 South Central Arkansas Rural Business Development Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Admission is free. The Arkansas Human Development Corp. is the coordinator, according to a news release.
Participants are also invited to attend the “Breakfast with the Lenders Roundtable” at 8:30 a.m., where they will network with local, regional and statewide lenders.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Herb Lawrence, lender relations specialist, Arkansas District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Ryan Watley, chief executive officer of Go Forward Pine Bluff, will deliver the luncheon address. The conference will bring together approximately 20 private, state, federal and nonprofit organizations with a singular mission of equipping small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with the tools and resources to start and expand their businesses.
The conference sponsors are the Arkansas Human Development Corp. (AHDC), Arkansas Procurement Technical Assistance Center (APTAC), Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
To register, call the Arkansas Human Development Corp. at 800-482-7641 or 501-374-1103, ext. 10, or register online at https://bit.ly/2tuT7Qh .