San Diego Engagement Dinner: January 2025

NVSBC offers our San Diego Engagement Dinner event and guest speaker for the veteran entrepreneur and federal small business community.  Come join us for networking, dinner, and guest speaker! ALL are welcome to attend!

• Location: Bahia Resort, 998 West Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109 (Mission Ballroom A, upstairs)
  
• Parking: Venue Parking - Ventura Cove or Gleason Road Parking, if not staying at venue hotel.
  See venue parking options: Main parking and additional parking options.
  
• Dress Code: Business Casual
• Event POC: Engagement Director, [email protected]

San Diego Engagement Dinner Agenda: 

• 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Registration/Networking
  
• 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Call to Order
• Opening Remarks: Zack Armstrong, Deputy Executive Director, NVSBC
• 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Dinner Served 
• 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM Around the Room Introductions
  
• 7:30 PM - 7:35 PM Introduction to Guest Speaker (NVSBC)
  
• 7:35 PM - 8:00 PM Guest Speaker + Q&A: Brad Reaves, Reaves GovCon Group
  Topic: "Growth Strategies for 2025 and Beyond for SD/VOSB’s under SBA’s NEW RULES on M&A and Recertification Requirements"
  
  

  ATTENTION ALL SD/VOSBs, Small, and Large Businesses: These are the MOST SIGNIFICANT changes to GovCon Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Rules we have seen in more than a decade, impacting your growth and exit options for years to come.

  1. Government Contracts Attorney Brad Reaves (Reaves GovCon Group) will explain how these changes will affect your ability to engage in small GovCon M&A activities in 2025 and beyond (selling your business, exit/succession, growing through acquisition).
  2. He will discuss the importance of the NEW January 17, 2026, DEADLINE for M&A transactions.
  3. Review of New Rules for MACs, GWACs, Task Orders, and Option Recertifications for SD/VOSBs and Small Businesses.
  4. M&A structuring considerations for SDVOSB/VOSBs, Small Business, and Large Business Acquirors.
  5. How to use Mentor Protégé and Joint Ventures to adjust to these new rules.
• 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM Closing Remarks (End of Event)

REGISTER