Pre-Registration Check-In and Walk-In Registration

Mayor Francis X. Suarez

Honorable Dr. Benjamin (Ben) S. Carson, Sr., Secretary, Housing & Urban Development; Mr. Chris Pilkerton, Acting Administrator, Small Business Administration of the United States; Dr. John C. Fleming, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Economic Development Administration; Mr. Scott Turner, Executive Director, White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council; Ms. Denise Cleveland-Leggett, Southeast Regional Administrator, Housing and Urban Development

Mr. Keith A. Carswell, MBA, Advisor to the Mayor of Miami – Economic Development & Resiliency

Mr. Dan Kowalski, Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury; and Mr. Neisen O. Kasdin, Esq., Office Managing Partner, Akerman, LLP.

An overview of select federal grants and loans that have prioritization in opportunity zones.Mr. Ja’Ron K. Smith, Deputy Assistant to the President, Office of American Innovation, Executive Office of the President; Mr. Ashley D. Bell, Esq., SBA Region IV Administrator; Mr. Larry B. Jackson II, Program Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Community Planning, Department of Housing & Urban Development; and, Mr. Joel Frushone, Director, Office of External Affairs and Communications for Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.

Community Capacity Building Initiative; Mr. Otis Rolley, Managing Director, Economic Resilience & Operations, Rockefeller Foundation

An overview of real estate development trends in Miami’s opportunity zone neighborhoods powered by the artificial intelligence development tool Deepblocks: Mr. Francisco Garcia, Planning Director, City of Miami; and Ms. Olivia Ramos, President & CEO, Deepblocks.

Mr. Keith A. Carswell, MBA, Advisor to the Mayor of Miami – Economic Development & Resiliency

Mayor Francis X. Suarez