The Office of Modest Business Affairs (OSBA) is working to celebrate and stimulate our intercontinental small organizations. by hosting the first-ever Global Summit on Saturday, March 23 commencing at 8:00 a.m. at the Macon Metropolis Auditorium.

Registration is free, but absolutely everyone need to sign-up by the deadline, March 10, 2022. Registration includes a sponsored breakfast and lunch. You can register by clicking below. There are places offered for attendees, speakers, suppliers, and sponsors.

“Macon ought to be celebrated for its diversity! We have business owners from all above the entire world right here in our town,” states OSBA Director Charise Stephens. “We want to display our modest corporations they can have shoppers domestically and globally, and let new organizations know that we are welcoming to persons from all about the earth.”

The working day will characteristic remarks from Mayor Lester Miller, Local community Affairs Executive Director Dr. Henry Ficklin, Industrial Authority Govt Director Stephen Adams, and Ga Global Trade Deputy Commissioner Mary Waters. Panel conversations will commence at 9:00 a.m. and consist of matters this sort of as methods for regional companies, illustrations of compact corporations and how they can do company internationally, survey distribution, and networking. Macon-Bibb’s Procurement Office will also be there to assist attendees discover about how to use for authorities contracts.

“When men and women go away the summit, we want them to have a far better being familiar with of what is available to them, and how they can hook up improved to other organizations about the world and here in our neighborhood,” claims Stephens.

Associates for the summit include things like Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority, The Larger Macon Chamber of Commerce, Center Georgia Regional Library, Worldwide Trade Division of the Ga Section of Financial Advancement, and the UGA Small Organization Growth Center.