Regardless of your firm’s size or specialization, the A/E/C industry’s shifting DEI landscape impacts us all, and the need for stronger, more intentional partnerships has never been greater. Now is the time to move beyond checking the box and create real pathways for collaboration.

Join the SMPS San Francisco Bay Area Chapter for a dynamic panel of supplier diversity and small business leaders exploring what small firms wish larger firms better understood, how evolving DBE certification requirements are shaping day-to-day operations, and how small businesses can market themselves with confidence and impact, even with limited resources. The program closes with an interactive reverse trade show, where small and diverse businesses host tables and attendees rotate through to meet them, ask questions and begin building relationships that continue long after the event ends.

DEI Membership Scholarship

We will also award the chapter’s first DEI Membership Scholarship, a one-year SMPS membership plus mentorship through our DEI Committee for a professional at a small or diverse firm. Applications are open August 11 through September 4. Apply here.

Who Should Attend

Who should attend: small, local and diverse businesses (SBE, DBE, WBE, MBE, DVBE and other underrepresented firms), marketing and business development professionals, large GCs and prime firms, and procurement, preconstruction and project leaders.

Cost should never be the reason you miss this program. If registration is a barrier, reach out to the DEI Committee at [email protected].

Tickets

$30.00 Members that attend as an audience for both the panel discussion and the reverse trade show networking

$60.00 For non-members that attend as an audience for both the panel discussion and the reverse trade show networking. If you are not a member of this SMPS chapter but were given a promo code, select this ticket and apply the code at checkout.

$0.00 This is exclusive to SMDBE companies that will exhibit during the business showcase happy hour. Corporate ticket is good for two individuals in your company. If you do not plan to exhibit please choose either the member ticket or the non-member ticket.