SIOR Virginia Winter Meeting

Our Program

Thursday, February 26

• Arrival between 9am – 4pm; ski at your leisure.
• 5pm to 6pm – race your fellow SIORs on the tubing hill! Tickets for tubing are $25 each.
• Dinner on your own.  Restaurant options are outlined below.

Friday, February 27

• 8 a.m. Breakfast
• 9 a.m. Welcome and Event Introduction
• 9:05 a.m. – Presentation from Southern Material Handling, Commonwealth Champion Sponsor
• 9:15 a.m. - National Defense, Regional Scale: What Hampton Roads Tells Us About VA's Defense Industry
• • Speakers: Henry Gaston, Director, Business Development. Hampton Roads Alliance, and Michael Evans, Director of Business Intelligence, Hampton Roads Alliance
• 10:15 a.m. Beverage Break
• 10:30 a.m. - Virginia’s New Governor:  An Economic and Development Forecast
• • Speaker:  Chris Lloyd, SVP & Director, Infrastructure & Economic Development.  McGuireWoods Consulting
• 11:30 a.m. Beverage Break
• 11:45 a.m. – The Biopharmaceutical Supply Chain and Virginia’s Growing Role
• • Speaker: Grace Festa, Director, Biopharmaceuticals.  Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
• 12:45 p.m. Lunch and Closing Presentation, An Update from SIOR
• 1:45 p.m. Annual Meeting
• 2:15 p.m. Adjourn