Of the Field

47th Annual Training Event 2026

For over four decades, America’s SBDC has hosted its annual professional development event for its business advisors and SBDC network professionals. This national event brings together nearly 1,000 SBDC professionals and approximately 50 sponsors and exhibitors for learning, networking, and engagement. The Annual Training Event provides professional developm…

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14Speakers
18Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
25Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 47th, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Phelps
Norcal SBDC Network
Andrew Potter
University of Georgia SBDC
Anish Sambrani
University of Georgia
Byron Hicks
North Carolina SBDC Network
Chad Moutray
Senior Vice President, Industry Research & Knowledge
Charles "Tee" Rowe
America's SBDC
Ian Carstrom
Minnesota SBDC Network
Jacklyn Dallas
YouTuber + Founder
Joe Cooper
Emcee
Judy Nam
LinkedIn
Lucy Pinto
Google
Robbie Parks
University of Georgia SBDC
Tom Sullivan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Trey Hill
University of Georgia
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AmazonActivator
AWSActivator
CDC Small Business FinanceActivator
DreamerMadeActivator
FastTrac/Kauffman FoundationActivator
Federal Reserve BankGOV/NP
Goldman SachsActivator
GooglePioneer
GrowthWheelActivator
IRSGOV/NP
LinkedInActivator
OutreachSystemsGOV/NP
Palo Alto SoftwareActivator
ROK FinancialActivator
SquarePioneer
Thryv FoundationActivator
VerizonInnovator
Vertical IQActivator
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 25 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

25 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
16Sponsoringsponsor only
7Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Google·LinkedIn

Speakers by seniority

14% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner17%
  • VP-level17%
  • Other roles1286%

Of 14 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01GoogleSp·P1V
  2. 02LinkedInSp·A1V
  3. 03AmazonSp·A
  4. 04AWSSp·A
  5. 05CDC Small Business FinanceSp·A
  6. 06DreamerMadeSp·A
  7. 07FastTrac/Kauffman FoundationSp·A
  8. 08Federal Reserve BankSp·G
  9. 09Goldman SachsSp·A
  10. 10GrowthWheelSp·A
  11. 11IRSSp·G
  12. 12OutreachSystemsSp·G
  13. 13Palo Alto SoftwareSp·A
  14. 14ROK FinancialSp·A
Sponsors by tier
activator12
67% of 18
gov/np3
17% of 18
innovator1
6% of 18
pioneer2
11% of 18
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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