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2026 Agenda

7a – 10a: Set Up (Exhibitors) (Grand Ballroom)
UF Employees: Learn vital information about working with suppliers. (Reitz Union Meeting Rooms: TBD)

8:00a – 9:15a | CFO – Financial Services

  • Supplier Onboarding
  • Procurement
  • Disbursements | Invoice Processing

9:15a – 9:30a | BREAK

9:30a – 9:55a | Print & Mail Services | Keeping Campus Connected

10:00a – 10:55a | Business Services/Event Permitting | On-Campus Catering & Event Permitting

10a – 10:45a Recognize Sponsors (Main Room)

11a – 2p | Trade Fair (Main Room)

 

WORKSHOPS: Workshops for businesses and UF employees will run concurrently. See below: 

Businesses: Learn vital information about working with UF

1p – 1:45p |Working with UF | Construction

  • UF Procurement
  • UF Planning, Design, and Construction
  • UF Facilities Services (Operations)
  • UF IFAS
  • UF Recreational Sports
  • UF Housing
  • UF Facilities (Operations) – Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

  1p – 1:45p |Working with UF | Non-Construction

  • UF Procurement
  • UF Advancement
  • UF Bookstore
  • UF Student Engagement
  • UF Facilities Services (Building Services)

  2p – 2:45p | Becoming a Certified Small Business

  • Alachua County Equal Opportunity Office
  • Women’s Business Enterprise Council of Florida
  • US Small Business Administration
  • City of Ocala
  • Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council

  2p – 2:45p | How to Do Business with UF (Caterers)

  3p – 3:45p | Insurance Requirements

  • UF Environmental Health and Safety

  3p – 3:45p | Access to Resources to Help Your Small Business

  • SBA
  • SBDC
  • UF Health Jacksonville Office of Research Affairs
  • The Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce
UF Employees: Learn vital information about working with suppliers. 

1p – 2:15p | CFO – Financial Services

  • Supplier Onboarding
  • Procurement
  • Disbursements | Invoice Processing

2:15p – 2:30p | BREAK

2:30p – 2:55p | Print & Mail Services | Keeping Campus Connected

3p – 3:55p | Business Services/Event Permitting | On-Campus Catering & Event Permitting