The Virginia Black Business Expo & Conference Weekend is just around the corner, offering you the perfect opportunity to elevate your game.
Here’s what’s in store for you:
Friday, August 2, 2024
- Speed Networking & Dinner: Connect with like-minded business owners and potential collaborators.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
- Morning Breakfast: Dive into hands-on sessions with industry experts.
- Melanin Marketplace: Shop with up to 100 Businesses
- Business Conference: Get inspired by leaders who have succeeded and been where you are; speakers include the founders of Chat Black GPT and Flip Your Stock.
- Networking Luncheon: Connect with like-minded business owners and potential collaborators.
- Afternoon Breakouts: From SWaM certification to creating your own GPT to discussing the Power of Capital
- Dinner & Comedy: Unwind with a night of laughter and entertainment and an after-party with DJ Akademiks from 95.5 WPGC
Sunday, August 4, 2024
- Rhythm & Brunch Hosted by Autumn Joi & DJ Nakylla
- Melanin Marketplace: Shop with up to 100 Businesses
- Great Blacksby Gala Dinner Cruise: Unwind with a night of elegance, celebrating excellence and entertainment.
Oh, and don’t just give away $5,000 without submitting your pitch! With your business conference ticket, you can enter our pitch contest to win big. Submit your 90-second video via upload here by Friday July 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Vendors this includes you as well!
Oh, did I forget to mention you can now purchase a vendor booth or tickets using Affirm? Click here to learn more!
And, because I know you’re eager to get started, here’s the link to secure your tickets: Get Tickets
Signature Events
Annual Meeting & Community Leadership Awards
The Loudoun Chamber will celebrate its 57th Annual Meeting & Community Leadership Awards on January 24, 2025. We will honor top community leaders as well as celebrate the success of the 2024 Board of Directors Chair, Angela Mitchell, owner of ARM Consulting LLC. We will also welcome our 2025 Board and the new Chair Scott Loftis, of Atlantic Union Bank. Event Page Here
Annual DEIA Summit
The Loudoun Chamber will host its 3rd Annual DEIA Summit on October 17, 2024. Keynote speakers and workshops will focus on helping your business or nonprofit gain competitive advantages by leveraging diversity and accessibility tools. Event Page Here
Chamber Classic
In the Summer of 2025, the Annual Chamber Classic will be held at The Club at Creighton Farms. This event has been Loudoun County’s premier business golf tournament for over four decades. The Chamber Classic offers our sponsors tremendous marketing exposure and an incomparable day of golf on this Jack Nicklaus-designed course. View the Event Page
Small Business Awards
For 30 years, the Loudoun Small Business Awards have been the most prestigious honors celebrating the best small businesses, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations in our Loudoun community. We hope you join us on November 8, 2024, to congratulate finalists and winners in 10 categories, including the top prize, at the 2024 Loudoun Small Business of the Year. Winners are announced in front of a live audience of Loudoun’s top business and community leaders. Event Info Here
Valor Awards
In the Spring of 2025, the Loudoun Chamber will celebrate 40 years of honoring our community’s real-life heroes, including several truly heroic citizens, for their courageous and often lifesaving actions. Join us at the 40th Annual Loudoun County Valor Awards. Event Page Here
State of the Loudoun Market
The Loudoun real estate market has rarely experienced the number of challenges and opportunities it does today. It is difficult to make sense of these current market conditions and their impact on economic conditions. In 2025, the Loudoun Chamber will bring together the region’s top economic and real estate experts to examine how the economic and cultural forces influencing this market will impact your business. Stay tuned for more information.