Western Business Alliance LGBT Conference & Summit

On March 14—15, 2019, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (LAGLCC) will host the Western Business Alliance (WBA) LGBT Economic Summit & Conference. The WBA was founded in 1994 as an opportunity for LGBT chambers throughout the Western United States to advocate on behalf of the LGBT economic equality movement, share ‘best practices’ and serve as the collective voice of the LGBT business community in the West.

​This year’s conference will focus attention on issues facing our business community and the LGBT community at large, including creating influence, working with the LGBT community, LGBT homelessness and housing, social and corporate responsibility, marketing to millennials, transgender entrepreneurship and freelance opportunities, and access to capital for LGBT businesses.

At the center of the WBA LGBT Economic Summit & Conference will be our Lunch Confab, “Understanding and Improving the Effectiveness of Supplier Diversity”, during which we will bring members of other diverse communities together with the LGBT community to examine ways in which we can improve the effectiveness of supplier diversity for all of our communities.

The WBA includes LGBT chambers and thought-leaders from 21 cities, 11 states and Vancouver, British Columbia. Represented within the WBA are:

Albuquerque
Anchorage
Austin
Colorado Springs
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Las Vegas
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Seattle
Spokane    
Tucson
Vancouver

The WBA was founded in 1994 as an opportunity for LGBT chambers throughout the Western United States to advocate on behalf of the LGBT economic equality movement, share ‘best practices’ and serve as the collective voice of the LGBT business community in the West.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Downtown Los Angeles
6:00pm—8:00pm
Opening Reception

Friday, March 15, 2019
Westin Bonaventure – California Ballroom
9:00am—10:15am
General Session: Summit Welcome

​10:30am—11:45am
AM Break-Outs

12:00pm—2:15pm
Lunch Confab: Improving Opportunities for Small Businesses
Representatives from the WMDVLGBTBE communities discuss ways to improve and increase opportunities for small businesses, including ways to improve the effectiveness of supplier diversity.

​2:30pm—3:45pm
PM Break-Outs

4:00pm—5:00pm
General Session: Summit Wrap-Up
US Bank Tower


5:30pm
Closing Reception