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  OPEN DC Past Events - 2005 & 2004  
 
 
 
WINNING - OPEN DC Annual Event
Date: December 11th, 2005
Venue: The Ritz Carlton at Pentagon City
1250 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202
Keynote speakers with insight and experience in different business areas. Three panel sessions; providing the industry as well as the venture capital perspective with an emphasis on winning.
 
 
 
 
 
Beyond Us, Beyond Now -
Post Earthquake Reconstruction and Development - An OPEN US Conference
Date: November 13th, 2005
Venue: The Marvin Center - Grand Ballroom at GWU
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
The objective of the conference is to understand the challenges posed by the earthquake and assess opportunities and offer recommendations for improvement over the next year in primarily three areas: integration of displaced people, infrastructure development, and media awareness. In particular, OPEN will develop conference proceedings including a set of recommended initiatives for improving the response in each of the three focus areas.
 
 
 
 
 
Women in Entrepreneurship
Date: August 20th, 2005
Venue: Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City
1250 South Hayes Street,
Arlington, VA 22202
Join us and meet two dynamic women entrepreneurs who left high profile corporate jobs to pursue and achieve entrepreneurial success.
 
 
 
 
 
Interactive Discussion with WorldBridge Connect, Inc.
Date: August 6th, 2005
Venue: The Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner
1700 Tysons Blvd
McLean, VA 22102
Join us in learning how the WorldBridge leadership is taking their BPO company to the next level.
 
 
 
 
 
Outsourcing to Pakistan
Date: May 14th, 2005
Venue: Tyson’s Corner,
suburban Virginia.
An event to discuss various perspectives on the potential and ground-realities of outsourcing BPO and IT services to Pakistan.
 
 
 
 
 
Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Date: March 5th, 2005
Venue: Fairlington Villages Center
This event was to mark the launch of Entrepreneurs Roundtable. We had Zia Chishti of TRG as the main speaker who shared his experiences as a successful entrepreneur.
 
 
 
 
 
Small Business Opportunities in Government Contracting
Date: December 11th, 2004
The event was a great success with a large turnout. The speakers and panelist highlighted opportunities for small business entrepreneurship in Government contracting.
 
 
 
 
 
OPEN Washington DC Launch Event
Date: October 2nd, 2004
Venue: Ritz-Carlton in McLean, VA
The Washington DC Chapter of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America held its launch event on Saturday, October 2nd, 2004 at 11 AM at the Ritz Carlton in McLean Virginia.
 
 
 
 
     
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