Meet, Connect and Gain Business Opportunities at ‘Meet the Primes’ 2024

The Airport Authority is hosting their 10th annual Meet the Primes event on September 5, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Balboa Park Ballroom.

Hosted by the Airport Authority's Small Business Development Program, "Meet the Primes" is a free annual networking event uniquely designed to connect the business community with San Diego International Airport (SAN), prime contractors and concessionaires, public agencies, community banks, businesses and financial support services, and regional partners.

Attendees will learn about construction, concession, and professional service opportunities and regional teaming, partnership, contracting opportunities, and valuable resources through networking at exhibitor booths with prime contractors and Airport Authority departments. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to form business relationships and obtain valuable information on doing business at SAN from the Airport Authority and its partners and stakeholders, San Diego's small business support service centers, and other public agencies.

First introduced in 2015, "Meet the Primes" has grown to be the Airport Authority's largest annual business networking event, drawing more than 300 participants each year. It is among the Airport Authority's efforts to maximize small, local, veteran, and underrepresented businesses' participation in contracts with the Airport Authority and its partners.

Registration is now open at SANPrimes24.eventbrite.com; here you can view more details about exhibitors in attendance and what to bring. For more information on the Airport Authority's Small Business Development Program, please visit san.org/smallbusiness.

Why Attend?

• Learnabout partnering, teaming, and contract opportunities
• Build relationships with participating exhibitors
• Showcaseyour company's expertise, goods, and services
• Expand your visibility, reach, and business network

Exhibitors include:

San Diego International Airport Departments: Airport Design & Construction, Facilities Management, Human Resources, Labor Compliance, Marketing, Arts, and Air Service Development, Procurement, Quieter Home Program, Revenue Generation & Partnership Development, Small Business Development, and more.

Prime Contractors & Professional Services Consultants: ARRIVE New T1 San Diego Aviation Alliance Turner Flatiron Gensler, Griffith Company, Hensel Phelps and PGAL, HNTB, Jacobs, Landrum Brown, Marcon Engineering, Pacific Southwest, PCL Construction, Prava Construction Services, Inc., Sundt Construction, Inc., Swinerton, Turner Construction, and more.

San Diego International Airport Prime Concessionaires: Areas, Clear Channel Outdoor-Airports Division, Duty Free Partners, High Flying Foods, HMSHost, Hudson, Mission Yogurt, Paradies-San Diego LLC, SSP America, Team Martinez, The Marshall Retail Group, LLC, and more.

Public Agencies and Business and Financial Support Services, and Banks: Asian Business Association San Diego, California Department of General Services - Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services, California Department of Transportation District 11, City of San Diego, County of San Diego, Heis Surety and Insurance Services, Mission Federal Credit Union, North County Transit District, San Diego Unified School District, SANDAG, San Diego/Orange/Imperial APEX Accelerator, Small Business Development Center, and Veterans in Business Network, and more.

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