Why You Should Attend 

• Meet directly with NYPA and Canals procurement leaders 

• Participate in 1:1 Business Meetups focused on opportunities 

• Learn about upcoming projects and procurement priorities 

• Build relationships that extend beyond the Expo floor 

The Expo reflects NYPA’s broader commitment to catalyzing innovation and strengthening local economies by unlocking the talent and leadership of MWBEs, SDVOBs, and small businesses. We look forward to welcoming you to a day focused on connection, access, and opportunity—and working together to energize New York’s economy. 

Register Here: Monroe County Upstate NY APEX Accelerator: APEX 1:1 at Buffalo Niagara Partnership

What You'll Learn:

• AbilityOne program overview

• Functionality within federal acquisitions

• Role and support of Central Nonprofit Agencies

Speakers:

Rosa Criggedorn: Program Manager and Chief Data Officer (CDO), AbilityOne

Lawrence Adkins: Senior Director, Strategy & Partnerships, SourceAmerica

James Bean: Director, Business Development, National Industries for the Blind (NIB)

Manufacturers within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) face rising cybersecurity threats while operating under constrained budgets and limited staff. As stewards of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), these organizations must now meet the expectations of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). 

This webinar will address manufacturing-specific cybersecurity risks and how Project Spectrum can assist organizations seeking to become compliant.

Register Here: Monroe County Upstate NY APEX Accelerator: APEX 1:1 at Buffalo Niagara Partnership

The Administration is leading a critical government-wide effort to modernize federal procurement, which includes the consolidation of government-wide spending for domestic common goods and services. We are pleased to invite you to the official kickoff training for this initiative.

This effort, in support of Executive Order 14240 and OMB Memo M-25-31, is designed to drive significant savings, boost efficiency, eliminate duplication, and strengthen mission-critical contracting support across all agencies.
The kickoff training will provide a deep dive into the two foundational workstreams:

• Workstream 1: Consolidated Contracts

  • Focuses on maximizing efficiency by aligning with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Revolutionary Overhaul, where agencies’ default is to use GSA government-wide contracts and shared services first (e.g., GO.gov, Fleet, Global Supply, GWAC, MAS, etc.).

  • Training will cover streamlined ordering processes, reducing time on market research, and maintaining agency control/flexibility.

• Workstream 2: Centralized Acquisition

  • This voluntary track offers agencies a full range of additional acquisition support through GSA-led contracting services.

  • The training will detail the two available services: 

    • Office of Centralized Acquisition Services (OCAS) for common goods and services

    • Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) for complex, critical acquisitions.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eFCl9pRaREKFZn9moT2Y0g

This session focuses on how organizations can achieve CMMC 2.0 compliance in a cost-effective, sustainable way—without cutting corners or increasing risk.

Participants will examine where CMMC costs typically escalate, why many compliance efforts become unnecessarily expensive, and how disciplined scoping, control reuse, and automation materially reduce spend. The discussion emphasizes smart sequencing, informed tradeoffs, and program design choices that lower total cost of ownership over time.

Topics include:

• The primary cost drivers in CMMC readiness and assessments

• Avoiding over-scoping, redundant controls, and unnecessary tooling

• Leveraging existing investments and shared controls

• Building compliance programs that scale without recurring rework

Register here: https://monroeapex.ecenterdirect.com/events/1139

This session examines how CMMC 2.0 fits within a broader cybersecurity and privacy compliance landscape, including frameworks such as HIPAA, privacy regulations, and other sector-specific requirements.

Participants will explore where requirements overlap, where they diverge, and how organizations can rationalize multiple compliance obligations into a cohesive, efficient program. The discussion focuses on control reuse, documentation alignment, and governance strategies that reduce duplication while maintaining defensible compliance across regimes.

Topics include:

• Common control and documentation overlaps between CMMC and other frameworks

• Key differences in scope, assessment rigor, and enforcement

• Strategies for harmonizing policies, controls, and evidence

• Avoiding siloed compliance efforts that increase cost and risk

Register Here: Monroe County Upstate NY APEX Accelerator: APEX 1:1 at INSPYRE Innovation Hub

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) TKO seminar is a course that teaches vendors how to start doing business with DLA Land and Maritime. Vendors learn how to find open solicitations, how to submit a quote through the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS), the procedures for viewing/downloading drawings, and how to use Invoicing, Receipt, Acceptance and Property Transfer (iRAPT) to get paid. There are also many other relevant topics of discussion. This session is free.

This Documentation Masterclass provides a deep, practical dive into the documentation that underpins successful CMMC 2.0 compliance.

The session focuses on how assessors actually evaluate documentation—what they expect to see, how artifacts must align with implemented controls, and where organizations most often fail despite having “complete” documents. Rather than templates in isolation, the discussion emphasizes traceability between policies, procedures, controls, and objective evidence.

Key areas include:

• Building and maintaining high-quality SSPs and POA&Ms

• Creating documentation that reflects real operations, not aspirational intent

• Establishing clear linkage between requirements, controls, and evidence

• Avoiding common documentation gaps that trigger findings or rework