October 1st, 2025

Capital One Hall • Tysons, VA

See the 2024 Highlights

Speakers

*more to come

Nasser Chanda

CEO at Paymerang

Subhan Jahromi

Founder & co-CEO @ Edgevana | Investor

Salman Habib

Co-Founder at Burq

Previous Speakers

Haroon Mokhtarzada

CEO & Cofounder at Rocket Money (formerly Truebill)

Shahed Amanullah

Co-Founder & CEO at Zabihah

Hafeezah Muhammed

CEO of BackPack Healthcare

Juan Pablo Segura

Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade

Saddam Salim

Virginia State Senator Va-37

Phyllis Randall

Chair, Loudoun county Board of supervisors

Deshundra Jefferson

Chair, Prince William county Board of supervisors

Jeff McKay

Chair, Fairfax county Board of supervisors

Akram Abdallah

CEO & Founder Of Nominal

Farhan Zaveri

VP of Marketing, Noor Kids

Hakeemah Cummings

Inventor of doublepinit

Melike Ayan

Bloomberg News Correspondent

Don Slaiman

political director, IBEW Local 26

Amer Alnajar

CMO at VYTALIZE HEALTH

Anas Aljumaily

Co-Founder, Gently

Mohamed Hafez

Chief AI Officer, ByteWise

Chris Tran Ley

Moderator | VA Dept. of Small Business & Supplier Diversity

Fazal Mirza

Procurement Analyst & Small Business Specialist, U.S. SBA

Manisha Morris

Founder & President, MSM Technology

Marryam Chaudhry

CEO, XR 2 LEAD

Khuram Zaman

Chief Technology Officer, University Startups

Amany Killawi

Co-founder at LaunchGood.com & PayGood.co

Suhaib Webb

Founder of SWISS

Farhad Chowdhury

Founder | Vianova AI – RPM

Marco Rubin

Senior Investment Director at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

What to Expect

Connecting for Growth

The 2025 MOVE Business Conference unites private and public sector professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs. This premier event focuses on connecting minority-owned businesses with potential clients and organizations that can drive their growth. This year, we anticipate over 1,000 attendees and more than 20 high-level exhibitors and sponsors.

Programming

Enjoy a full day of dynamic sessions featuring business leaders and government officials.

Networking

AI Powered Networking

Engagement

Meet buyers, decision-makers, and vendors.

Opportunity

Explore business opportunities
and investments.

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exhibitors
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Sponsors & Partners

Exhibitors

Previous Sponsors & Exhibitors

sponsors

Exhibitors​

Conference Schedule

*Tentative. Subject to Change

9:00 AM

Registration Open

10:00 AM

Networking Sessions

 • Meet the Prime (Round 1)
 • Speed Networking

11:00 AM

Opening Ceremony

12:00 PM

VIP Lunch & Open Networking

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Fireside Chat

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Networking Sessions

 • Meet the Prime (Round 2)
 • Speed Networking

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Fireside Chat

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Venture Challenge

A Premiere Funding Competition

The MOVE Business Conference Venture Challenge is a premier competition that ignites creativity and entrepreneurship. Participants are invited to develop and present innovative solutions with the potential for significant impact.

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