Webinar:Adapting to Change: Ensuring Opportunity in the New DBE Environment

Join us for an informative webinar exploring the significant changes introduced by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Interim Final Rule (IFR), issued on October 3, 2025, which reshapes the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession DBE (ACDBE) programs by eliminating all race- and sex-based presumptions of social and economic disadvantage.

This session will feature insights from the region's largest transportation agencies as they navigate this evolving landscape while continuing to support small and disadvantaged businesses and uphold their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how agencies are implementing current requirements, adapting to regulatory changes, and planning for the future in the absence of traditional mandates. The discussion will also highlight strategies being used to ensure small and diverse businesses continue to have meaningful opportunities to participate in agency contracts moving forward. 

The session will also clarify how Executive Order 14398 fits into this broader shift and what organizations as well as their teaming partners should be preparing for next.