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JANUARY 2019

10 National Veterans Small Business Coalition-Tampa Bay Chapter hosts US Special Operations Command OSDBU Director Chris Harrington; For more information please contact richie.harris@jointetech.com or lynette.planto@nvsbc.org

10 Federal Business Council Inc. hosts GSA, NTSB, HUD, DHS, FAA, DOE Vendor Expo, Washington, DC https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019LSC

15 GSA’s Professional Services Category to host Information Exchange Forum with Mid-Tier Businesses, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2St7vjC

15 Potomac Officers Club hosts 5th Annual Defense Research & Development Summit, McLean, VA https://bit.ly/2RG6hjZ

17 AFCEA Bethesda hosts January 2019 Breakfast, Bethesda, MD https://bit.ly/2ySdokl

17 AFFIRM hosts Trailblazing Women in Government IT, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2PlHb8k

24 Govconectx hosts Federal Sales Bootcamp, Falls Church, VA https://www.govconectx.com/upcoming-events.html

24 Federal Business Council hosts CyberUSA Conference, College Park, MD https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019N6Y

24 Fort Stewart 29th National B2G Conference & Expo, Fort Stewart, GA http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/1810539/788cb80666/ARCHIVE

24 First Annual Maryland Infragard Cybersecurity Conference, College Park, MD https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019TJK

26 Texas Veterans Commission hosts Dallas/Fort Worth Vet Summit, Grapevine, TX https://www.tvc.texas.gov/event/dallas-ft-worth-vet-summit/

28 NVTC hosts NCR Disaster Preparedness Summit, Washington, DC https://www.nvtc.org/events/regevents.php#542

28-29 ProcureCon Facilities, Fort Lauderdale, FL https://bit.ly/2PpqyIP

29 AFCEA Bethesda hosts Health IT Day 2019, Bethesda, MD https://bit.ly/2ySdokl

30 Federal Business Council Inc. hosts US Census Bureau Data Privacy Day, Suitland, MD https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01980Z

FEBRUARY 2019

6 VHA NCO 22-Tucson, Arizona Annual Vendor Fair, Tucson, AZ https://www.va.gov/osdbu/calendar.asp

7-8 Marine Military Expos hosts Marine West, Camp Pendleton, CA https://bit.ly/2KQtrS5

11-13 National 8(a) Association hosts 2019 National 8(a) Small Business Conference, Nashville, TN https://bit.ly/2MZg8yQ

15 NVTC hosts Analytics and Data Management in Meetings and Events, Arlington, VA https://www.nvtc.org/events/regevents.php#542

19 AFCEA Bethesda hosts February 2019 Breakfast, Bethesda, MD https://bit.ly/2ySdokl

21 Federal Business Council Inc. hosts EPA, USAID, US Customs, Washington, DC https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019MI0

27 NASA-Ames Technology Day, Mountain View, CA https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019OHZ 27 Federal Business Council hosts Dept. of State, Washington, DC https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019UG1

28 Govconectx hosts Winter Showcase, Falls Church, VA https://www.govconectx.com/upcoming-events.html

28 Cyber and Technology Day at Fort Gordon, Augusta, GA https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01A7C6

28-March 3 Syracuse U. hosts Veteran EDGE Conference, Dallas, TX https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/veteranedge/

MARCH 2019

11-13 WBENC hosts 2019 Summit & Salute, Houston, TX https://summit.wbenc.org/

14 SecureWorld Charlotte 2019 Cybersecurity Conference, Charlotte, NC https://bit.ly/2DWqRZw

19 EMSDC hosts ROAR Conference and Matchmaker, Pittsburgh, PA http://emsdc.org/event/r-o-a-r-conference-matchmaker/

20 Sixth Annual B2G Government Procurement Expo, Baltimore, MD http://ttexpobaltimore2018.org/

20 SBA and America’s SBDC-CA host 9th Annual Southern California Small Business Government Contracting Conference, Garden Grove, CA https://bit.ly/2zdGkRD

21 Defense Tech hosts Winter Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Plus Expo, Washington, DC https://sites.google.com/site/defensetechexpos/dcfederalexpo

21 Govconectx hosts Fort Belvoir Expo, Fort Belvoir, VA https://www.govconectx.com/upcoming-events.html

21-22 AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days, National Harbor, MD, https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019722

25-29 National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development hosts RES 2019, Las Vegas, NV http://res.ncaied.org/

27 AFCEA Bethesda hosts March 2019 Breakfast, Bethesda, MD https://bit.ly/2ySdokl

28 14th Annual Veterans in Business Conference, Arlington, VA http://www.veteransbusinessconference.org/

APRIL 2019

2 USPTO IT Vendor Day, Alexandria, VA https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019R6C

11 IT & Cyber Day, Fort Detrick, MD https://fbcinc.com/

16-18 US Energy Dept. hosts 18th Annual DOE Small Business Forum & Expo, Pittsburgh, PA https://bit.ly/2qBZOef

17 VHA NCO 22-Prescott, Arizona Annual Vendor Fair, Prescott, AZ https://www.va.gov/osdbu/calendar.asp

18 Federal Business Council hosts 29th Annual Government Procurement Conference, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2RbTEgf

25 Govconectx hosts Federal Sales Bootcamp, Falls Church, VA https://www.govconectx.com/upcoming-events.html

MAY 2019

2 Albuquerque, NM Annual Vendor Fair, Alburquerque, NM https://www.va.gov/osdbu/calendar.asp

8 Nellis AFB - 19th Annual AFCEA Las Vegas Tech and Cyber Day, Las Vegas, NV https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A0196D2

9 Creech AFB - 8th Annual AFCEA Las Vegas Tech, Tactical and Cyber Day, Indian Springs, NV https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A0196DJ

17 Montgomery County (MD) Chamber of Commerce hosts GovConNet Government Procurement Conference, Rockville, MD - SAVE THE DATE

21 JBER - AFCEA Alaska Tech & Cybersecurity Day, Anchorage, AK https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A017ZDW

21-23 NHOA Business Summit Conference, Honolulu, HI SAVE THE DATE http://www.nhoassociation.org/business-summit.html

23 Joint Base Lewis McChord - AFCEA PNC Tech & Cyber Day, Tacoma, WA https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A017JRJ

28 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Cybersecurity Seminar & Expo, Rockville, MD https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01A4S4

28-31 National Laboratories IT Summit 2019, Boise, ID https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019WA1

29-31 NVSBC hosts VETS ‘19 Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium, San Antonio, TX https://secure3.aetherquest.com/VETS2019/registrations/conference

30 Alliance and NJIT PTAC host 3rd Annual Supply Chain Matchmaking Conference, Newark, NJ for more information please email Jennifer Evans at jennifer@allianceforbiz.com.

JUNE 2019

12 NIST, NOAA, DoC, Boulder, CO, https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01A4GV

13 Denver Federal Technology Center Tech Day, Lakewood, CO https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A019S4T

19 IT & Cyber Day, Fort Meade, MD https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01A56P

JULY 2019

18 Fed Expo National Capital Region, Washington, DC https://fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A01A7H6

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