JUNE

12-15 Department of Energy’s Annual Small Business Conference in Nashville. For details and to register, go to www.smallbusiness-outreach.doe.gov.

13-15 Winning Government Bids and Winning GSA Schedules in Houston, presented by Proposal Solutions Inc. For information and to register, go to www.gsascheduleservices.com/registrationinfo.htm.

13-15 New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council’s Business Expo in New York. For details and to register, contact Rosa E. Rhoden at 212-502-5663 or events@nynjmsdc.org.

14 SBA public hearing on size standards in Denver. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

14 Arizona Regional Small Business Federal Procurement Summit in Phoenix, sponsored by National Procurement Council. Fee is $95 for members, $110 for non-members. For details and to register, go to www.nationalprocurementcouncil.org.

15 St. Louis Minority Business Council Opportunity Fair. For information and to register, go to www.slmbc.org.

16 SBA public hearing on size standards in New York. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

16 Western Regional Small Business Federal Procurement Summit in Los Angeles, sponsored by National Procurement Council. Fee is $95 for members, $110 for non-members. For details and to register, go to www.nationalprocurementcouncil.org.

17 SBA public hearing on size standards in Washington. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

20 SBA public hearing on size standards in Chicago. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

20 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with IT program managers. Registration now open. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

20-22 National Veterans Small Business Conference for Service-Disabled Veterans in Las Vegas, sponsored by the Defense Department and the Army. Fee is $150. For information and to register, go to http://216.200.89.135/conference/veteran04/index.asp.

21-22 Northwest Minority Business Council’s Showcase 2005 Minority Business Conference and Opportunity Fair in Tukwila, WA. For information and to register, contact Alison Ashton at 206-575-7748 or aashton@nmbc.biz.

22-23 NASA Regional Business Forum in New Orleans, hosted by Marshall Space Flight Center and Stennis Space Center. For information, go to http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/forum.html.

22 SBA public hearing on size standards in Dallas. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

22 Project Management Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc. in Annandale, VA. Fee is $450. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html or call Debra Giles at 703-642-5153.

28 SBA public hearing on size standards in San Francisco. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

28-29 Arkansas Regional Minority Supplier Development Council’s annual Arkansas Business Opportunity Fair in Little Rock. For information and to register, contract Charles King at 501-374-7026 or info@armsdc.org.

28-30 Women in Business 2005: Sharing the Vision in Las Vegas, sponsored by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. For details and to register, go to www.wbenc.org.

29 Veterans Affairs Department Vendor Day for the Procurement of Computer Hardware and Software-3 (PCHS-3) acquisition in Washington. Applicable NAICS codes are 334111, 334112, 334119 and 423430. To attend, you must pre-register by calling 1-800-949-8387 or 202-565-8124.

29 SBA public hearing on size standards in Los Angeles. You must register in advance to attend. For details, go to www.sba.gov/size.

30-1 New England Minority Supplier Development Council’s Supplier Diversity: Building Our Economy in Boston. For details and to register, contact Soniyi Vicente at 617-578-8900 or svicente@nemsdc.org.

JULY

6 Basic Federal Proposal Management Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc. in Annandale, VA. Fee is $450. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html or call Debra Giles at 703-642-5153.

7 Proposal Writing for Technical Staff Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc. in Annandale, VA. Fee is $450. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html or call Debra Giles at 703-642-5153.

11-12 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Arlington, VA, presented by RGFCC. (Earns 8 CPE credits per course.) Fee is $369 for single class or $656 for both classes. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.