16-17 Native American Four Corners Business Opportunity Fair in Farmington, NM. For more information and to register, call National Center at 800-462-2433 x222, x223 or jess@ncaied.org.

16-18 St. Louis Minority Business Council “Gateway to Business Opportunity” in St. Louis. For information, contact Barbara Gibson at 314-241-1143 or bagibson@slmbc.org.

16-19 Upstate New York Regional Minority Purchasing Council “Business Opportunity Fair 2003” in Verona. For information, contact Darlene M. Graves at 716-871-4120 or dgraves@unyrmpci.org.

17-18 Florida Regional Minority Business Council “18th Annnual Minority Business Expo” in Fort Lauderdale. For information, contact Beatrice Louissaint at 305-260-9901 or beatrice@frmbc.org.

17-18 SBA and U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsor Business Matchmaking Event in Chicago. Small businesses may schedule one-on-one meetings with government procurement officials and prime contractors. For information and to register, go to www.businessmatchmaking.com.

17-18 Navy Marine Corps Intranet industry symposium in New Orleans. The symposium will focus on how the Navy IT market has and will change due to the rollout of NMCI. For details and to register, go to http://www.nmci.navy.mil/Secondary_Areas/Industry_Info/Index.htm.

17-18 Kentuckiana Minority Supplier Development Council “KMSDC Minority Business Trade Show” in Louisville. For information, contact Teri Hardman at 502-625-0147 or thardman@kmsdc.org.

18 New England Minority Supplier Development Council “29th Business Opportunity Fair” in Boston. For information, contact Tina Andrews at 617-578-8900 or tandrews@nemsdc.org.

19-20 RGF Consulting Corp. presents “Powerful Marketing Techniques and Developing Grade A Technical Proposals” in Baltimore. For more information, go to www.rgfcc.com or call 888-3889-1230.

25-26 Women’s Business Enterprise National Council presents Women in Business 2003: Sharing the Vision, a three-day business fair and conference in New York City. For more information, go to www.wbenc.org/wib2003.

25-27 Defense Department Joint Regional Council Training Conference for Small Business Education and Advocacy in Colorado Springs, CO. For information, contact Tandy Weaver at (940) 676-4138 or tandyweaver@shepard.af.mil.

1 Alliance Texas Opportunities for Small Business in Arlington, TX. Small businesses can meet with representatives from the Defense Department and other federal agencies and the state of Texas. Large prime contractors are also exhibiting. Fee is $85. For details or to register, go to http://www.allianceforbiz.com.

10 Labor Department’s Office of Small Business programs sponsors Small Business Vendor Outreach Session in Washington. Vendors can schedule appointments with DOL agency program managers. For information and to register, go to http://www.dol.gov/osbp/regs/vendor_internet_info.htm.

12-13 National Association of Women Business Owners 2003 National Conference in Nashville. For information, go to www.nawbo.org.

12-14 Contract Services Association of America Mid-Year Meeting in Portsmouth, VA. For details, go to www.csa-dc.org.

16-19 Florida Minority Supplier Development Council “Quality Connections” in Lake Buena Vista. For information, contact Susan Matuzewski at 407-245-6062 or susan@nmsdcfl.com.

26-17 RGF Consulting Corp. presents “Building Effective Government Costs Proposals and Establishing Indirect Rates” in Philadelphia. For more information, go to www.rgfcc.com or call 888-3889-1230.

31 SBA and U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsor Business Matchmaking Event in Birmingham, AL. Small businesses may schedule one-on-one meetings with government procurement officials and prime contractors. For information, go to http://www.uschamber.com/resources/small/matchmaking/default.

31-2 National Black Chamber of Commerce annual conference in Birmingham, AL. For information, go to www.nationalbcc.org.

11-13 Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council 26th Annual Business Opportunity Conference in Greenville, SC. For information, contact Terry D. Fullard at 704-536-2884 or tfullard@bellsouth.net.

20-21 Tennessee Minority Supplier Development Council “Marketplace of Opportunities” in Nashville. For information, contact Cheri Henderson at 615-259-4699 or info@rmsdc.net.