JULY

17-19 GSA Schedules Training and Workshop in San Jose, CA, presented by Keynote Connections Inc. For details and to register, go to advcareerdev.com or call 408-225-5559.

18 Veterans Affairs Department Vendor Counseling Session in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.va.gov/osdbu/services/register.htm.

18 Business Development for Technical Staff & Line Manager Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. Register for both the Business Development and Capture workshop for only $850 (a $100.00 savings). For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

  19 Capturing the Federal Opportunity Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. Register for both the Business Development and Capture workshop for only $850 (a $100.00 savings). For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

20 Mountaintop Marketing Group Peak Performance Breakfast Series in Falls Church, VA, with James House, OSDBU director for the Agriculture Department. For details and to register, go to www.thepeakseries.com.

24 Treasury Department Vendor Outreach Session in Oxon Hill, MD, with bureau small business specialists. For details and to register, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/.

24-25 Arkansas-Mississippi Minority Business Council Business Opportunity Fair in Little Rock. For details, contact Charles King at cking@ammbc.org.

25 Audits, Investigations and Corporate Compliance: Forewarned Is Forearmed in Washington, sponsored by PilieroMazza PLLC. Fee is $45. For details or to register, contact Jennifer Lager at 202-857-1000 or jlager@pilieromazza.com.

25 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business, Veteran owned, HUBZone and Women Owned Small Business Conference and Matchmaker in Washington, sponsored by GovConnectx. Fee is $99. For information and to register, go to www.govconectx.com/SDVOB_Conference.html.

26 Basic Federal Contracting Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

26 Northern California Supplier Development Council Minority Business Opportunity Expo in San Francisco. For details, contact Eileen Lopez Rider at erider@ncsdc.org.

30-31 Fifth Annual Native American Procurement Conference in Albuquerque, presented by National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s American Indian PTACs and NM American Indian Chamber of Commerce. Fee is $75. For details and to register, go to www.ncaied.org or contact Lori Sneezy at 480-545-4208 ext. 225 or email lori.sneezy@ncaied.org.

31 Teaming and Subcontracting seminar in Fairfax, VA, presented by George Mason University Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $45. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or call 703-277-7700.

AUGUST

1 Alliance Texas 2007 in Grapevine, TX. For details, go to www.allianceforbiz.com.

1-2 National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit in Washington, sponsored by Nati onal Procurement Council and U S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Fee is $350 for members. $405 for non-members. For details and to register, go to http://nsbfcs2007.ning.com/.

8-11 Florida Minority Supplier Development Council Annual Conference and Trade Fair in Lake Buena Vista. For details, contact Malik Ali at  info@fmsdc.org.

13-15 Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Councils 30th Annual Business Opportunity Conference in Greenville, SC. For details, contact Terry Amisi at tamis@carolinasmsdc.org.

14 Responding to RFPs seminar at George Mason University’s Prince William County, VA, campus, presented by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $45. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or call 703-277-7700.

14-15 Navy Gold Coast Small Business Opportunities Conference in San Diego. For details and to register, go to http://2007goldcoast.ndia-sd.org/.

15 Veterans Affairs Department Vendor Counseling Session in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.va.gov/osdbu/services/register.htm.

22-23 Tennessee Minority Supplier Development Council 2007 Marketplace of Opportunities in Nashville. For details, contact Cheri Henderson at chenderson@tmsdc.net.