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JULY 2019

22 Virginia PTAC hosts You Won a Contract- Now What? Suffolk, VA https://virginiaptac.ecenterdirect.com/events/2418

24 National Defense Industrial Association San Diego chapter hosts Dept. of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event, San Diego, CA https://www.navygoldcoast.org/

25 Homeland Security Dept. hosts Small Business Vendor Outreach Session, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2FQdxb1

25 GovConectx hosts Maryland Outreach Matchmaker, Hanover, MD https://bit.ly/2IS47f4

25 SBA & Louisiana SBDC hosts 7th Annual Bootstraps to Briefcases Veterans Conference, Baton Rouge, LA https://bit.ly/2Wlwj2o

25 Federal Business Council hosts DISA/Joint Service Provider Cybersecurity Forum at the Pentagon, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2KHdiS2

30 COSE hosts Cleveland B2B Matchmaker, Cleveland, OH https://www.clevelandbtobmatchmaker.com/

30-31 Governing Magazine hosts Summit on Infrastructure, Pittsburgh, PA https://www.governing.com/events

31 Federal Business Council hosts Los Alamos Lab Technology Day at LARP, Los Alamos, NM https://bit.ly/2ITuNfJ

AUGUST 2019

1 Federal Business Council hosts Kirtland AFB/Sandia Lab Tech and Cyber Day, Albuquerque, NM https://bit.ly/2FD148A

1 IT & Cyber Day at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD https://bit.ly/2Xd1Xjc

5-7 9th Annual Digital Marketing for Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN https://exlevents.com/digital-marketing-medical-devices/

6 SBA, WIPP & AMEX host ChallengeHer Chicago, Chicago, IL https://bit.ly/2IOBJJU

6-7 US Energy Dept. Summer 2019 New Mexico Small Business Expo, Albuquerque, NM https://bit.ly/2M0FAYO

7 Treasury Dept. Vendor Outreach Session for SDVOSBs and HUBZone firms, Washington, DC; advance registration requested; https://bit.ly/2WeKa6S

7 Defense Tech Expos hosts How to Do Business with the US Army, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2Lqg4dB

8 SBA, WIPP & AMEX host ChallengeHer San Antonio, San Antonio, TX https://bit.ly/2WBMST2

8 Federal Business Council hosts Convergence 2019: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Baltimore, MD https://bit.ly/2FCwUm9

11 HHS Dept. hosts Small Business Vendor Outreach Session, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2WiEOb4

13 National LGBT Chamber of Commerce hosts Leadership Conference, Tampa, FL https://www.nglcc.org/nglcc19

14 Cross Timbers Procurement Center hosts 23rd Annual Government Procurement Conference, Arlington, TX http://www.gpc-texas.org/

15 Northrop Grumman and USC host free Cybersecurity Workshop Training - DFARS 204.73 / NIST SP 800-171, Bowie, MD https://conta.cc/2XFZL3H

15 US Education Dept. OSDBU hosts New York Small Business Conference, New York, NY https://bit.ly/2VyoYaq

15 GovConectx hosts August Showcase, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/2Rr7n7n

20-22 US Energy Dept. hosts Energy Exchange, Denver, CO https://www.energy-exchange.com/registration/

20-21 OBAN and Tribal Government Institute host ICBS Show: Diversity in Government Contracting, Norman, OK http://icbsshow.com/

21 The CGP hosts the Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament, Ijamsville, MD https://bit.ly/2V94itA

21-22 Federal Business Council hosts Army Tactical SIGINT Expo at NSA, Fort Meade, MD https://bit.ly/2X3FsZ3

21-23 Elite SDVOB Convention, New York, NY http://www.sdvobconference.com/

22 Defense Tech Expos hosts Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement Tech Plus Expo, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2IoVwgP

22 Federal Business Council hosts IT & Cyber Day at Fort Detrick, Fort Detrick, MD https://bit.ly/2Xdg6wB

28 Homeland Security Dept. hosts 8(a) and SDB Small Business Vendor Outreach Session, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2FQdxb1

SEPTEMBER 2019

3 SAVE THE DATE: National HUBZone Council Golf Outing, Chantilly, VA

3-5 Federal Business Council hosts 9th Annual Peak Cyber Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO https://bit.ly/2X2EV9O

4-5 SAVE THE DATE: National HUBZone Conference Chantilly, VA

10-12 Federal Business Council hosts 2019 Fort Benning Expo, Fort Benning, GA https://bit.ly/2Ykz9Sq

10-12 Federal Business Council hosts 8th Annual AOC Pacific Conference, Honolulu, HI https://bit.ly/2XItmJn

12 Federal Business Council hosts Tinker AFB - AFCEA OKC Technology Day and Golf Tournament, Oklahoma City, OK https://bit.ly/2FFcmJI

18 Federal Business Council hosts Department of State IT Vendor Day, Washington DC https://bit.ly/2NrB1YC

19 GovConectx hosts Federal Sales Boot Camp, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/2Rr7n7n

23-25 The MedTech Conference, Boston, MA https://themedtechconference.com/

23-26 Strata Data Conference, New York, NY https://bit.ly/2JOP2wA

29-Oct. 1 US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosts 2019 National Convention, Albuquerque, NM https://ushcc.com/events/

OCTOBER 2019

8 Federal Training Partnership hosts Pacific Northwest National Lab Cyber Tech Day, Richland, WA Contact info@federaltrainingpartnership.com for details

13-16 NMSDC hosts 2019 NMSDC Conference, Atlanta, GA http://www.nmsdcconference.com/

16-17 Defense Strategies Institute hosts VA/DOD and Gov Health IT Summit, Alexandria, VA http://iehrsummit.dsigroup.org/

17 US Defense Leadership Forum hosts 2019 MILCOM Contracting Summit, Washington, DC https://conta.cc/2WJux6u

NOVEMBER 2019

6-9 UT-Arlington hosts Business Beyond the Battlefield Conference, Arlington, TX https://bit.ly/2LnqlHK

18-19 SMART hosts SmartProc GovCon 2019 Conference, Frederick, MD https://bit.ly/2XykcyJ

20-21 SAVE THE DATES: The CGP hosts Fall Healthcare Forum, Excellence in Partnership Dinner, Fall Training Conference, Falls Church, VA

DECEMBER 2019

4-5 US Defense Leadership Forum hosts 2019 West Coast Small Business Defense Contracting Summit, San Diego, CA https://conta.cc/2FeF96B

JANUARY 2020

30-31 US Defense Leadership Forum hosts 2020 Air Force Contracting Summit, Miramar Beach, FL https://conta.cc/2FagWiF

FEBRUARY 2020

11-13 National 8(a) Association hosts 2020 Small Business Conference, New Orleans, LA https://www.national8aassociation.org/

APRIL 2020

14-16 SAVE the DATE - GSA hosts Federal Acquisition Service Training conference, Atlanta, GA

20-21 US Defense Leadership Forum hosts 2020 Southwest Defense Contracting Summit, San Antonio, TX https://conta.cc/2KPDA3t

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