AUGUST

13 Peak Performance Breakfast Series in Falls Church, VA, with Kevin Boshears, OSDBU director, Homeland Security Department. For details and to register, go to www.thepeakseries.com.

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.

15 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 savings).  For details and a registration form go to http://www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit our website at http://www.acibiz.com.

  16 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 savings).  For details and a registration form go to http://www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit our website at http://www.acibiz.com.

20 Peak Performance Breakfast Series in Falls Church, VA, with Glenn Delgado, OSDBU director, NASA. For details and to register, go to www.thepeakseries.com.

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

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

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

23 Business Tool for Success: Costing and Pricing Basics seminar at George Mason University’s Prince William County, VA, campus, presented by the Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $150. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or call 703-277-7700.

27 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/.

SEPTEMBER

5-6 West Virginia Veterans Conference and Contract Connections, a match-making event for vendors, prime contractors, subcontractors, and contracting officers, in Charleston, WV. For details and registration, go to www.contractconnections.org/ or contact Ms. Sommer Straight at 304.344.2546 ext. 3. This conference is not limited to veteran-owned businesses.

6-7 Proposal Writing to Win Federal Government and National Laboratory Contracts in Columbia, MD, presented by Technical Management Consortium, Inc. Fee is $675. For details and to register, go to www.proposalw.com.

11-12 Houston Minority Business Council Expo 2007 Business Opportunity Marketplace in Houston. For details, contact Richard Huebner at richard@hmbc.org.

11 Responding to RFPs 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.

12 Introduction to Contracting with the Federal Government 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.

12 St. Louis Minority Business Council trade show in St. Louis. For details, contact Barbara Roland-Gibson at bagibson@slmbc.org.

13-14 National Minority Enterprise Development Week Conference in Washington, sponsored by U.S. Minority Business Development Agency. For details and to register, go to www.medweek.gov.

17-19 Women Impacting Public Policy Annual Conference & Meeting in Washington. For details, go to www.wipp.org.