September

8 Fedmarket.com seminar, *Selling to the Department of Homeland Security” in Tysons Corner, VA. Fee is $500. For details, go to http://www.fedmarket.com/productTour/seminar/index.php.

9-10 Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference and Women’s Business and Buyer’s Mart in Chicago, sponsored by the Women’s Business Development Center. For information, go to www.wbdc.org or call 312-853-3477.

9-11 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.

9-11 National Indian Business Association’s 11th Annual Conference and Business Opportunity Trade Show in Crystal City, VA. It is Indian country’s benchmark forum for economic development. For more information, call 202-223-3766 or go to www.nibanetwork.org.

11-12 RGF Consulting Corp. presents Building Effective Government Costs Proposals and Establishing Indirect Rates in Atlanta. For more information, go to www.rgfcc.com or call 1-888-389-1230.

11-12 Fedmarket.com seminar, *Selling to the Federal Government” in Tysons Corner, VA. Learn the specifics of selling to the Department of Homeland Security and the military; along with the basics of government sales, business development and GSA schedules. Fee is $950. For details, go to http://www.fedmarket.com/productTour/seminar/selltoGov.php.

14-16 Women Impacting Public Policy annual meeting in Washington. For informatiion, go to www.wipp.org.

15 RGF Consulting Corp. presents Developing Grade “A” Technical Proposals in Denver. For more information, go to www.rgfcc.com or call 1-888-389-1230

15-16 Minority Supplier Development Council of PA-NJ-DE trade fair in Philadelphia. For information, contact Carol P. Ray at 215-893-9977 or carol.ray3@verizon.

17 Northern California Supplier Development Council “Contacts to Contracts 2003” in San Francisco. For information, contact Alexis Wellington at 510-587-1152 or awellington@ncsdc.org.

17-18 Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council “Corporate/Minority Business Exchange” in St. Paul. For information, contact Tran Nhon at 612-332-6332 or tnhon@meda.net.

17-19 SBA’s National Entrepreneurial Conference & Expo in Washington. Events include key components of National Small Business Week and Annual Procurement Conference. For information, go to http://www.sba.gov/50/nece.html.

18 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Small Business Conference and Science Forum in Greenbelt, MD. Participants may schedule one-on-one interviews with decision-makers from NASA, its prime contractors and other federal agencies. For information and to register, go to www.Nlightened.com or contact Rita Castillo Ford at 202-249-2375 or rford@nlightened.com.

18-19 RGF Consulting Corp. presents The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in Plain Talk in Philadelphia. For more information, go to www.rgfcc.com or call 1-888-389-1230.

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

22-26 UIDA Business Services, a Native American Procurement and Technical Assistance Center, holds Native American Small Business Conference and Trade Show in Orlando, FL. The conference will provide a venue for networking with representatives from government agencies, prime contractors and others seeking to work with Indian businesses. For information and to register, go to www.uida.org/Conference.html or call 770-494-0431.

24-25 Asian Pacific and Hispanic American Opportunities Conference in Washington sponsored by the departments of Labor and HUD and SBA. For information and to register, go to www.opportunitiesconfrence.gov.

24-25 Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council “Trade Expo 2003” in Mashantucket. For information, contact Delores Holley at 203-288-9744 or dholley@cmsdc.org

25 Houston Minority Business Council “Expo 2003 Opportunity Marketplace” in Houston. For information, contact Richard A. Huebner at 713-271-7805 or richard@hmbc.org.

28-1 National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MEDWeek) conference in Washington, sponsored by Minority Business Development Agency and Small Business Administration. For details go to http://www.medweek.gov/SpotLight/index.asp?id=30.

30-4 Association of Small Business Development Centers Annual Conference in San Diego. For more information, go to www.asbdc-us.org.

October

9 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.

26-29 National Minority Supplier Development Council “NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunity Fair” in Chicago. For information, contact Suzette Eaddy at 212-944-2430 or nmsdc1@aol.com.