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Calendar of Events
Please submit all listings for conferences, seminars and
other events either by fax 202-686-3228 or e-mail: wpcorbett@setasidealert.com. Listings are free
and will run through the issue before the event.

SEPTEMBER

11-14 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week 2005 Conference in Washington, sponsored by the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency. For details and to register, go to www.medweek.gov.

13-14 Women’s Business Development Center’s 19th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference in Chicago. For information, go to www.wbdc.org.

14 Set-Aside Alert’s Monthly Small Business Breakfast in Falls Church, VA, with Kevin Boshears, OSDBU director at the Department of Homeland Security. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

14 “OFPP’s Top Acquisition Initiatives,” with Robert Burton, Associate Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, in Arlington, VA, sponsored by Washington Chapter, National Contract Management Association. Fee is $30 for members, $32 for non-members. For information and to register, go to www.ncmadc.org/Sepflyer.doc.

14 Business Matchmaking event in Milwaukee, sponsored by SBA and the HP Foundation. For details and to register, go to www.businessmatchmaking.com.

14 Basic Federal Proposal Management at Advantage Consulting Inc. in Annandale, VA. Fee is $450. For details and a registration form go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. or contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit our website at www.acibiz.com.

15 SBA’s Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs holds its first public meeting of the year at SBA headquarters in Washington. For information, contact Cheryl Clark at 202-205-6773.

15 Proposal Writing for Technical Staff at Advantage Consulting Inc. in Annandale, VA. Fee is $450. For details and a registration form go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. or contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit our website at www.acibiz.com.

15 Delaware Procurement Expo 2005 in Newark, DE, sponsored by University of Delaware Small Business Development Center and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center of Delaware. Fee is $40. For details, call 301-571-1555 or 800-222-2279.

21 “Hot Topics in Government Contracting” in Washington, sponsored by Piliero, Mazza and Pargament. Fee is $60 in advance, $75 at the door. For details and to register, go to www.pmplawfirm.com or call Susan Brock at 202-857-1000.

OCTOBER

12-13 Contract Services Association’s Washington Conference. For details and to register, go to www.csa-dc.org.

13 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Sept. 29. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

18 NASA/Kennedy Space Center Annual Business Opportunities Expo 2005, sponsored by Kennedy Space Center Small Business Council, the 45th Space Wing, Canaveral Port Authority, and various congressional representatives, in Port Canaveral, FL. For information and to register, go to http://expo.ksc.nasa.gov.

23-26 National Minority Supplier Development Council’s NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in Dallas. For information at to register, contact Suzette Eaddy at 212-944-2430 or nmsdc1@aol.com.

24-25 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Columbia, MD, presented by RGFCC. (Earns 8 CPE Credits per course.) Fee is $369 single class or $656 for both classes. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

26 Business and Ethical Considerations for Government Contractors in Washington, in Washington, sponsored by Piliero, Mazza and Pargament. Fee is $60 in advance, $75 at the door. For details, go to www.pmplawfirm.com or call Susan Brock at 202-857-1000.

NOVEMBER

2 State Department’s Overseas Buildings Operations Industry Day at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. Interested parties should register before Sept. 17. Registration fee is $150. To register, go to www.roomersinc.com or call 703-518-0233.

2 Alliance South Opportunities for Small Business in Atlanta. Pre-Registered Exhibitors and attendees will be matched to prime contractors and government agencies. Fee is $95 until Oct. 7. For information and to register, go to www.allianceforbiz.com.

8 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, for veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Oct. 25. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

9 Annual Minority Business Exchange (MBX) in Windsor Locks, CT, hosted by United Technologies Corp. and Hamilton Sundstrand. Speaker is Ralph Thomas, NASA assistant administrator and OSDBU director


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