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SEPTEMBER 2019

20 Maryland PTAC hosts SBIR Road Tour, College Park, MD https://conta.cc/2ZzQtq4

23-25 WBC hosts 14th Annual Great Lakes Women’s Business Conference, Novi, MI https://www.greatlakeswbc.org/

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

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

24 American Legion hosts VET-Force Veterans Small Business Forum, Washington DC https://conta.cc/2lYa5C5

24 Air Force Cyber Expo, Los Angeles, CA info@federaltrainingpartnership.com or Call 1-844-325-0341 for More Information

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

OCTOBER 2019

2 Potomac Officers Forum hosts 4th Annual Army Forum, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/2lWvUSU

3 George Mason U. School of Business hosts 2019 Government Contracting Conference, Washington, DC http://business.gmu.edu/govcon/events/conference/

3 Education Dept. OSDBU hosts San Francisco Small Business Conference, San Francisco, CA https://bit.ly/2TeUkDD

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

9 National Veteran Small Business Coalition DC Chapter hosts Dinner Meeting, Arlington, VA https://bit.ly/2NzPy2I

13-15 NAWBO hosts 2019 National Women’s Business Conference, Jacksonville, FL https://bit.ly/2QKpx05

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

15 Capital Business Development Association Monthly Dinner event, Arlington, VA For more information please contact charles.painter@icsfederal.com

16 Potomac Officers Club hosts FY2020 Budget and Procurement Forum, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/2MGJHca

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

17 Aronson LLC hosts 2019 Government Contractors Fall Conference, McLean, VA https://bit.ly/2UbqpfP

24 SBA, WIPP and Amex host ChallengeHER: Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting, Arlington, VA https://challengeher.us/events/

24 GovConectx hosts Fall Showcase, Alexandria, VA https://bit.ly/2kg41ED

25 Intuitive Group hosts MBE/DBE Certification Bootcamp, Capitol Heights, MD https://bit.ly/2KYHcA2

28 GTSC hosts USCIS Day, Arlington, VA https://www.hstoday.us/event/uscis-day-2019-2/

28-29 Veterans in Business Networking National Conference, San Diego, CA https://bit.ly/33ZFk1v

29 SBA, WIPP and Amex host ChallengeHER: Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting, San Diego, CA https://challengeher.us/events/

29-30 PSC hosts Vision Federal Market Forecast 2019, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/2Opngdj

31 HUD Cybersecurity Day, Washington, DC Call 1-844-325-0341 for exhibitor details.

NOVEMBER 2019

4-7 Resilience Week 2019 Symposium, San Antonio, TX https://events.inl.gov/Resilience-Week-2019

5 El Paso Community College hosts 14th Annual Veterans Business Conference, Fort Bliss, TX https://www.elpasococ-events.org/

6 Professional Services Council and Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce host 17th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, Tysons Corner, VA https://www.novachamber.org/events.html

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

7 SBA, WIPP and Amex host ChallengeHER: Opportunities for Women in Federal Contracting, Huntsville, AL https://challengeher.us/events/

12 National Veteran Small Business Coalition DC Chapter hosts Dinner Meeting, Arlington, VA https://bit.ly/2NzPy2I

18-21 2019 Alamo AFCEA Chapter Event, San Antonio, TX https://bit.ly/2UbodF7

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

20 Capital Business Development Association Monthly Dinner event, Arlington, VA For more information please contact charles.painter@icsfederal.com

20-21 The CGP hosts Fall Healthcare Forum, Excellence in Partnership Dinner, Fall Training Conference, Falls Church, VA http://thecgp.org/events/list

20-22 SAME hosts 2019 Small Business Conference for the A/E/C Industry, Dallas, TX https://www.samesbc.org/index.cfm

DECEMBER 2019

3 Jennifer Schaus & Associates and Virginia PTAC host 4th Annual Doing Business with DOD & the Intel Community, Arlington, VA https://bit.ly/2kzzimm

4-5 USDA HQ Riverdale hosts Technology Expo Series, Washington, DC and Riverdale, MD email info@FederalTrainingPartnership.com for more information

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

10-11 VA hosts 9th Annual National Veteran Small Business Engagement, Nashville, TN http://nvsbe.com/

JANUARY 2020

9 Defense Tech hosts Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Plus Expo, Washington, DC https://sites.google.com/site/defensetechexpos/dcfederalexpo

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/

MARCH 2020

2-5 SAVE THE DATE: RES 2020 Reservation Economic Summit, Las Vegas, NV https://bit.ly/2NvYeXU

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

MAY 2020

26-28 SAVE THE DATE - National Veteran Small Business Coalition hosts 10th Annual Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium (VETS ‘20) San Antonio, TX Registration opens Oct. 2019

JUNE 2020

29-30 Defense Leadership Forum hosts Navy Contracting Summit, Norfolk, VA https://www.defenseleadership forum.org/

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