OCTOBER

30-31 CBRNE World Convergence 2012 conference Norfolk, VA, Oct. 30-Nov. 2 http://goo.gl/LJWLN

NOVEMBER

1 Breakfast with Kevin Boshears, OSDBU director for DHS, fedmine.us

2 Alliance Baltimore Small Business Procurement Fair, Linthicum, MD http://goo.gl/ITzdZ

5-6 National Contract Management Association’s 31st Annual Government Contract Management Conference http://goo.gl/ZIdBC

6 Breakfast with Jack Beecher, manager of SDVO bus. programs, US Army Corps of Engineers http://www.nbpci.com/Jack-Beecher.html

7 Symantec Government Symposium http://goo.gl/bYpru

7-9 Military & Commercial Microgrids Summit, Del Mar, CA: http://goo.gl/Jf1zx

8 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hosts SDVO small business counseling. Contact: David Allen at allen.david@epa.gov. or 202-566-0913.

8 Breakfast event: Doing business with the VA, hosted by SECAF http://www.secaf.org/event/doing-business-va-what-you-need-know.

8-9 Second Annual National Native American 8(a) Conference, Cabazon, CA. Call 201-857-5333 or visit www.nativenationevents.org

13 ACT-IAC Small Business Forum, Washington DC http://goo.gl/5qaSd

13 Tech Council of Maryland and city of Frederick, MD. sponsoring “Selling to Fort Detrick.” http://goo.gl/FoIs0

13-14 NDIA Homeland Security Symposium, Arlington, VA http://www.ndia.org/meetings/3490/Pages/default.aspx

14 Regional Contracting Industry Day, Fort Bliss, TX, El Paso Comm. College Contracting Opportunities Ctr. http://www.elpasococ.org/

14 GovCon Networking Event, sponsored by EZGSA, DoubleTree Hotel, Bethesda, MD. 6-8 pm, also Dec. 12, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13. http://goo.gl/jbPR2

14 Free Webinar: Navigating the VA’s Verification Process for Veteran-Owned Companies, by Piliero Mazza PLLC http://goo.gl/5i82f

14-15 RES Oklahoma, Nat’l Ctr. for American Indian Enterprise Dev., Tulsa, OK http://goo.gl/j8VY7

16 Breakfast with Teresa Lewis, HHS OSDBU dir. http://www.nbpci.com/Teresa-Lewis.html

20 Register at 12 noon for DHS Vendor Outreach Session on Nov. 29. Vet-owned & SDVO only http://www.dhs.gov/vendor-outreach-session-schedule

27 Lean Thinking & Government, Civic Leadership Academy, Naperville, IL http://goo.gl/bxPCv

27-28 COOP and Emergency Planning in the Government, http://goo.gl/n0FpH

27-29 National Veteran Small Business & Workforce Dev. Expo, Orlando, FL.http://www.ndvbc.org/Annual_Expo

29 FBI Academy Law Enforcement Vendor Fair, Quantico, VA https://www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A00SS7X

DECEMBER

5 Annual NASBCC/USWCC National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit - West Coast, San Diego, CA. http://goo.gl/xFhjK

5-6 National MED Week Conference, U.S. Minority Bus. Dev. Agency, http://www.mdga.gov

6 NASA Ames IT Expo, Sunnyvale, CA https://www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx/Q6UJ9A00T1IE

13 Register at 12 noon for DHS Vendor Outreach Session on Dec. 20 http://www.dhs.gov/vendor-outreach-session-schedule

JANUARY

17 Register at 12 noon for DHS Vendor Outreach Session on Jan. 24 http://www.dhs.gov/vendor-outreach-session-schedule

FEBRUARY

5-7 AFCEA Cyberspace 2013 Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. http://www.afceacyberspace.com/

MARCH

1 American Indian Chamber of Commerce of SC Business Expo http://www.aiccsc.org

14 Register at 12 noon for DHS Vendor Outreach Session on March 21 Women-owned only. http://www.dhs.gov/vendor-outreach-session-schedule

21 3rd Annual Women Veterans Small Business Seminar The Women’s Memorial Arlington National Cemetary http://goo.gl/fDg6O