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DECEMBER 2017

20 Mid-Tier Advocacy Breakfast: “Planning for Growth,” Vienna, VA http://goo.gl/VNb7Fv

JANUARY 2018

8 5th Annual ED Games Expo, Washington, DC https://www.sbir.gov/node/1320867

10 AFCEA Bethesda hosts January 2018 Breakfast: Cyber in a DevOps Environment, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/sEPEJz

10 National Veterans Small Business Coalition DC Chapter Dinner with Kevin Boshears of DHS, Arlington, VA Contact scott.semple@nvsbc.org.

16 AFCEA Bethesda hosts 10th Annual Health IT Day, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/82coqv

18 Defense Tech hosts Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Expo Plus FY2018, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/1rRYNo

25 Potomac Officers Club hosts 5th Annual Intel Summit, Location TBA, VA, http://goo.gl/eUYqms

25 GovConectx Federal Sales Boot Camp, Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/mrtFDK

29-30 2018 Air Force Contracting Summit, Destin- Miramar Beach, FL https://www.defenseleadershipforum.org/airforcecontractingsummit

31 Potomac Officers Club hosts Defense Research & Development Summit, Location TBA, http://goo.gl/At82Ys

31-Feb. 2 National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference, Nashville, TN http://goo.gl/bfTXk5

FEBRUARY 2018

7 National Veterans Small Business Coalition DC Chapter Dinner, Arlington, VA Contact scott.semple@nvsbc.org.

8 Fort Belvoir Tech Plus Procurement Expo, Fort Belvoir, VA http://secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/show/l4wwh--e4t2c-7fustb90

MARCH 2018

5-8 NCAIED hosts National Reservation Summit Las Vegas 2018, Las Vegas, NV, http://res.ncaied.org/res-las-vegas-2018-registration/

5-8 APTAC Spring Conference 2018, Jacksonville, FL http://www.aptac-us.org/aptac-conferences/

14 NDIA hosts Human Systems Conference, Springfield, VA http://www.ndia.org/events/2018/3/13/human-systems-conference

14 National Veterans Small Business Coalition DC Chapter Dinner with Kevin Plexico of Deltek, Arlington, VA Contact scott.semple@nvsbc.org

APRIL 2018

9-11 Navy League hosts Sea Air Space Expo, National Harbor, MD http://www.seaairspace.org/about/future-dates

9-11 Navy Forum for SBIR/STTR Transition, National Harbor, MD https://navyfst.com/

11 National Veterans Small Business Coalition DC Chapter Dinner, Arlington, VA Contact scott.semple@nvsbc.org.

12 B2G Procurement Conference and Expo, Richmond, VA http://goo.gl/FeKqGv

25-27 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit, Nashville, TN http://s15.a2zinc.net/clients/AAAA/AAAA18/Public/Enter.aspx

MAY 2018

7-8 2018 Navy Contracting Summit, Norfolk, VA https://www.defenseleadershipforum.org/navycontractingsummit

9 National Veterans Small Business Coalition DC Chapter Dinner, Arlington, VA Contact scott.semple@nvsbc.org.

22-24 17th Annual US Dept. of Energy Small Business Forum & Expo, Houston, TX https://energy.gov/osdbu/smallbusinessconference/doe2018-registration

JUNE 2018

10-14 Save the Date: National Veterans Small Business Coalition hosts annual Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium, Williamsburg, VA Details to come. http://www.nvsbc.org

18-19 2018 Army Contracting Summit, San Antonio, TX https://www.defenseleadershipforum.org/armycontractingsummit

AUGUST 2018

15-17 15th Annual Elite SDVOSB National Conference, San Diego, CA. SAVE THE DATE http://www.sdvobconference.com/

NOVEMBER 2018

12-14 APTAC Fall Conference 2018, Washington, DC http://www.aptac-us.org/aptac-conferences/

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