OSDBU Conferences

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) in an effort to support all of the small business programs, attends various small business conferences throughout the country. Below is a list of upcoming conferences that OSDBU office staff or one of the component Small Business Specialists will be attending.

July 14, 2009, Business Matchmaking
San Francisco, Calif.
Sponsor: SCORE and various businesses

July 20-23, 2009, 5th Annual National Veteran Small Business Conference
Las Vegas, Nev.
Sponsor: Veteran Small Business Federal Interagency Council

August 5, 2009, National SB Federal Contracting Summit
Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce

August 5-6, 2009, Federal Funding Seminar
Manchester, Tenn.
Sponsor: Congressman Lincoln Davis

August 11, 2009, Heartland Procurement Conference
Overland, Kan.
Sponsor: Representative Dennis Moore

August 19-21, 2009, Elite Service Disabled VOB 2009 National Convention
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sponsor: Elite Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Network

August 19-22, 2009, California Hispanic Chamber 30th Annual Convention
San Diego, Calif.
Sponsor: California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

August 26-28, 2009, Minority Enterprise Development Workshop
Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: MDBA, DOC, and SBA

September 16, 2009, Business Matchmaking
Chicago, Ill.
Sponsor: SCORE, American Airlines, American Express, OPEN

September 16-17, 2009, 23rd Entrepreneurial Women's Conference
Chicago, Ill.
Sponsor: Women's Business Development Center

September 23, 2009, Congressional Black Caucus 2009 Conference
Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: Congressional Black Caucus

October 15, 2009, Business Matchmaking
Boston, Mass.
Sponsor: SCORE, American Airlines, American Express, OPEN, HP

October 20-21, 2009, GOVLink 2009
Sacramento, Calif.
Sponsor: Federal Technology Center

October 25, 2009, National Minority Supplier Development Council
New Orleans, La.
Sponsor: NMSDC

October 28, 2009, Looking Up & Moving Forward
Washington, D.C.
Sponsor: Consortium of Business Advocates