Calendar of events.

Please submit all listings for conferences, seminars and other events either by fax [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail]. Listings are free and will run through the issue before the event.

MAY

4-6     Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council Business
        Opportunity Fair in Hampton, VA For details and
        to register, go to www.vmsdc.org.

5       Essentials of Government Contracting in Falls Church,
        VA, sponsored by Set-Aside Alert and National Business
        Promotions and Conferences Inc. This half-day seminar offers
        expert advice on business development in the federal
        marketplace. Fee is $195. For details and to register, go to
        www setasidealert.com/essentials.htm.

5-6     Dallas-Fort Worth Minority Business Council Business
        Opportunity Fair in Arlington, TX. For details and to register,
        go to www.dfwmbdc.com.

6-7     GSA Schedule Prep Seminars and Workshops in New
        York, presented by Keynote Connections. For details and
        to register, go to www.keynote-connections.com.

        Marketing Your GSA Schedule seminar in Fairfax, VA,
        presented by George Mason University Procurement Technical
        Assistance Program. Fee is $99. For details and to
        register, go to www.vaptap.org/.

8-9     Florida Regional Minority Business Development Council
        Business Opportunity Fair in Fort Lauderdale. For
        details and to register, go to www.frmbdc.org.

8-9     Pittsburgh Regional Minority Purchasing Council Business
        Opportunity Fair in Detroit. For details and to register,
        go to www.mmbdc.com.

12-14   Michigan Minority Business Development Council Business
        Opportunity Fair in Fort Lauderdale. For details
        and to register, go to www.frmbdc.org.

13      Transportation Department Office of Computer Information
        & Operations and OSDBU Spring 2008 Vendor
        Day in Washington. Advance registration is required at
        www.dot.gov/osdbu.

13      Department of Health and Human Services Vendor
        Outreach Session in Washington, featuring small business
        specialist. For details and to register, go to www.hhs.gov/
        osdbu.

13      Marketing to the Federal Government seminar in
        Fairfax, VA, presented by George Mason University Procurement
        Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $45. For
        details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/.

13-15   Defense Department Procurement Conference in Orlando,
        FL. For details and to register, go to www.acq.osd.mil/
        dpap/ops/docs/procurement-conference-2008.pdf

15      What, When, Where and How to Protest Federal Procurements
        in Vienna, VA, presented by Set-Aside Alert
        and Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle. Fee is $295. For details
        and to register, go to www.setasidealert.com/
        saaseminars.htm.

16      State Department Service-Disabled Veteran
        Matchmaking Event in Arlington, VA. Fee is $99. For
        information and to register, go to www.regonline.com/
        Checkin.asp?Eventld=195533.

16      Small Business Executive Breakfast in Falls Church,
        VA, with Kristi Wilson-Hill, OSDBU director at the Department
        of Education. Sponsored by Set-Aside Alert and National
        Business Promotions and Conferences Inc. For details
        and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

19-21   National Defense Industrial Association's Fifth Annual
        Small Business Conference in San Diego. For details
        and to register, go to www.NDIA.org/meetings/8140=

21      Veterans Affairs Department Vendor Counseling Session
        in Washington. For details and to register, go to
        www.va.gov/osdbu/services/confreg.asp.

22      Homeland Security Department Vendor Outreach Session
        in Washington, featuring small business specialists.
        For details and to register, go to www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/
        smallbusiness/editorial_0524.shtm.

28      Treasury Department Vendor Outreach Session for
        HUBZone and service-disabled veteran-owned companies
        in Oxon Hill, MD. For details and to register, go to
        http://treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/
        VOS.

JUNE

2-3     New York and New Jersey Minority Supplier Development
        Council Business Opportunity Fair in New York.
        For details and to register, go to www.nynjmsdc.org.

3-4     National Security Agency SIGINT Conference at Fort
        Meade, MD, presented by Federal Business Council Inc.
        For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com.

        Small Business Executive Breakfast in Falls Church,
        VA, with Theresa Alvillar-Speake, OSDBU director, Department
        of Energy. Sponsored by Set-Aside Alert and National
        Business Promotions and Conferences Inc. For details and
        to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

10      Department of Health and Human Services Vendor
        Outreach Session in Washington, featuring small business
        specialist. For details and to register, go to www.hhs.gov/
        osdbu.

12      Homeland Security Department Vendor Outreach Session
        in Washington, featuring small business specialists.
        For details and to register, go to www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/
        smallbusiness/editorial_0524.shtm.