Mission: National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week is an annual celebration in recognition of the contributions made by minority businesses to the Nation’s economy.  It is the largest federally sponsored event held on behalf of minority businesses. The conference is being co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Government Contracting and Business Development.

The theme for this year’s event is “Strategies for Growth and Competitiveness in the Global Economy.”  In keeping with this year’s theme, the conference’s emphasis will be on exporting and doing business with countries such as China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Latin America, with MBDA introducing an International Trade Day on Aug. 24, the eve of the conference.

SBA also brings a new component to this year’s conference with the introduction of a one-day Mentor-Protégé conference on the eve of the event where there will be a face-to-face matchmaking event for the mentors and protégés and a virtual component.

The 28th Anniversary MED Week Conference will be held on August 25-27, 2010 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

• National MED Week Conference Website
• SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Conference 2010
• SBA Hosts Mentor-Protegé Conference as part of MED Week 2010 (press release 8/19/10)
• MED Week Events Schedule
• Washington Firm Named National Minority Small Business of the Year at MED Week 2010 (press release 8/26/10)
• Keynote Remarks by SBA Administrator Karen Mills and National Awards Presentation