If your organization is inviting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) to support your conference as a speaker, exhibitor or source of informational materials, please fill-in all the information indicated on the VA OSDBU Conference Invitation Request.  Once this information for your event has been received, we will review it and will inform you if we can participate in your event.  Please contact Ms. Linda Sitney at (202) 461-4262 if you have any questions.

• 10/2012—National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  
  
• 10/2012—National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  
  
• 10/2012—Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  
  
• 10/2012—National Apple Month
  
  
• 10/2012—National Physical Therapy Month
  
  
• 10/08/2012—Columbus Day
  
  
• 10/09-10/10/2012—GovSec West 2012:  Gaylord Texan Resort, Dallas, Texas.  Please call Jules Gagne at (703) 876-5069, contact him via email at jgagne@1105media.com or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/10/2012—(DC Area) 2012 National 8(a)Training, Business Matchmaking, and Awards Ceremony:  Carnegie Library, Washington, DC.  Please call at (301) 596-6031 or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/14/2012—Make a Difference Day - National Day of Doing Good
  
  
• 09/15-10/15/2012—National Hispanic Heritage Month
  
  
• 10/15/2012—White Cane Safety Day celebrates blind and visually impaired people’s achievements in the United States on October 15 every year.  It also reminds people about the how the white cane is an important tool in helping the blind and the visually impaired live with greater independence.
  
  
• 10/16/2012—NASA/KSC HUBZone Industry Day & EXPO 2012:  Cruise Terminal #4, Port Canaveral, FL.  Please call at (321) 867-7353, email at ksc-expo@mail.nasa.gov or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/16/2012—(DC Area) 2012 WOSB National Council Fall Conference:  Embassy Suites Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington, DC.  Please visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/17/2012—(DC Area) 2012 National Small Business Federal Contracting Fall Conference:  October 16-17, 2012, Embassy Suites Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington, DC.  Please visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/24/2012—United Nations Day
  
  
• 10/26/2012—Video PowerPoint YouTube Bootcamp - Promote What You Know, Do, and Sell:  College Park, GA.  Please call Ms. Peggy Duncan at (404) 492-8197, email at worksmart@peggyduncan.com or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 10/31/2012—Halloween