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.

• Observances—National Disability Employment Awareness Month; National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Domestic Violence Awareness Month; National Physical Therapy Month
  
  
• 10/24—United Nations Day
  
  
• 10/26—Video PowerPoint YouTube Bootcamp; College Park, GA
  Promote What You Know, Do, and Sell!  Please call Ms. Peggy Duncan at (404) 492-8197, email at worksmart@peggyduncan.com or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  

• Observances—American Diabetes Month; Lung Cancer Awareness Month; Native American Indian Heritage; National Healthy Skin Month; National Family Caregivers Month
  
  
• 11/04-11/07—Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) Fall Training Conference; Washington, DC
  The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) will hold its Fall 2012 Training Conference from November 4th through November 7th.  APTAC members are counselors to more than 70,000 businesses across the country.  The conference theme is “The Responsiveness Requirement: Advising Clients How to Be Responsive.”  This event requires registration.  Please call Becky Peterson at (615) 268-6644, email at aptachgtrs@hotmail.com or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 11/06—Election Day
  
  
• 11/11—Veterans Day (observed)

• 12/03-12/04—Women Veteran Entrepreneur Corps; McLean, VA
  Count Me In and Capital One are pleased to introduce the Women Veteran Entrepreneur Corps (WVEC), an exciting new business growth initiative for women business owners who are Veterans or spouses/domestic partners of Veterans.  Looking to grow your small businesses quickly and sustainably?  Ready to create new jobs and contribute to economic growth in your community?  Join us and become part of this exciting new movement!  For more information and registration, email wvec@countmein.org or visit the event web site.
  
  
• 12/05-12/06—2012 National Minority Enterprise Development Week Conference; Washington, DC
  The conference is the Nation’s premier event for minority entrepreneurs and the public and private sectors.  The MED Week Conference offers a venue for minority-owned firms to access information, tools and resources to grow their businesses both domestically and internationally.  Each year, thousands of minority-owned firms across a variety of industries converge upon Washington, DC to connect with public and private sector buyers, explore avenues for business expansion, and develop thriving partnerships with firms across multiple industry sectors.  Please call Venice Harris at (202) 482-1617, email at vharris@mbda.gov or visit the event web site for additional information.
  
  
• 12/07—Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
  
  
• 12/07—Minority-Owned Business Certification; Houston, TX
  Join representatives from the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC) as they discuss the benefits of being certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), the detailed certification process, and how to leverage HMBC certification to become certified by other organizations.  Please call Bob Warren at (713) 752-8470, email at rjwarren2@uh.edu or visit the event web site for additional information.