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.  Because of the budget constraints the OSDBU staff will not be able to attend all of the out of town conferences, but will try to have representation as much as possible. 

April
7th Annual Small Business Conference 2013
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, DC
April 11, 2013
Sponsor:  American Council for Technology/Industry Advisory Council

AFCEA's Law Enforcement IT Day
Bethesda, MD
April 16, 2013
Sponsor:  Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association

Lion's Den Meeting
Arlington, VA
April 19, 2013
Sponsor:  Government Technology & Services Coalition

23rd Annual Government Procurement Conference
Washington, DC Convention Center
April 25, 2013
Sponsor:  Government Procurement Offices

Federal HUBZone Contracting Conference
Leesburg, VA
April 17, 2013
Sponsor:  Virginia SBDC Loudoun

 May
Congressman Jim Moran Small Business Conference
George Mason University Arlington Campus
May 14, 2013
Sponsor:  Congressman Jim Moran/Procurement Technical Assistance Center
 

GovConNet Procurement Conference
University at Shady Grove Campus, Rockville, MD
May 17, 2013
Sponsor:  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
 

June
CelebrAsian 2013
Garden City, CA
June 3-5, 2013
Sponsor:  U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce

Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium
Reno, NV
June 10-13, 2013
Sponsor:  National Veteran Small Business Coalition

WBENC
Minneapolis, MN
June 25-27, 2013
Sponsor:  Women's Business Enterprise National Council