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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
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Congressman
Dan Lungren
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Ted Glum
Director, Defense Microelectronics
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Scott Denniston
Director, Office of Small
Business and Center for Veterans
Enterprise Department of Veterans Affairs |
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS:
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California’s New Veterans Homes - Participation by Certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises
Robert Manley Johnson, Director, Capital Outlay and Development Division California Department of Veterans Affairs |
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How to Enjoy Getting Up on Monday
Luncheon Speaker: Dixie Schneider, Motivational Humorist |
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BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: |
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SESSION 1: Patriot Express Loan Program
Jim O’Neal, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) |
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SESSION 2: Labor Law and Contracting Law - Advice for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Susan E. Kirkgaard, Business Litigation and Real Estate and Business Law Departments, Diepenbrock Harrison Professional Law Firm |
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SESSION 3: Marketing to Government
Carol Bowyer, Senior Counselor/ Instructor, The FTC |
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SESSION 4: Responding to RFPs (Request for Proposal)
Bill Teeple, Senior Counselor/ Instructor, The FTC |
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SESSION 5: Government Subcontracting
Perry Sloan, Counselor/ Instructor, The FTC |
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WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:
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Learn about government and prime contractor business
opportunties
• Grow your business through networking with key government and
prime contractor decision makers, and veteran business owners
• Connect with veteran-owned business owners / managers that are
interested in contracting and subcontracting opportunities
• Expand your knowledge and expertise through training sessions on
contracting with the government and prime contractors
• Tour Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), a high-tech applied engineering federal laboratory |
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Veteran-owned business owners / managers that are interested
in contracting and subcontracting opportunities representing all
industries
• All small business owners / managers that are interested in
contracting and subcontracting opportunities representing
all industries - while this year's conference will highlight
opportunities for veterans, all small businesses are invited to
attend and network with government agencies and prime contractors
• Representatives from Small Disadvantaged Businesses, 8(a), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Businesses and Woman Owned Businesses
• Federal Agency and Prime Contractor representatives interested
in expanding their Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business,
8(a), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, HUBZone, Service
Disabled Veteran Business and Woman Owned Business participation
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PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR OF HIGH-TECH MICROELECTRONICS LABORATORY:
October 14, 2008 - 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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• Tour the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) laboratory (Limited to the first 40 registrants.
U.S. citizenship is required. The tour begins at the Lions Gate Hotel Garden Pavilion and transportation is not provided.)
Description: Learn first-hand about DMEA, a one-of-a-kind national high-tech laboratory that supports Department of Defense weapon systems. During the tour of DMEA, attendees will visit the Advanced Reconfigurable Manufacturing for Semiconductors (ARMS) facility, a true flexible foundry, conceived and designed by DMEA to supply requirements for small quantities of the widest range of microelectronic devices. The foundry can be “flexed” on demand to handle multiple devices on not just one, but multiple manufacturing processes. Attendees will also see DMEA's sophisticated Integrated Circuit Testing Facility,where components are characterized, reverse engineered and tested, and the Gamma Irradiation Testing Facility where components designed to operate in nuclear and space radiation environments are tested. DMEA's Gamma Irradiation Testing Facility has the highest Curie content and largest exposure tunnel of any self-shielded irradiator in the world. For more information, see DMEA's website: www.dmea.osd.mil |
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REGISTRATION:
Pre-registration is required. Last year's event sold out!
Early registration is
$110 per person, $125 per person after September 5, 2008. Register now!
Click here.
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Pre-Conference Tour:
October 14, 2008
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Kick-off Reception:
October 14, 2008
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Main Conference Day:
October 15, 2008
7:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Lions Gate Hotel
Garden Pavilion
5640 Dudley Blvd.
McClellan, CA 95652
(Sacramento area)
[Map to Location]

NEW: Sponsorship Opportunities
Click here for details

Registration:
Early registration is
$110 per person,
$125 per person after September 5, 2008.
Pre-registration is required.
Last year's event sold out!
Register now!
Click here.

Lions Gate Hotel
3410 Westover Street
McClellan, CA 95652
(0.16 miles away)
866.866.7100 toll-free
Mention the conference code FEDTEC08 when registering.
Holiday Inn Sacramento
North East I-80
5321 Date Avenue
Sacramento, CA
(1.7 miles away)
800.338.2810 toll-free
Hilton-Sacramento
Arden West
2200 Harvard Street
Sacramento, CA
(4.9 miles away) 800-445-8667 toll-free

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