Minority and Small Business Information Sessions and Business Matchmaking

The 29th Annual National Minority Enterprise Development Week (2011 MED Week) Conference, the largest federally sponsored event on minority enterprise development, will take place September 27-30, 2011 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The 2011 MED Week Conference offers a great venue for minority-owned firms to access information, tools and resources to grow their businesses both domestically and internationally.

Register to attend the 2011 National MED Week Conference to become eligible to meet corporate and government procurement representatives with more than $30 billion in forecasted opportunities.

2011 National MED Week offers:

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• Business-to-business matchmaking (B2B) sessions with government and corporate procurement officials and capital providers
  
• Keynote addresses from the Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan and Secretary of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius and how these industries impact Minority Businesses
  
• Global networking events with officials from India, the United Kingdom and Brazil
  
• The 29th Annual MED Week Awards Gala honoring some of the fastest growing minority-owned firms, entrepreneurs and advocates in the country
  

Workshop topics include:

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• Access to Capital: International Financing Opportunities, SBA Small Business Lending Programs, Strategies to Leverage, Grow and Sell your Business through Mergers & Acquisitions in a Global Competitive Market and Alternative Solutions to Financing Your Growing Business
  
• Access to Contracts: Doing Business with the Federal Government, Global Supply Chain - Minority Business Success, and Federal (Mentor Protégé, Partnership/ Joint Venture);
  
• Access to Markets: Doing Business in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East & South Asia and Growing Your Business through Social Media; Market Opportunities in the Energy Sector Industry Focused Session featuring industry experts in aerospace and defense manufacturing
  
• $52 Billion High Speed Rail Procurement - Come learn how you can get in at the ground floor
  
• Accessing Opportunities in the Green Economy
  
• MBE Opportunities in Public Utilities
  
• Best Practices for Minority Contractors in the Construction Industry
  

The 2011 National MED Week Conference is hosted by the Minority Business Development Agency, a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration.


Register today by visiting www.medweek.gov. Space is limited!