``THE SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS: CHARTING A NEW COURSE WITH PROCUREMENT REFORM'' is a full-day procurement reform conference on Monday, June 19, 1995, at the Earle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Hosted by Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc., the event will feature guest presentations by U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone and the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Philip Lader. The conference is geared towards small businesses that are already doing business with the federal government or that want to enter the federal marketplace. The day's programming will include workshops on: ``Electronic Data Interchange: Concept or Reality;'' ``Selling to the Government in the Era of Reform;'' ``Defining and Understanding your Socio-Economic Status;'' ``Commercialization of Military Specs and Standards;'' and ``How Reform Will Impact the Way Prime Contractors Work with Small Business.'' The event is sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Administration, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Power, Minnesota Technology, Inc. and U.S. West Communications. The cost for the full-day conference, including lunch, is $55 per person. Contact Shelly Rushmeyer, (612) 338-3280 to receive conference registration materials. Registration is requested by June 13.

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