GREATER ST. LOUIS, MO SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon will be the kick-off speaker this year at the Greater St. Louis Small Business Opportunity Conference on October 7, 1997. Following the Mayor, Ms. Sarah Summerville of the Office of Under Secretary of Defense/Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization will speak about Empowerment Contracting. This year's theme is "Mastering the Future", with workshops designed to give minority, women-owned, and small businesses the competitive edge in contracting with the government and government prime contractors, as well as networking opportunities to market to those same entitities. Again this year, the conference will be sponsored by the Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunity Committee (SADBOC) of the St. Louis Federal Executive Board, in conjunction with various government agencies, government prime contractors, and business assistance organizations. Conference workshops include Small Business Resources, Doing Business with NASA via the Internet, Countdown to St. Louis 2004, and Developing Your Business. A special workshop offered by the Orange, Texas Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC) will be offered on Business Opportunities with the Department of Defense through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The afternoon portion of the conference will feature an exhibit area where attendees can network with government and industry representatives. The conference will be held at Machinists' Hall, 12365 St. Charles Rock Road (St. Charles Rock Road east of I-270). It will be held from 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost of $ 35 includes lunch. To request a mail-in registration, please contact Bill Wilkins at 1.800.325.3419 or 314.331.5476 or Ken Konchel at 314.534.4413. The deadline for registering is September 25, 1997.

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