SBC 2025: Accelerate Readiness is happening in Phoenix, Ariz., November 19-21
SAME Small Business Council Chair Lori Revely invites you to attend the 2025 Federal Small Business Conference, being held in Phoenix, Ariz., November 19-21, 2025. Register today to take advantage of special early bird pricing through August 21, 2025, and make your plans to connect with a community of leading experts, decision-makers, solution providers, business partners, and federal contracting officers.
SBC is the premier national conference where businesses and government agencies come together under one roof to:
- Deliver the most comprehensive and useful market research experience possible for all attendees
- Learn about and/or share upcoming contracting opportunities for small businesses
- Connect with teaming partners
- Support the nation’s contracting goals
- Engage in above-board networking between private companies and federal program managers and procurement/contracting officers.
More than a dozen federal agencies have participated in SBC in recent years, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Air Force Civil Engineer Center; Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; Department of Energy; General Services Administration; Department of State; Small Business Administration; Environmental Protection Agency; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Federal Aviation Administration and National Aeronautics & Space Administration.
Join us for SBC 2025: Accelerate Readiness! Whether you are a small business looking to hear from and meet with government contracting officers about projects to compete for, a large business looking to meet with small businesses as potential subcontractors, or a government agency conducting market research of industry capacity to help set acquisition strategy, SBC is the ONLY venue where it’s all possible.

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-SBC 2024 Attendee
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