Events
Event Calendar
Check out NAWBO's listing of events designed just for women business owners. You'll find seminars, conferences, networking sessions, and other events hosted by NAWBO and other organizations with the goal of helping women grow their businesses. View the calendar.
Women's Business Conference
Each year NAWBO invites women entrepreneurs from across the country to gather at its Women's Business Conference to learn, share, and network.
- Read about the 2008 Women's Business Conference
- Expert speakers share their ideas on marketing, technology, leadership, business trends, growth strategies, and more
- NAWBO presents its annual awards to exceptional women business owners during an evening gala
- Attendees can peruse vendors in a fantastic exhibit hall and take time to catch up with their NAWBO friends
- Read about past conferences
Public Policy Days
Make your voice heard and increase your advocacy skills by joining NAWBO for Public Policy Days every February in Washington, DC. Come together with NAWBO members from across the country to discuss and develop strategies for transforming public policy on the local and national levels.
- Read about 2008 Public Policy Days
- Advocacy and candidate training teaches women business owners how to have an effective voice in the public policy sphere
- Sessions address top issues facing women entrepreneurs, including health care, procurement, equitable taxes for small business owners, immigration, and more
- Attendees meet with their members of Congress and bring NAWBO's issues to lawmakers
- A government contracting hall provides women business owners with the chance to connect with representatives from federal agencies