NASA to Hold Small Business Symposium

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE 818-354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Rhea Borja/Mark Petrovich 818-354-0850/818-393-4359
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Rhea.R.Borja@jpl.nasa.gov/Mark.Petrovich@jpl.nasa.gov

Sonja Alexander 202-358-1761
NASA Headquarters, Washington
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov

NEWS RELEASE: 2008-201 Oct. 30, 2008

NASA to Hold Small Business Symposium

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host the inaugural Small Business Symposium and Awards
Ceremony Nov. 17-18 in Washington at the Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW.
Participation in this symposium is open to industry, academia and domestic small businesses. The
deadline to register for the symposium is Nov. 3.

The Business Opportunities Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and
NASA's Office of Small Business Programs at NASA Headquarters in Washington are hosting the
event.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with NASA and its prime contractors and learn how
to do business with the agency. NASA representatives will discuss plans for future Earth and space
missions as well as other agency programs, initiatives, and business opportunities. NASA will
provide information about the skills, resources and technologies needed to achieve NASA's missions,
programs and research.

Topics at this two-day event include information about NASA's Mentor-Protege Program, how
NASA's Small Business Program works, how to reach NASA's prime contractors for subcontracting
opportunities, and how small businesses can build a high-tech industrial base.

NASA's Small Business Industry and Advocate awards will be presented on the symposium's second
day. The awards recognize outstanding contributions made by NASA employees and industry
representatives to support the agency's small business program.

To register for the symposium, visit http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo/2008sbsym/index.asp .
For more information about the NASA-JPL Small Business Symposium, contact Andrea Acosta at
andrea.e.acosta@jpl.nasa.gov or 818-354-7531.

More information about NASA's Office of Small Business Programs is at:
http://www.osbp.nasa.gov . More information about JPL's Business Opportunities Office is at:
http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo .

JPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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