Events calendar

The annual signature conference will host the largest gathering of Certified Service Disabled and Veteran-Owned Businesses and will be held live in Michigan, with a location TBD.

Baltimore has a depth of American history and unspoiled charm tucked away across the city. And this year, NMSDC brought the charm to the Baltimore Convention Center with four days filled with inspirational and innovative content that gave MBEs and corporate members access, knowledge/skills, and relationships they need to succeed and grow.

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) provides the most relied upon certification for women-owned businesses and the tools to help them succeed.

NMSDC’s National Conference and Business Exchange is the nation’s premier forum on minority supplier development. For 4 days, more than 4,700 corporate CEOs, procurement executives and supplier diversity professionals from the top multinational companies, as well as leading Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic and Native American business owners and international organizations convened in New Orleans, Louisiana to re-energize their collective efforts to Advocate, Certify, Develop and Connect with minority firms as well as celebrate NMSDC’s 50^th anniversary.

The 2023 International Business & Leadership Conference took place in Denver, Colorado.

A packed two day conference, that included a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony, where diversity and innovation was celebrated.

2024 USHCC National Conference in Kansas City!

The summit featured dynamic sessions to ensure supplier diversity professionals have access to the latest information, tools, and a community to grow MBEs, advance economic equity, and help move their organizations from supplier diversity to business diversity.

The SASDC is the leading advocate of supplier diversity and, the true spirit of our organisational mission’s focus on collaboration, we endeavour to support our corporate members, strategic partners and certified black owned businesses by creating collaborative platforms through which we can collectively bridge the gap that impedes tangible inclusive procurement and development outcomes. The potential is tremendous when we expand our horizons. Supplier diversity stimulates competition, unlocks creativity, and connects companies to local communities. Ultimately, it powers business ecosystems where all can thrive.

Black Tech Week is a culture driven experience supported by community and Corporate collaboration.