BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220908T123000Z DTEND:20220908T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Coffee & Contracting: Business without Borders: Export Support Services and Grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia DESCRIPTION:Coffee & Contracting is a bi-monthly informal networking breakfast with a short educational program for government contractors that is presented by the Reston Chamber's GovCon Council.\n\nExporting is big business in Virginia with cumulative revenues exceeding $35 Billion per year. That said\, the Commonwealth's goal is to expand this by 50% by the year 2035. To help accomplish this\, the International Trade Division of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) offers an array of services and grants aimed to promote and facilitate exporting by small- and medium-sized businesses across the State. These encompass State subsidized Market Research\; Subject Matter Consulting\, Trade Mission/Show opportunities\; and Competitive Grants.\n\n \n\nEd Laughlin\, co-manager of VEDP's Global Defense Program (GDP) will brief attendees on these various programs and how to access them.\n\n \nPresentation given by: \n\nEd Laughlin\, Global Defense Program Manager\, International Trade\, Virginia Economic Development Partnership (NOVA Office)\n\n\n\nThank you to Didlake for sponsoring the breakfast! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Coffee &\; Contracting is a bi-monthly informal networking breakfast with a short educational program for government contractors that is presented by the Reston Chamber'\;s GovCon Council.
\n\nExporting is big business in Virginia with cumulative revenues exceeding $35 Billion per year. \; That said\, the Commonwealth&rsquo\;s goal is to expand this by 50% by the year 2035. \; To help accomplish this\, the International Trade Division of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) offers an array of services and grants aimed to promote and facilitate exporting by small- and medium-sized businesses across the State. \; These encompass State subsidized Market Research\; Subject Matter Consulting\, Trade Mission/Show opportunities\; and Competitive Grants.
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\nEd Laughlin\, co-manager of VEDP&rsquo\;s Global Defense Program (GDP) will brief attendees on these various programs and how to access them.
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