NASA to Hold Symposium for Small Businesses

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host its second annual
NASA/JPL Small Business Symposium and Awards Ceremony Nov. 16 and 17 at the
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd.,
Bethesda, Md.

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The Symposium provides a forum for attendees to learn about NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and agency plans for future missions in space and Earth
science.

Attendees will learn about the skills, resources, and technologies needed to
participate in the agency's missions, programs and research.
Business-to-business networking with NASA, JPL and prime contractors will be
the objective throughout the event. Participation in this symposium is open to
industry, academia and small businesses. The registration deadline for the
symposium is Nov. 9.

The two-day event will culminate with the NASA Small Business Industry and
Advocates Awards Ceremony. The NASA Small Business Awards recognize
outstanding contributions NASA employees and industry representatives have
made in support of the agency's small business program.

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

To register for the symposium, visit:

http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo/2009sbs

For information about NASA's Office of Small Business Programs, visit:

http://www.osbp.nasa.gov

For information about JPL's Business Opportunities Office, visit:

http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo

SOURCE NASA

Sonja Alexander, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1761,
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov, or Carolina Martinez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif., +1-818-354-9382, carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov, both of
NASA