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CONFERENCE: National Small Business Week 2008, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington. Contact EllenaTalbott at (202) 401-8214, ellena.talbott@sba.gov; Susan Walthall at (202) 205-6830, susan.Walthall@sba.gov; or visit http://www.sba.gov.CONFERENCE: Input's sixth annual Federal MarketView 2008, at the Sheraton Premiere, Vienna, Va. ContactInput at (888) 994-6788, events@input.com or visit http://www.input.com.WORKSHOP: International Assessment of Research and Development in Simulation-Based Engineering andScience Worldwide, at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. Contact Patricia Foland at (410) 467-9832, ext. 17, pfoland@scienceus.org or visit http://www.wtec.org/sbes.CONFERENCE: Ninth annual Knowledge Management Conference and Exhibition, with keynote speaker JeffreyTaylor, founder of Monster.com and Eons. To be held at the Ronald Reagan Building, Washington. ContactFederal Computer Week at (800) 746-0099, FCWEvents@fcw.com or visit http://www.e-gov.com.Symposium: Open Standards 2008: Composability within SOA Symposium, exploring technical and business aspects of composability in service-oriented architecture. To be held at the Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, Calif. Contact Jane Harnad at (978) 667-5115, jane.harnad@oasis-open.org or visit events.oasis-open.org.Breakfast: GSA Expo highlights with Aronson and Co.'s government contract solutions group, to be held at the Tower Club, Vienna, Va. Contact Miriam at (301) 231-6200, info@aronsoncompany.com or visit http://www.aronsoncompany.com.Conference: NASCIO 2008 Midyear Conference with keynote speaker Vance Hitch, Justice Department chief information officer, at the Marriott Westfields Washington Dulles, Chantilly, Va. Contact Shawn Karrick at (859) 514-9156, s.karrick@AMRms.com or visit http://www.nasio.org.Conference: Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices, identifying needs and requirements for future counter-IED development. To be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Alexandria Historic District, Alexandria, Va. Contact Ken Hood at (310) 563-1223, hoodk@ttcus.com or visit http://www.ttcus.com.Conference: Excellence in Government 2008, focusing on key workforce issues in federal management. To be held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. Contact Lauren Taylor at (202) 266-7466, ltaylor@govexec.com or visit http://www.goveexec.com.Conference: Toward the Electronic Patient Record to be held at the Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Contact Megan Maguire at (617) 964-3023, megan@medrecinst.com or visit http://www.medrecinst.com.