2011 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week

Targeting more than 5.9 million Minority-owned Businesses

“Emerging Industries & Markets: A Blueprint for Success”
September 27 – 30, 2011
Marriott Wardman Park
Washington, DC

What: MED Week is the #1 conference in the nation for Minority-Owned and operated businesses.

Who attends: MED Week brings together the nations top minority-owned and operated businesses across industry and ethnic class. Businesses that attend MED Week are owned by Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, African Americans, and Hasidic Jewish Americans.

Strategic Partners: MED Week also brings together global trade organizations, international financial institutions, federal agencies, Fortune 100 corporations, and non-profit institutions who are geared toward job creation, economic expansion and export promotion.

Firm Size: MED Week attendees tend to have a focus on global business development with firms ranging in annual revenue from $2 million to over $100 million.

Benefits: MED Week provides a platform for a lively, interactive, thought-provoking framework that delivers insightful messages centered around business growth strategies, premiere training & development, deal making and business networking opportunities that help grow and expand MBE firms.

Press Releases

• Puerto Rican Maker of Military Uniforms, Gear Named National Minority Small Business Person of the Year at MED Week 2011 (Oct. 3, 2011)
• Washington State Contractor and U.S. Treasury Official Receive Top Honors at MED Week Conference (Sep. 29, 2011)
• SBA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with International Trade Administration and Republic of Turkey (Sep. 29, 2011)
• 29th Annual MED Week Conference Will Bring Top Minority-Owned Businesses to Washington in September (Sep. 6, 2011)
• Registration Opens for 29th Annual MED Week Conference (Aug. 31, 2011)

Oscar Quiles, president of Pentaq Manufacturing Corp., of Sabana Grande, PR, was named
National Minority Small Business Person of the Year at the 2011 MED Week conference.

At MED Week 2011, SBA signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the International Trade Administration and the Republic of Turkey.