SEPTEMBER 17-18
2026

FRedeRick, MD

UPDATE

Based on feedback from our government partners, we have decided to shift the event from January 2026 to September 2026.

The SPGC team will keep you informed as more details are available. Please submit your email below to receive those notifications.

We look forward to seeing you in September!

2025 has been a year of transition and opportunity, where businesses and communities alike are navigating a world that feels suspended between eras.

While uncertainty is real, so is the potential for innovation, partnership, and growth. Resilience has become more than a buzzword, it’s a business imperative as companies adapt to new technologies, changing customer expectations, and domestic and global shifts reshaping the markets. People are seeking collaboration, creativity, and connection — the very qualities that drive small businesses forward.

This year’s conference is your chance to harness that energy: to meet key decision makers across federal, state and local government, prime contractors, industry innovators, and academic partners who are helping shape the future.

2025 has been a moment of threshold energy — standing between the old world and the new — and the future belongs to those who step through the doorway in 2026.

Join us January 14-15, 2026 to bolster your business intelligence through sessions dedicated to health, defense, transportation, cyber, AI, and more!

ATTEND

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Early Bird rates will be in effect through November 30, 2025.

AGENDA

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SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS

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Information is also available on how to sponsor and/or exhibit!

PAST EVENTS

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Since its inception, SMART PROC GovCon (SPGC) has been a flagship event for SMART, connecting small businesses with their peers, industry leaders, and key decision makers across federal, state, and local governments.

Located just miles from Ft. Detrick, SPGC is an intimate, low-barrier conference, that provides small business with vital information necessary to better understand the federal procurement process, mission requirements and forecast opportunities.