Top 10 GovCon Events: September 27, 2026

Explore the top 10 GovCon events the G2X community researched most over the last 24 hours on The GovCon Calendar. Yesterday’s attention includes federal business development, state and local procurement, veteran-owned businesses, technology, and health research. The programs below explain the focus, format, and participation details of each event.

1. GovCon 2026 Event

The Indian American Business Impact Group’s GovCon 2026 event brings founders and government-contracting executives together at The Westin in Falls Church on October 15. The program centers on executive and founder networking, with sponsorship opportunities for service providers.

Registration lists an afternoon and evening gathering from 2 to 9:30 p.m. The format is a business-community conference, with conversations among company leaders at its center. The event details and registration page provide the current participation options.

2. 2026 NASPO Annual Conference

The National Association of State Procurement Officials’ annual conference begins today in Phoenix and continues through September 30. It brings state chief procurement officers, executive-level designees, and central procurement staff together around public purchasing and procurement practice.

The program includes a keynote from digital futurist Tom Koulopoulos and peer-to-peer exchange among member states. Registration is organized by participant category, so the conference’s audience and access rules matter when reviewing attendance options. Its focus is state procurement leadership and professional exchange.

3. 2026 NVSBC Awards Gala – Veteran Small Business Advocate Awards

The National Veteran Small Business Coalition holds its awards gala October 15 at The Army Museum in Fort Belvoir. A networking reception, formal dinner, and awards ceremony recognize advocacy and leadership in the veteran-owned small-business contracting community.

The evening also includes a silent auction benefiting the NVSBC Education Foundation. Agency officials, large primes, and veteran-owned businesses are among the intended participants. Registration is handled through NVSBC’s member portal, with an account-creation option for those who do not already have one.

4. Verizon Federal Public Sector Virtual One-on-One Meetings

VA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is arranging October 20 virtual meetings with Verizon Federal Public Sector. The meetings follow an earlier business-opportunity session and focus on capability alignment and potential partnership or subcontracting relationships.

Verizon will select participating companies for scheduled videoconferences. These are targeted one-on-one discussions, not an open conference or a guarantee of a meeting for every interested firm. The VA event page says registration will open soon and directs prospective participants to its events page for updates.

5. 10th Anniversary Veterans In Business Network National Conference

The Veterans In Business Network marks its tenth anniversary with a November 2–3 conference at La Quinta Resort & Club in California. The program connects veteran-owned and other diverse small businesses with corporations, government agencies, primes, and business-resource organizations.

The agenda combines business-development seminars, a veteran-business panel, legislative and corporate or government updates, and one-on-one matchmaking. An Opportunity Expo and veteran-business marketplace add further settings for participants to introduce their capabilities. Registration and participation details are available through the event listing.

6. 2026 ICMA Annual Conference

ICMA’s annual conference meets October 17–21 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. The event focuses on local-government leadership and management, bringing city and county managers together with other public-administration professionals.

The program includes Simon Sinek’s Leading with Purpose session and Jon Meacham’s Hope Through History, alongside exhibit-hall activities. Dedicated exhibit hours and the opening reception create distinct parts of the conference schedule. Individual and group registration options are available, with attendee and exhibitor arrangements handled separately.

7. 2026 Public Sector Summit: Building Resilience for the AI Era

Rubrik’s Public Sector Summit takes place virtually on October 13 from noon to 3 p.m. Eastern. Produced with FedScoop, the event covers cyber resilience as government and education organizations adopt AI and modernize their infrastructure.

The stated themes include AI governance, identity resilience, cloud modernization, and incident response. The program is aimed at public-sector technology leaders, cyber strategists, and infrastructure teams. Its focus is continuity and recovery in changing technology environments, with the virtual format allowing participation without travel.

8. 2026 Women’s Small Business Expo

Maryland’s Department of Social and Economic Mobility hosts the Women’s Small Business Expo on October 13 at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland in Hanover. The free, in-person event addresses state contracting paths for small, disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned firms.

Panels cover Maryland’s MBE, SBR, and VSBE programs, federal certifications, and the state’s procurement forecast. Open networking follows, with capability statements part of the preparation. Advance registration is required by October 9, and attendees enter through the hotel rather than the casino floor.

9. Appian Government

Appian Government meets October 29 at Capital One Hall in Tysons. The one-day public-sector program centers on AI, automation, and modernized processes, with government organizations demonstrating how they are applying those capabilities to mission work.

Topics include the relationship between AI and data, using generative AI to accelerate processes, and delivering modernization through AI-powered workflows. The event brings public-sector and industry participants together around practical implementation examples. The listing links to the current program and registration details.

10. ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators Initiative Proposers Day

ARPA-H’s Office of Commercialization holds a virtual Proposers Day for the Emerging Health Innovators initiative on October 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern. The session covers the initiative’s objectives, technical topic areas, and guidance for preparing proposals.

Advance registration is required. ARPA-H encourages participation from nontraditional performers, including small and medium-sized businesses, early-stage researchers, academic institutions, and nonprofits. Attending is not mandatory to submit a proposal or be considered for funding, and the agency plans to make the information available through its program website.

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