Annual Conference & Exchange
Recognized as the world’s largest business conference of its kind, the NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange welcomes all attendees. This four-day event is open to all business owners, corporate members, and stakeholders committed to advancing supplier inclusion, economic equity, and competitive supply chains. The conference offers broad access to networking, learning, and growth opportunities—bringing together more than 3,000 corporate CEOs, procurement executives, supplier diversity professionals, and leading minority-owned business owners from across industries and backgrounds nationwide.
About the Conference
Last year, we focused on navigating the new economy, understanding the landscape, mapping the terrain, and finding our direction in a time of rapid change.
Today, the road ahead is clearer. The direction is set. Now, it’s time to accelerate.
At the 2026 NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange, we will come together under the theme Drive Growth for Shared Prosperity. This year’s theme reflects a critical truth: minority businesses do not lack capability or ambition, they need fuel. Access to capital, contracts, technology, and trusted partnerships are the resources that transform potential into growth.
As market conditions continue to evolve, the need to strengthen minority business enterprises and the ecosystems that support them has never been greater. When MBEs grow, that growth extends beyond individual businesses to employees, families, communities, and supply chains across the country.
This year’s conference is a call to action for MBEs, corporate leaders, policymakers, and advocates alike. Together, we’ll explore how to accelerate growth, strengthen connections, and create shared prosperity that benefits us all.
Register today to join us in Los Angeles, October 25–28, 2026, for thought-provoking sessions, strategic connections and innovative ideas that will provide valuable insights and foster relationships that make a lasting impact.
2023 NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange
“The Reason Why”
Oct 22-25, 2023
Baltimore
Frequently Asked Questions
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Generally, the Annual Conference & Exchange is held in October each year.
Registration generally opens in May each year. Invitations to attend will go out to all NMSDC stakeholder groups.
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Become a Conference Sponsor
As a sponsor of the NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange, you stand at the flashpoint of an economic equity revolution. One fueled not just by public statements of support, but by an exponential acceleration toward $1 trillion in revenue, wealth, and opportunity. Toward a prosperity that is generative and transformative — for the certified minority businesses and communities gaining contracts, employment, and economic resilience, and for a world that is made far better by their contributions to it.