Alliance Northwest 2025

For over 30 years, Alliance Northwest is the largest business-to-government conference in the Pacific Northwest. This event features high-quality workshops and one-to-one meetings between small businesses, government agencies, and prime contractors. Hosted by Thurston Economic Development Council, home of APEX Accelerator, Alliance Northwest has a strong history of federal agency support. It is widely known as the place where business and government learn and make connections with small and disadvantaged businesses.

Who Should Attend?

• Businesses interested in selling to the government and prime contractors.
• R&D firms, engineering firms, and others working on new innovative technologies.
• Prime contractors and government buyers seeking to do outreach to small and diverse businesses.

Alliance Northwest is the premier government contracting event in the region, bringing together prime contractors, government agencies, and small businesses for a full day of relationship building.  The 2025 event will start with pre-event activities and allow for extended networking beyond March 20th.

For those firms who are experienced government contractors, Alliance Northwest is the place to strengthen established relationships, explore other government contracting opportunities and teaming opportunities, and hear the marketplace’s latest news and trends from the expert workshop speakers.

If you’re new to government contracting, you’ll have an opportunity to meet government agency representatives, explore subcontracting opportunities with prime contractors and attend high-quality training workshops.  If you’re unsure if the government marketplace is a good fit for your business and if you should attend this conference, reach out to the APEX Accelerator who can provide your business with no-cost advising services.

Department of Defense Connections:
Alliance Northwest has historically attracted significant representation from the Defense sector including large Defense primes.  In 2024, nearly 2 dozen exhibitors represented the Department of Defense and participated in 1:1 match-making meetings with businesses.  The upcoming event will feature prominent Keynote Speakers from the Pentagon and a track of DoD specific topics including:

• Cybersecurity Compliance for DoD Contractors and Subcontractors: CMMC Certification Update
• Innovation Opportunities for US Department of Defense
• DoD Agency Panel for manufacturers, suppliers, and innovator