The Economic Census profiles the US economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
Reports are now available for all geographic areas and all sectors.
Just released are data on total minority-owned businesses . Here's an introduction to AFF for Economic Census users. You may subscribe on-line . Conferences None scheduled at this time, but slide shows are available. In order to view these files, you will need Acrobat Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site.