Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (1/27-2/2)

Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Friday with new ideas of tech and networking events to check out. Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to hit up this weekend and the week ahead. 

Friday, January 27

Event: January FinTech Fiesta Friday at Five (pm)

"Join the MPOWER Financing, Vemo Education, and StreetShares teams for a monthly FinTech happy hour. The idea is to connect leaders of FinTech startups with the broader ecosystem in the DMV area. Feel free to invite anyone you think might be interested in joining!" 

Event: #AnalyticsFair: Data Science & Analytics Career Fair #DC

"#AnalyticsFair is now World’s first AI backed Data Analytics and Development Career Fair. #AnalyticsFair is a job fair for data, analytics and development professionals backed by our home brewed Machine Learning driven talent sourcers. Our tool (hhttps://TAO.ai) will soon start recommending talent based on your previous hires. Our relationship would not only stay till your successful career fair, but AnalyticsWeek's team would be working closely with participating candidates and recruiters over several programs to help with connecting top talent to top jobs." 

The Weekend, January 28-29

Event: Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in DC area (Chantilly, VA)

"Keep your New Year’s resolution to add more art to your life! The Sugarloaf Crafts Festival returns to the Metro DC area beginning January 27 at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. Join us for an unforgettable weekend at one of the top craft shows in the United States." 

Event: Activate Local: A Forum for Activists, Organizers, & Future Leaders

"Please join Activate Local's January 28th forum on grassroots activism and collective organizing. Participants will walk away with a draft "100 day plan" on how to listen, organize, and activate locally to promote progressive policy and elect local progressive candidates (we hope that candidate is YOU!)."

Event: Professional Networking Brunch

"Are you a professional developer, designer, sysadmin, or working in a field somehow related to code? Come brunch with others like you!" 

Monday, January 30

Event: UPDATED 1/17/17: Experience Design Thinking via Board Game Design

"Drumroll please....DT:DC Members have spoken and the winning pitch from our UnMeetUp Pitch Competition is Experience Design Thinking via Board Game Design which will be presented by DT:DC Member Leila Rao."

Tuesday, January 31

Event: Q&A with CEO early stage investment fund and campus manager of 1776.vc

"Meet CEO of early-stage investment fund Ian Lucey and Campus Manager of 1776.vc Shahier Rahman at WeWork Metropolitan Square." 

Event: "Keeping Your Code Resolutions" with CodeNewbie DC: Talks, Dinner, and Community

"Join us for another CodeNewbie DC event! This evening's theme is "Keeping Your Code Resolutions". New year, new list of things you want to do. New Year's Resolutions are notoriously hard to keep - we'll be exploring how to make and keep your coding resolutions for all your 2017 code goals."

Event: BizWorkshop: Tips and Tactics To Launch & Protect Your Startup in 2017

"A startup is not an actual business if you do not have any customers, cannot protect your core product offering from competitors or keep the business moving forward This workshop will help you find and sign up your customers while protecting your core value product from the competition and bigger companies looking to acquire your tech and potentially your users."

Event: Focus + Hustle Happy Hour with The Mentor Method and Femme & Fortune

"Don't let a New Year's resolution plateau stop you from reaching your goals! Join Femme & Fortune and The Mentor Method for happy hour and a panel on recharging your career resolutions for success. Our panelists are experts in finance, marketing, career changes, and lifestyle wellness. Wine, beer, and light bites will be provided."

Wednesday, February 1

Event: DC Food Policy Council Meeting February 1st

"The DC Food Policy Council wants you to get involved as it begins its work, join us to continue the conversation about DC's food policy. The mission of the DCFPC is to identify regulatory burdens on the local food economy, collect and analyze data on the food economy and food equity, promote positive food policies, and guide organizations and individuals in the local food economy.

Join us from 5:30-6pm for socializing and light snacks provided by the @pineapple_dc community before the meeting's official business begins! Feel free to bring a bite to share with the group."

Event: Elm Hack Night

"An Elm Hack Night is a place to learn and make cool stuff together. As always, we will have pizza and beer for everyone. We will have an open mic at the beginning for members to do lightning talks or talk about and demo their elm project." 

Event: AOL / Verizon Demo Special: Tech Demos from AOL, MapQuest, Verizon, and More!

"We have a SPECIAL N. Virginia TechBreakfast for you. We'll have lots of demos, but not from startup or emerging tech companies, but from AOL and Verizon and all their associated entities! It's about time we got to see the coolness that's in these big buidings. Are you curious as to what happened to the SocialRadar acquisition by MapQuest? Well, come and see that here! Check out the new MapQuest.io technology and AOL's new email technology Alto. We'll have some cool Internet of Things tech from Verizon as well on hand. This should be a nice change of pace for those who want to see innovation at a large company and how all the pieces are fitting together at AOL & Verizon!" 

Event: Eastern Foundry Coworking Panel

"The Eastern Foundry Co-working Panel is the first event of its kind for the incubator/accelerator and will take place live on Eastern Foundry’s Facebook feed Wednesday, February 1 at 12pm. The roundtable will feature expert advice from thought leaders in the office design, co-working and business fields." 

Thursday, February 2

Event: Tech Talk: Test Driven Development (TDD) Hands-On Presentation

"Cynthia is a Software Test Engineer who got her start as a software developer at Deutsche Bank in NC. She's worked in many roles in software development but found her passion in testing in 2012. She's worked on developing automation frameworks for web and messaging applications (front-end, backend, and many things in between). In DC, she's consulted with local financial institutions on improving their development and testing practices and using TDD for her own personal instruction."

Event: Eastern Foundry Rosslyn Grand Opening

"Come celebrate the completion of Eastern Foundry’s Rosslyn campus with our biggest party yet! The Arlington, Eastern Foundry, and DC Tech communities will convene for one night of free food, drinks, and plenty of laughs. We are opening our doors to the public for the first time, this is your chance to come see Rosslyn’s newest coworking community and get to know the Eastern Foundry team."

Event: The Washington, DC MEGA Engineering, Technology and Security Clearance Career Fair 

"This is a great opportunity to meet face to face with employers! Onsite interviews with hiring managers from top companies! 100s of jobs available!"

Event: Innovative Lives: Super Soaker Inventor Dr. Lonnie Johnson

"Dr. Lonnie Johnson is best known for his wildly-popular invention, the Super Soaker water gun, and for his work on high-performance Nerf dart guns. However, he has devoted his life to solving some of the world’s most complex technological problems, and has received more than 100 patents, many of which are related to clean energy. Economist Dr. Lisa Cook will interview Dr. Johnson about his fascinating career, followed by questions from the audience."

On Our Radar

Event: Round 1: MICA UP/Start Venture Competition 2017

"Attend Round 1 of MICA's UP/Start Competition 2017. Round 1 participants will pitch and display their business ideas for a panel of entrepreneurs and judges. The top 8 ideas will advance to the next round of competition and compete for $100,000 in funding in the finale event on April 13, 2017!" 

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