Here's what we've found for the best startup and tech networking events in the D.C. area to check out this week. Keep an eye out for the highlighted events, which are a sure bet for a great time. hiring
Monday, November 9
Event: Developing Innovative Products
Location: Solution Street, 727 Elden Street, 2nd Floor, Herndon, V.A. Date/Time: Monday, November 9, beginning at 6:15 p.m. Event type: info-session, seminar, learning experience Price: free
Meet Suresh Thalluri, the founder of Lean Innovation Labs, as he takes you through a lesson on best practices for product development. He boasts experiencing building various different business intelligence and SaaS tools, including a messaging app called WigMee. This talk is two part, the first being connected to engineering and the second relates to product implementation and development.
Tuesday, November 10
Event: Columbia M.D. TechBreakfast
Location: Loyola Columbia, 8890 McGaw Rd #130, Columbia, M.D. Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, begins at 8 a.m. Event type: pitch competition, casual networking, morning meet up Price: free
If you've never attended a TechBreakfast event then this is the perfect time. Come out, grab a coffee, bagel and listen to a series of great presentations from local entrepreneurs in a causal and open environment. On the docket: LaunchGen, ESR: communityIQ! Realized, Loople Mobile and Breezio.
Event: A Symposium with 2015 American Nobel Laureates at the swank Swedish Embassy
Location: House of Sweden, 2900 K Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Event type: info-session, lecture, seminar, educational experience, science talk Price: free
Come out and hear multiple speeches from some of the most well recognized names in science today. American Nobel Laureates Dr. William Campbell, Dr. Paul Modrich, Dr. Aziz Sancar and Dr. Angus Deaton will discuss a number of new and important findings related to the fields of economics, physiology and chemistry. The event will be held at the beautiful Swedish embassy located in NW D.C.
Event: State of DevOps Report
Location: Comcast, 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, begins at 6:30 p.m. Event type: Price: free
For the fourth consecutive year, the State of DevOps Report meet up will offer an opportunity for local developers and engineers to talk about growing industry trends, techniques and important issues. Director of performance and analytics at Chef Nicole Forsgren, who co-authored last year's report, will lead the discussion. There's already more than 100 guests who have RSVP'd to the event.
Event: The Scoop on What it Takes hosted by TechShop
Location: 1776 Crystal City, 2231 Crystal Drive 10th Floor, Arlington, V.A. Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Event type: info-session, seminar, lecture, casual networking Price: free
Join TechShop DC-Arlington, 1776 and General Assembly at 1776's Crystal City location to learn about the resources, opportunities and tools available to local entrepreneurs hoping to build profitable startups. Speakers will include executives from TandemNSI, GearSwitch and 1EQ.
Wednesday, November 11
Event: Putting Research Results to Work hosted by AddThis
Location: 1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 300, Vienna, V.A. Date/Time: Wednesday, November 11, begins at 7 p.m. Event type: info-session, developer meet up Price: free
This event brings two talks. The first will focus on how best to put research results to work towards business success. For the second talk, AddThis product manager William King will teach guests how the company's UX works. Some casual networking and pizza will begin the night at about 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 12
Event: CDK (coder, designers & kegs) Fall fest
Location: Learning Objects, 1528 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C. Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Event type: Price: free
A developer meet up that offers foosball, ping pong, beer, casual networking and a great space to meet other local technologisst. What more do you want?
Event: DHS visits Georgetown University for a talk about data, analytics and more...
Location: Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, 640 Massachusetts Ave Nw, Washington, D.C. Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, begins at 6 p.m. Event type: panel discussion, seminar, lecture, educational experience Price: free
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be visiting Georgetown University to offer a series of lightning talks. Featured DHS technology researchers and division leaders will talk about the latest agency projects. Learn more about how the civilian defense agency is approaching new and innovative topics like smart city development and big data tools to, among other things, predict terrorist attacks.
Event: Time Maps & Elusive Buses hosted by Data Viz DC
Location: FI Consulting, 1500 Wilson Blvd, 4th floor, Arlington, V.A. Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Event type: developer meet up, seminar, open lecture, presentations, group projects Price: free
Max Watson, a physicist, postdoctoral fellow at NIST and data scientist at L-3 Global Communications, will present a lecture on time maps. Time maps is a concept that works to visualize complex data streams related to tracking user events and movement. In Thursday's event, Metro Applied Planning Intelligence group director Michael Eichler will also talk about the ways WMATA uses data science to predict public transit patterns.
Friday, November 13
Event: DevFest MD - Google Developer Festival
Location: Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship, 9250 Bendix Rd North, Columbia, M.D. Date/Time: Friday, November 13, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Event type: conference, develop meet up, symposium Price: free
This event will bring a full day of lightning talks, developer workshops, seminars, roundtable discussions and hacking opportunities for attendees to learn more about programming in Google.
The Weekend, November 14-15
Event: Startup Weekend DC - global startup battle
Location: Cove 7th St, 829 7th St NW, Washington, D.C. Date/Time: Friday, November 13, at 6:30 p.m. to Sunday, November 15, at 9 p.m. Event type: weekend long camp, casual networking, workshops, hackathon, startup pitch competition Price: $74-$100
As the world celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Startup Weekend DC team will be hosting the biggest battle in startups for the 6th straight year. Follow @StartupBattle and @SW_DC on Twitter for updates. Over 30,000 entrepreneurs from more than 100 countries rally together in the name of innovation and community each year in this event.
