Inno Approved: Tech Events to Know About This Week (7/18-7/24)

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Here's a list of great tech, business and networking events in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, to check out this week. Keep an eye out for the highlighted events, which are good bets for a great time.

Monday, July 18

Event: Applying the Checklist Manifesto to Product Development

Jordan Berman, VP of Product at Contactually will discuss applying The Checklist Manifesto to product development.

Tuesday, July 19

Event: .NEXT on Tour/Federal 

Join Nutanix and strategic partners at .NEXT on Tour/Federal -- a day-long event for government IT professionals. Guest speaker is Sebastian Junger, writer of The Perfect Storm, director of Restrepo, and more.

Event: DC Tech Meetup #48: Women in Tech

Join fellow technologists & technology enthusiasts for an evening of live demos from companies developing great technology in Washington DC.

Event: Creative Tech w Daniel Piro: 3D Modeling/VR w/ three.JS (HTML5, WebGL and CSS3d) 

Entrepreneurs, designers & devs are leveraging 3D to create new products, VR and other immersive experiences. Join our event partner, Created Tech meetup organizer Daniel Piro, for a discussion and demonstration of three.JS.

Wednesday, July 20

Event: DC TechBreakfast: MicroAer Technologies, lazy, Woodrowtech LLC, Pine

Interact with your peers in a monthly morning breakfast meetup. At this monthly breakfast get-together techies, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs share learn from their peers through show and tell / show-case style presentations.

Event: Passcode's "Kids & The Connected Home"

The debate over the relationship between children and technology has been heated and complex. Issues ranging from the right amount of screen time, online privacy, safety and security have occupied policymakers, parents, and advocates for quite some time. This talk is free and open to the public.

Event: Lunch&Learn: 5 Things small businesses do to capture big business w/ John Kolm

Grab your lunch, network and learn secrets of doing big business when you're a small business owner from CEO and bestselling author John Kolm.

Event: July ICT4Drinks: PopTech Edition

PopTech is a 20-year old non-profit organization committed to catalyzing social impact through the annual PopTech conference, incubated initiatives, highly regarded Fellows programs, exploratory labs and the production of impact media. First drink on them!

Event: ProBiz Conference Targets $10 Billion In Entrepreneurial Opportunities

The 11th Annual ProBiz Entrepreneurial Conference is designed for small businesses seeking connections with local communities, government agencies, major contractors, and African countries.

Thursday, July 21

Event: TaotiCreative's ?#?TaotiBoatParty?

Part of Drupal GovCon, this session offers a peek into how pros gather and push data in remote locations, pull it all into Drupal, and then create visualized data dashboards to let the right people know how much water is in the well and when it hits critical levels.

Event: Cisco OpenDNS Lunch & Learn in VA Market

This is a presentation on OpenDNS, a software that can secure company network users and prevent future attacks from Ransomware, a newly nationwide-acknowledged threat.

Event: Annual Business Soiree

The Minority Economic Business Council will showcase some of their work empowering small, minority and women owned businesses throughout the Maryland and DC region.

Friday, July 22

Event: Fosterly's VR/AR Study Hall

Come to Study Hall to develop and improve your ideas with fellow entrepreneurs and subject matter experts. This Study Hall has a focus on Virtual and Augmented Reality. Bring your computers and setups and we'll provide power strips, coffee, and wifi.

The Weekend, July 23-24 

Event: Brunch N' Hack

Bring your brilliant minds and your willingness to help your peers. There are lots of ideas and projects to get you started.

Event: The Creative Cocktail

A mix of creative visionaries. Let us unite for an evening of cocktails, art, fashion and kindred spirits. This is simply a chance for "creatives" of all forms to meet and have the opportunity to connect with one another.

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