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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.
Tuesday, August 2
Event: DC API User Group
- Location: CHIEF - 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Tuesday, Aug 2, 6:00-9:00 PM
- Event Type: API, meetup, gov tech
- Price: free
Event: The Business of Being a Creative
- Location: General Assembly DC, 1133 15th Street NW, 8th Floor, Washington , DC
- Date/Time: Tuesday, Aug 2, 6:30-8:30 PM
- Event Type: creative, small business, entrepreneurship
- Price: free
Learn best practices for connecting with fellow creatives, and deep dive into the business of creativity and how to charge for your services and monetize in unconventional ways.
Event: Women Who Code Android/Java Lab
- Location: MLK Library, Digital Commons, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Tuesday, Aug 2, 6:30-8:30 PM
- Event Type: coding, women only, android, java
- Price: free
Learn to build Android/Java apps with fellow women who code.
Wednesday, August 3
Event: The State of Political Advertising
- Location: Ogilvy Washington - 1111 19th Street Northwest 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Wednesday, Aug 3, 8:30-10:30 AM
- Event Type: panel, political, advertising, ad tech, digital advertising
- Price: free
A panel of digital media experts will explore the challenges the 2016 candidates have encountered in the digital space.
Event: Tech in Motion + Verizon Present: Data + Design Tech Talk
- Location: 2300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 610, Arlington, VA
- Date/Time: Wednesday, Aug 3, 6:00-9:00 PM
- Event Type: meetup, data, design
- Price: free
Panelists will be discussing topics ranging from the value of data for designers, the value of design for collecting data, and how data and design align to create more consumer-friendly products.
Event: Summer of Design Pitch Night & Awards Celebration
- Location: George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, 950 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Wednesday, Aug 3, 6:00-9:00 PM
- Event Type: pitch competition, civic tech
- Price: $10
This year’s challenge...How might we improve the health of Ward 7 & 8 citizens through entrepreneurship and leverage public-private partnerships in innovative ways? offered participants from multiple disciplines an opportunity to come together to consider a new approach to community engagement and establishing a vision for a healthier population.
Thursday, August 4
Event: Civic Hacknight w/ DC's New Chief Data Officer
- Location: Social Tables, 1325 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Thursday, Aug 4, 6:30-9:15 PM
- Event Type: data, hacking, Code for DC, civic tech, gov tech
- Price: free (bring cash for food, pay what you can)
Barney Krucoff, DC's new Chief Data Officer will be on hand to talk about DC's draft data policy.
Friday, August 5
Event: Women Who Code 100 Days of Commits Launch Happy Hour
- Location: Dacha, 1600 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 , Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Friday, Aug 5, 6:00 PM
- Event Type: women who code, coding, happy hour, launch party
- Price: free
Women Who Code is participating in the 100 Days of Commits Challenge, a community project that's partnering with meetups around the country to have people 'commit' to 100 days of code through commits on github.
The Weekend, August 6-7
Event: DC Nightowls Brunch N' Hack
- Location: 1776 DC, 1133 15TH ST. NW 12TH FLOOR, Washington, DC
- Date/Time: Saturday, Aug 6, 12:00-4:00 PM
- Event Type: hacking, brunch, meetup, BYOB
- Price: free (donations for food welcome, ~$9/person)
Bring your brilliant minds and your willingness to help your peers, there are lots of ideas and projects to get you started. Short introductions will occur around 1-ish.
