Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (10/3-10/9)

Like DC Inno Approved? A fresh version comes out every Monday 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 week.

Monday, October 3

Event: Open Class: Introduction to Public Relations

"1776 is opening its doors to the startup community for a special open class, Introduction to Public Relations. The class will cover crucial communications questions including: What is it like to give my story to a reporter and how should I prepare? What is the news publication process like? What milestones should I hit before I reach out?"

Event: Women Who Code First Timer's Night

"Learning to code for the first time with us! We will be going over our First Timer's Guide in a casual workshop setting. We offer both a first timer's HTML & CSS guide as well as a first timer's JavaScript guide. "

Tuesday, October 4

Event: Voices of Innovation Forum featuring White House CTO Megan Smith

"Join The United States of Women, BRAVA Investments, Tumblr and 1776 for a discussion on the heels of historic SXSL Event with fellow entrepreneurs and policy makers dedicated to empowering women in tech"

Event: Shared Workspace Community Meetup

"Calling all collaborators! This is a FREE industry happy hour for anyone who owns, manages, or participates in collaborative communities. Additionally, this happy hour is the wrap up for CONVENE DC, a half day conference for shared workspace owners and managers. Whether you attend CONVENE DC or not, if you're part of a collaborative environment, come out and join the conversation and the fun!"

Event: DC Women in Tech Showcase

"Lesbians Who Tech would like to highlight the amazing work of local organizations focused on women and tech during this DC Women in Tech Showcase. Come learn about the organizations... and see how you can get involved in your local tech community."

Event: DC Legal Hackers - #LegalHack Emojis

"Over 6 billion emojis are sent each day, and within the past year, emojis have begun finding their way into criminal cases as vital evidence because of their semantic value. This talk will explore some of the challenges and highlight several of the key cases from the past year."

Wednesday, October 5

Event: Hindsight 20/20: Dupont Feat. Alan Clifford of Galley

“Hindsight 20/20 is a speaker series hosted by MakeOffices that highlights the experiences of successful founders. This month, hear candid advice from Alan Clifford, CEO & Co-founder of Galley, a Washington, D.C.-based online food delivery service. Breakfast will be provided."

Event: DC Marketing Tech Talk

"DC Marketing Tech Talks is an open community for local marketers to collaborate and learn about marketing technologies that makes us more productive and modern marketers. In this session, we’ll talk about how to improve customer engagement and enabling technologies."

Event: Blackboard Open House - Tech

"Our Product Development and Corporate IT teams are growing- you name it, we're hiring for it! Our teams in DC, Baltimore, and VA are have openings at various levels in every department: front-end dev, back-end dev, systems, security, test, support, and more. Join us for a networking happy hour in our DC office. Meet various Bb'ers to chat about our latest advancements and potential career opportunities while enjoying some light appetizers and drinks."

Event: DC Digital Analytics Meetup

"DC Digital Analytics brings together digital analytics professionals for an evening of talks and discussions specific to our craft. Join us for drinks, food, and data!"

Thursday, October 6

Event: CODE Film Screening 

"CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap The CODE documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. What would society gain from having more women and minorities code? Join Dev Bootcamp and Women Who Code DC at the WeWork in Shaw for a screening of the film and conversation with local community members working to increase diversity and gender equity in technology."

Friday, October 7

Event: Design Thinking: DC Summit 

"Our first ever Fall DT:DC Summit is Friday, October 7th. We plan a mix of panel discussions, keynotes, a terrific skills-building session and cocktails and networking to close out the day."

The Weekend, October 8-9

Event: DC FemTech MiniConf

"We'll be hosting three introductory sessions on dev skills we apply at Mapbox every day. It's the perfect opportunity to flex your beginner coding skills, and learn what's next!"