Inno Approved: DC Tech Events To Know About This Week (10/28-11/3)

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, October 28

Event: LGBTQA Community Happy Hour

"Don't miss this opportunity to connect with LGBTQA members of the DC community and allies interested in the tech scene. Meet, mix, and mingle at General Assembly's DC campus. There will be delicious drinks, good company, and great times!"

Event: CreativeMornings | Linn Meyers

"In October, our theme is “Transparency” and we will hear from the talented artist Linn Meyers on her work and process including her exhibition “Our View from Here” on view at the Hirshhorn. Join us for great creative insights and delicious coffee at the iconic Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden!"

Event: Halloween Party! 

"All the equipment at TechShop will be shut down, we’ll decorate the shop, dump fake blood everywhere, turn on some eerie lighting, and play “The Monster Mash” on repeat while we try to spook each other. Make yourself a crazy costume! If you make a cool decoration and want to put it out somewhere, shoot me an email."

The Weekend, October 29-30

Event: Design Week - Closing Party

"Meet the DCDW team Saturday, October 29th at Union Market’s newest outdoor beer garden, Tap & Garden, to raise a glass and toast to this year’s DC Design Week. Together, we’ll enjoy an afternoon of local crafts, food, drinks, and the company of fellow DC artists."

Event: What's Up With That???

"Have shop related questions? New to the shop? Want to hang out and drink free beer while we talk about the shop? Come to our free-form Q&A and dissemination of general information session! This is a great chance to get to know each other, share information, and try to at least somewhat demystify TechShop, which can admittedly be a baffling place at times."

Monday, October 31

Event: Code + Costume: Front End Lab

"Happy Halloween! Come code with us in your Halloween costume (highly encouraged but not required)! No tricks and treats will be provided. Front End Hack Night (FEHN) is a study group where women can come together and help each other learn and understand web development. We welcome devs of all levels and encourage those with more experience to help out those that are just starting. There's always at least one mentor or leader present to help you with best practices or to guide you through if you are stuck with a nasty problem!"

Event: Internet Law & Policy Foundry Halloween Happy Hour!

"Come hang out with Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellows and Members! On Halloween!"

Event: National Cyber Security Awareness Month Keystone Event

"In observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the George Washington University Division of Information Technology, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, is hosting a keystone event on cybersecurity."

Tuesday, November 1

Event: Mongodb Atlas - On Tour!

"MongoDB Atlas is going on tour... and coming to a city near you! On Tuesday, November 1st, join the team in Washington DC. Come along to get an intro to MongoDB and learn the easiest, fastest way to get up and running using MongoDB Atlas - their database as a service. A technical Q&A will be available to cover your hard-to-fix use cases."

Event: #tech4dem Happy Hour November 2016 ft. Code for DC

"NDI, IFES and DAI invite you to join Steven Reilly and other civic hackers from Code for DC for discussion and drinks at Irish Whiskey. We're looking to connect domestic civic innovators with folks in the international space, create opportunities for technical learning, and maybe even form some partnerships."

Wednesday, November 2

Event: Hindsight 20/20: Tysons - Feat. Jonathon Perrelli (LifeFuels)

"Learn helpful tips and gain inspiration from successful founders at our monthly Hindsight 20/20 breakfast speaker series. For November's series, we’re excited to feature Jonathon Perrelli, CEO and Co-founder of LifeFuels, a health technology company devoted to bringing responsive intelligence to nutrition and hydration management."

Event: Branding & Marketing For Your Small Business

"On Wednesday, November 2, learn how to brand your business, build a marketing strategy, and start a conversation about relaying your business' voice to your community at WDCEP's Entrepreneur Road Map Monthly Speaker Series. Join our expert speakers for brief presentations, followed by an engaging Q&A as well as an opportunity for one-on-one logo and marketing material consulting."

Event: Nightowl Creativity @ cove 14th

"Welcome, Self-starter! Join us for our creative and productive open forum session at the newly remodeled Cove 14th Street.  BYO Project, your brilliance, energy, and willingness to help others. Short, capped introductions will occur at 9:30 pm."

Event: 2016 WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series @ Sumner Museum: Negotiation Skills

"Learn: the fundamentals of interest-based negotiations and avoiding the zero-sum game, the power of language in negotiations, what mediation is...and is not, when to consider facilitated negotiations, how to facilitate meetings and avoid breakdown and deadlock, and how to plan, prepare for, and participate in negotiations."

Event: UX Design & Data Science Student Spotlight

"You're invited to GA's exclusive private hiring event to meet our latest cohort of UX Designers and Data Scientists! Hiring managers, recruiters, and HR personnel are welcome. Think of this as a reverse career fair, where you can see students' final projects and talk individually with them. This is open house style, so come whenever you can and stay as long as you'd like - lunch is on us!"

Event: NoVA TechBreakfast: Witlingo, VTIER Systems Inc, Worldshop, Teleskope

"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."

Thursday, November 3

Event: Optoro's 3rd Annual Optorofest

"Join us as we toast to the opening of our new office in Metro Center! We're excited to open our doors to the DC community to share a beer, a pretzel, and chat about what we've been up to."

Event: Bootcamp Survival Guide: How to Prosper and Find a Tech Job

"Have you considered attending a technology bootcamp? Are you currently attending one? Join a panel of alumnae from various schools and immersive courses as they talk about getting through a bootcamp, searching for a tech job, and what it's like to work in tech as a bootcamp graduate."

Event: Civic Hacknight

"Join us at Social Tables for more of that great civic hacking that you know and love."

Event: CaBi Hack Night VI

"CaBi Hack Night is a show & tell of apps and data visualizations about Capital Bikeshare. We'll be on the 12th-floor lounge of the Crystal City WeWork. Doors open at 6:00 for pizza and soft drinks, with speakers starting at 6:30."

Event: Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) Open House

"This event will provide government agencies with an excellent opportunity to learn more about the Information Security Oversight Office (ISSO), its mission, and the current state of the Classified National Security Information Program, the National Industrial Security Program, and the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program."

Event: DC: Loople Mobile, LLC, Attollo Tech, Future Moments, VTIER Systems Inc

"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: Springboard Dolphin Tank with GSP at Hera Hub - DC

"Springboard Enterprises Dolphin Tank programs are 'helpful feedback-driven' pitch sessions designed to provide entrepreneurs with actionable insights from knowledgeable people. The Dolphin Tank isn’t about Sharks or Dragons or a competition for the best idea, it’s about channeling the expertise of the people in the room to provide connections with advice to help entrepreneurs take the next step."

On Our Radar

Event: Innovation in Cyber - Why it is Essential

"Innovation can open the door to both opportunity and vulnerability. Being prepared requires leaders to use more innovative approaches in cybersecurity too, as they seek to embrace opportunity, while minimizing their vulnerability to devastating and sophisticated cyber attacks."

Event: WeWork's Let's Hire the President

"Yes. Yes, it is. We survived the primaries, the scandals, the leaks, the tapes, the videos, and the emails—now it's time to celebrate election night and see who America hired as its 45th POTUS. Join us for great drinks, good eats, and all things Americana. We'll have a couple of surprises, too."

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