Events for November 2026
Sun 11/1
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10:00 am
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12:00 pm
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AI, Souls, and What Makes Us Human: Human-AI Coexistence Salon
Zorba's Café, 1612 20th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA, Washington, DC
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3:00 pm
Mon 11/2
Tue 11/3
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9:00 am
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Community Tuesdays at Refraction
🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
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10:30 am
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12:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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6:30 pm
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Modernizing Legacy .NET Apps with GitHub Copilot - Jorge Balderas
InfernoRed Office, 44679 Endicott Drive, Ashburn, VA
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Wed 11/4
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All Day
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Mission Impact: Federal FinOps Summit
The National Press Club, 13th Floor, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045 -
OODAcon 2026: Escape Velocity
Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800 Presidents St, Reston, VA
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8:30 am
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Building Hope and Trust in the Hiring Process & the Evolution of AI
LMI Headquarters, 7940 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States
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DC Fintech Summit 2026: The New Rules of Money
Station DC, 1323 4th St NE, Washington, DC
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9:00 am
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11:00 am
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3:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Black Gov Tech | Tech, Law & Policy Mixer with NBA Privacy, Cyber, and Tech
Proper 21, 2033 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
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6:00 pm
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November GeoDC
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Technology, Surveillance, and You
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Event Space, Washington, DC -
When Building Gets Cheap, Judgment Gets Expensive
WAS19 - Amazon Jasper, 525 14th St S, Arlington, VA
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7:00 pm
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Anime Movie Night
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FXBG Hackers - 0x35 - November 4th, 2026 @ 7pm
6 Bears and a Goat Brewing, 1140 International Pkwy, Fredericksburg, VA
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Thu 11/5
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All Day
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DSC Connect: The Great Digital Debate
District Winery, Washington, DC -
GPSEC Public Sector 2026
The Convene Arlington, 1201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA
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8:00 am
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2026 Threat Response Forum
Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA, 22202
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8:30 am
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AI for Nonprofits with Claude: Hands-On Workshop
Spaces Crystal Drive, 2451 Crystal Dr 6th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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1:00 pm
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Fed Supernova DC
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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7:30 pm
Fri 11/6
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All Day
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Workforce Innovation Summit 2026
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA
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Sat 11/7
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9:00 am
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MeasureCamp DC Digital Analytics Unconference
Georgetown University Capitol Campus, 111 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
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12:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Game Dev Working Session (Tysons-Pimmit VA Library Conference Room)
Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
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Sun 11/8
Mon 11/9
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12:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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Post-Midterm Election Briefing: What Founders and Investors Need to Know for 2027
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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6:00 pm
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AI Office Hours - Get in-person AI support from experts.
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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Build an AI Agent (from Scratch)
North County Governmental Center, 1801 Cameron Glen Dr, Reston, VA
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Open Conversations: February Edition
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Open Hac
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Tue 11/10
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9:00 am
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Community Tuesdays at Refraction
🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
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10:30 am
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11:00 am
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From Innovation to Mission: Closing the Execution Gap Through Partnership
Army Navy Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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AI Tinkerers DC Metro Meetup
1333 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC
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Decision Models & You May Not Be Stable But Your Algorithms Should Be
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Inside Zero Day: An Evening with Kim Zetter
Honor Brewing Company - Loudoun, 42604 Trade West Drive, Sterling, VA
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Life After Layoffs: Stories of Resilience - Featuring the faces, stories, and futures of displaced workers
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
- Multimodal Ingest and NASA’s Real-Time Search Archive with Elasticsearch
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6:00 pm
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6:30 pm
Wed 11/11
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10:00 am
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12:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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Anime Movie Night
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CodeRabbit Hosts: Pizza & Networking at Andy's in Tyson's Galleria : Tysons, VA
Andy's Pizza, 2001 International Dr, McLean, VA
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Thu 11/12
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All Day
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AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders 2026 Fed Talks & Headshots
Clyde's at Gallery Place, Washington, DC
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REFRACTION AI EXCHANGE (CYBER THEME)
Refraction Innovation Hub
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8:00 am
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11:00 am
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12:00 pm
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AI Implementation for Your Business
https://www.meetup.com/new-real-networking-events/events/317180747/
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5:30 pm
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Happy Hour with DC DAO & Willo!
Inca Social, 1776 Wilson Blvd Unit 1, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
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6:00 pm
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Data Engineers D.C. Presents: DuckDB 2.0 + Data Infrastructure for Science!
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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Marketing in 2027: How Buyers Are Changing and Where to Focus Next
AWS WAS17 - Amazon Merlin building, 510 14th St S, Arlington, VA
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6:30 pm
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Another Awesome Session
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The Sub-Way: How Subcontracting is our Customer's Force Multiplier
Blackwall Barn & Lodge, 6000 Merriweather Drive, Suite B140, Columbia, MD
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7:00 pm
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Biological Essentialism vs. Illusionism: Digital Minds Reading Group
Martin Luther King Library, 901 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC
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Hardware Hacking Night
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Fri 11/13
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All Day
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Service Delivery and Experience Summit 2026
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA
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8:30 am
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The Future of Thinking: Humans, AI, and What Comes Next
LMI Headquarters, 7940 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States
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10:00 am
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Games, Play, and Community
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC
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Webinar with Cosmos Labs: Designing Tokenized Deposits for a Multi-Ledger Future
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12:00 pm
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4:15 pm
Sat 11/14
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9:00 am
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Coffee Meetup🔎
Three Whistles 2719 Wilson Boulevard 22201 Arlington Virginia United States
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Coffee Meetup🔎
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11:00 am
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1:00 pm
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Community AI Research Network🔎
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District Arcade 2026🔎
Editor's pick
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DCAlso published by The Upskilling Labs
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6:00 pm
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Play It Forward: America 250th, Salute to Service🔎
Westin BWI, 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD
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Sun 11/15
Mon 11/16
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12:00 pm
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Breaking Up with Big Tech (a "club" series)🔎
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room 401-F, Washington, DC
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How to Build an AI Employee That Starts Today🔎
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4:00 pm
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5:15 pm
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Tue 11/17
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All Day
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9:00 am
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Community Tuesdays at Refraction🔎
🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
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FEDTALKS 2026🔎
Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C., 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
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10:00 am
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10:30 am
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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After NSCEB: What Comes Next for U.S. Biotech Policy🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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4:00 pm
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Is There Anybody Out There? Reducing the guesswork behind your idea🔎
West End Neighborhood Library, 2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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5:30 pm
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Rise & Ship: From Microbakery to Micro-Saas🔎
Viget, 105 W Broad St 4th floor, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Wed 11/18
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All Day
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AFCEA Bethesda 2026 EIE Summit🔎
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Emerging Leaders Monthly Social🔎
Columbia Ale House - 6480 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, MD
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7:30 am
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CTO Breakfast - Nov Meeting
Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Rd, Rockville, MD
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CTO Breakfast - Nov Meeting
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9:00 am
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10:00 am
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11:00 am
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11:30 am
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12:30 pm
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GIS Day 2026 Open House🔎
Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, VA 22035
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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AI Policy and the Race for Global Rules .: AWS-Crystal City, Virginia :.🔎
Editor's pick
AWS Skills Center Arlington, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202, USA, Arlington, VA
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Cigars & Startups DC🔎
Casa de Montecristo, 1132 19th st NW, Washington, DC
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Civic Tech DC Project Night🔎
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vCISO Pathway: From Analyst to CISO🔎
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Thu 11/19
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All Day
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50th Annual AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum🔎
GWU University Student Center, 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC, United States
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Annual Data Forum🔎
Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VAAlso published by AFCEA
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50th Annual AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum🔎
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8:30 am
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Data Centers & Local Communities: A New Social Contract🔎
Dominion Energy, 3072 Centreville Rd., Herndon, VA, 20171, United States
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11:30 am
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12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
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3:30 pm
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ACT-IAC Federal Insights Exchange: Laying the Groundwork for Meaningful AI-Enablement - Lessons from EXIM Bank🔎
CGI Innovation Center, 1000 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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Building Your Story for a Startup🔎
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Introduction to ChatGPT for Policy Analysis: Hands-On Workshop🔎
Book Hill Gallery, 1610 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
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6:30 pm
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WAUUG November🔎
Ocelot Brewing Company, 23600 Overland Dr Ste 180, Dulles, VA
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Fri 11/20
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All Day
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50th Annual AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum (continuing)🔎
GWU University Student Center, 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC, United States
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Year End Overview and Outlook for 2027🔎
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190
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50th Annual AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum (continuing)🔎
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11:30 am
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6:00 pm
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Cover6 Community Meet & Greet: November🔎
The National Landing Hotel, 1999 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA
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Sat 11/21
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10:00 am
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11:00 am
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Build a Website with ChatGPT (Beginner Friendly)🔎
Northeastern University in Arlington, 1300 17th St N #1500, Arlington, VA 22209, USAAlso published by AI Discussion Club
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Sun 11/22
Mon 11/23
Tue 11/24
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9:00 am
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Community Tuesdays at Refraction🔎
🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
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10:30 am
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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Build an AI Agent (from Scratch)🔎
University of North America, 12750 Fair Lakes Cir, Fairfax, VA 22033, USA, Fairfax, VA
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Thu 11/26
Mon 11/30
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All Day
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NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026🔎
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 (plus additional venues across the city)
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5:30 pm
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Reboot Hour: HANDOFF — Holiday Upgrades & E-Waste🔎
Courthaus Social, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA
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7:00 pm
Tue 12/1
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All Day
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NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026 (continuing)🔎
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 (plus additional venues across the city)
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Wed 12/2
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All Day
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NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026 (continuing)🔎
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 (plus additional venues across the city)
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Thu 12/3
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All Day
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NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026 (continuing)🔎
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 (plus additional venues across the city)
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