Events for October 2026
Thu 10/1
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All Day
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11:00 am
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
- DC Legal Tech Meetup: Fall Social
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Precision Raster Data for Scanning Tunneling Microscopes
Rockville Memorial Library, Rockville Town Square Plaza, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD - Pricing Straight Talk
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6:30 pm
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Own Your Sh*t
Urban Winery of Silver Spring 2315 Stewart Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
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Own Your Sh*t
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7:00 pm
Fri 10/2
Sat 10/3
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9:30 am
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Civic Tech DC x GW OSPO Hackathon: RideScore DC + FEC Data
George Washington University, Washington, DC (building/room TBA)
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Sun 10/4
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10:00 am
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1:30 pm
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3:00 pm
Mon 10/5
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7:00 pm
Tue 10/6
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9:00 am
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AI Agents Are Challenging Legacy Cybersecurity. Now What?
Carahsoft, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd., Reston, VA, United States -
Community Tuesdays at Refraction
🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
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Google Build with AI - DC
George Mason University - Mason Square (Arlington Campus), 3351 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201, USA, Arlington, VA
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10:00 am
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STATION DC Robotics Roundtable (MEMBERS ONLY)
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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Stop the Scam Before it Starts
Honor Brewing Company - Loudoun, 42604 Trade West Drive, Sterling, VA -
When Everyone Has AI, What Sets You Apart? A Book Talk with Author Jonathan Aberman and Congressman Don Beyer
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
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6:00 pm
Wed 10/7
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9:00 am
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5:30 pm
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AI Compact Open Circle: Leaders Putting AI to Work
Exact venue to be announced
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AI Compact Open Circle: Putting AI to Work
Tysons, VA, Tysons, VA, United States
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DC Fintech Club - Open Meetup
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AI Compact Open Circle: Leaders Putting AI to Work
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6:00 pm
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AI + Voice Agents, beyond the Black Box .: AWS Crystal City, VA :.
AWS Skills Center Arlington, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202, USA, Arlington, VA
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Attack & Defend: Hack It, Then Catch It
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DT:DC Happy Hour
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October 2026 GeoDC
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
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Anime Movie Night
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FXBG Hackers - 0x34 - October 7th, 2026 @ 7pm
6 Bears and a Goat Brewing, 1140 International Pkwy, Fredericksburg, VA
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Thu 10/8
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All Day
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Federal Cloud & Data Forum 2026
Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Political Analytics Conference
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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Federal Cloud & Data Forum 2026
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11:00 am
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4:30 pm
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5:00 pm
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STATION DC Blazer Retirement Ceremony (MEMBERS ONLY)
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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5:30 pm
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AFCEA DC B2B Federal Budget Networking Event
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AI in Action: Demo Night with NVTC and the AI Collective
Amazon Visitor’s Landing, 545 15th Street S, Arlington, VA, 22202, United States
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7:00 pm
- From Token Chaos to Engineering ROI - Turning AI Spend into Org. Capability
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Hardware Hacking Night
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Reports of Subjective Experience in LLMs: Digital Minds Reading Group
Martin Luther King Library, 901 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Fri 10/9
Sat 10/10
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All Day
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Digital Inclusion & Technology Fair🔎
Trinidad Baptist Church, Washington, DC
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10:30 am
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11:00 am
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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Code Gathering at Centreville Library🔎
Centreville Regional Library, 14200 Saint Germain Drive, Centreville, VA
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Mon 10/12
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10:00 am
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12:00 pm
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
Tue 10/13
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All Day
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Upskilling Summit #3: Showcase Civics and Elections and Kick-off Q4's "Retrospective" Build Cycle🔎
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC
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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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12:00 pm
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2:30 pm
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Financial Dialogue – The Future of Digital Money A Transatlantic Conversation🔎
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, 4645 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA, Washington, DC
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5:30 pm
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The DMV Tech Super Meetup (register on Luma)🔎
Capital One - Center 1, 1600 Capital One Dr S, McLean, VA 22102, USA, McLean, VAAlso published by DC Data & AI Events and Civic Tech DC
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6:00 pm
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Beyond Apple: Building Cross-Platform Apps in Swift with ConcordUI🔎
- Citizen’s Assembly and Democracy with Large Groups with Bill Potapchuk
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Mappy Hour🔎
Capitol City Brewing Company, 1100 New York Ave NW, Entrance is at 11th and H, Washington, DC
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6:30 pm
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7:30 pm
Wed 10/14
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All Day
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Cybersecurity Summit and U.S. Cyber Challenge Awards Program 2026🔎
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA -
Emerging Leaders Monthly Social🔎
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techfrederick expo🔎
1301 W Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21702
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6:45 am
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Yoga @ STATION DC Hosted by Demati🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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9:30 am
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The AI Industrial Stack Roundtable (STATION DC MEMBERS ONLY)🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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10:00 am
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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Data+AI meetup with Databricks🔎
National Union Building, 918 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA, Washington, DC
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Local LLMs - Agentic Software Engineering Meetup🔎
Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
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6:00 pm
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Civic Tech DC Project Night🔎
Virtru, 1801 Pennsylvania Ave NW 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA
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GRC Analyst Fundamentals: Controls to Evidence🔎
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7:00 pm
Thu 10/15
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All Day
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BGIN Block15🔎
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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7:30 am
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CTO Breakfast - Oct Meeting🔎
Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Rd, Rockville, MD
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Fairfax County GEOSPATIAL Technology Innovation Forum🔎
Refraction, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States
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CTO Breakfast - Oct Meeting🔎
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9:00 am
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11:00 am
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5:30 pm
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One-Year Anniversary Party🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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Products Are Easy, People Are Hard🔎
3100 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22201
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6:00 pm
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The New ABM Playbook: What’s Working, What’s Changing🔎
Red Clay Creative 1765 Greensboro Station Pl 9th floor McLean, VA 22102Also published by DC Marketing Tech Talks
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⚡️ Side Projects and Networking: DSDC Meetup🔎
Prefect, 2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DCAlso published by DC Data & AI Events
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⚡️ Side Projects and Networking: DSDC Meetup
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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The New ABM Playbook: What’s Working, What’s Changing🔎
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7:00 pm
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7:30 pm
Fri 10/16
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12:00 pm
Sat 10/17
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10:00 am
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ASH: An AI Powered Shell Extension🔎
Mary Riley Styles Public Library 120 North Virginia Avenue 22046 Falls Church Virginia United States
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12:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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UXDX DC- Global Product Week🔎
Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA, Washington, DC
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Sun 10/18
Mon 10/19
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5:30 pm
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Accelerating America’s AI Future🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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5:45 pm
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Drones in Public Safety: Inside Arlington County Fire & Police UAS Ops🔎
Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22201, USA, Arlington, VA
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6:00 pm
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AWS GUEST SPEAKER PANEL🔎
Duques 350, Duques Hall 350, Washington D.C., DC
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
Tue 10/20
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All Day
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Google Public Sector Summit 2026🔎
Washington, D.C. (exact venue not published yet by organizer)
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Market Pulse: Cyber Howard Challenge Pitch🔎
Howard County, MD
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8:30 am
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NVTC Starting Point Session 3: From Idea to Investable: Building a Winning Pitch🔎
KPMG Tysons, 8350 Broad Street, 6th Floor, McLean, VA, United States
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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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10:00 am
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STATION DC Members Only Cybersecurity Roundtable🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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12:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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Building an AI-Ready Government Through Connected Systems and Knowledge🔎
Carahsoft, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd., Reston, VA, United States
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6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Wed 10/21
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8:00 am
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Lattes & Learning: Legal Strategies for Building and Scaling Defense and Aerospace Startups🔎
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 975 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004
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9:30 am
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Understanding the IC Customer: Mission Fit, Readiness, and Market Context (STATION DC MEMBERS ONLY)🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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10:00 am
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11:30 am
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4:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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Cigars & Startups DC (Unofficial DCSTW 2026)🔎
Casa de Montecristo, 1132 19th st NW, Washington, DC
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Cloud Security Fundamentals: IAM to Detection🔎
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6:30 pm
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7:00 pm
Thu 10/22
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All Day
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Black Gov Tech | October Tech Mixer🔎
12 Stories, 75 District Square SW, 12th floor, Washington, DC 20024
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Disability Innovation Forum🔎
Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
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4:30 pm
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Capture-to-Award an AFCEA CMD Small Business & Strategic Partnership Panel🔎
Belay Technologies - 7021 Columbia Gateway Dr Ste 125, Columbia, MD 21046, Columbia, MD
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6:00 pm
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Teaching your Agent to Read a Cluster🔎
Carahsoft, 11493 Sunset Hills Road #Suite 100, Reston, VA
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6:30 pm
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WAUUG October🔎
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 10/23
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5:30 pm
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LIVE: Cybersecurity Awareness Demonstration🔎
Washington University of Science and Technology (WUST), 2900 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA, Alexandria, VA
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Sat 10/24
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All Day
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10:00 am
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10:30 am
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Outdoor Discussion Walk: Future of AI Education | a16z Academy🔎
McPherson Square, 901 15th St NW Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005, USA
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2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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Black Code Collective Hack-A-Thon🔎
MLK Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Black Code Collective Hack-A-Thon🔎
Sun 10/25
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10:00 am
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SOC Analyst Prep — Live Workshop | October 2026 (continuing)🔎
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Mon 10/26
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8:30 am
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10:00 am
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Engineering Your Capital Strategy: Fundraising by Design🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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5:30 pm
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Reboot Hour: FOUNDRY | Startups & e-Waste🔎
Courthaus Social, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA
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7:00 pm
Tue 10/27
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8:30 am
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Cyber Innovation Conference (continuing)🔎
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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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10:00 am
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DC Founders & Funders Open House🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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5:30 pm
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AI ASSISTED DEV Workshop🔎
Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium, 1015 N Quincy St., Arlington, VA
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Defense Tech DC 020🔎
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Wed 10/28
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1:00 pm
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NVTC Cyber Summit & Cyber50 Awards🔎
Appian HQ – Valo Park, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA, 22102, United States
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3:00 pm
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5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
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1st Time Speaker Series: New Voices in Cyber🔎
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Author Book Talk: How to Build an Undeniable Career in the Age of AI🔎
AWS Skills Center Arlington, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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Halloween and Anniversary Party🔎
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How to Stay Employed in the Age of AI .: AWS Crystal City, VA :.🔎
AWS Skills Center Arlington, 1550-G Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA 22202, USA, Arlington, VA
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7:00 pm
Thu 10/29
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11:00 am
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1:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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Newbie Speaker Happy Hour - Halloween Edition!🔎
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STATION DC Mafia (Members Only)🔎
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
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7:00 pm
Fri 10/30
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All Day
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BSidesNoVA 2026 Cyber Security Conference🔎
George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201
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Updates on Technology Advancements Forum 2026🔎
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA
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11:30 am
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2:30 pm
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Skills Forecasting Summit🔎
McKinsey, Washington D.C., 1200 19th St NW, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
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Skills Forecasting Summit🔎
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6:00 pm
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Leadership Unscripted series: AI form the Ground Up. Literally.🔎
UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 22209, United States
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Sat 10/31
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All Day
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BSidesNoVA 2026 Cyber Security Conference (continuing)🔎
George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201
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10:00 am