Welcome to the Cybersecurity Innovation Forum Meetup Group sponsored by George Mason University's Master of Science in Management of Secure Information Systems. Our meetups are held quarterly and feature a series of ten-minute case study presentations by cybersecurity experts and technology innovators followed by a panel discussion and questions. The focus of the meetings is on cybersecurity innovation including innovation rationale and motivation, technology, metrics and lessons learned. All ev …

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

Meet others from DC, MD, & VA interested in New Media, Web 2.0, Video 2.0, and Social Networks. Gather to discuss & learn: webcasting, internet video & video blogging, social media platform technology (Ning, Facebook, MySpace, openID, etc.), digital content, startups, funding & pitching, semantic web, new products & cool ideas & websites. We cover the following and more areas of web technology: * New media * Social web * Web 2.0 & 3.0 * Video 2.0 * Social apps/widgets * Microblogging & blogging …

The GIST initiative builds entrepreneurial ecosystems in 44 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Asia and Africa by identifying, coaching, and funding the most promising technology entrepreneurs through its flagship competitions, start-up acceleration services, online social media platform and interactive mentorship programs. GIST forges partnerships, locally and globally, among technology entrepreneurs, angel investors, mentors and experts, to foster human progress and prosperity.

Our objective is to provide Web API enthusiasts, people who are thinking about, interested in, or actively developing Web APIs, a space to get together, share ideas, and discuss techniques and technologies in a vendor neutral environment. Please come and join us, learn from each other, and have a little fun.

The Digital Exchange (dX) is a group created to bring together individuals who are changing how their organizations work, operate, and communicate with new digital tools, technologies and strategies. From top-down digital strategies for organizational operations, to new back-office tools to improve process and workflows, to mobile engagement and stakeholder engagement, organizations of all types and sizes are working to embrace digital and unlock their organization’s digital future. dX is the pl …

In a world where everything is ever changing, now is the time join Tysons Corner Microsoft Tyson's Business and Networking Group. Business leaders will have the opportunity to experience cutting edge technology through our workshops, classes and networking events. Upcoming topics will cover cloud services, collaboration tools and mobile solutions to increase productivity. Sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

The Green Building Technology Group is a networking group focused on sustainable and high performance building professionals in the DC/MD/VA area.  The group is designed for contractors, architects, designers, green consultants, builders, real estate professionals and anyone else who is interested in how work in their field is related to and contributes to this industry.  We are a group who wishes to come together to discuss design and construction techniques, best practices, lessons learned, an …

This is a group for anyone interested in Technology, IT, Cyber Security, Mobile Technology, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, etc. Our goal is to connect with tech lovers like us and get together in great events such as Meetups, Seminars, Happy Hours (Yes, we love happy hours!) to share information, learn new technologies, discuss and network. We are looking forward to connect with you!

You are invited to join us for networking conversations over lunch with local IT professionals,  webmasters and people of diverse professions and backgrounds to exchange experiences in programming, administration, hosting, development, design, and/or just to meet to chat and learn from non-webmasters to understand where clients are coming from for greater overall long term success. These events are great for practice skills required to build business ventures and develop mutually supportive and …

The DC .NET Users Group is dedicated to providing a forum for area technologists to discuss and present enterprise solutions utilizing .NET technologies as well as creating a community to promote the success and communication of its members. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies.

For those interested in getting together and casually discussing ideas for oversold and/or "contrarian" stocks. Examples of companies could include: disruptive companies with an abundance of pessimistic short sellers, companies undergoing a turnaround & receiving negative press, leading companies in a lagging industry, manipulated smaller cap stocks, etc. Many of these companies would be seen as higher risk by most, but our homework would show that they have a very solid chance at succeeding big …

Do you have a killer mobile app idea? Join us at the App Social. A social networking event where you will get 5 mins to pitch your idea to developers and marketers.  You will have the opportunity to partner with developers and marketers to launch your app for little or no start up costs. In exchange, the marketers and developers you choose to partner with will share in the app revenue. Mobile app enthusiasts gather together to network, share ideas and kick start a deserving app idea.

In a world where everything is ever changing, now is the time join Pentagon City Microsoft Store Business and Networking Group. Business leaders will have the opportunity to experience cutting edge technology through our workshops, classes and networking events. Upcoming topics will cover cloud services, collaboration tools and mobile solutions to increase productivity. Sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

We're in Washington, D.C., we love Wikipedia and Wikimedia, and our vision is to empower individuals around the world through free access to the sum of human knowledge! We get together for various reasons, like taking some amazing pictures for Wikimedia Commons, expanding articles on Wikipedia so that people can learn from them, or discussing various issues related to Internet, culture, art, museums, libraries, history, or whatever we'd like to discuss. And we're done, we make sure the whole wor …

To bring networking events to those interested in Information Technology. Anyone that works in IT or Telecom industries who might like to network with similar individuals.

This group will meet to share experiences, ideas, tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your IPAD. The Group Coordinator, Sandra Dunhill, is an IT Consultant with a focus on training and training management. With over 13 years of training experience, she looks forward to assisting IPAD users quickly become efficient with their IPADS - to go beyond using it for just entertainment purposes. Please come with one IPAD Tip or Trick to share with the Group. We'll learn and grow together! Ideal …

To discuss the value of self quantification and explore new technologies and methods that are advancing this emerging new field.  To discuss how the quantified self is changing the way we think about fitness, productivity, consumption, healthcare, and science.

This group will share the best practices and ideas for implementing the Amazon Web Services Cloud products for Customers in the National Capital Area. Our customers have unique requirements including professional associations, lobbying groups, government, technology startups, and large corporate headquarters. Cloud technology consultants and IT department leaders would benefit from joining this group.

We're a group of Hadoop & Cloud Computing technologists / enthusiasts / curious people who discuss emerging technologies, Hadoop & related software development (HBase, Cassandra, Hive, PIG, etc). Come learn from each other, meet nice people, have some food/drink.

This is a place to discuss and learn trending topics related to the development of highly customizable, user-centric web sites. This will serve as a platform for users to share and discover new frameworks and technologies that we can incorporate into our own development efforts. Such topics will include, not are not limited to JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Python, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, and anything else being used to make really cool web sites.

What's the big deal with big data? McKinsey consulting predicts a shortage of 140,000 data scientists in the US, and a shortage of 1.5 Million of...the rest of us. The business users who make decisions based on the data. The folks who interact with the data scientists. Once per month, we'll feature a speaker or workshop focusing on Big Data case studies (like how Big Data is helping the NYPD solve crime, Unilever sell more soap, and The World Bank alleviate poverty in Burundi), consider the impl …

You in talent acquisition/recruitment/technology/studying/job search? Then this group is for you! Meet other local recruiters, HR professionals, ERE.net members and hiring managers. Discuss topics including recruiting tactics, eRecruitment, social media, web 2.0/recruitment 2.0, talent management, best & next practices, and building business relationships. Corporate talent acquisition practitioners are especially encouraged to join to share your front line experience. Other Topics of discussion: …

Northern Virginia ColdFusion Users Group meets (at a minimum) once per month. Our aim is to provide opportunities for ColdFusion and Actionscript developers to meet and network with one another as well as opportunities to engage in presentations and learning to help sharpen your ColdFusion development skills. We are an active group and we always welcome new members. If you live or work (or can otherwise get to) Fairfax, VA then we'd love to have you come out. Speakers interested in attending our …

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C [http://www.w3c.org] to make the web "one giant database": The Data Web. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web.

Calling all lovers of live events, music, flash mobs, and light shows!! LightsUp, a game changing new mobile app, is looking for passionate individuals to gather and partake in the first LightsUp enabled flashmob! Our technology and mobile app controls the colors of all the screens of all the Apple and Android smartphones in a crowd to turn the crowd into a dynamic light show! Imagine a sea of lights, flashing, changing, and shimmering to music! We are excited to see you at the next event!!

The quality and sophistication of deployed voice solutions do not often reflect the cutting edge technologies and insights of research and academia. Our goal at AVIOS-DC is to establish a bridge between the world of academic research and that of the enterprises that deploy of real-life speech solutions. By the same token, many of the real life problems faced by enterprise deployments are overlooked by researchers who tend to deal with problems in sanitized environments. Our forum will also a …

This Washington DC group is for everyone interested in Web Design, Graphics, Software Development as well as in networking, building online businesses and achieving one's Big Dream. Sometimes only a few web designer show up, therefore, we collaborate with similar groups which will meet at this same event for more new contacts, better networking, fun and mutual support. We appreciate the awesome leadership of Jonathan Perrelli, Adam Zuckerman and others at thefort.vc and foster.ly to facilitate e …