Manufacturing the Future 3D printing is changing manufacturing as we know it, from the engineer's desktop to the factory floor. The exponential advancement in 3D printers, print materials and design tools, integrated into a seamless digital workflow, is opening up new possibilities in everything from personalized medicine - planned and executed from patient specific data - to on-demand aerospace and automotive manufacturing in performance grad...

How Emerging Companies Can Begin Doing Business with the Government Are you a small business interested in opportunities within the government landscape but don't know where to start? Interested in meeting with a certain agency but don't know who to contact? If you answered yes, then this event is for you! The Northern Virginia Technology Council has invited government agencies and their small business offices from the federal, state and local...

New Approaches to Media Monitoring: Benefits, Pitfalls and Strategies for Success You rely on data every day to plan your company investments, to pick the right school for your child, to navigate around traffic. You would never tolerate receiving bad data from your financial manager, your child's school, or your GPS. So why would you to make critical business decisions for your company based on bad media data from automated media monitoring to...

Vision 2020 - Internet of Things Do you remember what was hot in 2000? How about 1994? Do you have "20/20 vision" into how we will live, work and play in 2020? On June 10, participate in a fascinating discussion led by industry experts who will lay out their "vision" for several years down the road. What advances or trends might occur in the workplace, in living and entertainment, in health, travel and education? How much smarter will your pho...

Update On The Virginia Cyber Security Commission In February 2014, Governor Terry McAuliffe issued Executive Order Number 8, establishing the Virginia Cyber Security Commission to "bring public and private sector experts together to make recommendations on how to make Virginia a leader in cyber security." On Tuesday, June 3, NVTC's Cybersecurity Committee will present experts from the Virginia Cyber Security Commission in a panel discussion....

Join NVTC on Tuesday, May 19 for a Titans breakfast featuring Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, U.S. Department of Defense. Kendall is leading the Pentagon's focus on innovation, including efforts to transform the DoD through technology and improve the performance of the defense acquisition enterprise. He has more than 40 years of experience in engineering, management, defense acquisition, and...

NVTC Datapalooza: How Companies in the Nation's Big Data Capital are Finding Success in Big Data and Analytics As one of the nation's premier high-tech centers, Northern Virginia and the greater Potomac region are home to a growing number of firms that generate significant revenue from creating, analyzing and using data, or providing the tools and skills needed to support the Big Data and Analytics ecosystem. In addition, the region's relatio...

Join NVTC and co-host Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) on Friday, May 1 for the first event in the 2015-2016 NVTC/CEA Leadership Series featuring Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, a potential presidential candidate. Christie was sworn in as Governor of New Jersey on Jan. 19, 2010, and re-elected to a second term on Nov. 5, 2013. Technology and innovation, and their role in spurring the nation's economic growth, will be important iss...

Early-Stage Investment Advice for Entrepreneurs Join the NVTC Small Business and Entrepreneur Committee for an evening with some of the most active early-stage and angel investors in the region as well as a founder that has recently succeeded in the fundraising process. The panel will discuss how to meet and pitch investors, current trends in early-stage investing, hot sectors, what angels consider when making an investment, and the best (and...

The Road Ahead for Government Contractors On Feb. 12, NVTC's Tech Law and Procurement Committee will present a panel discussing the road ahead for government contractors in 2015. This panel will focus its discussion on a number of issues that will be of interest to government contractors in 2015 and beyond. Some of the issues to be discussed are: What impact will the mid-term elections have on government contractors? What will procurement budg...