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**Welcome to Team Network Tysons (“TNT”)—where serious professionals come to build real momentum, not just swap business cards. Hosted at the Tysons Double Tree Hotel in the Overlook Room located at 1960 Chain Bridge, Road, McLean, Virginia 22102. TNT is a high-energy, morning networking experience designed for entrepreneurs, executives, and Main Street business owners who believe relationships—when built with intention—change everything.** **This isn’t casual mingling. TNT is process-driven, purposeful, and powerful. Our meetings are engineered to help you identify and connect with your Power Play Partners—the professionals in complementary industries who can accelerate your growth through trust-based introductions. Using Team Network’s proprietary Wolf Pack Connect speed-networking system, you’ll move fast, meet smart, and make meaningful connections in a structured, efficient format that respects your time and multiplies your impact.** **Expect a room full of driven leaders who show up prepared, curious, and ready to give as much as they get. Expect clarity around who you help best—and who helps you win. And expect to leave energized, aligned, and already thinking about your next collaboration.** **As we charge into 2026, we invite you to make it the year you Join the Team and Run with a Pack. Because at Team Network, we live by a simple truth: we are all always one introduction away—from the right client, the right partner, a breakthrough idea, or an amazing collaboration that can change your life, your business, or even the world.** **If you’re ready to network harder, smarter, and stronger—TNT is your room. 🐺🤝🇺🇸💪🙏**

Attend our Opening Day for Team Network’s Fairfax Area Believers. A joint venture with Bridgepoint Connections. ### **New Networking Group Launch Meeting** ## We are the Fairfax Area Believers A Faith-Based, Exclusive Category Networking Group ### **JOIN US TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY** **This Event is In-Person** # **Tuesday, April 7th, 11:45-1:30 pm** ### **Pay $30 at the Door -** (Required) Gratuity is Included Registration In Advance is Required The networking lunch event will take place at Houlihan's located at the Crown Plaza Dulles Hotel, Hendon, VA ### When you arrive, you will choose from a list of three entree's, soft-drinks, dessert DETAILS & REGISTRATION: **[https://bit.ly/4rZ02YO](https://bit.ly/4rZ02YO)** ### **ARE YOU GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO? WE WANT TO MEET YOU!!** We are the Fairfax Area Believers Team Network. We are an exclusive category networking group who want to develop business networking relationship with similar faith in God, with similar beliefs and spiritual values. If you have questions or run into any issues please email us at [info@teamnetwork.com](mail to: info@teamnetwork.com)

Please join us every week for power networking! Our Chapter Passed $1,666,736 USD in the past 12 months! BNI members, on average, increase their business 20% the first year. Our chapter is a dynamic, committed group of business people who know how to refer business to each other. Come for our meeting -- stay for the referrals!!! We have open categories for individuals who will bring enthusiasm and integrity to our meeting. Just one person per professional specialty is allowed in each chapter. Visit a meeting to find out more and lock out your competition! Register Here: https://bninovanorth.com/va-nova-north-bni-mclean-business-connection--n136/en-US/visitorregistration?chapterId=16988

[Profs and Pints DC](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **"Eugenics Then and Now,”** on a dangerous movement in science and its lessons for current research, with Carlo Quintanilla, molecular biologist and health science policy analyst at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. [Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-eugenics](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-eugenics) .] Global concerns about the return of eugenic thinking were reignited by Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s 2018 announcement of the first gene-edited babies, Lulu and Nana. He was quickly condemned by the scientific community and jailed for illegal medical practice, but he and others around the world continue experiments with goals echoing eugenic ambitions. As genetic technologies advance at extraordinary speed, society faces a new set of ethical questions about shaping the traits of future generations. Are we entering a new era of eugenics? If so, how should we respond? Hear such questions tackled by Carlo Quintanilla, who studied rare genetic mutations in human disease as a graduate research scientist and instructor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and now works at the intersection of genomic medicine, science, and society. Dr. Quintanilla will begin by discussing the origins and history of eugenics, tracing its development in the 19th and 20th centuries as an idea, a scientific movement, and a set of policies. He’ll examine the rise of Social Darwinism in the U.K., forced sterilization programs in the United States, and the atrocities committed by the Third Reich in the name of “racial hygiene.” From there, he’ll explore how our ability to shape human health and heredity have been transformed by modern reproductive and genetic technologies such as in vitro fertilization, prenatal and embryo screening, and genome editing. You’ll learn how these tools hold enormous promise when it comes to the prevention and cure of rare and debilitating genetic conditions, yet also raise profound questions related to their potential enablement of a new, technologically driven form of eugenics. Dr. Quintanilla will then delve into the ongoing debate among scientists, bioethicists, and policymakers over what should be classified as eugenics today. He’ll highlight recent controversial uses of genetic and reproductive technologies that are pushing ethical boundaries faster than society can define them, from embryo selection for traits like IQ and height to speculative military interest in genetically enhanced soldiers. These examples raise urgent questions: Where should society draw ethical boundaries? Who gets to decide? And is the term “eugenics” still useful for guiding policy and public debate? We’ll close by examining the social, political, and regulatory forces that will determine the future, considering whether they will restrain the push toward further genetic control or accelerate it. (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: The frontispiece of the 1883 book *Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development,* by pioneering eugenicist Francis Galton (Wikimedia Commons / Metropolitan Museum of Art).

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This presentation will offer a few historical firsts of public transit in the U.S., starting from its origins in 1630, before turning to some oddities and strange beginnings of public transit from across the globe. Part history, part trivia, this examination will also provide some analysis of what these various public transit beginnings and curious cases suggest about the forces and patterns that govern public transportation.

**Pre-registration is REQUIRED. RSVP here - [https://hubs.li/Q046VS--0](https://hubs.li/Q046VS--0)** **Speaker:** Michael Novack, Solutions Architect at AIceberg **Topic title:** "Trust What You Can Trace: Making Agentic AI Explainable, Secure, and Enterprise-Ready" As enterprises adopt increasingly powerful AI systems, one critical challenge remains: understanding how and why these systems make decisions. Many modern models - especially large language models - operate as opaque “black boxes,” making transparency, compliance, and trust difficult to achieve. *This webinar introduces the AI Explainability Scorecard, a practical framework for evaluating the transparency of AI systems based on criteria such as faithfulness, consistency, accessibility, and comprehensibility*. Attendees will learn how different model architectures - from K-Nearest Neighbors to neural networks and transformers - vary dramatically in explainability and risk. **The session will also explore real-world techniques for improving visibility into complex models, including surrogate monitoring approaches that map AI behavior to comparable examples.** These methods help organizations build observable, auditable AI systems without sacrificing performance or scalability. By the end of this session, attendees will understand how to move beyond black-box AI toward transparent, accountable, and secure AI deployment - a critical step for enterprises scaling agentic AI in high-stakes environments. You will learn: **\- Why Explainability Is the Foundation of Trustworthy AI** *Learn why transparency isn’t just a technical preference - it’s becoming a legal, ethical, and operational requirement for enterprise AI systems.* **\- The AI Explainability Scorecard Framework** *Understand the five key criteria - faithfulness, comprehensibility, consistency, accessibility, and optimization clarity - for evaluating how explainable an AI model truly is.* **\- How Different AI Models Compare in Transparency** *Discover why some models are inherently interpretable while others require advanced methods to understand their behavior.* **\- Practical Methods for Making Black\-Box AI Observable** *Explore modern techniques - including surrogate monitoring models - that help organizations understand and audit large language models at scale.* 🔗 Stay Connected * **Learn:** Free talks and trainings on the [Ai+ Training platform](https://aiplus.training/). * **Read:** The latest in AI research on the [ODSC Blog](https://opendatascience.com/). * **Chat:** Join the conversation in our [Slack Channel](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://odsc.com/slack). * **Community:** Review our [Code of Conduct](https://odsc.com/code-of-conduct/).

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Small business Owners who do business through referrals and community. Come visit our chapter to see how help each other expand our business and maximize our time. Our group has over 30 members from different backgrounds! We meet every Wednesday morning, network, and share great ideas! We are looking for a few more like-minded business professionals to grow our group! Come visit our chapter and see if we are fit! Breakfast and drinks are provided at $30. Location: Seva Spaces Tysons 1604 Spring Hill Rd 2nd floor, Vienna, VA 22182

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A weekly networking meeting where we have a lot of fun and of course, meet other busy professionals!

Title: Agentic AI Masterclass for Leaders, Managers & Founders Date: April 12 2026 8:00 am - 10:00 am EDT Abstract Agentic AI is the next evolution of artificial intelligence—where AI systems don’t just respond, but plan, decide, act, and collaborate autonomously. This course is designed specifically for leaders, managers, founders, and senior professionals who want to understand, evaluate, and deploy AI agents in real business environments—without needing a technical background. You will learn: \- What Agentic AI is \(beyond ChatGPT and copilots\)\. - How AI agents reason, plan, use tools, and work together . \- Real\-world business use cases across operations\, HR\, finance\, marketing\, healthcare\, and supply chain\. - How to design AI agent workflows using no-code / low-code tools . \- Governance\, risk\, ethics\, and ROI of autonomous AI systems The course includes hands\-on demos\, live agent builds\, and executive\-level frameworks so you can confidently lead AI adoption in your organization\. By the end of this course, you will be able to think like an AI architect, talk confidently with technical teams, and make strategic decisions about Agentic AI. Target Audience: CXOs, CTOs, CIOs, COOs, business leaders & managers, startup founders & product managers, consultants & strategy professionals ,academicians & researchers, MBA / Executive. education learners. Course Learning Outcomes -Clearly explain Agentic AI vs Generative AI -Identify where AI agents can replace or augment teams - Design multi-agent workflows for real business problems - Build working AI agents using no-code tools - Evaluate risk, governance, and ethical implications - Create an AI Agent roadmap for their organization. Speaker: Prof. Snehal Laddhaa is a dynamic and results-driven professional with a strong background in Electronics and Computer Science, specializing in AI, data analysis, and IoT applications. With over 17 years of teaching experience at reputed institutions, both in India and internationally, including Australia and the UK, Ms. Laddhaa has made significant contributions to academia through research publications and patents. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur, where they lead innovative academic programs and foster student engagement. Her work spans product development, project management, and cross-functional collaboration, with notable achievements including the grant of a utility patent for "An IoT-Powered Smart Trash Bin" and 17 design patents. She has also received accolades such as the Best Paper Award at Cardiff Metropolitan University and is a certified Australian Qualified Professional Engineer. She is a reviewer of reputed international journals. Her Google Scholar profile highlights a strong publication record in embedded systems, AI, and IoT applications. Moderators: Dr. Pawel Gora, CEO of Quantum AI Foundation [https://www.qaif.org/](https://www.qaif.org/) Dr. Sebastian Zajac, member of QPoland [https://qworld.net/qpoland/](https://qworld.net/qpoland/)

The BNI Capital Business Alliance is a business and professional networking organization for all industry leaders. We are one of the top BNI groups in the region, focused on building business relationships and friendships that lead to growing each others business. We meet every Wednesday morning to build relationships, showcase our services, and meet new people! We welcome all visitors who are looking to expand their referral networks and grow their business. There is no fee for visiting our lite fare breakfast meeting and if your business category is open in our chapter you can learn more about how to become a member and join us every week! We are very active outside of our Wednesday morning meetings as well! We host member-only events regularly and are always out and about networking at other events. Due to COVID-19 circumstances our meetings are currently being held virtually through a Virtual Zoom Meeting from 7:30 - 9:00 am. A link to the meeting will be sent to you once you register as Attending on Meetup. We can't wait to meet you! Be prepared to tell us all about your business!

Serving our community by teaching financial literacy is paramount towards long term success. You will learn three main concepts towards building generational wealth. The five engines of revenu that will forever impact your. Lastly, be introduced a path to entrepreneurship that can transform your life and exceed expectations beyond your imagination Come and acquire this free education and walk out with a new drive! Dress code: Business Casual

Join Voice Over Pros Of Ohio for an exciting morning of networking, and exploring opportunities in the world of voice acting. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, this event is perfect for expanding your network, learning how to start a VO business, and for honing your skills. Connect with fellow voice actors and VO experts, that will help you succeed in your voice over business. This event will feature discussions on professional development, entrepreneurship in the voice over industry, with tips for navigating the world of voice acting. Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from others, collaborate with like-minded individuals, and take your voice over career to the next level. Join us Saturday, March 28, from 10am - 12pm and learn how to start or grow your voice over business. Let your voice be heard! The $10 fee covers refreshments and door prizes.

At Evolve Synergy Sessions, you'll be part of a supportive mastermind where we share challenges, brainstorm solutions, and inspire one another to take bold steps in our businesses. Grow your network, gain fresh perspectives, and build meaningful relationships with like-minded women who are committed to success. Whether you’re looking to move the needle in your business or simply need a space to connect and recharge, this is the perfect place to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. [Add Event to Calendar](https://evolvecolumbus.eventcalendarapp.com/) \*\* Please note, we will be arriving around 8:15a for open networking! Get there early and get connected! Contact Alexis Morley at [alexis.morley@edwardjones.com](mailto:alexis.morley@edwardjones.com) or Terri Lawson at [terri.lawson@e-merge.com](mailto:terri.lawson@e-merge.com) for more information.

Bring your business cards and network in person with other business professionals! Gold Star Referral Clubs is one of the most established professional networking organizations in the country, with multiple groups in central Ohio. Join us!

**The Data-Driven Brand: Using Analytics to Shape Perception** Can you use analytics to improve tacos? This being CBUSDAW, we think the answer is probably “yes”, but we’re not sure how to implement or test this theory. For our April meetup we’ve got Sara Kear, CMO of Condado Tacos, to investigate this delicious question. Sara will explore how she blends quantitative data and qualitative customer feedback to shape brand positioning and drive business decisions. We all know that marketing and analytics go way beyond attribution. Sara will show how Condado uses customer insights to inform product and pricing strategy. She’ll also highlight how Condado leverages customer feedback at scale to influence operational priorities, positioning marketing as the voice of the customer across the organization. In the last 12 years Condado has gone from one location in Columbus to 52 locations across 10 states, so we’re guessing there’s more to that growth than really good guac (though the guac probably helps). Ultimately, this talk focuses on the intersection of art and science—using data to inform creativity and build a brand that resonates with customers in a measurable way. **About Our Speaker** Sara Kear is Chief Marketing Officer at Condado Tacos, where she oversees brand, restaurant design, menu and pricing strategy, off-premise including catering, and customer data strategy. Since joining in 2021, she has helped grow the brand from 19 to 52 locations while building a data-driven marketing organization focused on loyalty and customer insights. Condado has since been named to the Inc. 5000, recognized as Breakout Retailer by Chain Store Age, and consistently ranked among FastCasual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

**Confidence & Connection: Using Your Authentic Truth to Find Your People** Confidence isn’t just about believing in yourself, it’s about knowing where you belong and who you can grow alongside. In this April Confidence Lab Happy Hour, we’ll explore how living in your authentic truth helps you find your people, build meaningful collaborations, and create spaces where vulnerability is met with respect rather than risk. Together, we’ll reflect on what it looks like to advocate for yourself with clarity and care, and how confidence deepens when it’s rooted in connection rather than comparison. Featured speaker **Lachandra Baker**, founder of **[LBB Edutainment](https://www.lbbedutainment.com/)** and author of *Your Own Biggest Cheerleader*, will share reflections on authenticity, psychological safety, and the power of community over individual achievement. Drawing from personal stories—including the significance of turning 53—Lachandra will invite us into a conversation about showing up fully, being seen, and choosing relationships that support who you truly are. Expect a warm, welcoming atmosphere with space for reflection, shared insight, and intentional connection—plus drinks, light bites, and the kind of conversations that remind you you’re not meant to do this alone. Come as you are. Leave feeling clearer about your voice, your people, and the confidence that grows when both are aligned. **What is Confidence Lab?** Confidence Lab is a monthly community experience for bold, thoughtful leaders building confidence from the inside out. Whether you’re launching a business, leading a team, navigating change, or simply striving to show up more fully—you belong here. Our work demands clarity, courage, and conviction—but the pace of daily life can erode our sense of self. Confidence Lab creates space to reflect, reconnect, and grow with others doing purpose-driven work. It’s designed for entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, creatives, corporate professionals, activists, and anyone ready to lead with authenticity and impact. ***Please note:*** *All are welcome! If cost is a concern, please use promo code PUBLIC to access a free ticket—we want you to join us.*