Tech events in Hampton Roads this week
October 19–25, 2026 — 5 events
Tuesday, October 20
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Norfolk Cybersecurity Networking & Happy Hour
From 6-9pm for a night of networking and fun at The OV Beach Tavern located in Ocean View, Norfolk. Happy hour is till 8pm with fantastic deals, check the 2nd image for details. Connect with fellow tech enthusiasts, Information Security, and Cybersecurity professionals in a relaxed atmosphere. Share ideas, make new friends, and enjoy delicious drinks and snacks. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your professional circle and have a great time!
Wednesday, October 21
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(CS)²AI Online™ Seminar: Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reporting & Remediation
Last year Billy and his team hacked a connected wheelchair and sent it careening down a flight of stairs. Recently the manufacturer issued a patch to its customers that addresses the authentication and encryption weaknesses we exploited. The update has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA, and the patch is cleared for installation on devices. Thus, the circle is complete, the bugs are no more, and the issues we found have been mitigated. The time between public notification and patch release to the public was about 90 days.
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Matt Gordon: Event-Driven Architecture On Data In Motion
IN PERSON MEETING!!!!! You may have seen Real-time Intelligence and thought "that's cool, but I don't have any streaming data". What we all have, though, is transactions. Lots of them. That means we have data moving around our ecosystem, likely with traditional ETL jobs and schedulers. Come learn how change data capture, change event streaming, and Real-time Intelligence combine to give you the tools to create a truly event-driven (and less fragile) data architecture.
Thursday, October 22
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Pop-up Meetup: Agent Incident Response and Retros with Mike Rollins
Join us for our new Pop-up Meetups series, featuring great speakers from around Hampton Roads. If you loved Hampton Roads DevFest, these meetups are for deeper conversation, building on ideas, and seeing how you can be a better professional. Agent Incident Response and Retros Agent incidents are an entirely different beast than the average run-of-the-mill incidents, and the retros are incredibly complex.
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AICHR | Connections & (grocery) carts
Meet people and pick up your weekly groceries. 🤝 A casual networking hangout in the grocery store cafe Chats, connections, & grocery carts is a relaxed, social-first networking event for curious, friendly people across Hampton Roads who enjoy good conversation and knocking out life errands at the same time. This is not a lecture. This is not a pitch night. And you definitely do not need to “prepare” anything. It is simply a low-pressure space to meet new people, have real conversations, and casually connect while wandering the aisles and picking up your weekly groceries. Whether you are…