Professional Development Programs

TECH Meet-Ups & Summits

National Capital

Region Engagements
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• Career Fairs and Tech Expos

• Innovation Summits

• Tech and Youth Summits

• Tech Seminars

• Webinars
  
  Join. Renew. Update Profiles.

• Pre-Registration (Membership)

Youth Coding and Technology Programs

2020 HSCC Trifold

High School Coding Competitions

Download your local BDPA Chapter's flyer for participation and strategic partnerships

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• 2020 Flyer (View or download)

• Registration  (DC HSCC)

Neighborhood Engagements

#CyberEarth

Apr 20, 2020

Virtual Earth Day Tech Summit 2020

View on PTTV  → #CyberEarth2020

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Apr 20, 2019

Earth Day Tech Summit 2019

BDPA’s annual Earth Day Tech Summit, #CyberEarth19, was presented in Washington, D.C. to Industry, BDPA Members, Student Members, parents, and regional high school coding competition (HSCC) team leaders during Earth Day weekend. Dr. DaNa Carlis (left), Meteorologist, Mathematician, and Program Manager at NOAA was this year's featured presenter.

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• #CyberEarth19

• Our full article is on bdpatoday

Neighborhood Engagements

#CyberEarth18

Apr 20, 2018

Earth Day Tech Summit 2018

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• Program Guide
  (view or download)

• #CyberEarth18 presenters and mission-partners included AWS, FEMA, MMTC, IBM, In3DC, and Wells Fargo 

Tablets for Teens

Mobile App Development

Tablets For Teens

Mobile Apps and Tablets for JrDevs

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Our Tablets for Teens (T4T) initiative provides new mobile learning and application development platforms to students participating in the following programs. 

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• BDPA Mobile App Showcase

• BDPA IT Showcase

• BDPA Regional or National HSCCs

• Hack-A-Thons

Additional information and partnerships are available by visiting:  tabletsforteens.org .​

Tech Partnerships with Academia

Welcome Reception

Sep 20, 2017

Industry Welcome Reception @ for Bowie State at Holland & Knight LLP

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• Washington welcomes
  Dr. Aminta Breaux

• BDPA-DC Partnership Remarks
  (view or download)

Government Relations

U.S. Congress and BDPA

CBC TECH 2020 

In May 2015, the Congressional Black Caucus launched CBC TECH 2020 to bring together the best minds in the tech, non-profit, education and public sectors to chart a path forward to increase African American inclusion at all levels of the technology industry.

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National BDPA's plan is linked below.

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• Congressional Black Caucus
  TECH 2020 landing page
  #CBCTECH2020
   

• CBC TECH 2020 Plan 
  (National BDPA 2015)

Government Relations

BDPA in Annapolis

Feb 20, 2019

CWDP | Senate Bill 615, signed in May 2018 by Governor Hogan, became law on July 1st. The bill established the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program (CWDP) at multiple Maryland institutions of higher education. SB 432 expands CWDP to include additional schools and  organizations.

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BDPA-DC Supports SB 432 @ Maryland General Assembly

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• SB 615 (2018 Session)

• SB 432 (2019 Session)

• BDPA-DC FY20 Support Letter

Government Relations

BDPA in Annapolis

​Feb 15, 2018

ACCESS | The Achieving Computer Science Collaborations for Employing Students Statewide Act of 2018

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BDPA-DC Supports HB 350 @ Maryland General Assembly

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• HB 350 (2018 Session)

• BDPA-DC FY19 Support Letter

 Community Relations

H.O.P.E. Tech Summit

Oct 1, 2016

BDPA-DC at H.O.P.E. Project DMV's IT Summit and Town Hall

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• Opening Remarks by
  BDPA-DC President
  (view or download)

 Community Relations

Patriots Cyber Awards

May 20, 2015
BDPA-DC attends Patriots Technology Training Centers (PTTC) 5th Annual Cyber Security Awards Dinner

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• BDPA's Keynote Address
  (view or download)

• Cyber Competitions

• STEM Hack-A-Thons

• BDPA and HBCU/MIs

Defense and National Security Engagements

Cyber Warfare and C4ISR

National BDPA's Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) programs are successfully executed with mission partners and participating local BDPA Chapters. These integrated project teams are dedicated to ensuring BDPA Members, Start-Ups, Small Businesses, and Department of Defense (DoD) workforce candidates are aligned to effectively and efficiently meet or exceed future force and National Security Innovation Base requirements. 

International and National Engagements

#BDPACon20

August 20-22, 2020
 

The City of Atlanta will host #BDPACon21 and National BDPA's annual international Technology Conference and Career Expo next year. This year's venue will be a 100% Virtual BDPA2020 experience.

National BDPA celebrates its 45th year! This 42nd gathering and conference of Coders, Data Scientists, Developers, Gamers, Hackers, Interns, Professors, Software Engineers, and Systems Engineers features an IT Showcase, a Mobile App Showcase, and the National BDPA High School Coding Competition (HSCC).

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Deloitte's ERG Team (right photo) with BDPA during BDPACon18.  © 2018 bdpatoday 

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