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06/14/2026

ITSMF Celebrates 30 years

More Than a Conference: A Lifeline for the Modern Tech Leader ATLANTA, Georgia—In the high-stakes world of technology, we are routinely…...

Join us at the ITSMF Spring Symposium 2026 in Alpharetta, GA, a pivotal event celebrating tech leaders and fostering deep connections.

06/12/2026

Pre-Register or watch LIVE by visiting → https://bdpa.org/techncareertalks/

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BDPA Tech & Career Talk
Today, Friday June 12th, 2026
12:00PM ET/11:00AM CT
Topic: Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and the Legal, Ethical, and Responsible Use of Ai in Your Business

Speaker: Lauren Brown, J.D., MBA – Founder & Lead Consultant; LRB Global Consulting Services

Connect the dots has already collected!
* Watch LIVE today on YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook!
** Register now for ! → https://bdpa.org/bdpacon26/
***Join, support, or launch new local Chapters for your next career moves in tech → https://bdpa.org

05/22/2026

How does effective leadership look in our new age of and ?

Join us today, Friday, May 22, 2026, at 12 noon EDT/11 am CDT for your bi-weekly BDPA Tech & Career Talk series as Godbless Pelpuo, CEO of BR!NK with Godbless, brings insight on what it means to lead impactfully today!

• Watch LIVE via LinkedIn [BDPA], Facebook [National BDPA], and YouTube [National BDPA] channels! 🎥🔥
• ICYMI, view previous episodes by visiting → https://lnkd.in/eBRjCbEt

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05/16/2026

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and organizations — STOP vibe-coding just for a nanosecond!

If not done so already, take a few short moments to complete, review, and send to Uncle Sam your not-for-profit organization's Form 990 for fiscal year 2025.

Forms 990, 990-EZ, or 990-N short forms, are due May 15th for fiscal years ending December 31, 2025.

→ https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/annual-filing-and-forms

05/10/2026

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04/26/2026

In 2017, National BDPA, Inc. (BDPA™) a grassroots community trade association specializing in information and communications technology based in the National Capital Region, established an annual Earth Day-themed technology and cyber workforce career summit. Powered by bdpatoday® (ISSN 1946-1429), this inaugural event, dubbed "CyberEarth '17", was co-hosted with BDPA DC, the Inclusive Innovation Incubator (In3), and Howard University.

Today, CyberEarth™ continues to feature community series of presentations and panels, along with interactive working groups from Industry and Government, primarily targeting new BDPA Members, BDPA High School, Trade School, and College Student Members, Academia, and of course, the general public. The Association's Earth Day technology summits, robotics academies, and drone demonstrations are co-hosted by local BDPA Chapters to address the challenges and opportuntities across Industry's Air, Land, Sea, Space, and Cyber domains. These informal intimate gatherings continue to serve as special interest groups and technical pipeline events designed to quickly transition local programming into regional and national presentation topics for annual BDPA technology conferences. Pre-register now for BDPACON '26 at bdpa.org.

04/24/2026

Happening today: A Blueprint for Minority Business Growth

BDPA Tech & Career Talks • Friday, April 24th, 2026

12:00PM ET/11:00AM CT
Co-Hosted by Vanguard Consulting Group, LLC

• Topic:
Leading the Charge—Ms. Stephanie Knight and the Mountain Plains MSDC’s Blueprint for Minority Business Growth

• Speaker:
Ms. Stephanie Knight – President & CEO; Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council (MSDC)

• Watch LIVE today on YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook!

➝ https://www.bdpa.org/techncareertalks/

• Pre-Register for BDPACON26!
https://bdpa.org/bdpacon26/
July 15-18, 2026 • Indianapolis • Black Expo

04/23/2026

BDPA Hosts Drone Demos and Tech Summits During its 10th Annual Earth Day Week Events

In 2017, , a grassroots community trade association specializing in information and communications technology (ICT) established an annual Earth Day-themed technology and cyber career summit—CyberEarth™.

• The inaugural event, , was co-hosted with , the Inclusive Innovation Incubator (In3 DC), and Howard University. Participating agencies included DOD, FAA, FEMA, NASA, NOAA, NSA, and USDOT.

• CyberEarth™ continues to feature community series of presentations and panels, along with interactive working groups from Industry and Government, targeting BDPA Members, BDPA Student Members, Academia, and the general public.

• Earth Day technology summits and demonstrations co-hosted by local BDPA Chapters address the domains of Air, Land, Sea, Space, and Cyber with Industry, Academia, and Government

The Association’s annual informal and intimate gatherings serve as special interest groups (SIGs) and technical pipeline events designed to quickly transition into regional and annual topics for BDPA technology conferences or BDPACONs.

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04/22/2026

April 22nd, 2026 • Happy Earth Day!

• View this year's playlist → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmSonGF8_yw&list=PLwwkfkXZ4yRq3yOEnj_7IOFKvDk6CRnq8
• Visit image galleries and archives → https://www.pinterest.com/bdpatoday/bdpa-earth-day/
• Discover new or related articles → https://bdpatoday.com

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• In 2017, , a grassroots community trade association specializing in information and communications technology (ICT) based in the National Capital Region, established an annual Earth Day-themed technology and cyber career summit.

• The inaugural was co-hosted with , the Inclusive Innovation Incubator (In3 DC), and Howard University. CyberEarth™ continues to feature community series of presentations and panels, along with interactive working groups from Industry and Government, targeting BDPA Members, BDPA Student Members, Academia, and the general public.

• Earth Day technology summits and demonstrations co-hosted by local BDPA Chapters address the domains of Air, Land, Sea, Space, and Cyber.

• These informal intimate gatherings serve as special interest groups (SIGs) or technical pipeline events designed to quickly transition into regional and annual topics for BDPA technology conferences or BDPACONs.

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