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DESCRIPTION:The AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders are excited to host the 15t
 h Annual AFCEA Bethesda Winter IT Luncheon on February 10\, 2027\, from 11
 :30 AM – 2:00 PM at District Winery in downtown DC.\n\nThis year’s theme i
 s “FROM AI EXPERIMENTATION TO MISSION IMPACT.” Through candid\, small-grou
 p discussions led by government leaders\, attendees will explore how agenc
 ies are moving AI from experimentation to implementation and using it to t
 ransform operations\, strengthen decision-making\, and advance the federal
  mission.\n\nRoundtable discussions will focus on:\n\n 	* AI Governance & G
 uardrails: Establishing strict frameworks and controls to prevent internal
  and external abuse\, ensure safe and authorized responses\, and manage co
 sts by preventing token burning.\n 	* AI and Cybersecurity: Securing the AI
  systems and infrastructure the agency implements\, ensuring robust defens
 es against AI-specific vulnerabilities and threats.\n 	* AI & the Federal W
 orkforce: Ensuring employees securely adopt sanctioned AI tools and effect
 ively leverage them as daily digital assistants to augment their work.\n 	*
  AI\, Data & Decision-Making: Identifying\, curating\, and managing the hi
 ghest-quality data foundations necessary to effectively enable and power a
 gency AI models.\n 	* AI Acquisition & Innovation: Transitioning promising 
 AI capabilities out of the pilot phase and successfully deploying them as 
 scalable\, enterprise-wide solutions.\n\nThe luncheon will bring together 
 senior government officials\, emerging leaders\, and industry professional
 s for meaningful dialogue and cross-sector collaboration focused on the pr
 actical steps needed to turn AI’s potential into real-world mission impact
 .
DTSTART:20270210T163000Z
DTEND:20270210T190000Z
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LOCATION:District Winery\, 385 Water St SE\, Washington\, DC 20003\, United
  States
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SUMMARY:2027 Emerging Leaders Winter IT Luncheon
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders are exc
 ited to host the 15th Annual AFCEA Bethesda Winter IT Luncheon on February
  10\, 2027\, from 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM at District Winery in downtown DC.</p
 >\n\n<p>This year’s theme is <strong>“From AI Experimentation to Mission I
 mpact.”</strong> Through candid\, small-group discussions led by governmen
 t leaders\, attendees will explore how agencies are moving AI from experim
 entation to implementation and using it to transform operations\, strength
 en decision-making\, and advance the federal mission.</p>\n\n<p>Roundtable
  discussions will focus on:</p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>AI Governance & Guardrails: E
 stablishing strict frameworks and controls to prevent internal and externa
 l abuse\, ensure safe and authorized responses\, and manage costs by preve
 nting token burning.</li>\n	<li>AI and Cybersecurity: Securing the AI syste
 ms and infrastructure the agency implements\, ensuring robust defenses aga
 inst AI-specific vulnerabilities and threats.</li>\n	<li>AI & the Federal W
 orkforce: Ensuring employees securely adopt sanctioned AI tools and effect
 ively leverage them as daily digital assistants to augment their work.</li
 >\n	<li>AI\, Data & Decision-Making: Identifying\, curating\, and managing 
 the highest-quality data foundations necessary to effectively enable and p
 ower agency AI models.</li>\n	<li>AI Acquisition & Innovation: Transitionin
 g promising AI capabilities out of the pilot phase and successfully deploy
 ing them as scalable\, enterprise-wide solutions.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>The lu
 ncheon will bring together senior government officials\, emerging leaders\
 , and industry professionals for meaningful dialogue and cross-sector coll
 aboration focused on the practical steps needed to turn AI’s potential int
 o real-world mission impact.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:The AFCEA Bethesda Emerging Leaders are excited to host the 15t
 h Annual AFCEA Bethesda Winter IT Luncheon on February 10\, 2027\, from 11
 :30 AM – 2:00 PM at District Winery in downtown DC.\n\nThis year’s theme i
 s “FROM AI EXPERIMENTATION TO MISSION IMPACT.” Through candid\, small-grou
 p discussions led by government leaders\, attendees will explore how agenc
 ies are moving AI from experimentation to implementation and using it to t
 ransform operations\, strengthen decision-making\, and advance the federal
  mission.\n\nRoundtable discussions will focus on:\n\n 	* AI Governance & G
 uardrails: Establishing strict frameworks and controls to prevent internal
  and external abuse\, ensure safe and authorized responses\, and manage co
 sts by preventing token burning.\n 	* AI and Cybersecurity: Securing the AI
  systems and infrastructure the agency implements\, ensuring robust defens
 es against AI-specific vulnerabilities and threats.\n 	* AI & the Federal W
 orkforce: Ensuring employees securely adopt sanctioned AI tools and effect
 ively leverage them as daily digital assistants to augment their work.\n 	*
  AI\, Data & Decision-Making: Identifying\, curating\, and managing the hi
 ghest-quality data foundations necessary to effectively enable and power a
 gency AI models.\n 	* AI Acquisition & Innovation: Transitioning promising 
 AI capabilities out of the pilot phase and successfully deploying them as 
 scalable\, enterprise-wide solutions.\n\nThe luncheon will bring together 
 senior government officials\, emerging leaders\, and industry professional
 s for meaningful dialogue and cross-sector collaboration focused on the pr
 actical steps needed to turn AI’s potential into real-world mission impact
 .
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