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The Washington, DC region has become ground zero for the cyber security industry as dozens of great entrepreneurs and innovators have chosen this area to build companies and help solve some of the biggest security issues facing our federal government, our national security, and millions of American consumers.

Get back to IN PERSON business by joining DCA Live and our host committee to honor some of the great companies of the DC region’s high growth cyber community. We’ll honor the leaders of these companies as well as the entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders that are solving big problems, creating thousands of jobs, and billions of new wealth in the region.  

Come enjoy an open bar, great food, and a chance to meet dozens of leaders from DC's cyber and tech community.  

Join DCA Live and our host committee to celebrate the great women who are known powerhouses or flying under the radar in the DC-area tech community. Our group includes founders, execs, investors, engineers and connectors who are making significant contributions to the local tech ecosystem. We'll honor this impressive and diverse group with a lively and fun event on the evening of November 2nd on a downtown DC rooftop! Join movers and shakers from the tech and business community for a fun evening of music, food, drinks and great networking.

The trade association and professional society community in the greater Washington, DC region continues to bounce back strong after a period of enormous disruption. Many of these organizations thrived during the pandemic period by unlocking new ways to deliver value to their members and adopting innovative approaches to business challenges.  On June 8, we'll gather to recognize some of those associations that accelerated growth and/or are bouncing back by taking fresh and innovative approaches. Join DCA Live and our partners for this community event to toast the leaders and great teams of our 2023 Red Hot Associations. Come enjoy food, wine and networking with leaders of the DC association and business community.  

DCA Live is excited to recognize some of the fastest growing and most exciting firms in the DC region’s robust and dynamic government contracting community. We’ll profile these red hot companies in the coming weeks and recognize them at a special event on May 17 in Arlington, VA. Join us! You will want to get to know these companies and their founders and senior leaders.

DCA Live is pleased to honor a group of DC-area controllers who have made extraordinary contributions to the growth and health of their organizations over the past 12 months in this challenging economic environment.  This group was nominated by their peers in corporate finance and selected for their excellence and leadership.

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After a hiatus for a couple of years, DCA Live is back with our Rising Stars of GovCon list in 2026.  We can’t wait to gather and toast this group of up and coming Founders, CEOs, and C-level execs leading and advising some of the fastest growing and most exciting firms in the DC region’s robust and dynamic government contracting community.

We’ll profile these young(ish) stars in the coming weeks and recognize them at a special event on Tuesday, May 5 downtown Washington, DC. Join us! You will want to get to know these great leaders.