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The RBTC hosts first-class events that provide substantial value to the region’s technology community. There are programs to benefit every member company, whether it’s an emerging startup or a large corporation.

Event Calendar

Get to Know Your Network

At any RBTC event, you have the opportunity to meet other technology leaders, make valuable business contacts, and, stay current with the growing regional technology sector. Members are able to attend events for free or at a greatly discounted rate and are also eligible to be a part of special invitation-only gatherings.  

Explore Our Events and Series

Game Changer Week

Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center Building/Room TBA, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Embark on a journey of groundbreaking ideas, transformative technologies, and collaborative networking with other visionaries, industry leaders, and trailblazers. Game Changer Week is your passport to the future, where innovation […]

Hands on Security Capture The Flag Event

VTCRC Training and Events Center 1691 Innovation Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Come and hack with us at a Jeopardy Style Capture the Flag Hands on, Hacking/Defense Event powered by New River Computing. This competitive CTF event is run on the CloudCTF […]

Morning Jolt with WoTech

Online

Come join your village of women in technology for a morning jolt of real talk. We’re hosting these every month to help us make connections and have casual conversations covering […]

Beer & Biotech with Jeff Pompeo of Caretaker Medical

Big Lick Brewing Company 409 Salem Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, Virginia, United States

The Future of Wireless Patient Monitoring: Jeff Pompeo, Caretaker Medical’s President & CEO, will talk about the quest to eliminate blind spots, complications, and missed diagnosis with continuous, non-invasive, remote hemodynamic […]

Tech & Toast — Hiring AI with David Townsend

Warm Hearth Village 2387 Warm Hearth Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Hiring AI presents unique hurdles, including defining specific job roles, assessing AI capabilities, ensuring compatibility with existing systems, addressing ethical concerns, and mitigating potential job displacement. Learn how to unleash […]

RAMP Pitch & Polish

Online

Pitch & Polish clinics provide a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a team of regional mentors who want to help them polish their presentation, provide […]

WoTech Power Hour

Brady's Distillery 711 Pocahontas Avenue Northeast, Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Join with women of Roanoke and Blacksburg's technology community at Brady's Distillery for the final Power Hour of 2024! Power Hour is designed to help you expand your network and […]

Morning Jolt with WoTech

Online

Come join your village of women in technology for a morning jolt of real talk. We’re hosting these every month to help us make connections and have casual conversations covering […]

RAMP Pitch & Polish

Online

Pitch & Polish clinics provide a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a team of regional mentors who want to help them polish their presentation, provide […]

Disrupt Up AI Conference

Join us for two days of groundbreaking sessions, visionary speakers, and unparalleled networking opportunities brought to you by the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC). As the driving force behind innovation in […]

Morning Jolt with WoTech

Online

Come join your village of women in technology for a morning jolt of real talk. We’re hosting these every month to help us make connections and have casual conversations covering […]

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Virginia Western Business Science Building, Room M302 3099 Colonial Avenue Southwest, Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Join RBTC’s CyberSecurity highly anticipated annual “Defense Against the Dark Arts” event. See some of the most cutting-edge cyber-attacks today and how to protect your systems and infrastructure from these […]