TH!NK Thursdays

Description

The Doolittle Institute invites entrepreneurs, small businesses, and area professionals to join the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in our collaborative space to work on projects, collaborate, or get to know their community. This event is open to small businesses, entrepreneurs, government contractors and AFRL who want to connect and interact with other innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs. We’ll feature refreshments from local business owners and entrepreneurs at each event.
Influence & Inspiration

====== TH!NK Thursday offers: ======

• Coworking Space
• Inspiring Discussion
• Educational Opportunities
• Professional Growth
• Fellowship & Networking
• An Open House-style Event

====== This Month’s Event ======
8:00 – 11:00 A.M. – Donuts with DI, Featuring a coffee tasting with Amavida Coffee Roasters
10:00 – 11:00 A.M – Coffee Tasting and Demo from Amavida Coffee Roasters
3:00 – 4:00 P.M. – Unexpected Inspiration Series, Featuring Richard Whittle, the eminent Predator Drone historian and author of many books on innovation in the defense sector. Richard Whittle is the author of Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution, and of The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey. A Global Fellow in International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Whittle is also a Research Associate and former Verville Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He writes regularly for BreakingDefense.com, Rotor & Wing International, the American Helicopter Society International’s Vertiflite and other publications, and occasionally for Air & Space Smithsonian. His articles have appeared in the New York Post, the Christian Science Monitor, a wide range of other newspapers and magazines, and on The Atlantic Monthly technology web site. He also has been an interview guest on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” C-SPAN, NPR and a wide range of other television and radio broadcasts. During this month’s TH!NK Thursday, Bayou Books in Niceville will be presented with copies of Predator.
4:00 – 5:00 P.M – Happy Hour: The Debrief, Featuring local beer.

Those part of AFRL/RW need not register for this event. Learn more about all TH!NK Thursday events here: http://defensewerx.org/think-thursdays/