{"id":452,"date":"2026-01-23T16:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/?page_id=452"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:22:45","slug":"govtechcon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/govtechcon\/","title":{"rendered":"GovTechCon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had the immense pleasure of attending GovTechCon 2025 in Washington, DC.<br>The conference was an incredible opportunity to deepen my knowledge of cybersecurity, connect with brilliant minds, and meet inspiring individuals who truly motivated me to keep working hard and stay focused on my goals.<br>I&#8217;m sincerely grateful to everyone I had the chance to speak with and learn from their experiences. I returned home with a suitcase full of insights and motivation.<br>I also met Symon\u00e9 Berry, <em>GovTech<\/em>&nbsp;Educator and Tech Content Creator, who organized the fantastic event. Amongst many other inspiring people, I also met with Lovethus Henry aka ACE, a charismatic and inspiring leader that works in govtech with a background in the marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-1024x427.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-1024x427.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-600x250.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM-945x394.png 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35474\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-11.40.40\u202fAM.png 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GovTech Conference Event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the immense pleasure of attending GovTechCon 2025 in Washington, DC.The conference was an incredible opportunity to deepen my knowledge of cybersecurity, connect with brilliant minds, and meet inspiring individuals who truly motivated me to keep working hard and&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/govtechcon\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28443,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/452\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cbelf001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}