Meet up with fellow DOE alumni and friends on Thursday, August 20, 2026 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. ET, in Boston, Massachusetts. Family and guests are welcome to join. Share some DOE memories, make new connections, and celebrate your federal service together. OP alum Kelsey Landau and EJE alum Yasmin Yacoby will be booking a location shortly, we'll update you with details. RSVP here. 

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, from 4-6 p.m. ET, join us in Arlington, Virginia, for an in-person informal late afternoon of knitting, crocheting, and needlecrafting. Snacks, drinks, and home location provided by EERE alum Sue Hamm; individual craft projects provided by you! Please feel free to bring children with you - we will have a Disney movie playing in another room. RSVP here. 

In this webinar on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, from 12-1 p.m. ET, learn about the pathways to contracting with DOE to get savvy on ways the Department does business and hear about ways you or your contacts can get engaged. You’ll hear from DOE alumni who are now contracting with the Department – in line with required regulations and ethics - to learn more about their pathway to successfully landing a DOE contract, learn from staff who previously worked to guide diverse small business leaders on grants and funding, and hear from consultants on how to best position your company for success. 

Learn from EJE, EERE, SC alum Bill Valdez; OCIO alum Pete Tseronis; EJE alum Kerene Tayloe; and NE alum Alisa Trunzo. RSVP here.

Meet up with fellow DOE alumni and friends at the Maryland Renaissance Festival on Sunday, September 13, 2026. Grab your ticket now before they sell out and S1 alum Andi Piccardo will organize a group lunch at the Festival. The Maryland Renaissance Festival is celebrating its 50th year, and takes place outside Annapolis. There’s more than 200 performers, jousting, shopping, costumes, and feasting galore! RSVP here. 

On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. ET, join our first virtual lunch and learn! This panel brings together former DOE leaders to explore how we communicate urgent climate challenges and solutions to the next generation. What can the arts—including a children's musical and grassroots comedy—do that policy briefs and press releases cannot? And what does it look like when the stories we tell kids, and ourselves, are honest about the world as it is, yet still dare to imagine something better?

Hear from LPO alum Hayley Emerson (producer, musical composer, singer/actor and writer), OCED alum Danielle Lemmon (comedian and once-viral Reddit star), IA alum Martha Kamara (mixed media artist behind the Sustainability Art Project online platform, marine social scientist, and policy specialist), and LPO alum Zainab Mirza (Co-Founder and Co-Host of Watts the Tea).

Register today.

Are you attending the November Supercomputing Conference 2026 (SC26) in Chicago? Save the date for an on-site meet up on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 4 p.m. ET, McCormick Place with your fellow DOE alumni and National Lab alumni and current staff, organized by EJE alum, current SLAC staffer Lynn Villafuerte. RSVP here.