As part of its mission to provide “Real-Time Data-Driven Decision Making,” Optimal routinely hosts members of the academic, research, business, and nongovernmental organization communities to participate in its Brown Bag Series. Held during lunch, the Brown Bag Series offers Optimal staff and invited guests the opportunity to explore state-of-the-art research methods and discuss research findings and innovative ideas.

Upcoming Events



Past Events

Date: September 22, 2020

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Revelo Software selected to join Forefront 2020 Industry Program

Revelo Software has been selected to join this year’s Forefront industry program as an early-stage software company on September 22-23, 2020. Revelo’s co-founder, Tracye Turner will be presenting Revelo transforms and automates data collection and big data needs. Learn more about Forefront 2020 and register for the event. Click the link to read the official press release from Forefront https://forefront2020.org/news-2/

Date: September 10, 2020

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Established entrepreneurs share their stories

Tracye Turner, EVP/COO, Optimal Solutions Group, recently participated in Johns Hopkins University’s “Entrepreneurship Matters” series. Entitled “A Conversation with Entrepreneurs Tracye Turner and Tina Williams-Koroma,” the conversation ranged across a variety of topics and issues common to small business. The series is hosted by Alicia Wilson, Vice President for Economic Development at The Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System. The link to the talk […]

Date: August 11, 2020

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Optimal Sponsors Intern Tech and Data Challenge for COVID, Jobs, Small Business and Mobile App Development

COVID-19 has interrupted corporate internships, but Optimal Solutions has developed a safe alternative.

Date: June 17, 2019

Location: College Park, MD

Automate with NAEP -Optimal participates as panelists and exhibitor at DC STAT conference

Optimal Solutions Group will present and have an exhibitor booth at the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Data Conference (DC-STAT) from July 24-26.

Date: June 6, 2019

Location: College Park, MD

Optimal to Debut iAccessible at M-Enabling Summit June 17, 2019

Optimal Solution Group, LLC will participate as an exhibitor in the 2019 M-Enabling Summit, unveiling its new iAccessible software Platform.

Date: November 13, 2018

Location: Washington, D.C

2018 ADRF Network Research Conference: Innovations in Administrative Data for Social Science

Optimal Solutions Group will share insight on working with federal agencies to obtain data, using administrative data to develop models and understand successes and flaws, and ways in which administrative data were used to track developments in USAID’s education strategy at the 2018 ADRF Network Research Conference: Innovations in Administrative Data for Social Science.

Date: November 3, 2018

Location: Cleveland, OH

Optimal to Discuss Logic Models at Evaluation 2018 Conference

Dr. Jennifer Auer of Optimal Solutions Group will offer a roundtable discussion, “Logic Models: Not All Stakeholders Are Equal” at Evaluation 2018: Speaking Truth to Power, hosted by the American Evaluation Association, on November 3 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Date: September 20, 2018

Location: College Park, MD

Demographics of the Entrepreneur Workshop

Dr. Jennifer Auer of Optimal Solutions presented a paper, “Business Assistance and Women Entrepreneurs” at the Demographics of the Entrepreneur Workshop on Sept. 20, 2018.

Date: July 27, 2018

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2018 National Center for Education Statistics STATS-DC Conference

At this year’s NCES DC Stats Conference, “Visualizing the Future of Education Through Data,” Optimal Solutions shared its work on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and with state assessment data via a presentation and demonstration booth.

Date: March 28, 2018

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Reducing the Barriers for Data Driven Policy Decisions: Examining the Role of Standardized Open Data in Empowering the Global South

Donor-funded education interventions are quite common in developing countries that use rigorous evaluation designs to empirically assess the effectiveness of the treatment.  However, the data collected and analyzed to assess the intervention are not always published.

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