The Chesapeake Chapter usually holds a monthly meeting with a speaker on the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a holiday, venue scheduling, or convention conflict. Occasionally, the chapter offers a field trip or special event instead of a meeting. Upcoming meeting dates are listed below. You will receive an email notice in advance of the meeting, along with a registration form and menu choice (if applicable). To reserve your place at a meeting, follow the directions as stated on the email notice or on the meeting’s announcement on this website. Guests and non-members are welcome to attend (unless otherwise noted).
UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS/EVENTS
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: Matt Fine, FBI cybercrime special agent
Topic: Cybercrime and the FBI
As we now live our lives online more than ever, we’re all vulnerable to the threat of cyber crime, from hackers trying to steal our identities to predators going after our children. With online attacks becoming more common and more pervasive, this is a subject that strikes close to home, both in our lives and in our fiction.
Join us for an in-depth Zoom talk as chapter member Ellen Butler interviews Special Agent Matt Fine — their conversation will take us deep into the underbelly of cyber crime from the world of online spies to the back alleys of the Dark Web.
Special Agent Matt Fine has spent almost his entire career in the field of Cyber and Investigative Technologies for the FBI. His assignments include: Philadelphia Field Office, Cyber Division, Operational Technology Division and the Science & Technology Branch. He has conducted complex cyber investigations, programmed managed national cyber initiatives, coordinated crisis response, and led Research and Development (R&D) in the field of computational sciences. A graduate from The College of William and Mary, Special Agent Fine also served as an Infantry Officer in the US Army, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY, and as a network engineer at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
ZOOM INFO:
**Please RSVP and email your questions to admeyerwriter [at] gmail [dot] com by Friday, September 4th. He will also give you the login and password info for Zoom. Even if you don’t have a question, please let us know if you plan to attend so that we can add you to our virtual guest list.**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: Jeffrey James Higgins, SinC member & DEA supervisory special agent
Topic: Narco-Terriorism and the DEA
Jeffrey James Higgins is a retired DEA supervisory special agent and an expert in narco-terrorism. He attained the first two narco-terrorism convictions in history. Jeffrey also convicted the most prolific heroin trafficker in the world and participated in several of the largest drug seizures on record. He will talk about his time in the DEA fighting narco-terriorism.
**Further information upcoming. Watch this space!**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm
Speakers: Chessie Chapter Authors
Topic: Mystery Author Extravaganza
— If you like mystery, crime, and suspense—novels and short stories—this is for you.
**Further information and list of participating authors upcoming. Watch this space!**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: Chessie Chapter Authors
Topic: Mystery Author Extravaganza
— If you like mystery, crime, and suspense—novels and short stories—this is for you.
**Further information and list of participating authors upcoming. Watch this space!**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, December 10, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: Margaret Press
Topic: DNA Doe Project
**Further information upcoming. Watch this space!**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, January 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: The Poison Lady
Topic: Poisons and Murder
**Further information upcoming. Watch this space!**
ZOOM MEETING:
Saturday, February TBA, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm
Speaker: Authors Panel
Topic: Bookstagrammers
Bookstagrammers: what they are, how authors can use instagram, etc.
**Further information upcoming. Watch this space!**
UPCOMING CHAPTER AUTHORS’ EVENTS
Please watch this space for upcoming chapter author events.
