with Many Sponsors. See Text!
What: Annual SBE37 & SMPTE DC Holiday Party
When: December 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Where: Busboys & Poets (Shirlington) - Register Here
Address: 4251 Campbell Ave
Arlington, VA 22206 United States
Please Join Us for Our Annual SMPTE & SBE Holiday Party!
The SMPTE Washington DC Section and SBE Chapter 37 invite you to our annual holiday celebration on Thursday December 10, 2026. This is a wonderful opportunity to network, socialize, and share in the joy of the season with friends, peers, and media professionals. All members, colleagues, family and guests are welcome!
Please register in advance so that we can provide an accurate headcount to the restaurant.
Register Here:
https://app.promotix.com/events/details/DC-SMPTE-and-SBE-37-Holiday-Party-2026-tickets
- SMPTE & SBE members, media professionals, family and friends: $40 per person
- Vendors & Sponsors: $190, includes one guest.
We kindly ask all vendors attending to register as sponsors to help defray the event costs. Event signage will feature recognition and thanks for our sponsors.
This festive gathering has proven immensely successful in past years, and we are excited to continue the tradition. We welcome all media professionals and supporting entities to join us in celebrating the holidays with our valued colleagues.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Special thanks to all our party sponsors:
More to come!
Questions? Please send an email to managers@smptedc.org
Organizers of Holiday Party 2026:
SMPTE: The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a professional membership association, is the worldwide leader in developing and providing motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, technology, media, and entertainment industries. An internationally recognized and accredited organization, SMPTE advances moving-imagery education and engineering across the broadband, broadcast, cinema, and IT disciplines. Since its founding in 1916, SMPTE has published the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal and developed more than 650 standards, recommended practices, and engineering guidelines. More than 6,000 members — motion-imaging executives, engineers, creative and technology professionals, researchers, scientists, educators, and students— who meet in Sections throughout the world, sustain the Society. Information on joining SMPTE is available at http://www.smpte.org/join.
The Washington DC Section of SMPTE hosts monthly section meetings featuring technology presentations and facility tours, an annual holiday party and our annual two-day technology conference. More information about our local section and upcoming events can be found here: https://www.smpte.org/sections/washington-dc
SBE: The Society of Broadcast Engineers is the professional organization of television and radio engineers and those in related fields. The SBE has more than 5,000 members in 115 chapters across the United States and in Hong Kong. There are also members in more than 30 other countries. Most chapters meet monthly and offer educational programs and an opportunity to network with other broadcast technical professionals. SBE offers the preeminent technical broadcast certification program in the U.S. and an expansive list of educational programs for broadcast engineers, operators, technicians, and broadcast IT professionals. Information on joining SBE is available at https://sbe.org/membership/
More information about our local chapter and upcoming events can be found here: https://www.sbe37.org
SBE Chapter 37 would like to thank Vertical Technology Services and Sublight Engineering PLLC for their generous sponsorship of the technical costs to keep the chapter running for 2026.