AI conferences in Washington

The big rooms: AI conferences and multi-day summits in Washington, with keynote speakers, focused tracks, and the kind of hallway networking that fills a calendar for months. Every upcoming AI conference in the city, tracked and verified daily.

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Oct

Wed

11:30 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

Innovation Summit 2026: AI Dominates the Landscape

The Ritz-Carlton Washington DCby FedInsider

A free FedInsider summit at the Ritz-Carlton on scaling federal AI from pilot to enterprise deployment, zero trust governance for AI, and data centre modernisation for AI workloads, with CPE credits available.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Fri

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Washington DC Digital Government Summit 2026

George Washington University Student Centerby Government Technology

Government Technology's annual DC summit at the GWU Student Center, convening public sector technology leaders on AI adoption alongside cybersecurity, data governance and digital service delivery. Free for public sector staff.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Tue

8:30 AM – 5:30 PM EDT

Xperience on Tour Washington, D.C.

Capital Hiltonby Genesys

A free one-day Capital Hilton programme for customer-experience leaders on applying agentic AI, orchestration and cloud technology to more adaptive service operations.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

Nov

Fri

8:00 AM – 3:15 PM EST

GovCIO 2026 AI Summit

Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Centerby GovCIO Media and Research

A day at the Hyatt Regency Tysons on federal AI deployment, with Alexis Bonnell of OpenAI for Government, panels on agents, infrastructure and governance, agency use case lightning rounds and the Flywheel Awards.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Nov

Fri

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Takeoff 2026

The LINE DCby Takeoff 2026

A three-day Washington conference for public servants, AI researchers, builders and civil-society voices to debate how society should govern increasingly capable AI systems.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersDevelopersGeneral

Nov

Tue

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST

FedTalks 2026

Waldorf Astoria Washington DCby FedScoop

FedScoop’s Washington gathering for federal technology leaders, with federal AI adoption among its core topics alongside data foundations, digital services, cloud, cyber and quantum technology.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Enterprise AI World 2026

JW Marriott Washington DCby Information Today

Three days at the JW Marriott for chief AI officers, chief data scientists and enterprise technology leaders, co-located with KMWorld and Taxonomy Boot Camp under the theme of human-centric AI and knowledge sharing.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessResearchersDevelopers

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Public Service AI Summit 2026

Partnership for Public Serviceby Partnership for Public Service

The Partnership for Public Service convenes public-sector leaders, academics and civic technologists for a Washington summit on effective, responsible AI in government, including keynotes, panels, breakouts and the inaugural AI Excellence Awards.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersDevelopers

Nov

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Centerby NVIDIA GTC Washington

NVIDIA’s in-person Washington GTC campus covers open models, AI factories, physical AI, high-performance computing and scientific advancement through workshops, sessions, exhibits and a keynote.

ConferenceAll levelsDevelopersResearchersBusiness

Dec

Thu

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM EST

FutureProof.PA: Public Affairs in the Era of AI, Innovation and Disruption

AT&T Forumby Public Affairs Council

A full-day Washington working program for public-affairs practitioners on applying AI responsibly, covering agentic workflows, AI knowledge resources, adoption decisions and peer-led implementation lessons.

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