AI Events in Washington, DC

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Sep

Thu

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8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

How Leading Organizations Are Becoming AI-Native

LMI Headquartersby Northern Virginia Technology Council

An NVTC executive panel at LMI headquarters in McLean on restructuring to embed AI across an enterprise: governance frameworks for trustworthy AI, data infrastructure modernisation, and the speed versus security tradeoff.

ConferenceAdvancedBusiness

9:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT

The Refraction AI Exchange: September

Refraction Innovation Hubby Refraction

Refraction's monthly AI day in McLean combines an open hub, a midday Byte-Sized Lunch Lab where attendees build working prototypes, and an evening panel on AI for your business with the Harvard Club of Washington DC.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Fri

Tomorrow

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

AI Community Conference: AICO DC

Microsoft Innovation Hub Arlingtonby AICO

A full day at the Microsoft Innovation Hub in Rosslyn on the Microsoft AI stack: Copilot, Azure AI, Power Platform AI, agents and automation, built around practical sessions and real deployment use cases.

ConferenceIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Mon

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Who Governs the Machine? Rules, Responsibilities, and the Public Good

Hopkins Bloomberg Centerby Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC

A Johns Hopkins Next Conversations panel at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center on who writes the rules for AI, who bears the cost when AI fails, and what role research universities should play in answering either question.

MeetupFreeAll levelsGeneralResearchersBusiness

Sep

Tue

8:00 AM – 2:15 PM EDT

Government and AI Summit 2026

JW Marriott Washington DCby GovExec

GovExec convenes federal leaders and technologists at the JW Marriott for a day on generative AI applications, AI-powered cybersecurity and automation, with breakouts on RPA at scale and ethical AI governance.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

AI Policy Considerations for Food, Land, and Water Systems

International Food Policy Research Instituteby International Food Policy Research Institute

A morning seminar at the International Food Policy Research Institute downtown on how AI policy intersects with agrifood, land and water systems governance, drawing on IFPRI's research programme.

MeetupFreeIntermediateResearchersBusinessGeneral

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

STATION DC AI Open Roundtable

STATION DCby STATION DC

A morning roundtable in NoMa for founders, engineers, policymakers and investors working in applied AI, covering production ML, model evaluation, MLOps, public sector deployment and responsible AI, followed by open networking.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusinessResearchers

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Skills vs. Agents: What Are You Actually Building?

Washington, DC, location shared with registrantsby Buildrs United

Buildrs United runs an interactive Washington session on distinguishing prompts, reusable skills, workflows and agentic systems, with practical examples and audience problem solving.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Authoritarians on the Brink: China's AI Surveillance Infrastructure in Venezuela

PubKeyby PubKey Bitcoin Events

A public Washington conversation on research into China’s role in Venezuela’s surveillance infrastructure, including AI-enabled systems and emerging technology cooperation.

MeetupFreeAll levelsResearchersGeneralBusiness

Sep

Wed

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

DC State of the Stack 2026

American Red Cross National Headquartersby DC State of the Stack

A two-day Washington practitioner conference on building, operating, securing and governing modern systems, with a 2026 programme focused on how AI is changing software delivery, operations and engineering practice.

ConferenceIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Silver Spring AI Meetup: Lion Solutions Session

Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plazaby Silver Spring AI Meetup

An in-person Silver Spring evening for people building with AI or exploring its practical uses, combining a featured talk, an additional educational session, demos, pizza and local networking.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

People Side of AI: Lessons from Change Management Front Lines

AWS Skills Center Crystal Cityby AI Innovators Network Northern Virginia

AI Innovators Network hosts an in-person Crystal City panel on the organizational work behind AI adoption, bringing change-management practitioners together to discuss resistance, implementation pitfalls and how teams make new tools stick.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessGeneral

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

People Side of AI: Lessons from Change Management Front Lines

AWS Skills Center Crystal Cityby AI Innovators Network Northern Virginia

A panel of change management practitioners at the AWS Skills Center on why AI rollouts stall on people rather than technology, and what separates organisations stuck in pilot from those that got past it.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusiness

Sep

Thu

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Masters AI Legal: Washington, D.C.

D.C. Bar Associationby Masters AI Legal

An in-person legal-AI conference for counsel, law-firm teams, legal operations professionals, public-sector practitioners and builders, centered on practical AI workflows, governance and adoption in legal work.

ConferenceIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT

AQE Executive Forum at CBCF's ALC: Built to Win

The Gathering Spot DCby The AQE Solutions Events Team

An executive forum at The Gathering Spot DC on federal procurement and innovation, including a practical session on how acquisition leaders use AI for source selection, market research and vendor evaluation.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

AI Developments in Scholarly Publishing: The Last Year in Review

GW Arlington Education Centerby GW College of Professional Studies

Angela Cochran of ASCO and Gary Price of infoDOCKET review a year of AI in scholarly publishing at GW's Arlington Education Center, covering reading, authorship and peer review as publishers move from deliberating to implementing.

MeetupFreeAll levelsResearchersBusinessGeneral

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Can AI Build a Better B2B Pipeline? MarTech Demo Day

Refraction Innovation Hubby DC Marketing Tech Talks

DC Marketing Tech Talks presents live demos of AI and automation tools for prospecting, outbound work and personalized B2B buyer experiences at Refraction in McLean.

MeetupFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Sat

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Author Book Talk: Who Is in Charge? Why AI Must Remain Under Human Control

West End Neighborhood Libraryby AI Discussion Club

AI Discussion Club hosts author Khaled Koubaa at West End Neighborhood Library for a conversation about keeping meaningful human oversight as AI systems increasingly advise, automate and act across institutions.

MeetupFreeAll levelsResearchersBusinessStudentsGeneral

Sep

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

CDAO Government 2026

Le Meridien Washington DCby Corinium Global Intelligence

Corinium's two-day gathering for chief data and AI officers at Le Meridien downtown, co-located with CDAO Defense and Security, covering agentic AI, autonomous decision support, data governance and the shift from data stewardship to AI stewardship.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessResearchers

Sep

Wed

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT

CDAO Washington D.C.

Le Méridien Washington, D.C., The Madisonby Corinium Global Intelligence

A one-day gathering for senior enterprise data and AI leaders, focused on practical questions of AI governance, data quality, accountability, operating models and how teams move AI into live business workflows.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessDevelopers

8:30 AM EDT

The Future of Trust: Artificial Intelligence in Fraud

Jack Morton Auditoriumby National Consumers League

Day one of the National Consumers League's two-day conference at GW's Jack Morton Auditorium, focused on AI-enabled fraud and what consumer protection looks like when the tools of deception get much cheaper.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsGeneralBusinessResearchers

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT

AI+IM Regional Forum Washington, DC: Outside the Lines

AGU Conference Centerby AIIM Washington DC

A free, interactive AI and information-management forum at the AGU Conference Center for practitioners working on data readiness, governance, trust, innovation and responsible AI adoption.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Thu

8:30 AM EDT

The Future of Trust: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Jack Morton Auditoriumby National Consumers League

Day two of the National Consumers League conference at GW's Jack Morton Auditorium, turning from fraud to healthcare: clinical AI, patient trust and consumer protection as AI moves into medical decision-making.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsGeneralBusinessResearchers

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

The Future of Labor in the Age of AI and Robotics

JLL, 2020 K Street NWby HBS Club of Washington, D.C.

An HBS Club of Washington discussion at JLL on how AI agents, robotics and automation could reshape work, skills, hiring, wages and the public-policy choices around the transition.

MeetupAll levelsBusinessGeneral

Sep

Tue

12:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Destination AI Summit 2026

National Housing Centerby Destination AI

The third annual Destination AI Summit at the National Housing Center, a day and a half on artificial intelligence in hospitality drawing roughly 500 attendees from more than 280 hotel, restaurant and travel companies.

ConferenceIntermediateBusiness

Oct

Mon

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EDT

AI in Washington Conference

American University Campusby AI Washington Conference

A two-day Washington conference on artificial intelligence, public policy and international collaboration, hosted at American University with a dedicated registration form for attendees.

ConferenceAll levelsBusinessResearchersDevelopers

Oct

Tue

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Authors & Insights: Kevin Roose and the History of AI

Hopkins Bloomberg Centerby Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC

New York Times technology journalist Kevin Roose discusses his new account of the race toward artificial general intelligence, followed by audience questions and a reception at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center.

MeetupFreeAll levelsGeneralBusinessResearchers

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT

The Refraction AI Exchange: October

Refraction Innovation Hubby Refraction

The October edition of Refraction's monthly AI day in McLean, with the hub open through the day, a midday Byte-Sized Lunch Lab building working prototypes, and an evening programme for founders, operators and investors.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

Demo Night: NVTC x AWS x AI Collective

Pentagon City, Arlingtonby AI Collective DC

An Arlington demo night for AI startups, independent builders, ISVs and practitioners, featuring concise product demonstrations and time to meet the teams building them.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

DC Privacy Summit

National Union Buildingby Project Glitch

Project Glitch’s annual Washington forum brings policymakers and technologists together for practical discussion of digital privacy, security, identity and how artificial intelligence changes the stakes.

ConferenceAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersGeneral

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

Thu

9:00 AM – 8:00 PM EST

The Refraction AI Exchange: November

Refraction Innovation Hubby Refraction

The November edition of Refraction's monthly AI day at its McLean hub, with all-day open access, the midday Byte-Sized Lunch Lab for building prototypes, and an evening programme for the applied AI community.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

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

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