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Thu 4/2

11:00 am

2026 MongoDB Public Sector Summit: Innovating Government Applications for AI
International Spy Museum, 700 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C., 20024
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning Government Technology

5:00 pm

State of the AI Industry Panel Discussion
The Filling Station, 4201 Wilson Blvd Suite 150-160, Arlington, VA 22230, USA
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

6:00 pm

Scanning Tunneling Microscope - Lab Day - Scanning and Post Processing Images #4
MoCo Makers
Hardware & Electronics

6:30 pm

DC Tech Happy Hour
UXDX Washington D.C.
UX & Design

Sat 4/4

9:00 am

Dulles Code & Coffee [FINAL] @ BTI360
Dulles Code & Coffee
Coworking

3:00 pm

Game Dev Working Session (Tysons-Pimmit VA Library Conference Room)
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev

3:30 pm

Introduction to AI Policy
AI Safety Awareness Group D.C.
AI & Machine Learning

Mon 4/6

8:00 pm

AFCEA NOVA Small Business April Breakfast
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
From Idea to Startup Team: Meet Your Future Co-Founder
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Tue 4/7

5:00 am

GitHub Social Club: London
Shoreditch House, Ebor St, London E1 6AW, UK
PyAI
Programming Languages AI & Machine Learning

10:00 am

STATION DC Cybersecurity Meetup
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

5:00 pm

STATION DC Chess Club
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

6:00 pm

Data Science DC: OpenClaw for Everyone
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

8:00 pm

Emerging Leaders Monthly Social
Ale House Columbia (6480 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, MD 21045, Web
AFCEA
Government Technology

8:30 pm

Stuck Without a Startup Idea? Build One That Fits You
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Wed 4/8

All Day

2026 AI Symposium on Design and Governance
AI & Machine Learning

9:00 am

Insider Threats 101: Winning Trust with DoW
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

10:00 am

Premiere Of SureWire™: First Platform To Verify AI Agent Safety & Consistency
Silver Spring Tech Together
Social & Networking
vcIQ: Cybersecurity Founder Session
https://luma.com/event/evt-9euuQD3zqGVjnS9
VC in DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

12:30 pm

PyAI @ AIE London Meetup
Atomico, 29 Rathbone St, London W1T 1NJ, UK
PyAI
Programming Languages AI & Machine Learning

4:00 pm

🌐 DC DAO Community Call!
https://luma.com/event/evt-dVCDEHa2AMFQMv9
DC DAO Calendar
Blockchain & Crypto

5:00 pm

Why Not DC? Unlocking Autonomous Vehicles in the District
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

6:00 pm

April GeoDC : FedGeo Day Preview
Geo DC
Data & Analytics
Project Night at Virtru
Virtru, 1801 Pennsylvania Ave NW 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Civic Tech DC
Government Technology
XR AI in the Age of Slop .: Crystal City, Virginia :.
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning

7:00 pm

The Truth About BUiLT: 4 Part Series w/founder Peter Beasley
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

8:00 pm

AFCEA CMD - Monthly Luncheon
Live Casino - 7002 Arundel Mills Cir Ste 7777, Hanover, MD
AFCEA
Government Technology
AFCEA NOVA April Networking Event
BJ's Brewhouse, Vienna, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Thu 4/9

9:00 am

The B2B Sales Playbook - STATION DC Member-Only Event
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

6:00 pm

Built for This: Defense Talent and Govini
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC
Code, Power, and the Public: Women Shaping AI for Democracy
https://luma.com/event/evt-nA2SZeyWickVPiH
Civic Tech DC
Government Technology
Using Kiro from AWS for Spec-Driven Development
AWS DMV User Group
Cloud Computing

6:30 pm

AI Your Way: MCPs vs Skills vs SubAgents 🤖🚀 - Sam Basu
Capital Area .NET Users Group
Microsoft Technologies

Fri 4/10

9:00 am

Varia - Tech Fluent Conference
DC Legal Tech Meetup
Also published by DC Legal Hackers
Legal Tech
🚀 Tech Fluent: Build with AI — Hands-On, No Experience Required
AI in Practice
AI & Machine Learning

11:00 am

Airflow Monthly Virtual Town Hall- April
DC Area Apache Airflow Meetup
Open Source Community

5:30 pm

🍻 Post-Event Dinner & Drinks — Tech Fluent
DC Legal Tech Meetup
Also published by DC Legal Hackers
Legal Tech

Sat 4/11

10:30 am

Coffee & Bitcoin - McLean
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

Sun 4/12

1:30 pm

DC Code & Coffee - Location TBD
DC Code & Coffee
Coworking

2:00 pm

MoCo Code & Coffee April
MoCo Code and Coffee
Coworking

3:00 pm

Monthly Game Dev Meetup!
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev

8:00 pm

AI Week
Washington, D.C.
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning

Mon 4/13

6:30 pm

NoVA Hackers April 2026 Meeting
NoVA Hackers
Cybersecurity

7:00 pm

Open Conversations: February Edition
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

8:00 pm

AI Week (continuing)
Washington, D.C.
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning
How Multiple Pivots positioned Checkbox as the Legal Front Door for Corporations
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Tue 4/14

All Day

AITalks 2026
Washington, DC
AI & Machine Learning

8:00 am

AITalks 2026
Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C., 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning

9:00 am

AIGA Member Webinar: Understanding Design’s Evolving Role
Washington, DC
AIGA DC
UX & Design

10:00 am

Additive Manufacturing Meetup
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

12:00 pm

Private Look at the Johns Hopkins Carey Executive MBA Program
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC
Real Startup Lessons From FI Alumni Across the World
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

4:45 pm

Hands-On : GitHub Copilot SpecKit
Big Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Data & Analytics

5:00 pm

​“Whiskey and Wargames” Hosted by Baker Botts
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

5:30 pm

Cybersecurity in Food & Agriculture
Loudoun CyberTech
Cybersecurity

6:00 pm

Mappy Hour
MappingDC
Data & Analytics
Where is AI in 2026 and Where is it Going? | Georgetown Campus
AI Safety Awareness Group D.C.
AI & Machine Learning

6:30 pm

Indie Game Dev Night (DC - MLK Library, Room: 401-A)
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

7:30 pm

Monthly Meeting
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

8:00 pm

AI Week (continuing)
Washington, D.C.
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning

Wed 4/15

1:00 pm

AI Deep Dive (Virtual) - AI-Ready Data Framework with Agent Skills
DC AI Developers Group
AI & Machine Learning

5:00 pm

AWS Sustainability Micro-Hackathon
AWS Cloud Club at George Washington University
Cloud Computing

5:30 pm

Experiment with AI Workshop - Exploring Coding CLIs with Google Gemini
Women and Gender eXpansive Coders DC - WGXC DC
Social & Networking

6:00 pm

Cigars & Startups DC
Cigars & Startups DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship
Vibe Coding & OpenClaw
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

6:30 pm

Nerd Talk
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

7:00 pm

Golang Reston Monthly Meetup
Golang Reston
Open Source Community
The Truth About BUiLT: 4 Part Series w/founder Peter Beasley
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

8:00 pm

AI Week (continuing)
Washington, D.C.
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning
Emerging Leaders Spring Fling
Silver Social, Washington, DC
AFCEA
Government Technology

Thu 4/16

All Day

CyberScape Summit
Future Tech DC 2026: Trust, Privacy, and AI: Resilience and Agility in the Age of Digital Transformation
George Mason University Arlington Campus (Mason Square), 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations
ISACA Future Tech DC 2026

6:30 pm

Bitcoin Book Club: End Times by Peter Turchin
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

8:00 pm

AFCEA NOVA April Luncheon
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
AI Week (continuing)
Washington, D.C.
DefenseScoop
AI & Machine Learning

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