DC Tech Events

Technology conferences and meetups in and around Washington, DC

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Sun 1/18

1:30 pm

Sundays and Side Projects + Happy Hour!
Washington, DC
Sundays and Side Projects
Coworking

2:00 pm

DC Code & Coffee - Temporary New Location - West End Library - January 18
Washington, DC
DC Code & Coffee
Coworking
MoCo Code & Coffee January
Rockville, MD
MoCo Code and Coffee
Coworking

Tue 1/20

6:00 pm

A11y-DMV January Social
Washington, DC
Accessibility DC
UX & Design

7:00 pm

DMV Women & Bitcoin | Generational Wealth, Generational Wisdom
Washington, DC
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

Wed 1/21

8:30 am

New Member Orientation
Tysons, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

5:30 pm

Reston Happy Hour: Scaling Cloud Infrastructure for Heavy Workloads
Reston, VA
OVHcloud US TechLab Reston Meetup

6:30 pm

Co-Hacking with Hack The Box Labs
Fairfax, VA
Nova High AI Cybersecurity Meetup Group
Cybersecurity
Nerd Talk
Mc Lean, VA
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

7:00 pm

Bitcoin is Brewing in Washington | What Bitcoin Means for DC Businesses
Washington, DC
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto
Pizza and Networking at Andy's Pizza in Tyson's Galleria : Tysons, VA :
McLean, VA
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning

Thu 1/22

8:30 am

Building Your 2026 Marketing A-Team: People, Tools & Performance
McLean, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

11:00 am

2026 Tech & Cyber Networking and Hiring Event
Tysons, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

5:30 pm

January Meetup - Social (in DC)
Washington, DC
Power BI DC
Microsoft Technologies

6:00 pm

AI Use Cases and Startup Opportunities
Washington, DC
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Sat 1/24

All Day

DistrictCon Year 1
Washington, DC

10:00 am

Coffee & Bitcoin DC: National Cathedral Grounds
Washington, DC
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto
NOVA Code & Coffee [160] - At FCED Venue
Fairfax, VA
NoVA Code & Coffee
Coworking

Sun 1/25

All Day

DistrictCon Year 1 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Mon 1/26

6:00 pm

DC BitPlebs
Washington, DC
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

Tue 1/27

8:00 am

MongoDB Public Sector Summit 2026
Washington, DC
Data & Analytics Vendor Conferences

5:30 pm

Defense Tech DC 011
Register to See Address
Defense Tech DC

6:00 pm

Cigars & Startups DC
Washington, DC
Cigars & Startups DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Wed 1/28

5:00 pm

State of AI Panel Discussion with Ballston BID
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

6:00 pm

Project Night at Prefect
Washington, DC
Civic Tech DC
Coworking
This Is Not Precious: How I use Design Thinking to Create Bestselling Games
Washington, DC
Design Thinking DC
UX & Design

Thu 1/29

All Day

M365 Community Days DC 2026
Arlington, VA

9:00 am

Reskill with AI: Tools & Skills for Career Transition
Vienna, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

6:00 pm

DC Tech Mixer
Washington, DC
DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Also published by DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Startups & Entrepreneurship
Women in Tech DC 2026
Washington, DC
DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Fri 1/30

All Day

M365 Community Days DC 2026 (continuing)
Arlington, VA

10:00 am

Cursor Hackathon D.C.
Register to See Address
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

11:00 am

Cursor Hackathon D.C.
Arlington, Virginia

5:00 pm

Global Game Jam 2026 @ George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Sat 1/31

3:00 pm

Podcast Discussion: Google: The AI Company
Register to See Address
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

5:00 pm

Global Game Jam 2026 @ George Mason University (continuing)
Fairfax, VA
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Sun 2/1

3:00 pm

Monthly Game Dev Meetup!
Fairfax, VA
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev

5:00 pm

Global Game Jam 2026 @ George Mason University (continuing)
Fairfax, VA
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Tue 2/3

8:00 am

Workday Federal Forum 2026
Waldorf Astoria, Washington, DC
Vendor Conferences

6:30 pm

Evolutions of AI-Enabled Software Development with Sean Hoar
Loudoun, VA
Capital Area .NET Users Group
Microsoft Technologies

Wed 2/4

8:45 am

When AI Becomes the Threat: Cybersecurity in the New Age of Agentic AI
Arlington, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

6:00 pm

Artists As Power Users of AI ~ Judgment Is the Real Skill :: Crystal City, VA
Arlington, VA
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning
Data Engineering & Context Engineering for AI
Washington, DC
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

Thu 2/5

8:30 am

Decode the New GovCon Procurement Playbook
McLean, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

Sat 2/7

9:00 am

Dulles Code & Coffee [39] @ BTI360
Herndon, VA
Dulles Code & Coffee
Coworking

3:00 pm

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

Mon 2/9

All Day

State of the Net Conference 2026
Washington, DC

6:30 pm

Indie Game Dev Night (DC - MLK Library, Room: 401-A)
Washington, DC
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev
NoVA Hackers February 2026 Meeting
Reston, VA
NoVA Hackers
Cybersecurity

Tue 2/10

8:00 am

Defend the Railroad
Cybersecurity

5:30 pm

AI in Practice Social: Happy Hour & Dinner at Upside on Moore
Rosslyn, VA
AI in Practice
AI & Machine Learning
Elastic & Confluent
Arlington, VA
Elastic Washington, D.C. User Group

Wed 2/11

8:00 am

Defend the Railroad (continuing)
Cybersecurity

Thu 2/12

8:00 am

GDIT Emerge - Modern Government 2026
Washington, DC

6:00 pm

AI-powered Insights for Amazon Security Lake
Arlington, VA
AWS DMV User Group

Sat 2/14

12:00 pm

Girlies in Tech Brunch pt. 6 <3 | Washington, DC + VDAY Edition | Foggy Bottom
Register to See Address
Girlies in Tech
Social & Networking

Sun 2/15

2:00 pm

Game Development Working Session (DC - MLK Library, Room: 401-E)
Washington, DC
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Mon 2/16

All Day

Washington DC Big Tech & Professional Networking
Washington, DC

Wed 2/18

6:00 pm

Data Center Awards
Leesburg, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

6:30 pm

Nerd Talk
Mc Lean, VA
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

Thu 2/19

All Day

AFCEA DC Tech Summit 2026
Reston, VA

8:00 am

CyberTalks 2026
Washington, DC
Cybersecurity

Sat 2/21

10:00 am

Monthly Meeting - NuShell
Solution Street Suite 325 (Floor 3), 505 Huntmar Park Drive 20170 Herndon Virginia United States
Northern Virginia Linux Users Group (NoVaLUG)
Open Source Community

12:30 pm

Girlies in Georgetown | Matcha + Perfume Making
Washington, DC
Girlies in Tech
Social & Networking

3:00 pm

Podcast Discussion: Spatial Intelligence is the Next Frontier in AI | Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Register to See Address
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

Tue 2/24

5:30 pm

Defense Tech DC 012
Register to See Address
Defense Tech DC

Wed 2/25

6:30 pm

Start, Stop, Sustain: A Strategic Planning Workshop for 2026
Arlington, VA
Design Thinking DC
UX & Design

Thu 2/26

All Day

Defense IT Summit 2026
Arlington, VA

5:00 pm

February Cloud & AI Meetup
Washington, DC
Microsoft Cloud & AI Meetup
Microsoft Technologies

5:30 pm

Monthly Meetup
Washington, DC
Power BI DC
Microsoft Technologies

Sat 2/28

10:00 am

Civic Hack DC 2025 – Part 2: Making Public Comments Count
Register to See Address
Civic Tech DC

Sun 3/1

3:00 pm

Monthly Game Dev Meetup!
Fairfax, VA
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev

Sat 3/7

3:00 pm

Podcast Discussion: The Evolution of Meta
Register to See Address
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

Mon 3/9

All Day

Billington State and Local CyberSecurity Summit (3rd Annual)
Washington, DC

Tue 3/10

All Day

Billington State and Local CyberSecurity Summit (3rd Annual) (continuing)
Washington, DC

12:30 pm

Py AI Conference
Register to See Address
PyAI
Python AI & Machine Learning

5:30 pm

AI in Practice Social: Happy Hour & Dinner at Upside on Moore
Rosslyn, VA
AI in Practice
AI & Machine Learning

Wed 3/11

All Day

Billington State and Local CyberSecurity Summit (3rd Annual) (continuing)
Washington, DC
Technology Leadership Summit 2026 - Deploy and Dominate
Washington, DC
WiCyS 2026 Annual Conference
Gaylord National Harbor Resort, National Harbor, MD

Thu 3/12

All Day

WiCyS 2026 Annual Conference (continuing)
Gaylord National Harbor Resort, National Harbor, MD

1:00 pm

Rise & Thrive Summit
McLean, VA
Northern Virginia Technology Council

Fri 3/13

All Day

WiCyS 2026 Annual Conference (continuing)
Gaylord National Harbor Resort, National Harbor, MD

Sat 3/14

5:30 pm

Girlies in Tech Dinner pt. 7 <3 | Washington, DC Edition | Shaw
Register to See Address
Girlies in Tech
Social & Networking

Mon 3/16

All Day

SANS OSINT Summit & Training
Arlington, VA

Tue 3/17

All Day

DC Blockchain Summit 2026
Capital Turnaround, Washington, DC
SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

Wed 3/18

All Day

Autonomy in Defense 2026 (Inaugural)
Washington, DC
DC Blockchain Summit 2026 (continuing)
Capital Turnaround, Washington, DC
SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

6:30 pm

Nerd Talk
Mc Lean, VA
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

Thu 3/19

All Day

Autonomy in Defense 2026 (Inaugural) (continuing)
Washington, DC
SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

Fri 3/20

All Day

SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

Sat 3/21

All Day

SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

Sun 3/22

All Day

SANS OSINT Summit & Training (continuing)
Arlington, VA

Mon 3/23

All Day

GW Open Source Conference (OSCON 2026)
Washington, DC

Tue 3/24

All Day

GW Open Source Conference (OSCON 2026) (continuing)
Washington, DC

Mon 3/30

All Day

IAPP Global Summit 2026
Washington, DC

Tue 3/31

All Day

IAPP Global Summit 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Wed 4/1

All Day

IAPP Global Summit 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Thu 4/2

All Day

IAPP Global Summit 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Tue 4/14

All Day

AITalks 2026
Washington, DC

Thu 4/16

All Day

CyberScape Summit
Arlington, VA

8:30 am

ISACA Future Tech DC 2026
Arlington, VA
Cybersecurity

Mon 4/20

All Day

Data Center World 2026
Washington, DC

Tue 4/21

2:00 pm

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Wed 4/22

All Day

FedGeoDay
Suitland, MD
Potomac Officers Club Digital Transformation Summit
Location TBD

10:00 am

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Thu 4/23

All Day

FedGeoDay (continuing)
Suitland, MD

10:00 am

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Wed 4/29

All Day

Into the Box 2026
Washington, DC

Thu 4/30

All Day

Into the Box 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Fri 5/1

All Day

Into the Box 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

Thu 5/7

9:00 am

Travel Tech Start-up Summit & Pitch Competition
Washington, DC

Wed 5/20

All Day

Federal IT Efficiency Summit
Northern Virginia

Mon 6/1

All Day

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

Tue 6/2

All Day

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 (continuing)
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

Wed 6/3

All Day

Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026 (continuing)
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

Tue 6/16

All Day

Federal Tech Leaders Summit
Washington, DC

Tue 6/23

All Day

Kayo's 10th Annual Energy & Infrastructure Summit 2026
Washington, DC
U.S. National STEM Festival
Washington, DC

Wed 6/24

All Day

Kayo's 10th Annual Energy & Infrastructure Summit 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC
U.S. National STEM Festival (continuing)
Washington, DC

Thu 6/25

All Day

U.S. National STEM Festival (continuing)
Washington, DC

Fri 6/26

All Day

U.S. National STEM Festival (continuing)
Washington, DC

Sat 6/27

All Day

U.S. National STEM Festival (continuing)
Washington, DC

Mon 7/13

All Day

BOSC 2026 (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, 27th Annual)
Washington, DC

Tue 7/14

All Day

BOSC 2026 (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, 27th Annual) (continuing)
Washington, DC

Tue 8/4

All Day

Data Center Frontier Trends Summit
Reston, VA

Wed 8/5

All Day

Data Center Frontier Trends Summit (continuing)
Reston, VA

Thu 8/6

All Day

Data Center Frontier Trends Summit (continuing)
Reston, VA

Tue 9/8

All Day

Billington CyberSecurity Summit (17th Annual)
Washington, DC

Wed 9/9

All Day

Billington CyberSecurity Summit (17th Annual) (continuing)
Washington, DC

Thu 9/10

All Day

Billington CyberSecurity Summit (17th Annual) (continuing)
Washington, DC

Tue 11/17

All Day

AI Summit
Location TBD