DC Tech Events

Technology conferences and meetups in and around Washington, DC

Events for May 2026

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Wed 4/29

All Day

Into the Box 2026

Thu 4/30

All Day

Into the Box 2026 (continuing)

Fri 5/1

All Day

Into the Box 2026 (continuing)

Sat 5/2

3:00 pm

Game Dev Working Session (Tysons-Pimmit VA Library Conference Room)
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev
Podcast Discussion: Jensen Huang and Nvidia
https://luma.com/event/evt-DO4daF3HSy7514c
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

Sun 5/3

3:00 pm

Monthly Game Dev Meetup!
NOVA Game Developers
Gaming & Gamedev

8:00 pm

TWICS
Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Mon 5/4

10:00 am

STATION DC Space 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

Cigars & Startups: Global Founders Night (SelectUSA Week)
Cigars & Startups DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

8:00 pm

AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days 2026 (ABID 2026)
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
GovCon Advancement Mentoring Engagement (GAME) Breakfast
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 5/5

8:00 am

2026 UiPath FUSION Public Sector
Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C., 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
DefenseScoop

6:30 pm

Spec-Driven Development with GitHub Spec-Kit - Barret Blake
Capital Area .NET Users Group
Microsoft Technologies

Wed 5/6

8:00 pm

Awards Night Reception 2026
7002 Arundel Mills Circle, HANOVER, MD 21076, Web
AFCEA
Government Technology

Thu 5/7

All Day

AI Expo for National Competitiveness

9:00 am

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

5:00 pm

May Cloud & AI Meetup
Microsoft Cloud & AI Meetup
Microsoft Technologies

Fri 5/8

All Day

AI Expo for National Competitiveness (continuing)

Sat 5/9

All Day

AI Expo for National Competitiveness (continuing)

10:00 am

Hands-On : Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI : Better Together
Big Data, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Data & Analytics

Sun 5/10

8:00 pm

2026 Maritime Operations & Information Warfare Summit
Hilton Main, Norfolk, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Mon 5/11

6:30 pm

NoVA Hackers May 2026 Meeting
NoVA Hackers
Cybersecurity

7:00 pm

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

8:00 pm

19th Annual Military IT & Cyber Leadership Awards
Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
AFCEA NOVA Space Force IT Day
Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles, Chantilly, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 5/12

8:30 am

Virginia’s Data Center Boom: What Comes Next? An Industry Outlook with Buddy Rizer
Dominion Energy, 3072 Centreville Rd., Herndon, VA, 20171, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

10:00 am

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

6:30 pm

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

8:00 pm

Emerging Leaders Monthly Social
Ale House Columbia (6480 Dobbin Center Way, Columbia, MD 21045, Columbia, MD
AFCEA
Government Technology
Monthly Luncheon
Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Wed 5/13

6:00 pm

Cigars & Startups DC
Cigars & Startups DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

7:00 pm

Beer, Mini-golf, Networking @ Starr Hill Biergarten Tysons, VA (Capital 1 Roof)
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning

8:00 pm

Law Enforcement and Public Safety (LEAPS) Summit
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
AFCEA
Government Technology
USMC IT Day
Fredericksburg Convention Center, Fredericksburg, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Thu 5/14

8:00 am

2026 Federal Cyber Resilience Breakfast: Operating in a Persistent Threat Era
Hotel Washington, 515 15th St NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
DefenseScoop
Cybersecurity Government Technology

8:15 am

Impact AI Summit & AI50 Awards
Appian HQ – Valo Park, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA, 22102, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

6:00 pm

Architecting Governed Healthcare Data Platforms on AWS
AWS DMV User Group
Cloud Computing

Sat 5/16

3:00 pm

Podcast Discussion: OpenClaw and Autonomous Agents
https://luma.com/event/evt-Q5hfTIluMtoBkqW
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

Mon 5/18

8:00 pm

Small Business Breakfast
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 5/19

8:30 am

New Member Orientation
Valo Park, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, VA, 22102, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

10:00 am

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

8:00 pm

AFCEA Belvoir May Luncheon
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
Accelerating Fleet Readiness & Innovation: NAVSEA Warfare Centers & SB Partnership Forum
AFCEA Headquarters - 4114 Legato Rd, 1st Floor Conference Room, Fairfax, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
DATE HOLD: Small Business Breakfast
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Wed 5/20

All Day

Federal IT Efficiency Summit
Northern Virginia

6:30 pm

Nerd Talk
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

7:00 pm

Golang Reston Monthly Meetup
Golang Reston
Open Source Community

Sat 5/23

10:00 am

NOVA Code & Coffee [164] - At FCED Venue
NoVA Code & Coffee
Coworking

2:00 pm

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

Mon 5/25

8:00 pm

Health IT Summit
Bethesda North Marriott , Rockville, MD
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 5/26

10:00 am

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

5:30 pm

Defense Tech DC 015
https://luma.com/event/evt-G8L8ws4SaQZY19e
Defense Tech DC
Government Technology

6:00 pm

Your Evals Are Bad: Evaluation and the Model Development Lifecycle
Data Science DC
Data & Analytics