DC Tech Events

Technology conferences and meetups in and around Washington, DC

Events for May 2026

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Sun 5/17

2:00 pm

MoCo Code & Coffee May (@ EOB Cafeteria)
MoCo Code and Coffee
Coworking

Mon 5/18

8:00 am

How to Choose the Right Startup Idea Before You Build
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

7:00 pm

Open Hac
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

8:00 pm

Small Business Breakfast
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 5/19

9:00 am

Community Tuesdays at Refraction 🔄 Recurring
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
AI & Machine Learning Social & Networking Startups & Entrepreneurship Technology & Media

10:00 am

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

10:30 am

Problem Solving on the Hill: A Bipartisan Conversation
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

12:00 pm

Building Winning Teams (Online Event)
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

5:30 pm

Agentic Observability: Next-Gen Alerting and Auto-Detected Significant Events
Elastic Washington, D.C. User Group
Open Source Community
Less noise, more signal: SBOMs + Agentic Observability
4100 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22203, USA
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

6:30 pm

Decision Theater: Stress-Test How You Think in a Team with Dr. Ethan Eagle
Design Thinking DC
UX & Design

8:00 pm

AFCEA Belvoir May Luncheon
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
Small Business Breakfast with Department of the Navy Small Business Program
Horizon Industries, Vienna, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
Superintelligent AI and Loss of Control — Virtual Workshop Series
AI Safety Awareness Group D.C.
AI & Machine Learning

Wed 5/20

All Day

Federal IT Efficiency Summit
Northern Virginia

12:00 pm

The History of the Semantic Web and the Future of Content
Content Strategy DC
UX & Design

6:00 pm

AI Business Use Cases (In-Person Networking Event)
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship
Launch Your Startup with a Business Model Canvas :: AWS Crystal City, VA
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning
World Product Day 2026 Celebration
ProductTank Washington DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

6:30 pm

Nerd Talk
Nerd Dinner Tysons
Social & Networking

7:00 pm

Golang Reston Monthly Meetup
Golang Reston
Open Source Community
💼 Build With Me #3: Build Your Idea (Working Session)
Code With Me
Coworking

Thu 5/21

10:00 am

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

3:00 pm

R Govys: Agentic Coding with GitHub Copilot demo
R Govys
Government Technology

5:00 pm

MAY - VC in DC's Third Thursdays
https://luma.com/event/evt-E5Xlv34Q0fdPjzu
VC in DC
Startups & Entrepreneurship

6:00 pm

Scanning Tunneling Microscope - Lab Day - Scanning Run - #10
MoCo Makers
Hardware & Electronics

7:00 pm

Hardware Hacking Night
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

Fri 5/22

12:00 pm

(Day 1) Game Workers Conference - Virtual Watch Party
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Sat 5/23

10:00 am

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

10:30 am

Coffee & Bitcoin: Old Town Alexandria
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

11:00 am

Humans discuss AI over coffee
Technoverts

12:00 pm

(Day 2) Game Workers Conference - In-person Watch Party
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

2:00 pm

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

3:00 pm

Outdoor Discussion Walk: OpenClaw and Autonomous Agents
The People's Garden D.C., 12th St SW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

Mon 5/25

7:00 pm

Open Hac
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

8:00 pm

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

Tue 5/26

9:00 am

Community Tuesdays at Refraction 🔄 Recurring
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
AI & Machine Learning Social & Networking Startups & Entrepreneurship Technology & Media

1:30 pm

How to Start a Unicorn as a Solo Founder, with Adeo Ressi
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

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 And You Should Feel Bad: Evaluation and the Model Development Lifecycle
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning
Your Evals Are Bad: Evaluation and the Model Development Lifecycle
Data Science DC
Data & Analytics

Wed 5/27

6:00 pm

Home Lab Setup Part 3 of 3
Cover 6 Community
Project Night at Taoti
Taoti Creative, 507 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Civic Tech DC
Government Technology

Thu 5/28

9:00 am

The Government Relations Playbook: Navigating Legislation & Regulation
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

12:00 pm

How to prepare yourself for the age of AI
https://luma.com/event/evt-eYXMC8B2Ak3xnXo
Learning Journey AI
AI & Machine Learning

5:30 pm

Incorruptible: A Conversation with Eric Ries at STATION DC
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC
TEDxMeetup - Logan Circle Neighborhood Meetup & 2026 Speaker Reveal
Red Light Bar & Detroit Pizza, 1401 R St NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA
TEDx Logan Circle
Conferences

6:00 pm

DC Tech Mixer
DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Startups & Entrepreneurship

6:30 pm

Bitcoin Book Club: The Fourth Turning
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

7:00 pm

Hardware Hacking Night
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

Fri 5/29

6:30 pm

{Devs-On-Draft} -Tap Into Your Network - Code Meetup
Devs-on-draft
Social & Networking

Sat 5/30

2:00 pm

Game Development Working Session (Lamond-Riggs Library Conference Room 1)
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

3:00 pm

AI in Marketing: AR Filters are the New Billboard
https://luma.com/event/evt-cDBx4KkCXOme6rY
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning