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Events for Week of October 19, 2026

38 Events This Week

Mon 10/19

1:00 pm
- Building a Unicorn with AI Agents: From Idea to First Check 1:00 pm
  
  Online (Zoom)
  
  DC Startup Founder 101
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship AI & Machine Learning
5:30 pm
- Accelerating America’s AI Future 5:30 pm
  
  STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
  
  STATION DC
  
  AI & Machine Learning Government Technology Startups & Entrepreneurship Social & Networking
5:45 pm
- (draft) Drones in Public Safety: Inside Arlington County Fire & Police UAS Ops 5:45 pm
  
  Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA
  
  DC Area Drone User Group
  
  Hardware & Electronics
6:00 pm
- AWS GUEST SPEAKER PANEL 6:00 pm
  
  Duques 350, Duques Hall 350, Washington D.C., DC
  
  AWS Cloud Club at George Washington University
  
  Cloud Computing
6:15 pm
- Before You Let Al In: Personal Data Governance for the Al Era 6:15 pm
  
  Online
  
  DC Women in Agile
  
  Software Development Career & Professional Development
6:30 pm
- {Devs-On-Draft} -Tap Into Your Network - Code Meetup 6:30 pm
  
  14140 Parke Long Ct, Chantilly, VA
  
  Devs-on-draft
  
  Social & Networking
7:00 pm
- Open Hac 7:00 pm
  
  HacDC, 3333 14th St NW, Suite M110, Washington, DC
  
  HacDC
  
  Hardware & Electronics

Tue 10/20

All Day
- Google Public Sector Summit 2026 🔎
  
  Washington, D.C. (exact venue not published yet by organizer)
  
  AI & Machine Learning Government Technology
- Market Pulse: Cyber Howard Challenge Pitch 🔎
  
  Howard County, MD
  
  Cybersecurity Startups & Entrepreneurship
8:30 am
- NVTC Starting Point Session 3: From Idea to Investable: Building a Winning Pitch 8:30 am
  
  KPMG Tysons, 8350 Broad Street, 6th Floor, McLean, VA, United States
  
  Northern Virginia Technology Council
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship
9:00 am
- AI-Powered Growth Workshop: Outreach, Pipeline, and Getting Found by AI (DCSTW) 9:00 am
  
  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
  
  AI Discussion Club
  
  AI & Machine Learning Startups & Entrepreneurship Training & Workshops
- Community Tuesdays at Refraction 🔎 🔄 RecurringConfirm date/time with the organizer 9:00 am
  
  7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North, McLean, VA 22102
  
  AI & Machine Learning Social & Networking Startups & Entrepreneurship Technology & Media
10:00 am
- STATION DC Members Only Cybersecurity Roundtable 10:00 am
  
  STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
  
  STATION DC
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship Social & Networking
10:30 am
- Unstuck Tuesday: Startup Pitches, Feedback, and Action Steps! 10:30 am
  
  Unstuck Labs, 3100 Clarendon Blvd. #800, Arlington, VA
  
  Unstuck Labs
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship
12:00 pm
- How to Use AI to Position Your Startup to Buyers 12:00 pm
  
  DC Startup Founder 101
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship
5:30 pm
- Building an AI-Ready Government Through Connected Systems and Knowledge 🔎 5:30 pm
  
  Carahsoft, 11493 Sunset Hills Rd., Reston, VA, United States
  
  Northern Virginia Technology Council
  
  Government Technology AI & Machine Learning
6:00 pm
- NoVA Create: From AI Skeptic to Shipping Software - A Designer's Questionable Adventure 🔎 6:00 pm
  
  Viget, 105 W Broad St 4th floor, Falls Church, VA 22046, USA
  
  NoVA Create
  
  UX & Design Software Development

Wed 10/21

8:00 am
- Lattes & Learning: Legal Strategies for Building and Scaling Defense and Aerospace Startups 🔎 8:00 am
  
  Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 975 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship Government Technology
9:30 am
- Understanding the IC Customer: Mission Fit, Readiness, and Market Context (STATION DC MEMBERS ONLY) 9:30 am
  
  STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Ste 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
  
  STATION DC
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship Social & Networking
11:30 am
- AFCEA Belvoir October 2026 Luncheon 🔎 11:30 am
  
  Embassy Suites by Hilton Springfield, Springfield, VA
  
  AFCEA
  
  Government Technology
4:00 pm
- Venture + Startup Gala 🔎 4:00 pm
  
  https://luma.com/event/evt-bRSplZyF5VE1SJI
  
  VC in DC
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship
5:30 pm
- Data Viz DC: An Interactive Introduction to Data Physicalization with Jon Schwabish 🔎 5:30 pm
  
  2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
  
  DC Data & AI Events
  
  Data & Analytics
6:00 pm
- Cigars & Startups DC (Unofficial DCSTW 2026)🔎 6:00 pm
  
  Casa de Montecristo, 1132 19th st NW, Washington, DC
  
  Cigars & Startups DC
  
  Startups & Entrepreneurship
6:30 pm
- Nerd Talk 🔎 6:30 pm
  
  Tysons Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Rd Ste 105, Mc Lean, VA
  
  Nerd Dinner Tysons
  
  Social & Networking
7:00 pm
- Anime Movie Night 🔎 7:00 pm
  
  HacDC, 3333 14th St NW, Suite M110, Washington, DC
  
  HacDC
  
  Hardware & Electronics

Thu 10/22

All Day
- Black Gov Tech | October Tech Mixer 🔎
  
  12 Stories, 75 District Square SW, 12th floor, Washington, DC 20024
  
  Social & Networking Government Technology
- Disability Innovation Forum 🔎
  
  Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
  
  UX & Design Startups & Entrepreneurship
4:30 pm
- Capture-to-Award an AFCEA CMD Small Business & Strategic Partnership Panel 🔎 4:30 pm
  
  Belay Technologies, 7021 Columbia Gateway Dr Ste 125, Columbia, MD
  
  AFCEA
  
  Government Technology
6:00 pm
- Precision Raster Data for Scanning Tunneling Microscopes 🔎 6:00 pm
  
  Rockville Memorial Library, Rockville Town Square Plaza, 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD
  
  MoCo Makers
  
  Hardware & Electronics
- Teaching your Agent to Read a Cluster 🔎 6:00 pm
  
  Carahsoft, 11493 Sunset Hills Road #Suite 100, Reston, VA
  
  OpenSearch Project Washington DC
  
  Open Source Community Data & Analytics
- Workshop: Ecosystem Design 🔎 6:00 pm
  
  Steampunk, 1753 Pinnacle Dr 1st floor, McLean, VA
  
  Service Design DC (SDN DC Chapter)
  
  UX & Design
6:30 pm
- WAUUG October 🔎 6:30 pm
  
  Ocelot Brewing Company, 23600 Overland Dr Ste 180, Dulles, VA
  
  Washington Area Unity Users Group (WAUUG)
  
  Gaming & Gamedev Software Development
7:00 pm
- Hardware Hacking Night 🔎 7:00 pm
  
  HacDC, 3333 14th St NW, Suite M110, Washington, DC
  
  HacDC
  
  Hardware & Electronics

Fri 10/23

5:30 pm
- LIVE: Cybersecurity Awareness Demonstration 🔎 5:30 pm
  
  Washington University of Science and Technology (WUST), 2900 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA, Alexandria, VA
  
  DMV Cybersecurity Meetup
  
  Cybersecurity

Sat 10/24

All Day
- Fall Festival 🔎
  
  Sharp's at Waterford Farm, Brookeville, MD
  
  AFCEA
  
  Government Technology Social & Networking
10:30 am
- Outdoor Discussion Walk: Future of AI Education | a16z Academy 🔎 10:30 am
  
  McPherson Square, 901 15th St NW Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005, USA
  
  AI Discussion Club
  
  AI & Machine Learning
2:00 pm
- Game Development Working Session (DC - MLK Library, Room: 401-F)🔎 2:00 pm
  
  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC
  
  IGDA DC
  
  Gaming & Gamedev
3:00 pm
- Black Code Collective Hack-A-Thon 🔎 3:00 pm
  
  MLK Library, 901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
  
  Black Code Collective
  
  Software Development Tech Culture