DC Tech Events

Technology conferences and meetups in and around Washington, DC
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Sat 5/16

9:00 am

Idea to Prototype: A Climate & Energy Hackathon
https://luma.com/event/evt-1CrYuuXMb8n4jWM
Civic Tech DC
Government Technology

10:00 am

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

1:00 pm

Code Gathering at Centreville Library
Code Gathering

3:00 pm

LAN Party (Video Game Day)
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

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

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

5:00 pm

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

7:00 pm

Hardware Hacking Night
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

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

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

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