Workshops, talks, and gatherings to get you out into Washington.
AI Build Club and AI Discussion Club will host an evening of expert demos and hands-on building, where DC-area practitioners will share how they use AI to design and ship polished websites. Founders, designers, engineers, and beginners will create and showcase their own sites, with no coding experience required.
Explore eventPALLADIUM Magazine’s talk series will open with Senior Analyst at Bismarck Analysis Marko Jukic exploring why space exploration matters to civilization and how ambitious industry could shape humanity’s future. A reception with drinks and refreshments will follow; the event will be hosted with the Foundation for American Innovation, a national technology think tank.
Explore eventKaizen will celebrate its official launch and its mission to replace legacy federal systems with carefully crafted, AI-native software. The event will spotlight its rapid delivery of a C-UAS marketplace for JIATF-401, a $49M Army-enterprise IDIQ with $43M in classified work, and platforms for presidential libraries and veterans’ benefits.
Explore eventThe Nov. 11 session will explore how digital twins and AI agents can be used to engineer intelligent systems.
Explore eventThe event will explore how AI is already reshaping the way we work, create, make decisions, and compete. It will focus on what these changes mean now, and what comes next.
Explore eventGuest speaker Diana Fang will lead a hands-on workshop to help founders map and build a distinctive client journey, from first contact through lasting relationships. Attendees will turn their own insights into a practical system that shapes client experience, hiring, marketing, and how they use AI.
Explore eventA march will call on AI companies and the government to stop building AI. Further event details will be announced later.
Explore eventVetri Velan, Ph.D., an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of Energy with a physics doctorate from UC Berkeley, will explain quantum computing fundamentals and the challenges ahead. He’ll examine how policy on research, post-quantum cybersecurity, international cooperation, and manufacturing will shape quantum technology’s impact.
Explore eventITIF’s policy conference will examine China’s drive to dominate advanced industries and the resulting stakes for U.S. economic strength, technological leadership, and national security. Leading experts will discuss findings from ITIF’s 18-month research effort, supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation, and policy changes Washington will need to respond.
Explore eventCTA President and CEO Kinsey Fabrizio will open a discussion on how consumer technology, AI, automation, and digital infrastructure could strengthen and modernize the U.S. energy system, with research highlights from CTA Market Insights Manager Christopher Dethloff. Panelists will include senior industry and regulatory leaders Bridget Bartol of NEMA, Jennifer DeCesaro of Edison Electric Institute, and Katie Reilly of CTA.
Explore eventEngineering and business leaders will get hands-on with Claude Code, directing AI agents to build and ship a real project while learning how the tool fits into enterprise workflows. Anthropic engineers and Tenex partners will provide live support throughout the workshop.
Explore eventDC Digital Minds will hold its fourth monthly reading group meeting, bringing members together to explore import, though the description cuts off before specifying the topic.
Explore eventAttendees will discuss Kevin Roose’s reporting on rapidly advancing AI, self-improving systems, accountability, and truthful AI tools. The conversation will draw on Roose’s interview with Washington AI Network founder Tammy Haddad and welcome perspectives from AI practitioners, founders, students, and researchers.
Explore eventKatie Harbath, founder of Anchor Change and a former leader of Facebook’s global elections work, will discuss her book *Disrupting Politics* and two decades at the intersection of technology, politics, and democracy. The conversation will trace social media’s impact on elections and explore lessons for the AI era through her “panic responsibly” framework.
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