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Sat 4/18

10:00 am

Monthly Meeting - Meshtastic
Solution Street Suite 325 (Floor 3), 505 Huntmar Park Drive 20170 Herndon Virginia United States
Northern Virginia Linux Users Group (NoVaLUG)
Open Source Community
THE ORANGE BALL CLASSIC
Bitcoin District
Blockchain & Crypto

10:30 am

Outdoor Discussion Walk: AI and the Future of Work / Jobs
US Navy Memorial Plaza, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
AI Discussion Club
AI & Machine Learning

1:00 pm

Cherry Blossom Arcade 2026
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

2:00 pm

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

Sun 4/19

8:00 pm

AFCEA DC 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Mon 4/20

All Day

Data Center World 2026
Washington, DC

9:00 am

The B2C Sales Playbook - STATION DC Member-Only Event
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

12:30 pm

How to Go From Raw Idea to Polished Pitch using AI
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

7:00 pm

Open Hac
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

Tue 4/21

All Day

Community Tuesdays
7950 Jones Branch Drive, 8th Floor North ​McLean, VA 22102

10:00 am

STATION DC Climate Week Roundtable
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

2:00 pm

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

6:00 pm

Data Engineering DC: Scaling Regulatory Data & Minimizing AI Misinformation
2112 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning
From Shared Logic to Shared Pixels: A KMP & CMP Deep Dive && Swift on Android
DC iOS
Mobile Development
Where is AI in 2026 and Where is it Going? | Georgetown Campus
AI Safety Awareness Group D.C.
AI & Machine Learning

7:00 pm

BUiLT not Given Leadership Spotlight Series featuring: Charliette Cummings
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

8:00 pm

AFCEA Belvoir April Luncheon
VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

11:00 pm

Essential AI Skills: Explore & Practice
Girl Develop It D.C.
Software Development

Wed 4/22

All Day

FedGeoDay
Potomac Officers Club Digital Transformation Summit

9:00 am

Inside the FBI: On the Front Lines of Cybersecurity
Refraction, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

10:00 am

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

5:00 pm

Crypto Trivia! April Happy Hour Hosted by DC DAO, Stand with Crypto and VBC
Mister Days, 1101 N Highland St, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
DC DAO Calendar
Blockchain & Crypto

6:00 pm

Job Hunting in the Age of AI: How to Beat the Dreaded Applicant Tracking System
Content Strategy DC
UX & Design
Natural Language to Structured Specs in AI Dev .: AWS Crystal City, VA :.
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning
Project Night at Taoti
Taoti Creative, 507 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Civic Tech DC
Government Technology

7:00 pm

The Truth About BUiLT: 4 Part Series w/founder Peter Beasley
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

8:00 pm

EIE VIP Reception
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Washington, DC
AFCEA
Government Technology
Monthly Luncheon: Future Readiness: DoW CIOs Mapping Digital Modernization and Operational Readiness through AI and Zero Trust 2.0
Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology
Tech on Tap - Career Readiness: Navigating AWS Certification Pathways
550 National Business Pkwy, Jessup, MD 20794, Annapolis-Junction, MD
AFCEA
Government Technology

11:00 pm

Essential AI Skills: Explore & Practice (continuing)
Girl Develop It D.C.
Software Development

Thu 4/23

All Day

FedGeoDay (continuing)

8:00 am

2026 Box Federal Summit
Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA, 22202
DefenseScoop

10:00 am

Data Center World 2026 (continuing)
Washington, DC

11:00 am

AI Webinar - Enterprise Scale with AI-Driven Insights
DC AI Developers Group
AI & Machine Learning

7:00 pm

Hardware Hacking Night
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

Fri 4/24

4:30 pm

Hackathon, AI for Government, $5K in prizes
Deep Learning Adventures
AI & Machine Learning
c0mpiled-10/DC: AI for Government
https://luma.com/event/evt-ICGT2rthlExHMJM
DC Data & AI Events
AI & Machine Learning

Sat 4/25

10:00 am

Brunch Club @ Union Market
Women and Gender eXpansive Coders DC - WGXC DC
Social & Networking
NOVA Code & Coffee [163] - At FCED Venue
NoVA Code & Coffee
Coworking

Sun 4/26

8:00 pm

AFCEA NOVA Innovation IT Day Showcase
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Mon 4/27

9:00 am

Search & Invest DC
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

12:00 pm

Turn Your Expertise Into an Audience on LinkedIn
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

7:00 pm

Open Hac
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

8:00 pm

AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium
Springfield, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

Tue 4/28

8:00 am

2026 Workday Federal Forum
Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C., 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
DefenseScoop

8:30 am

Partnering with Systems Integrators: Insights Straight from the Primes
Amazon HQ2, 545 15th St South, Arlington, VA, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

11:30 am

Build Your Agentic AI Workforce
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

5:30 pm

Defense Tech DC 014
https://luma.com/event/evt-cGFKUhATv96mRPI
Defense Tech DC
Government Technology

6:00 pm

Startup Funding in an AI-Disrupted, Geopolitically Fractured World
DC Startup Founder 101
Startups & Entrepreneurship

6:30 pm

Designing a City Hunt with a Purpose - Online Speaker Night - Peter Williamson
IGDA DC
Gaming & Gamedev

Wed 4/29

All Day

Into the Box 2026

5:30 pm

NoVABeerSec - April 29th @Aslin Beer Company (Herndon, VA)
NoVABeerSec
Cybersecurity

7:00 pm

The Truth About BUiLT: 4 Part Series w/founder Peter Beasley
Blacks United in Leading Technology Washington DC
Social & Networking

Thu 4/30

All Day

Into the Box 2026 (continuing)

2:00 am

Thriving Creatively: Sustainable Creativity in Real Life
Washington, DC
AIGA DC
UX & Design

8:30 am

The CEO–CMO Compact: Earning Trust, Extending Tenure, Driving Growth
Refraction, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA, 22102, United States
Northern Virginia Technology Council
Regional Organizations

9:00 am

The Government Sales Playbook - STATION DC Member-Only Event
STATION DC, 1323 4th St NE Suite 200, Washington, DC 20002, USA
STATION DC

5:00 pm

GitHub Copilot Dev Days - D.C
DC AI Developers Group
AI & Machine Learning

6:00 pm

DC Tech Mixer
DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Also published by DC Startup and Tech Mixer
Startups & Entrepreneurship
Deepfaking Sam Altman @ Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center (FREE)
AI Innovators Network
AI & Machine Learning

7:00 pm

Hardware Hacking Night
HacDC
Hardware & Electronics

8:00 pm

AFCEA NOVA May Luncheon
Carahsoft Technology, Reston, VA
AFCEA
Government Technology

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

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