DC Startup & Tech Week

DC Startup & Tech Week

We are so excited to share with you the DC Startup & Tech Week 2024 schedule! If you are early stage to growth stage founder, entrepreneur, investor, or looking to work with startups we have 14 tracks of content with over 150 sessions, 250 speakers that have been curated for you.

Ready to personalize your schedule and add sessions to your calendar? First register and purchase your ticket on Eventbrite, then you will receive an email to personalize your schedule. If you already registered, create your schedule today.

10:00am EDT

Welcome to DC Startup & Tech Week 2024: Celebrating Innovation and Community Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

10:30am EDT

Disrupting Innovation: A Fireside Chat with the CEO of America’s Innovation Agency Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

11:00am EDT

Catalysts for Change: Meet the Top 100 Innovators Shaping Our Region’s Future Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

1:00pm EDT

AI is Bigger than the Advent of the Internet. Do You Believe Me Now? Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

1:10pm EDT

Keynote: AI and the Future of Business with Noelle Russell Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

1:50pm EDT

Disruptive AI Startups: Founders Paving the Road Less Traveled Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

2:35pm EDT

Superhuman: The Future of Work in 2027 in an AI-Driven World Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

2:55pm EDT

Responsible AI Debate: Innovation has Implications: Why Founders Need to Learn from Past Cycles While Building for the Future Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

3:40pm EDT

Why DC is the most important city in the world for frontier tech? Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

3:50pm EDT

Reverse Pitch: What Federal Agencies are Looking for in Emerging Tech & Innovation, How to Align with Federal Agencies, Secure Funding, and Build Public-Private Partnerships for Global Expansion Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

4:25pm EDT

AWS Showcase: How GenAI is Disrupting How Businesses, Governments & Unicorns Scale Capital Turnaround

4:30pm EDT

Reverse Pitch Open Q&A: What Federal Agencies are Looking for in Emerging Tech & Innovation Capital Turnaround (Main Lobby)

5:00pm EDT

Becoming the Next Unicorn: Scaling a Billion Dollar Startup with Kiran Bhatraju, CEO of Arcadia Capital Turnaround (Auditorium)

10:30am EDT

Scaling in a New Work Era: How AI & Post-Covid Trends Are Redefining Business, Workspaces & Growth with the Evan Regan-Levine the Head of Strategy for JBG Smith National Landing (Arlington): National Landing Experience Center (JBG Smith)

12:30pm EDT

The Present & Future of Creator Economy National Landing (Arlington) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

1:00pm EDT

The Business of AI: The Foundations Every Founder Needs to Know That Will Drive Innovation for Decades to Come National Landing (Arlington): Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - The Big Show

1:30pm EDT

Generative AI Use Cases That Are Disrupting Industry National Landing (Arlington): Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - The Big Show

2:00pm EDT

The Disruptor’s Blueprint: How to Build AI Products in an Uncertain World National Landing (Arlington): Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - The Big Show

2:55pm EDT

Cyber Wars: A Debate on How AI and Tools Empower Both Sides of the Fight and What Founders Need to Know Be Safe National Landing (Arlington): Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - The Big Show

3:40pm EDT

Beyond Chatbots: Unlocking the Future of AI & Business with Personalized, Autonomous Agents National Landing (Arlington) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

4:15pm EDT

AI and Emerging Tech: A Investor Perspective on Founder Opportunities, Challenges & Outlook National Landing (Arlington): Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - The Big Show

11:50am EDT

Making It Real: Applied AI for Insights, Operations, and Customer Engagement Martin Luther King Jr. Library (Auditorium)

2:00pm EDT

DMV Tech Nexus: Cyber & AI Salon (Invite Only Event) in Partnership with US Ignite and InnovateDMV Invite-Only

1:00pm EDT

Future of Brand, Marketing, and Influence in an AI-Driven World International Square: 5th Floor

1:50pm EDT

All Rights Reserved: Protecting IP in the AI Era International Square: 5th Floor

2:35pm EDT

How Businesses & Industries are Using AI Right Now to Scale International Square: 5th Floor

3:10pm EDT

Product Development in the Age of AI International Square: 5th Floor

3:50pm EDT

Fireside Chat with Erin Reddick, CEO of BlackChatGPT: Is AI Destined to Be Biased? What Every Founder Must Know to Build Ethical AI International Square: 5th Floor

4:30pm EDT

Meet the AI Robots International Square: 5th Floor

2:00pm EDT

Building AI Agentic Workflows and Automations on AWS (Laptop Required) - No AI/ML Experience is Necessary Eaton Hotel