Three years of defining the future.
Since 2024, the AI+ Expo has grown into the premier gathering for the leaders governing and building America’s technology future. Revisit the moments, the people, and the breakthroughs that brought us to AI+Expo 2027.
From an inaugural showcase to a national stage.
SCSP’s inaugural AI Expo for National Competitiveness gathered industry leaders, innovators, and emerging tech in the nation’s capital, a first for Washington, DC.
Thousands filled the D.C. convention center for the second expo, which featured dynamic conversations, a largershow floor, and a three-day hackathon.
Three days in Washington, D.C. uniting government, industry, and academia — with live drone racing, interactive robot arena, a national hackathon, and a packed agenda.
The biggest AI+ Expo yet.
May 7–9, 2026 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center brought together the people defining America’s technology leadership.
A program built for every kind of attendee.
From mainstage keynotes to live competitions on the show floor, the 2026 expo packed three days with programming across the AI and emerging-tech landscape.
Featured speakers
Leaders from government, industry, and academia took the stage across multiple stages to chart the future of AI and national competitiveness.
The full agenda
Three days of keynotes, panels, and deep-dive sessions spanning national security, AI workforce, autonomy, cyber, quantum, and more.
Saturday programming
The final day offered robot building, open drone racing, and family-friendly programming celebrating innovation.
Explore the expo
A sprawling show floor mapped out 200+ exhibitors — from frontier labs to defense primes — demonstrating technology live.
The Hackathon
SCSP’s National Security Technology Hackathon convened top AI engineers across three cities to build solutions for national competitiveness.
Drone arena competition
Three days of human vs. human and human vs. AI drone racing on a fully enclosed course, right in the middle of the show floor.
The voices that shaped 2026.
More than 600 leaders from government, industry, and academia took the stage. A few of the names that joined us in Washington, D.C.
And 600+ more across government, industry, and academia.
Three days, three stages of ideas.
May 7–9, 2026 · Walter E. Washington Convention Center. A glimpse at featured sessions across the show.
Where national security meets AI engineering.
Hosted across San Francisco, D.C., and Boston, top engineers from academia, the private sector, and government built prototype solutions — then demoed them on stage in Washington.
- Cloud Laboratories — AI agents that autonomously run and iterate experiments.
- Electric Grid Optimization — grid-aware agents for stability under data-center demand.
- Wargaming — AI-driven adjudication and adaptive adversaries.
- GenAI.mil — automating military paperwork, logistics, and knowledge retrieval.
Bigger. Faster. Better.
The Drone Arena returned reimagined with three full days of high-speed competition on a fully enclosed course right in the middle of the show floor.
- Real racing — competitive flights with live scoring on an enclosed course.
- Human vs. AI — U.S. service members raced AI-powered drones with expert-led demos.
- Open Saturday — civilian demos and open racing for the public on the final day.
See the expo in motion.
Moments from AI+ Expo 2026
The next chapter is
coming in 2027.
Join 18,000+ decision-makers in Washington, D.C. for two days focused on days advancing AI and emerging technologies.