DC State of the Stack 2026

A community-driven technology conference rooted in the DC region, bringing together practitioners from engineering, operations, security, product, and adjacent disciplines to explore how real systems work in the real world. The 2026 theme is 'Shipping Software in the Age of AI', focusing on how AI is reshaping software design, build, operation, and governance in practice.

When

Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026

Where

American Red Cross, 1730 E St NW, Washington, DC 20006, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Attendance

In person

Status

scheduled

Event type

Conference · Editorial classification

Registration

See the organizer for current access, pricing and registration details.

Organizer

DC State of the Stack

Relevant to AI leaders, builders, data professionals and companies applying AI.

Official event website · Registration details

People

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• Akula Karthik · speaker · Amazon Web Services, Sr Technical Account MAnager
• Alessandro Zuniga · speaker · The MITRE Corporation, Lead Secure Cloud Engineer with a focus on AI, containerization, microservices, and DevSecOps
• Bodhisattva Das · speaker · Security Engineer - RUDRA Cybersecurity
• Boomie Odumade · speaker · Senior Engineering Leader | Career Coach | Speaker & Board Member
• Brian Teller · speaker · Founder of Teller’s Tech, staff-level DevOps engineer, and podcast host
• Eric Honour · speaker · Solutions Architect, Excella
• Isadora Martin-Dye · speaker · Founder at Isadora $ Co
• Kurtis Kemple · speaker · Developer Strategy @ Slack (Frontier AI & Platform XP)
• Leon Fayer · speaker · Vice President of Technology at Teaching Strategies
• Matthew Franz · speaker · Security & Compliance Lead, Pydantic
• Max Kanat-Alexander · speaker · Executive Distinguished Engineer
• Melissa M. Reeve · speaker · Founder
• Mohamed AboElKheir · speaker · Application Security Engineer - IronClad
• Morgan Fields · speaker · Software Engineer + Developer Success Leader
• Noble Ackerson · speaker · Senior Director of AI and Agentic Solutions
• Rajaniesh Kaushikk · speaker · Director Technology | Microsoft MVP | Databricks MVP| Databricks Champion | MCT | Author | Blogger
• Regis Siqueira · speaker · Software Engineering Manager
• Rita Sabri · speaker · Cybersecurity Educator and Researcher
• Yamini Pradeepika Rathamsetty · speaker · AWS Senior Cloud Architect

Companies

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• Amazon Web Services · speaker company
• Bloom · speaker company
• Booking.com · speaker company
• Capital One · speaker company
• Communal Tech · speaker company
• DC State of the Stack · organizer
• DevIT Jobs · sponsor · Community Sponsors
• Engaged Agility · sponsor · Digital Sponsors
• Excella · speaker company
• Excella · sponsor · Lanyard Sponsor
• Homestead AI · sponsor · Digital Sponsors
• HyperadaptiveSolutions · speaker company
• IacConf · sponsor · Community Sponsors
• IronClad · speaker company
• KCD DC · sponsor · Community Sponsors
• KubeEvents · sponsor · Community Sponsors
• Leidos · speaker company
• Pebble Stream · sponsor · Digital Sponsors
• Pydantic · speaker company
• RUDRA Cybersecurity · speaker company
• Slack · speaker company
• Teaching Strategies · speaker company
• TechBees · speaker company
• Teller’s Tech · speaker company

Agenda

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