DevFestDC - 2026 - Build Edition

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DevFest DC is back on Friday, August 28, 2026 at GMU Fuse at Mason Square, and you won't want to miss it.

Get ready for a day packed with AI innovation, networking, emerging tech, code labs and so much more!

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Our curated lineup includes industry and local community experts who are shaping the future of technology:

• Building in the AI-first world: Scale brilliance, not bottlenecks - Nathen Harvey , DORA Lead at Google
• Two Tablets, One Bench: Real-Time Multiplayer at the Edge with Durable Objects and Workers AI - Amanda J Kendal-Brown, Capital One
• AppFunctions: Making Your Android App Agent-Ready - Chrystian Vieyra Cortes, Thomson Reuters
• #AirClaw: Build Self-Healing Agents with Apache Airflow and NVIDIA NemoClaw - Chanel Power, Mentor Me Collective
• From Bookshelf to Borderline: Building a Multi-Agent AI That Turns Books Into Travel - Olga Ostrovskiy, My Storyland
• Systems That Settle: Control Theory for Adaptive AI - Santosh Srinivasaiah,Diaconia
• Kubernetes Node Autoscaling w/ Karpenter - Brandon Wagner, Oxide Computer Company
• Lessons from Shipping a Real App: Vibe Coding in Production - Meheret Egzerab, Studio Rehoboth
• Build the same AI agent in six frameworks and learn which one actually fits your problem - **Kiruthika Subramani,**Bell Lab (Code Labs)
• Build AI agents your compliance team will actually approve - Kiruthika Subramani, Bell Lab (Code Labs)
• Great Maps Don't Happen by Accident: Building Exceptional Location Experiences with the Mapbox Android SDKs - Chris Whong, Mapbox

Build-a-thon is scheduled at DevFestDC!

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