Innovation Summit 2026 - AI Dominates the Landscape

Explore how public-sector organisations can scale, secure and support AI at Innovation Summit 2026, held on 21 October in Washington. Presented by FedInsider, Carahsoft Technology Corp and Dell Technologies, this in-person summit brings government and industry thought leaders together at The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. The programme examines how agencies can move beyond experimentation and integrate AI into mission delivery, citizen services and everyday operations. The event takes place from 11:30am to 6pm. Claudia Hosky, Publisher at FedInsider, will host, with FedInsider Contributing Editor Jane Norris moderating. The College of Professional Studies at GWU sponsors the summit. ## What the programme covers Against a backdrop of rapidly growing federal AI adoption following the public release of ChatGPT, three panels will address the practical challenges agencies face: - From Pilot to Production: Scaling AI Across Government , overcoming adoption barriers, establishing governance and taking AI initiatives from experiments to enterprise deployment across federal, state and local agencies. - Securing AI for Government: Zero Trust in an AI-Driven World , applying Zero Trust principles throughout the AI lifecycle, including data protection, model integrity, access control, compliance and resilience. - Powering Mission-Critical Workloads , modernising data centres, edge environments and hybrid infrastructure to handle secure, resilient and high-performance AI workloads. Attendees will also hear perspectives on workforce readiness, change management, mission measurement, legacy-system modernisation and resilience across multi-cloud and distributed operations. The sessions will consider emerging AI threats alongside the operational and security risks created by wider adoption. ## Who should attend The summit is designed for professionals working across government technology, digital transformation, AI governance, cybersecurity, infrastructure and public-service delivery, as well as industry teams supporting public-sector modernisation. It is a basic-level, group-live programme, with no prerequisites or advance preparation required.… Register for this event