Innovation Events
The Federal AI Accelerator hosts Innovation events and partner-driven Challenge Events focused on shaping the future of Federal AI through innovative technologies. These events include rapid sprints of industry solutions presented in a 2–3-month challenge format.
Customers will observe how these innovative AI technologies are designed to address their urgent mission needs and solve unique Government challenges.
The 2026 Wireless AI Summit Hosted by Federal AI Accelerator
November 13, 2026 | 7:30am - 12:00pm EST | 4 hours 30 minutes
Washington, DC
The 2nd Annual Wireless AI Innovation Summit is the premier forum showcasing advancements in AI-driven wireless systems, Edge AI and AI-enhanced spectrum access. The Summit explores how AI, wireless networks and spectrum are coming together to accelerate new capabilities at the edge.
Join us to hear from program managers, product managers, thought leaders and innovation funding sources shaping the future of government wireless AI.
Learn from users in the field how AI-enabled applications at the edge benefit from and require advanced wireless communications
Meet federal and military spectrum and communications leaders shaping AI policy and funding priorities
Explore the convergence of commercial and tactical spectrum and communications needs
Explore the convergence of commercial and tactical spectrum and communications needs
Connect with innovators and future partners shaping the future of wireless AI
Winning the Agentic AI Race: Gains and Guardrails
November 10, 2026 | 8:00am - 11:30am EST | 3 hours 30 minutes
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
As agentic AI moves from early use cases into broader government operations, agencies are facing a new set of questions: Where is it delivering measurable value? What approaches to guardrails and governance are proving effective? And how should leaders evaluate the investments required to support it?
The Winning the Agentic AI Race: Gains and Guardrails event brings together Federal AI leaders, practitioners, industry experts and innovators for a focused morning exploring these questions through real-world government use cases and perspectives from across the AI ecosystem.
This event will focus on how government and industry leaders are approaching productivity, ROI, security guardrails, governance and infrastructure as agentic AI capabilities expand, and will provide practical perspectives to help inform your organization's AI priorities and investment decisions.
Securing Agentic AI in the Federal Enterprise
August 26, 2026 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm ET | 2 hours
Agentic software offers federal and state agencies expanded automation capabilities to address complex, multi-faceted problems that speed up time to resolution and enable greater service to the public.
Agents can reason and execute multistep workflows using valid user permissions. Agentic AI creates a layer of security analysis and risk that may not be captured by conventional security software.
These panels of government, industry and academia will discuss agentic AI security needs and trends.
Understand the benefits and use cases of agentic AI to federal and state agencies, including panelists
Learn how autonomous AI agents introduce new attack surfaces, including prompt injection, tool misuse, privilege escalation, data exfiltration and multi-agent exploits
Gain a better understanding of techniques for securing AI agents, such as identity and access management, guardrails, sandboxing, monitoring, policy enforcement, secure tool integration and red teaming
Physical AI: From Sensing to Action in Real-World Environments
June 24, 2026 | 8:00am - 1:00pm ET | 5 hours
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
As agencies accelerate adoption of physical AI, including sensors, autonomous vehicles, command-and-control systems and UAV operations, this summit offers a rare platform to engage directly with key decision-makers and mission operators.
Attendees will be provided unmatched access to demonstrations of physical AI technology’s real-world impact, understand and influence emerging requirements and forge strategic partnerships that can redefine how next-generation capabilities are deployed across the federal landscape.
Engage in a curated and focused event focused on your technology needs and technology breakthrough
Gain firsthand knowledge into multi-modal sensing and sensors, Command & Control (C2) and the user down range user applications
Demonstrate your solutions to federal users and industry partners, gather real-time feedback and refine your positioning based on actual mission needs
Connect with prime contractors, AI innovators and government stakeholders to form partnerships that accelerate entry into federal programs and expand your impact across agencies
Engage face-to-face with hands-on government users and leaders actively shaping procurement priorities and mission requirements and with military and industry panelists in a curated and focused format
Warfighter AI Innovation Summit: AI at the Tip of the Spear
March 26, 2026 | 7:30am - 5:00pm ET | 9.5 hours
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
The Warfighter AI Innovation Summit focuses on tip of the spear AI technologies enhancing forward deployed warfighter capabilities. Warfighters come together with senior leaders, innovators, and industry experts, focusing on data fusion, sensors, and creating subject matter expert applications and novel adaptive techniques across forward-deployed use cases. Designed to foster collaboration across government, military and industry, this must-attend event will equip participants with actionable insights to accelerate AI adoption at the tactical edge.
Hear directly from warfighters and AI program leads about needs and AI success on the front line
Engage with military panelists in a curated and focused format
Discover cutting edge AI partners and technologies to deliver warfighter advantage at the tactical edge
Hear keynotes on how Artificial Intelligence is shaping current and future military operations, from strategic planning to tactical execution on the battlefield
Leave with actionable insights and practical takeaways you can immediately apply to advance AI adoption and readiness across the warfighting enterprise
Wireless AI Innovation Summit
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 7:00am - 3:00pm EST
Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
The Wireless AI Innovation Summit is the premier forum showcasing breakthrough innovations in emerging AI-driven wireless systems and data solutions. The Summit brings together federal decision-makers, innovators, and industry experts to accelerate AI enablement of wireless sensors, networks, applications, and data fusion. Join us to shape the discussion on the key technologies, procurement strategies, and funding priorities that will accelerate the future of government wireless AI innovation.
Meet Wireless AI government decision makers
Hear from Wireless AI Innovators talking with their government customers
Learn about this emerging area of AI technology
Attend Innovator live demos
Find out about new FY AI budget and spending plans
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