NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. 2026

NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C. is NVIDIA's AI conference and expo in the U.S. capital. It runs November 30 to December 3, 2026, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, with additional venues across Washington, D.C. The event brings together developers, researchers, industry partners, public sector professionals and policymakers.

Workshops run on Monday, November 30, with full-day sessions, two-hour hands-on labs and onsite certification exams. The conference and expo run December 1 to 3. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote on Tuesday, December 1, at 2:00 PM ET, after a GTC Live pregame show with industry leaders.

Programming Focus

• AI Infrastructure: how organizations turn data centers into scalable AI factories, from compute capacity to business-focused agents
• Agentic AI: building, evaluating and deploying specialized AI agents with open models, tools and platforms
• AI for Science: accelerated computing and AI for scientific discovery in fields such as climate and biology
• AI Safety and Security: tools that set boundaries around AI agents and protect sensitive data
• CUDA and Libraries: NVIDIA CUDA, CUDA-X libraries, open source frameworks and developer tools for GPU-accelerated applications
• Local AI: running stronger models on smaller systems and routing between proprietary and open-weight models across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments
• Open Source: open models, software and communities
• Physical AI and Robotics: open models, libraries and simulation frameworks for robots, manufacturing and autonomous vehicles

Featured Speakers

• Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer, NVIDIA (keynote)
• Ian Buck, Vice President, Hyperscale and HPC, NVIDIA
• Kari Briski, Vice President, AI Software Product Management, NVIDIA
• Bryan Catanzaro, Vice President, Applied Deep Learning Research, NVIDIA
• Rev Lebaredian, Vice President, Physical AI Simulation, NVIDIA
• Sasa Zdjelar, Chief Security Officer and Head of Product Security, NVIDIA
• Kimberly Powell, Vice President and General Manager, Healthcare, NVIDIA

NVIDIA says it will add more speakers.

Who Should Attend

• Developers, researchers and startups
• Industry partners and business leaders
• Public sector professionals and policymakers

Logistics

The main venue is the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 5 miles away, Washington Dulles International Airport is 26 miles away, and Baltimore/Washington International Airport is 30 miles away.

A Conference Pass (Tuesday to Thursday) costs $899, an Exhibits Only pass (Tuesday to Thursday) costs $375, and a Full-Day Workshop (Monday) costs $395. Attendees who register with a government email get a free Conference Pass or 50% off a Full-Day Workshop. Academic and non-profit attendees get 50% off the Conference or Exhibits Only pass. Both discounts require proof of eligibility at check-in. Cancellations made by October 27, 2026, carry a $25 fee, and substitutions are accepted until November 20, 2026. In-person attendees must be 18 or older by November 30, 2026.

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