Converge DC
Bringing people together
One event at a time
Converge DC
Bringing people together. One event at a time.
About
Founded by John Hanshaw, CONVERGE is inspired by the simple belief that great things can happen when people, ideas, and resources come together in the same space.
Our mission is to convene individuals, groups, and organizations from a wide variety of fields —business, science, technology, and the arts—to spark synergies, create new conceptual frameworks, and strengthen communities.
About
Founded by John Hanshaw, CONVERGE is inspired by the simple belief that great things can happen when people, ideas, and resources come together in the same space.
Our mission is to convene individuals, groups, and organizations from a wide variety of fields —business, science, technology, and the arts—to spark synergies, create new conceptual frameworks, and strengthen communities.
Events
CONVERGE (verb): To tend to one point from different places; to approach nearer together, as lines; to tend to meet in a point or focus.
— The Oxford English Dictionary
“Synergistic CONVERGEnce is the most important idea we have at our disposal to . . . move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society.”
— Barbara Marx Hubbard
“Nothing on the planet grows except by CONVERGEnce.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“แม่น้ำหลายสายย่อมไหลมาบรรจบกันที่ทะเลฉันใด ความแตกต่างของผู้คนก็มิอาจปิดกั้นการอยู่ร่วมกันได้ฉันนั้น” — พระไพศาล วิสาโล
CONVERGE (verb): To tend to one point from different places; to approach nearer together, as lines; to tend to meet in a point or focus.
— The Oxford English Dictionary
“Synergistic CONVERGEnce is the most important idea we have at our disposal to . . . move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society.”
— Barbara Marx Hubbard
“แม่น้ำหลายสายย่อมไหลมาบรรจบกันที่ทะเลฉันใด ความแตกต่างของผู้คนก็มิอาจปิดกั้นการอยู่ร่วมกันได้ฉันนั้น” — พระไพศาล วิสาโล
“Nothing on the planet grows except by CONVERGEnce.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Events
Launch Party
A Launch Party for DC Startup & Tech Week
And Celebration of the Tech » Enviro » Arts Communities of Washington
Saturday 18 October 2025
7:30 – 9:45 pm
MLK Library, 4th Floor
901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001
A Launch Party for
DC Startup & Tech Week
And Celebration of the Tech » Enviro » Arts Communities of Washington
Saturday 18 October 2025
7:30 – 9:45 pm
MLK Library, 4th Floor
901 G St NW, WDC 20001
Pizza
Music by DJ Matts
Art Exhibition
After-Party
In an undisclosed location
Supporters
Supporters
Guests will include
Guests will include
Rachel Koretsky
Director, DCSTW / Founder & CEO, Upace
Sebastian Schuster
Fine Art Photographer / Digital Collage Artist
Jabari Grubb
DC Chapter Lead, The AI Collective
Cameron Powell
Co-Founder, DeepLaw
Juan Manuel Contreras
Co-Founder, Aymara
Aditya Misra
10x Impact Labs, Fellow
Simon Littlewood
Founder, SDG Global Group
Tiffany de Lisio
Creative Director, Color Therapeutics
Sarah Malinowski
GW Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Phil Linder
Artist / Cofounder, Generative: AI Art and Culture Series
Nihal J. Krishan
Co-Founder, Generative: AI Art and Culture Series
Erna Redzepagic
Senior Manager, Startup Acceleration, Halcyon
Xuyang Song,
Executive Director, Adlai Nortye
Elizabeth Snyder
Senior Leadership Fellow, GWCFEE
Joseph Migliorisi
VP, GW Entrepreneurship Club
Mia Horm
CMO, Creative Analytics / Founder, BRAND•E
Christina L. Glancy
Principal Consultant, At First Glance Solutions
Jacob Gerstein
Board of Governors, The Arts Club of Washington
Sam Wu
Director of IT, SAMSSOFT
Ajay Kothari
Artist/CEO, Astrox Corporation
UMD
Office of Innovation
