AI+ Expo 2026 | Washington, DC

Many conversations about AI in business focus on what to adopt. The harder question – and the one most organizations skip – is whether it should be adopted at all (and what the consequences look like when that judgment is wrong). 

The SCSP AI Expo brings together government officials, defense leaders, and enterprise technology executives to address that.  

The event focuses on how AI is being deployed in high-stakes environments – where the cost of a poor decision is a compromised system or a national security exposure. 

Teal cofounder Gar Whaley will be on site to explore how that discipline applies to the businesses and organizations Teal supports every day. As pressure mounts to “do something with AI,” Teal’s clients need advisors who have seen where responsible adoption works – and where it doesn’t. Not just advisors who have read about it. 

The expo spans AI policy, infrastructure, and business readiness, with a particular focus on: 

• Governance frameworks for AI deployment 

• Risk accountability at the leadership level 

• The intersection of AI adoption and national security requirements