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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
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
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