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ACM-IEEE Twin Cities is a non-profit professional community passionate about exploring the latest advancements in computer science and technology. From applied machine learning, generative AI, and recommender systems to open data, predictive maintenance, UX research, and real-world DevSecOps—our meetups cover a wide spectrum of trending and foundational topics.
We host monthly talks, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, and community mixers featuring innovators from local startups, enterprise industry, and academia. Whether you're an engineer, researcher, student, or tech enthusiast, our group offers a welcoming space for networking, learning, and collaboration.
We are actively looking for speakers to:
Share Real-World Insights & Research: Present industry case studies, practical lessons learned, or academic findings.
Demonstrate Tech & Applications: Showcase live demos across AI/ML, data analytics apps, software architecture, enterprise solutions, standards, engineering practices, or product design.
Lead Engaging Discussions: Host a lightning talk (10–15 mins), standard tech talk (30–45 mins), or interactive panel/workshop.
Why Speak at ACM-IEEE Twin Cities?
Community Impact: Engage directly with an active, passionate local network of developers, researchers, and tech leaders across Minnesota.
Visibility: Gain promotion across our Meetup, LinkedIn, and community newsletter channels.
Collaborative Platform: Practice public speaking, refine new concepts, and inspire the next wave of tech innovation.
Join us for our monthly virtual sessions held on the first or second Thursday of every month (1-hour session featuring a presentation and interactive Q&A).
ACM-IEEE Twin Cities is a non-profit professional community passionate about exploring the latest in computer science, software engineering, and enterprise technology. We are actively looking for speakers to share real-world insights, case studies, demos, or research across our 8 core tracks and 2 special community tracks spanning the enterprise technology landscape.
Our 10 Tracks
01 | Platform Engineering & Enterprise Architecture
Designing internal developer platforms, microservices vs. monoliths, scalable architectural patterns, and structural governance.
02 | Distributed Systems & Resilience
Building fault-tolerant systems, high-availability architectures, disaster recovery, and chaos engineering practices.
03 | Data Infrastructure & AI Readiness
Modern data stacks, vector databases, pipeline scalability, and the underlying infrastructure required to support robust AI workloads.
04 | AI-Driven Operations & Governance
Autonomous agents, staged autonomy control planes, policy-as-code, risk-tiered content enforcement, and ethical AI operations.
05 | Engineering Leadership & Org Design
Managing engineering teams, scaling engineering culture, cognitive load constraints, and navigating technical management.
06 | Foundations — Enterprise Tech from the Ground Up
Core computer science principles, fundamental design patterns, and foundational software engineering practices.
07 | Accelerate — Level Up Faster
Developer velocity, continuous delivery, automated test suites, and interpreting metrics (like DORA) to ship software efficiently.
08 | Current — Signal Through the Noise
Deep dives into cutting-edge tech trends, industry shifts, hype-cycle analysis, and filtering noise in modern software development.
09 | IEEE Standards — Applied Standards in Practice
Real-world application, interpretation, and implementation of IEEE technical standards and standard drafts.
10 | ACM Papers Shareout — Read, Present & Discuss Together
Collaborative presentations and discussions breaking down pivotal research papers from ACM conferences and publications.
Session Format & Guidelines
Duration: 60 minutes total (approx. 40–45 minutes for presentation, followed by 15–20 minutes of live Q&A/discussion).
Format: Virtual (remote-friendly via video conference).
Audience: Software engineers, enterprise architects, engineering leaders, researchers, and tech professionals across Minnesota and beyond.
Why Speak With Us?
Expand Your Impact: Share your expertise, architectural patterns, or academic research with an engaged, professional community of engineers and leaders.
Cross-Pollinate Ideas: Connect practitioners across enterprise tech, startups, and academia.
Community Visibility: Your session will be promoted across our regional Meetup, LinkedIn, and community newsletter channels.
Ready to share your insights? Submit your talk proposal today by selecting your preferred track!
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