Lightning Talks
Short, focused sessions where industry experts, students, and researchers share practical insights, experiences, and innovations.
ACM Dallas
Where Dallas Tech Learns, Builds, and Connects
ACM Dallas brings together students, researchers, and industry professionals to share knowledge, explore ideas, and grow through lightning talks, technical sessions, hackathons, workshops, and networking events.
What we do
Tech Talks & Panels
Discussions on software engineering, AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity, product development, and other emerging technologies.
Hackathons & Build Events
Hands-on opportunities to collaborate, solve problems, prototype ideas, and turn learning into action.
Workshops
Interactive sessions that help members build real-world technical skills and explore new tools and technologies.
Networking & Career Events
Opportunities to meet peers, mentors, speakers, recruiters, and professionals from across the Dallas tech ecosystem.
Why join
For Students
Gain exposure to real-world technology, connect with mentors, and build skills beyond the classroom.
For Professionals
Share your expertise, connect with future talent, and contribute to a growing local tech community.
For the Community
Create a stronger bridge between academia and industry while encouraging innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.
Upcoming events
Jan 13, 2026
ACM Dallas - Tech Talk - From Vision to Global Impact: Scaling Product Development in High Complexity Environments
Online
This session examines how technical program leadership guides products from 0→1 through global scale by evolving product development frameworks for distributed complexity—balancing rapid innovation with mission-critical reliability. TPMs turn constant change into coordinated execution, aligning teams and delivering products that scale.
May 7, 2026
Industry Lightning Talks
Virtual
ACM Dallas is hosting another Virtual Innovation Lightning Talk, bringing together engineers and data professionals working on real-world systems. This session focuses on practical insights across software engineering, business systems, and applied data science.
May 14, 2026
Industrial Lightning Talks
Virtual
ACM Dallas is hosting another Virtual Innovation Lightning Talk, bringing together engineers and data professionals working on real-world systems. This session focuses on practical insights across software engineering, business systems, and applied data science.
From the chapter
Apr 20, 2026
ACM Dallas Chapter Newsletter — April 2026
AI-powered coding assistants have come a long way from autocomplete and snippet suggestions. Today's agentic AI systems can write features, fix bugs, generate tests, and iterate across an entire codebase — semi-autonomously. This isn't just a tooling upgrade. It's a fundamental s
Feb 24, 2026
Workshop recap: systems design for students
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ACM Dallas Editorial
Notes from our February hands-on session.
Mar 15, 2026
Chapter update: new partner lab hours
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