ACM Austin + IEEE March Tech Meetup
AI, Cloud-Native Systems, Security & Modern Infrastructure
Join ACM Austin + IEEE for our March 2026 community tech meetup — an evening of deep technical talks, real-world systems insights, and high-signal networking with Austin’s engineering community.
📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026
🕕 6:00 – 8:00 PM CST
📍 The Center for Government and Civic Service
1218 West Ave, Building 3000
Austin, TX 78701
What to Expect
This joint community event brings together engineers, researchers, students, founders, and technology leaders across Austin for practical, production-focused discussions in:
AI & GenAI platforms
Cloud-native systems & scalable infrastructure
DevOps & platform engineering
Security & identity architecture
Modern data engineering
All talks emphasize real-world implementations, lessons learned, and forward-looking ideas shaping enterprise technology.
Featured Speakers & Talks
Changing Landscape of Data Engineering & Analytics with AI
Prakash Reddy – Director & Head of Data Engineering, Atlassian
The MCP Gateway: The Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents
Venkata Phani Patelkhana – Distinguished Engineer
Agentic Evaluation and Improvements on the Freshness Quality of Large-Scale LLM RAG Systems
Suyi Liu – Senior Software Engineer, Meta Super Intelligence Labs
Whether you're building AI systems, scaling infrastructure, leading engineering teams, or exploring research, this meetup offers valuable technical depth and meaningful connections.
Get Involved
🎤 Call for Speakers
Interested in presenting at a future ACM Austin + IEEE meetup?
Submit your talk here:
https://sessionize.com/austin-acm-meetup/
🙌 Volunteer With Us
Help us run events and grow the community:
https://forms.gle/zdNhVvKYUEpSuwex5
🍕 Sponsor Food for the Community
Partner with us and support Austin’s technical ecosystem:
https://forms.gle/EFAAuuRUbqb69nPW7
We look forward to seeing you on March 25th for an evening of high-quality technical discussions and community building.
—
Akshay Mittal
Chair & Organizer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaymittal143/