NWA TechFest 2025

Theme: “Talk nerdy to me”

May 27, 2025
9:00am – 3:30pm

Willard & Pat Walker Community Room
Fayetteville Public Library
Fayetteville, AR

NWA TechFest 2025

An annual tech conference that is “for developers, by developers.”

What does that mean? It means that our local Northwest Arkansas volunteers have organized a space and time for their local STEM community to come and share their knowledge and experience with their peers.

Come and join us for a low-stakes opportunity to engage with other software developers and adjacent professionals in the area.

Pay $10 for a seat, enjoy as much content as you want, and meet great people.

And remember to use any employer-provided professional development PTO!

Schedule


Topic theme: “Talk nerdy to me”

This year NWA TechFest is theming our conference around a familiar slogan of ours.

We want to hear about whatever deep lore and niche tech topics our community want to talk about.

Start Time End Time Event
9:00 AM 9:15 AM Doors open
9:15 AM 9:30 AM Introductions
9:30 AM 9:55 AM Tiffany Benitez“The Intersection of Tech and Business”
10:00 AM 10:25 AM Jennifer McCool“Data Literacy and Ethics – Going back to the basics”
10:30 AM 10:55 AM Joel Sporleder“The importance of transparency in AI implementations”
11:00 AM 11:25 AM Austin Willis“AI Beyond LLMs”
11:30 AM 11:45 AM Alan Wade“Augmenting Workflows and Prototyping with AI & Low-Code tools”
11:45 AM 12:55 PM Lunch Break – No Food Provided
1:00 PM 1:25 PM Reetik Patel“Building a better smart home”
1:30 PM 1:55 PM Sujith Surendran – “Agentic AI for the Enterprises”
2:00 PM 2:25 PM Tyrel Denison“Vibe coding a Django app like I’m Michael McDonald”
2:30 PM 2:55 PM Qamar Gebarin“A practical guide to AI Governance”
3:00 PM 3:15 PM Closing Ceremonies
3:20 PM 4:00 PM Cleanup + Final Networking

 

Sponsors

McGrew Solutions Inc
Paul Ruiz & Associates Talent Acquisition
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Would you like to get your name or image out by sponsoring our local tech conference? If so, gift us $100 and we’ll be happy to thank you on our website, on social media (before and after the event), and at the conference itself.

We accept both corporate and personal donations and are happy to celebrate local people giving us the funds we need to keep going.

See you at the conference!