Queen City IEEE Lightning Talks
⚡ IEEE Charlotte Lightning Tech Talks – Pilot Edition
Join us for an exciting evening of rapid-fire technical presentations, networking, and community engagement featuring engineers, researchers, students, and technology professionals from across the Charlotte area.
This pilot edition of Lightning Tech Talks is designed to create a fast-paced and engaging platform where speakers present innovative ideas, technical projects, research, lessons learned, and emerging technologies in short presentation sessions.
Event Format:
• 5–6 lightning speakers
• 10–15 minute technical talks
• Interactive audience Q&A
• Networking with professionals and students
• Judges and audience participation
We are currently inviting:
• Technical Speakers / Participants
• Audience Members
Possible topic areas include:
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Application : It can be any field of work.
Whether you would like to present, or simply attend and network with fellow professionals, we welcome your participation.
There will be a 1st Prize awarded to best speaker selected by judges and
Peoples' Choice awarded to audience voted best speaker.
Award winners will be considered judges for future events.
This event aims to foster technical exchange, presentation skills, collaboration, and professional networking within the IEEE community.
📍 Venue details will be shared with registered participants.
Participant Registration / Interest Form: https://forms.gle/P5VsyS85EeTCTBda8
Hosted by:
IEEE Charlotte Section
IEEE Charlotte Computer Society Chapter
IEEE Charlotte Young Professionals
IEEE Charlotte Women In Engineering
We look forward to seeing you there! Seats are limited to 25. Please hurry and register !
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- Starts 07 May 2026 09:00 PM UTC
- Ends 14 May 2026 04:00 PM UTC
- 4 in-person spaces left!
- No Admission Charge