Renowned International Thought Leaders Speaking on the Most Important Topics in Computing Today

ACM Speakers represent a broad range of companies, colleges and universities, including: IBM, Microsoft, BBN Technologies, Raytheon, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Siemens Information Systems, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, University of British Columbia, Georgia Tech, UCLA, McGill University, Tsinghua University and many more.

The ACM Distinguished Speaker Program Is an Excellent Solution

  • Corporations – Educate your technical staff, ramp up the knowledge of your team, and give your employees the opportunity to have their questions answered by experts in their field.
  • Colleges & Universities – Expand the knowledge base of your students with exciting lectures and the chance to engage with a computing professional in their desired field of expertise.
  • Event & Conference Planners – Use the ACM's Distinguished Speakers to help find compelling speakers for your next conference and reduce your costs in the process.
  • ACM Local Chapters – Boost attendance at your meetings with live talks by ACM Speakers and keep your chapter members informed of the latest industry findings.

Topics for Every Interest

Over 400 lectures are available from more than 125 speakers with topics covering Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Mobile Computing, and dozens more.

 

Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Cristina Conati

Cristina Conati is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. She is an associate editor for the Journal of User Modeling and User Adapted Interaction, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Interactive Systems, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. She served as President of the Association for the Advancement of Affective Computing, as well as Program or Conference Chair for several international conferences including User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, ACM Intelligent User Interfaces, and AI in Education.

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ACM Distinguished Speaker lectures can turn your event into a dynamic and informative experience that your guests are sure to remember and learn from. View photos from talks by the renowned international thought leaders from ACM’s Distinguished Speaker program on the most important topics in computing today at a variety of venues around the world.

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