9 November 2026 · In person
Platform engineering day
KubeCon venue, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT — alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026
Inference platforms, agentic workloads and the operational cost of running them.
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Software Engineering Practice Specialist Group
Architecture, testing, delivery discipline and the craft of building systems that survive contact with production.
Cadence
Monthly
Meeting pattern
Fourth Tuesday of each month, 18:30–20:30 CT
Home venue
ACS Headquarters, 600 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX
Format
Hybrid — in person at HQ with a live online room
Members
3,410
Founded
2016
Chair
Daniel Okafor FACS
Role
Chair, Software Engineering Practice Specialist Group
What the group covers
- Architecture and platform engineering
- Testing strategy and quality evidence
- Continuous delivery and reliability
- AI-assisted development practice
Upcoming meetings and satellite days
13 March 2027 · In person
Austin computing day
Downtown Austin venues, Austin, TX — alongside SXSW 2027
The Austin chapter's flagship day at national HQ's home festival.
25 April 2027 · Hybrid
Engineering practice day
The Convention Centre Dublin, Dublin, Ireland — alongside ICSE 2027
Architecture, testing strategy and professional evidence, streamed for US members.
Past meetings
- 12 March 2026Austin computing day: forty years of SXSW — Downtown Austin venues, Austin, TX (alongside SXSW 2026)
- 10 November 2025Platform engineering day — Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA (alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025)
- 26 April 2025Engineering practice day — Rogers Centre Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (alongside ICSE 2025)
- 7 March 2025Austin computing day: capital of the build-out — Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX (alongside SXSW 2025)
- 12 November 2024Platform engineering day — Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT (alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024)
- 14 April 2024Engineering practice day — Lisbon Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal (alongside ICSE 2024)
- 8 March 2024Austin computing day: the Texas technology corridor — Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX (alongside SXSW 2024)