The contest-filled conference takes place Oct. 28-30 in the Allied Health Building and the Lecture Hall on AC’s West Campus, with registration beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. The first two contests will be from 7-10 p.m. that first night - in Security and in Systems Analysis & Design.

Additional contest categories scheduled on Friday and Saturday are Application Development; Network Design; Office Solutions; Security CTF; Database Design; and PC Troubleshooting.

Lectures, workshops and exhibits will round out the three-day experience. Students registered for the event thus far are from Texas State University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Missouri State University, Our Lady of the Lake University, University of Arizona and, of course, Amarillo College.

“This conference has the potential to transform the lives of people wanting to join the information technology community,” said Karen Boatman, Computer Information Systems program coordinator for AC. “We really hope it will have a positive impact on everyone who attends.”

See the full schedule of events here.

The event is being sponsored by Education Credit Union, CompTIA, FITE, Technical Solutions and AC’s Student Life.

For more information, please contact Karen Boatman at 806-371-5930 or keboatman@actx.edu.