2025 Arkansas Academy of Computing Induction Banquet/Ceremony

Name: 2025 Arkansas Academy of Computing Induction Banquet/Ceremony
Start: 2025-11-07T18:00:00-06:00
Location: Chenal Country Club

Schedule

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Chenal Country Club | Little Rock, AR

Please Join Us to Celebrate Arkansas' Technology Leaders

We hope that you can join us on the evening of November 7, 2025, at the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, for the annual Arkansas Academy of Computing dinner.
This is an annual event where we celebrate Arkansans who have made significant contributions to computing/engineering and we also use this time to raise money for scholarships for the NEXT generation of Arkansans going in to STEM fields.
Mayor Frank Scott will be our keynote speaker and we also plan to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the EAST Initiative and the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Arkansas Systems.
This year, we will be honoring the following Arkansans for their achievements in technology.
The 2025 Inductees
Ahmed AbuHalimeh, Pd.D.,
SMIEEE Associate Professor of Information Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Tina Appleyard Director
IS - Application Development at ArcBest Technologies
Will Bunker Systems Architect and Systems Developer
developed Match.com among others.
Devin Graham
VP Cloud & Infrastructure at Tyson Foods
Sandy Kizer
Retired- Director of Computing-Sam Walton College of Business
Rasesh Patel
Leader HouseCare Technology
Daniel Pullen
Chief Data Scientist and Data Architect at SAIC
Josh Smith
Veteran, Founder, Entrepreneur, Advisor & CTO
Lee Watson
CEO and Founder @ Forge Institute | Serial Entrepreneur & Disruptor

Agenda for the evening is as follows:
6:00 PM-- Reception & Social
6:30 PM -- Welcome and Introduction
6:45 PM -- Dinner
7:15 PM -- Distinguished Induction Speaker
7:30 PM --- Induction Ceremony
8:30PM -- Closing Remarks
Tickets are $75 per person
Please click here to register for the event
https://arkansasacademyofcomputing.wildapricot.org/event-6279345