For infrastructure engineers, security practitioners, AI builders, and the people navigating what's next. One day. Four tracks. The Career Room.
Every session is chosen for practitioners — the people actually doing the work.
Track 01
The physical layer of what's coming.
Track 02
Applied. Not theoretical.
Track 03
Offense. Defense. Everything between.
Track 04
The most honest room at the conference.
No speakers are confirmed yet. These are the kinds of practitioners we're inviting — the real lineup is announced after the CFP closes.
Penetration Tester & Published Author
War stories and tradecraft
from real engagements
Security Community Organizer
The people who run
Texas hacker communities
Fractional CTO & Startup Advisor
Scar tissue from startups,
enterprises, and in between
University CS Faculty
Training the next generation
of West Texas engineers
Want to be part of the first lineup?
Submit a TalkCFP opens Fall 2026 · 20 & 45-minute talks · Four tracks
Something Different
Private. Appointment-based. No pitch tables. No booths.
The Career Room runs parallel to the main conference floor — a dedicated space for
one-on-one conversations between job seekers and hiring managers, technical leads,
and career coaches. Opt in at registration, schedule your appointments, have the
conversation you actually needed.
For Job Seekers
For Employers & Staffing Firms
Pre-Conference · April 2, 2027
A limited-seat paid workshop the day before TechCON — deep focus on a single topic with a recognized practitioner leading the room. Year one topic and instructor to be announced. This is a working session, not a lecture.
Full schedule and session details coming soon. Here's the shape of the day.
Doors Open
Registration, coffee, and hallway track begins
Opening Keynote
Speaker TBA
Track Sessions Begin
4 simultaneous tracks · Career Room appointments open
Lunch
On your own · Downtown Abilene's lunch spots are a short walk. A sponsored lunch may be added — we'll announce it if it happens.
Afternoon Sessions
Track sessions resume · Career Room continues
That's a Wrap
Conference ends · Safe travels — see you in 2028
* Schedule is illustrative. Confirmed agenda published closer to the event.
Home of Lone Star TechCON 2027.
Abilene is a city of three universities, an active security practitioner community spanning West Texas, and a growing IT and managed services community rooted in decades of military, energy, and agricultural infrastructure.
The city is also where the OpenAI Stargate data center campus is being built — one of the largest AI infrastructure investments in the country, operated by Crusoe and Oracle at a planned 1.2-gigawatt scale, with a regional training program creating direct career pathways for Abilene residents.
Venue details will be confirmed shortly.
Getting Here
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Lone Star TechCON is produced by Rural Capital, LLC — organized by a West Texas technologist who has spent years behind the scenes of community tech conferences and is now building one for the region he calls home.