The 19th CCSC Southwest Region Conference March 27-28, 2026

What is exactly is a Lightning Talk? Lightning Talks are short, 2 to 3 minute presentations intended to spark discussion among conference participants.

Potential benefits of giving a Lightning Talk include:

• sharing a teaching strategy,
• presenting preliminary results from a project,
• getting feedback on a new idea for an empirical CS ed project,
• getting a critique of a research design or data-gathering strategy,
• showcasing a tool or technique that hasn't been fully tested,
• finding collaborators at other institutions, and
• inspiring good conversations about CS education

Interested presenters should complete this form.

If you have any questions regarding lightning talk submission and reviewing, please contact our Lightning Talks chair: Sophia Krause-Levy at skrauselevy@sandiego.edu.

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