MIDWEST
COLLEGIATE
COMPUTING
CONFERENCE
2025

March 21-22, 2025
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22 Faculty
15 Sponsors
36 Graduate Students
1 Secondary Educators
67 Undergraduate Students
Thank You For Another Great Year!

Venue

Grand Valley State University: PEW Campus
L.V. Eberhard Conference Center
301 Fulton St. W
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Facilities Provided By:

Fulton Parking Lot Address: 312 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
The gate will automatically open for you when you enter. You actually park under the overpass.

From 131 South:
US-131 North to the Pearl Street Exit, #85B. Turn left onto Pearl Street and proceed one block beyond the US-131 overpass to Mt Vernon Ave and turn left, in two blocks turn left on Fulton St. The Fulton Lot will be on your right.

From 131 North:
Take US-131 South to the Pearl Street exit (keep to the right of the on-ramp to US-131 as this becomes the off-ramp for Pearl Street). You will then merge onto Mt. Vernon Ave. Continue on Mt. Vernon until you come to a light at Fulton St, turn left here. Under the US-131 Overpass, the Fulton Lot will be on your right.

MWC3 has negotiated a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn across the street from the Eberhard Center for your convenience if you would like to stay in downtown Grand Rapids on Wednesday and/or Thursday night, March 20 - 22. The block of rooms has been reserved for our schools at a reduced rate through March 5, 2024. If you do not reserve room(s) by that date, the block will be relinquished.

Click here to reserve rooms for you school if desired.







Speakers

Lunch

Joe combines deep roots in rural Michigan with a degree in Computer Science from Saginaw Valley and 11 years of experience as a consulting software developer to help Midwest companies flourish and to empower the next generation of software makers in West Michigan through Atomic Object’s Accelerator Program.

Awards Banquet & Keynote Address

How to Build your own AI agents

Brian McKeiver is Co-Owner & Microsoft Azure AI MVP at BizStream. He was born and raised in West Michigan, and graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in Computer Science. He now has 22 years of experience leading his agency of more than 40+ employees and about a hundred clients spread out across North America.His experience includes web development, integration, and digital marketing.

Breakout Sessions

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Cybersecurity Workshop

       

Data Analytics II Workshop with Tableau

   

ERP Workshop with ScrimmageSIM

       

Generative AI Workshop

     

Microcontroller Fundamentals Workshop with Microcade

     

Resume Review / Mock Interviews


Web Application Workshop with Django

 

Competitions

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Business Solutions using Generative AI


Cybersecurity

       

Data Analytics I with MS Office

 

Data Analytics II with Tableau

   

Database Design

     

ERP with ScrimmageSIM

       

IT Configuration with Linux

     

Java Development

     

Mainframe Systems with IBM Z Xplore

     

Microcontroller Fundamentals with Arduino

     

Project Management with SimProject

       

Python Development

     

Web Application with Django

     

Schedule

Friday, March 21 2025

Competition
Breakout
Event

Saturday, March 22 2025

Competition
Breakout
Event

Contact

Dr. John Reynolds

Conference Coordinator

mwc3foundation@gmail.com

(616) 204-7315

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