The Flagship Event of NM Tech Week
TechFest
What Is TechFest
One Roof. All of NM Tech.
TechFest is a multi-day community tech conference that serves as the flagship event of NM Tech Week. It brings together the full breadth of New Mexico's tech ecosystem — developers, founders, students, nonprofits, and innovators — under one roof.
Organized by the NM Tech Talks collaborative, TechFest is 100% volunteer-run, free to attend, and designed to be one of the most accessible and community-centered tech events in the Southwest.
At TechFest
What to Expect
Talks
Hear directly from builders, founders, and technologists working across New Mexico's tech scene.
Panels
Moderated conversations that go deep on local tech, community building, and industry trends.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions across software, AI, health tech, climate, entrepreneurship, and more.
Community Showcase
Local startups, nonprofits, and tech groups share what they're building and launching.
Demos & Dev Tools
Live demos of new tools, platforms, and projects from builders in and around NM.
Networking
Unstructured time to connect with developers, investors, designers, and organizers.
Why It Matters
Why TechFest
It's local
Built by and for New Mexico's tech community — not imported from Silicon Valley. Every speaker, sponsor, and attendee is rooted in NM.
It's accessible
TechFest is free and open to the public. No gatekeeping, no $1,000 ticket. Just community.
It's cross-disciplinary
Software, climate, health, entrepreneurship, accessibility — TechFest spans the full breadth of New Mexico's tech ecosystem.
It creates real connections
Skip the big-city circuit. Meet the people actually building NM's tech future — in person, at scale.
TechFest 2024
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Who It's For
Everyone in NM Tech
TechFest is not a conference for one type of technologist. It's for everyone.
Be Part of It
Get Involved
Attend
TechFest is free and open to all. Sign up to be notified when 2026 registration opens.
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Position your brand with New Mexico's tech community. Tiered packages available for every budget.
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TechFest & NM Tech Week
TechFest is the flagship event within NM Tech Week — but it's one part of a much bigger picture. NM Tech Week is a full community week featuring dozens of events hosted by local tech organizations across Albuquerque and New Mexico. TechFest anchors the week; the community fills it.
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