7:30 – 8:00 am Registration | Continental Breakfast | Networking
8:00 – 8:45 am Keynote & Ignite Presentations | Auditorium
9:00 – 9:45 am Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Grant Nelson / Doosan: Don’t Buy the Breach: Pulling Security Into TPRM Before the Ink Dries
| B165 Brady Chuhel / Edutrak: From Cyber Threats to AI Agents: Preparing Schools for the Next Era
| B166 Nate Blommel / DCTC: From CIDR to Confidence: Mastering Subnetting Without Tears
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
| B182/183 Scott Kyser / SKy North Software: Rethinking MFA - Enforcing Phishing Resistant Authentication
10:00 – 10:45 am Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Grant Nelson / Doosan: Redline, Malcolm, and F.R.I.D.A.Y… Oh My - Building a Repeatable, Audit-Ready DFIR Platform with Open Source, Automation, and AI
| B165 Jiten Gori / Ruckus Networks: The Future of Wireless with Wifi7 and AI
| B166 Ryan Knoll / Motorola Solutions: Convergence Without Complexity: A Physical Security Roadmap for Schools
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
| B182/183 Bytespeed: Bytespeeds’s Hyperconverged STrategy, Navigating a Smooth Transition from VMware to Hyper-V
11:00 – 11:45 am Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Grant Nelson / Doosan: Don’t Buy the Breach: Pulling Security Into TPRM Before the Ink Dries
| B166 Kristen Narreau / Cisco: Cisco Networking Academy Technical Updates
| B165 Bytespeed: From Education to Industry; Bytespeed builds for the future
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch | Vendor Shopping | Commons
Vendor Shopping | Commons
1:00 – 1:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Nicole Pruden / ECMECC: Tech Therapy: Why Human Problems Create Technical Problems
| B165 Kim Baumgartner / Graybar: Security is more than camera's
| B166 Scott Kyser / SKy North Software: Rethinking MFA - Enforcing Phishing Resistant AUthentication
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
| B182/183
Vendor Shopping | Commons
2:00 – 2:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Nicole Pruden / ECMECC: School Incident Response Game V2.0
| B165 Matt McCullough / Alex Tech: Wazuh-Up...Simple SIEMs for All
| B166 Scott Kyser / Sky North Software: Unlocking Microsoft Copilot Without Breaking the Budget
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
| B182/183
Vendor Shopping | Commons
3:00 – 3:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)
| B164 Corey Blommel / Anoka Ramsey Community College: AI in Action: Practical Strategies for Teaching NetAcad Courses
| B165 Grant Hagen / Marconet: Unified Communications 2.0: Beyond Just Voice and Video
| B166
| B181 Cisco Networking Academy
| B182/183
Vendor Shopping | Commons
4:00 – 4:30 pm Conference Wrap Up & Prize Drawings | Commons
5:00 – 7:00 pm After Conference Social Networking Sponsored by ByteSpeed
Fat Daddy's - Alexandria
Subtitle: Governance, Guidance, & Growth
The Lowdown: Moving past the hype and getting to work. We’re tackling the "Rules of the Road" (governance), how to upskill your team (training), and the smartest ways to apply AI to your bottom line.
The Vibe: Strategy meets reality.
Subtitle: Mastering Business Intelligence
The Lowdown: Stop drowning in rows and columns. This track is all about turning raw data into "Business Gold"—learning how to visualize trends and make decisions based on facts, not just gut feelings.
The Vibe: Data-driven and crystal clear.
Subtitle: Next-Gen Cyber Security
The Lowdown: The bad actors are getting smarter, so we’re getting tougher. Dive into the latest in threat detection and defense strategies to keep your company’s crown jewels under lock and key.
The Vibe: High-stakes and high-security.
Subtitle: Architecture, Scale, & Beyond
The Lowdown: It’s more than just "someone else’s computer." Explore how to build resilient environments, manage costs, and use cloud agility to outpace the competition.
The Vibe: Limitless and lightning-fast.
Subtitle: The Backbone of Connectivity
The Lowdown: Without a solid network, nothing else works! We’re going deep into the core of infrastructure, routing, and the Cisco-standard tech that keeps the global pulse of business beating.
The Vibe: Expert-led and essential.