Schedule

MWTT 2026
SCHEDULE

Kickoff Party – The Encore

Conference – Osage High School

6-8 PM, Kickoff Event at The Encore
Music by the Optimus Prime Band

8-?? PM, After Party at The Encore
Sponsored by KCAV

7:30-8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast in Commons

Breakfast provided by ClassLink, PowerGistics, Managed Methods, Provision Data Solutions, and CyberNut.

8:30-9:50 AM Welcome, Presentation of MidwestTechTalk Excellence Award Candidates, MidwestTechTalk Pate Hogan Scholarship, The Chromebook Gauntlet, Keynote “Hot Takes in EdTech: The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud” with George Lauritson, School of the Osage, and Eric Marting in the Auditorium

ROOM 804 Sys Admin Training (Part 1) with Jonathan McCammon, MOREnet

ROOM 202 Struggling with Wireless? Proven Best Practices That Work Across Any Vendor – Extreme Networks

ROOM 204 Advancing Cybersecurity with Tom Ashley, CDWG

ROOM 801 Provision Data Solutions Presentation

ROOM 803 K12 Cybersecurity DEEP DIVE (Part 1) – NTP & K12TechPro

ROOM Choir Content Filter ROUND TABLE/Battle – Jason Roussin, Adam Johns

ROOM Band ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) – Brad Jones, Wentzville

ROOM 804 Sys Admin Training (Part 2) – Jonathan McCammon, MOREnet

ROOM 202 Cost-Saving Benefits of 3CX Phone System and how easy to make the change – Essential Network Technologies (ENT)

ROOM 204 Supercharge your fleet with CDW Education & Lock n Charge! – CDWG

ROOM 801 The Core is Your Biggest Security Gap – Fortinet

ROOM 803 K12 Cybersecurity DEEP DIVE (Part 2) – NTP & K12TechPro

ROOM Choir Project Management 101 – Megan Gretzinger, Lee’s Summit R-7

ROOM Band Network Admin ROUND TABLE – Julian Erber and Brett Carter

Auditorium: Small School MEET UP – Rachel Vessar

ROOM 804: The Good, the Bad, and The Unexpected: An Honest Conversation on Selecting and Implementing an IT Asset Management and Help Desk Solution – VIZOR

ROOM 202: How Charging Models Impact Screen Times, Device Lifespans, & Budgets – Powergistics

ROOM 204: Don’t Burn Your Budget! Refresh timing Secrets Every Tech Leader Should Know – Vivacity Tech

ROOM 801: HPE New Central Cloud Management – HPE/Aruba

ROOM 803: The Automation Advantage: Unlocking Efficiency with OneSync & Roster Server – Classlink

ROOM Choir: Content-Aware Filtering in Action: How Districts Stay Ahead – Linewize

ROOM Band: From Broken to Back in Class: Building a Smart Chromebook & Windows Repair Process – Upper Edge tech

Auditorium: Stronger Signals & Safer Schools: Understanding AI DAS Systems – Tech Electronics

ROOM 804: Eduroam – Jonathan McCammon, MOREnet

ROOM 202: Mapping Your Journey: A Universal roadmap to IT & Cybersecurity Certifications – Rachel Vessar, Maysville R-1

ROOM 204: Let’s Get TechniiQal – Incident IQ

ROOM 801: HPE Secure AI Native Networking – HPE/Aruba

ROOM 803: KCAV Presentation

ROOM Choir: Student Password Policies – K12 Tech Talk Podcast

ROOM Band: Lightspeed Systems Presentation

Auditorium: Using StarWind & Hyper-V for Affordable HCI – ByteSpeed

ROOM 804: Compromised: Two breaches. One Table – YellowDog

ROOM 202: Beyond the Bell: Unified Audio for Safety and Communication – Netwatch

ROOM 204: How School Are Elevating Campus Connectivity with Integrated Networking – Meter

ROOM 801: Experience Next-Gen School Security with Evolv Express – ECC

ROOM 803: Vendor Showcase: Adira

ROOM Choir: Defending at the Speed of AI: World Wide Technology
Session Description: Mythos opened the eyes of the world to the threat that new AI models and orchestrated agents bring to the cyber landscape. Bottom line, the margin of time to detect and respond is no longer within the bounds of human capabilities. Now, it’s time for you to hear how you can transform your security posture and embrace AI to ensure your business is resilient enough to respond and recover in agentic AI era.

ROOM Band: Speed-Geeking – Howard Technology

7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast in Commons

Breakfast provided by RTI, ByteSpeed, SysCloud, Howard, and Adira.

8:30-10:00 AM Welcome, Prizes, Presentation of MidwestTechtalk Technology Department Excellence Award Winner, Keynote “Zero Trust” with Jim Tyler (Director of Technology at Niles Community Schools, a Microsoft MVP for PowerShell) in Auditorium.

ROOM 804 Righting The Technology Department Ship – Aaron Kaiser, CJ Fischer, Villa Duchesine School

ROOM 202 Mastering Incident Response: A Hands-On Journey to Identify a Compromised Account – Managed Methods

ROOM 204 MFA ROUND TABLE/Battle – Patrick Dunham – Cape Girardeau Public Schools

ROOM 801 Creating and Updating Your District’s Incident Response Plan – Jason Rooks, Parkway

ROOM 804 Google Admin Training w/Google

ROOM Choir Medium School MEET UP – Matt Stief, Kirksville

ROOM Band K12TechPro Perks List – Nathan Locklear

AUDITORIUM Vendor Showcase CTL

ROOM 804 Vendor Showcase CyberNut

ROOM 202 Protecting the Modern Campus: Mass Notification Strategies for K-12 Safety – SMC

ROOM 203 Protecting K-12 Data in a Cloud-First World – Syscloud

ROOM 801 Remote Monitoring Management – American Digital Security

ROOM 803 Google Admin Training w/Google

Room Choir Accelerating Highly-Observable Campus Network Deployments – Arista

Room Band Vendor Showcase: RTI

ROOM 801 New Tech Director MEET UP/ROUND TABLE – Megan Gretzinger, Lee’s Summit R-7

ROOM 803 Google Workspace Security – Jim Tyler

ROOM Choir Large School MEET UP – Julian Erber, Parkway

ROOM Band Tips for Techs – Matt Stief, Kirksville

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