Webinar Schedule
Wish List (14)
- October 2025
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SmartPanel The Great IP Production Transition
- December 2025
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EcoCast AI Strategies for 2026 You Should Plan for Now
About This EcoCast
AI innovation is accelerating—and forward-thinking IT leaders are already planning for the next wave. As we approach 2026, success with AI will hinge on the ability to scale pilot projects, operationalize models, and align AI efforts with measurable business goals. This EcoCast will explore strategic priorities IT teams should act on today to be ready for what's next: building robust data pipelines, implementing effective governance, adopting agentic systems, and evaluating platforms for automation, analytics, and generative AI. Sponsors will have the opportunity to present solutions that help enterprises future-proof their AI strategies while addressing current challenges in performance, security, and integration. This event connects vendors with an audience of IT buyers and influencers committed to using AI to drive lasting transformation across the business.Vendor Fit
Ideal for AI platform providers, MLOps vendors, automation firms, or companies supporting enterprise AI readiness and scalability. - May 2026
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MegaCast Backupalooza 2026! New Tools Using AI, Immutability, Air Gapping, Automation, and More
"Backup and recovery are no longer back-office functions—they are front-line defenses against ransomware, outages, and data loss. With AI, immutable storage, air-gapped protection, and advanced automation redefining what's possible, IT leaders are actively searching for the next generation of tools that keep their data secure and their businesses resilient. This MegaCast gives your company the opportunity to engage directly with IT buyers and influencers who are exploring innovative approaches to modern backup and disaster recovery. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its solutions deliver smarter protection, faster recovery, and simpler management for today's hybrid and cloud environments. Attendees will be evaluating tools that ensure business continuity, reduce risk, and streamline operations—placing your brand front and center with decision-makers making critical data protection investments.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery vendors, cloud storage providers, cybersecurity companies focused on ransomware defense, data management platforms, and automation tool providers." - June 2026
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Expert Series Securing What's Outside Your Control: Supply Chain Security, Shadow AI, SBOM, and More
"Today's enterprises rely on an intricate web of vendors, partners, and technologies that extend well beyond direct control. This creates exposure to supply chain compromises, unmanaged "shadow AI" projects, and vulnerabilities hidden within software components. Addressing these risks requires visibility, governance, and proactive security strategies. This Expert Series provides your company with the opportunity to reach an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively evaluating solutions to these challenges. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will deliver the presentation, covering real-world practices for strengthening supply chain defenses, managing AI-driven risks, and leveraging SBOMs to mitigate hidden threats. As a sponsor, all you'll need to do is provide a single slide and a short message. Everything else—expert presentation, production, and audience recruitment—will be managed for you, ensuring maximum exposure with minimal effort.
Vendor Fit
Security vendors, compliance solution providers, AI governance platforms, and supply chain risk management companies would benefit from sponsoring this event.
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SmartPanel AI Strategies to Optimize Stock and Supply Chain Operations
"Join our panel to discuss how AI applications transform inventory management and demand forecasting, enabling retailers to reduce stockouts, overstock situations and anticipate future demand spikes, ensuring product availability and efficiency. As an expert, help us teach how to leverage predictive analytics software and AI applications to improve operations.
Target Audience: Supply chain directors, inventory managers, operations managers/directors, logistics and warehouse managers"
- September 2026
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Expert Series Cloud Security Posture: Shrinking the Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Attack Surface
As organizations expand their use of public, private, and hybrid cloud services, their attack surfaces continue to grow in complexity. From misconfigurations and weak identity controls to exposed data and vulnerable APIs, IT leaders are urgently searching for proven strategies to reduce risk and strengthen defenses. This Expert Series event offers your company the opportunity to connect with a highly engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are prioritizing cloud security posture. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will lead the session, breaking down best practices for identifying risks, implementing controls, and maintaining visibility across multi-cloud environments. As a sponsor, your role is simple: provide a single slide and a short message. ActualTech Media handles the rest, ensuring your brand gains exposure with professionals making critical cloud security decisions.
Vendor Fit
Best for cloud security vendors, identity management providers, and compliance solution companies supporting multi-cloud strategies. - October 2026
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SmartPanel Hypersonalization at Scale, Delivering Immersive Experiences
Moving beyond basic personalization, this panel will explore the art and science of hyper-personalization at scale. Discover how marketers can leverage AI, real-time data and advanced analytics to deliver individualized immersive experiences across every customer touchpoint. Our panel will explore strategies for dynamic content optimization, personalized product recommendations and tailored customer journeys that drive engagement, loyalty and conversions. Industry leaders will discuss overcoming technical challenges and achieving meaningful personalization that resonates with individual consumers.
Target Audience: Customer experience leaders, CRM specialists, PMOs, automation specialists
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Expert Series Kubernetes and Containers: New Ways to Secure, Back up and Optimize Modern App Environments
Kubernetes and container technologies are transforming how modern applications are deployed, scaled, and managed. Yet with this agility comes new challenges: securing containerized workloads, ensuring reliable backups, and optimizing performance across complex environments. IT leaders are seeking clear guidance on how to keep these environments secure, resilient, and cost-effective. This Expert Series event offers your company the chance to reach an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively investing in modern app infrastructures. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will deliver the content, covering emerging best practices for protecting, backing up, and fine-tuning containerized environments. As a sponsor, your involvement is simple: provide a single slide and a short message. We'll handle the rest, ensuring your brand gains visibility with decision-makers charting their container strategies.
Vendor Fit
Ideal for container security vendors, backup providers, and optimization solution companies focused on Kubernetes environments. -
SmartPanel AV/IT Manager Higher Ed Classroom AV Roundtable
AV Technology invites six AV/IT technology managers from various colleges and universities to discuss classroom AV challenges and successes.
+ What new classroom tech have they installed that is making a difference?
+ What new tech are they planning for next year?
+ The enrolment cliff. Real or not?
+ Best practices for instructor training?
+ AI, AR, VR, AND XR
It is not a requirement, but sponsors can suggest an AV/IT manager from a specific university.
This panel will be end-users only.
- November 2026
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SmartPanel Retail 2027: Navigating the Next Wave of Consumer Shopping Experiences
Our panel of experts, like you, will look ahead at what's to come for consumer and technology innovations. It will explore key trends and industry advancements that will redefine retail in 2027. Topics discussed will include AI for personalized experiences, immersive shopping environments with AR and VR and the evolving role of physical stores as experience hubs. Help usl forecast the changing consumer behaviors and emerging opportunities that will shape the successful retail strategies of tomorrow.
Target Audience: Retail CEOs, CMOs, CIOs, heads of innovation, digital strategy leads ecommerce directors, business development managers, loss prevention specialists, operations and warehouse management.
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SmartPanel Your Pain Points Answered
During the live AV/IT Summit we ran a special interactive panel where the audience and AV/IT expert panelists asked questions and provided solutions. We will gather some questions ahead of time and give the audience an open-mic period to ask questions. Here's a sample:
+ How do you reduce the number of components in your AV ecosystem without losing functionality?+ Cross-platform meetings still have interoperability challenges - what can we do to fix this?
+ Are open standards the solution, and how do we get there?
+ What does the future of AV service look like given the fact that trouble calls are increasingly IT related
- December 2026
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SmartPanel Cyber 2027: The Future Is Already Hacked!
As we close out 2026 and look to 2027, the pace of cyberrisks will only accelerate. As technology advances, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for information security professionals. Your company's leading experts can help forecast the biggest trends, challenges and opportunities as we explore the future of cybersecurity and IT trends that will shape 2027.
Target Audience: CISOs, CTOs, risk and compliance leaders, IT architects, business leaders
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SmartPanel Higher Ed UC&C: Beyond the Classroom
Some colleges and universities have a larger footprint than many corporate enterprises but have unique needs for unified communications and collaboration.
Offices and meeting spaces for administration and instructors must be equipped for collaboration across campus and accommodating hybrid workers. Public spaces are often used for ad hoc lessons and study with engaging video walls, and wayfinding has become a staple on many campuses.
+ Critical UC systems link virtually every communications device
+ The higher-ed meeting space
+ Mobile device for emergency alerts throughout every space within the campus.
+ Mitigating security vulnerabilities
+ Deploy, manage, and monitor
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EcoCast Supercharging Public Sector and Education Technology and Security
"Public sector agencies and educational institutions are under growing pressure to modernize technology, secure sensitive data, and deliver seamless digital experiences for users—all while facing budget constraints and compliance requirements. From strengthening cybersecurity and protecting personal information to adopting cloud-based services and supporting remote access, IT leaders in these sectors are actively seeking solutions that drive efficiency, reliability, and resilience. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are tasked with advancing public sector and education technology initiatives. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions enable secure digital services, modernize IT infrastructure, and empower faculty, staff, and citizens alike. Attendees will be evaluating proven tools that improve performance, reduce risk, and align technology investments with mission-critical goals. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers shaping the future of public sector and education IT.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include cybersecurity vendors, cloud service providers, identity and access management specialists, data protection companies, and IT service providers supporting government and education."