Webinar Schedule
Wish List (21)
- September 2025
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SmartPanel Leading the Workforce of the Future
The workforce of the future is developing rapidly, thanks to emerging technologies, shifting employee expectations, and the adoption of remote and hybrid work models. This webinar will discuss how leaders can adjust to these changes and effectively manage an agile, multigenerational workforce. Discussion points include getting more from technologies like AI and automation, nurturing continuous upskilling and reskilling, and creating flexible workplace policies that draw and retain top talent.
- October 2025
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MegaCast Enterprise Lockdown 2026: Everything to Know About Securing Everything from Endpoints to the Cloud to your Supply Chain to APIs
About This MegaCast
As organizations face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, understanding how to secure every facet of the enterprise has never been more critical. Join us for this MegaCast, "Enterprise Lockdown 2026," where industry experts will discuss essential strategies for protecting endpoints, cloud environments, supply chains, and APIs. Attendees will gain insights into implementing Zero Trust frameworks, enhancing endpoint security, and ensuring secure access throughout their networks. This event presents an opportunity for your company to establish itself as a leader in the cybersecurity space, reaching an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers actively seeking solutions to strengthen their security posture. By participating in this MegaCast, you will showcase your expertise and innovative offerings to decision-makers focused on comprehensive security strategies for their organizations.Vendor Fit
This event is ideal for companies providing security solutions across various domains, including endpoint protection, cloud security, supply chain security, identity management, and API security technologies designed to enhance enterprise resilience against cyber threats. - March 2026
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SmartPanel Day 2: AV/IT Interoperability
You've completed the installation and everything is running smoothly—until it's not. "Day 2" explores how to mitigate interoperability issues once a new firmware is pushed out or a new device gets added to the AV/IT network. We address whether networked AV should be on its own dedicated network.
+ An update on AV standards and protocols
+ What's new in Dante
+ The security talk
+ Wi-Fi 7
+ What AV folks need to know about IT
+ What IT folks need to know about AV
- May 2026
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EcoCast Security Automation: Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Better Security
"As cyber threats grow in speed and complexity, manual processes are no longer enough to keep organizations protected. Security automation has become essential for reducing response times, minimizing human error, and allowing IT teams to focus on higher-value work. From automating repetitive tasks to orchestrating complex incident response, organizations are actively exploring solutions that strengthen security while improving efficiency. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to engage directly with IT buyers and influencers who are seeking actionable insights and proven technologies to advance their automation strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions help enterprises accelerate detection and response, streamline operations, and improve overall resilience. Attendees will be evaluating practical tools and real-world best practices that make automation achievable and impactful in everyday security operations. Sponsorship places your brand in front of decision-makers eager to invest in smarter, faster defenses.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include SOAR providers, SIEM vendors, AI-driven security platforms, managed detection and response providers, and automation tool vendors focused on security operations." - June 2026
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SmartPanel Countering Ransomware Threats: Tactics to Mitigate Phishing Attacks
"As ransomware evolves, having a robust strategy and tactics to counteract phishing campaigns is more critical than ever. As a leading industry expert, join us to explore the latest trends in ransomware, providing actionable insights into how attackers can override traditional security measures and share strategies for enhanced detection, proactive defense and rapid response against malware.
Target Audience: IT security managers, CISOs, cloud security engineers"
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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.
" - July 2026
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SmartPanel Agentic AI: Unveiling Cyberrisks and Reimagining Defense
Join our panel to examine the potential and risks of agentic AI in multiple industries and the potential for enhanced cyberattacks and advanced defense capabilities. We will discuss potential vulnerabilities, new threat vectors and innovative ways agentic AI can help with proactive threat detection, automated response and enhanced cyber resilience.
Target Audience: IT security managers, CISOs, cloud security engineers, threat intelligence analysts, AI/ML engineers, Security operations
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EcoCast Tech Showcase: Assessing and Improving Backup, Data Protection, and Disaster Recovery Capabilities
Data is the lifeblood of every enterprise, and protecting it against outages, cyberattacks, and accidental loss is a top priority for IT leaders. Yet many organizations still struggle with fragmented backup systems, slow recovery times, and gaps in data protection strategies. IT buyers and influencers are actively looking for solutions that deliver speed, reliability, and resiliency while simplifying management across hybrid and multicloud environments. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to decision-makers evaluating the next generation of backup, disaster recovery, and data protection technologies. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions help enterprises strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and ensure business continuity. Attendees will be exploring practical tools and proven strategies that reduce risk, meet compliance demands, and protect critical business assets. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with IT professionals ready to invest in modern data protection.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery providers, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) vendors, cloud storage innovators, and data protection companies focused on resiliency and continuity. -
MegaCast Managing AI: Tools and Techniques to Secure, Optimize, and Maximize Your AI Initiatives
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimental pilots to enterprise-critical deployments. But as adoption accelerates, IT leaders face new challenges in securing models, governing data, optimizing infrastructure, and ensuring AI delivers measurable business value. Organizations are searching for practical tools and proven approaches that help them maximize ROI while managing risk and complexity. This MegaCast gives your company the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are building and scaling AI initiatives. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions support enterprises in securing AI workloads, optimizing performance, streamlining governance, and enabling responsible adoption. Attendees will be evaluating strategies and technologies that improve operational efficiency, accelerate deployment, and align AI with business goals. Sponsorship ensures your brand is positioned directly in front of decision-makers investing in the future of enterprise AI.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include AI infrastructure providers, security and governance platforms, optimization tool vendors, data management companies, and service providers enabling enterprise-scale AI adoption. - August 2026
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EcoCast Upleveling Your Identity and Access Management Solutions
Identity and access management (IAM) sits at the heart of enterprise security, yet many organizations are finding that traditional tools no longer meet the needs of hybrid workforces, multicloud environments, and escalating compliance requirements. IT leaders are searching for advanced IAM solutions that provide stronger security, simplify user experiences, and scale with business growth. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to connect with an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating how to modernize and strengthen their identity strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its solutions support zero trust initiatives, streamline authentication, protect privileged accounts, and reduce risk. Attendees will be exploring proven technologies and best practices that improve governance, enable passwordless access, and deliver both security and efficiency. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers preparing their next IAM investments.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include IAM vendors, authentication and passwordless technology providers, privileged access management specialists, zero trust platforms, and governance and compliance solution providers. - September 2026
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EcoCast Transforming IT in Healthcare Environments
Healthcare organizations face unique IT demands: protecting sensitive patient data, complying with strict regulations, modernizing electronic health record systems, and enabling clinicians with reliable, user-friendly technologies. At the same time, they must defend against rising cyberattacks, manage hybrid infrastructures, and deliver seamless digital experiences for staff and patients. IT buyers and influencers in healthcare are actively seeking innovative solutions that streamline operations, improve security, and enhance care delivery. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise directly to decision-makers navigating the complexities of healthcare IT.
Vendor Fit
Best suited for healthcare IT solution providers, cybersecurity vendors, EHR optimization specialists, cloud and infrastructure innovators, and compliance-focused service providers. -
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. -
Expert Series The Complete Ransomware Protection Stack: From Prevention to Detection to Response to Recovery
Ransomware remains one of the most damaging and persistent threats organizations face today, and IT leaders know that no single tool or tactic is enough. They need a comprehensive protection stack that spans prevention, detection, response, and recovery. This Expert Series event provides your company the opportunity to reach an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are seeking practical guidance for building end-to-end ransomware resilience. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will deliver the session, exploring best practices for hardening defenses, monitoring activity, orchestrating response plans, and ensuring fast recovery after an attack. As a sponsor, your role is simple: provide one slide and a short message. We'll handle the rest, ensuring your brand gains recognition with decision-makers determined to strengthen their ransomware defenses.
Vendor Fit
Ideal for security solution vendors, backup and recovery providers, and incident response specialists focused on ransomware resilience. - October 2026
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Expert Series Protecting and Optimizing Team Collaboration Software: Keeping Slack, Teams, Google and Other Users and Data Safe
Collaboration platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Workspace have become essential to business productivity—but they also present new avenues for cyberattacks, data loss, and compliance risks. IT leaders are under pressure to secure these tools without slowing down communication or user experience. This Expert Series event gives your company the opportunity to connect with an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are actively seeking solutions for protecting and optimizing their collaboration environments. An expert speaker provided by ActualTech Media will deliver the session, sharing best practices for safeguarding users, data, and integrations while ensuring reliable performance. As a sponsor, your participation is simple: provide one slide and a short message. We'll take care of the rest, ensuring your brand is recognized by decision-makers focused on securing collaboration platforms.
Vendor Fit
Best for security vendors, SaaS protection providers, and compliance-focused companies supporting collaboration platforms. -
EcoCast Supporting, Securing, and Enhancing Microsoft-centric Environments
From Azure to Microsoft 365 and hybrid Active Directory, Microsoft platforms are the foundation of IT operations for most enterprises. Yet supporting these environments at scale introduces challenges around identity and access management, data protection, compliance, and performance optimization. IT buyers and influencers are actively looking for solutions that simplify operations, enhance security, and ensure reliability across Microsoft-centric ecosystems. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of decision-makers seeking technologies and services that help them get the most out of their Microsoft investments. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions secure sensitive data, improve productivity, and strengthen governance across Microsoft workloads. Attendees will be evaluating proven approaches that address real-world pain points while enabling agility and business continuity. Sponsorship ensures your brand is positioned directly in front of IT leaders shaping Microsoft strategies.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include Microsoft-focused security vendors, identity and access management providers, backup and recovery specialists, compliance solution providers, and managed service partners supporting Microsoft environments. -
SmartPanel Beyond Awareness Month: Building Year-Round Cyber Resilience
Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as an annual reminder, but with today's evolving threats, thinking about cybersecurity once a year is not enough. In this webinar, help us discuss practical strategies, emerging trends and real-world examples that will help IT organizations build year-round cyber resilience.
Target Audience: IT security leaders, compliance professionals, training managers and cybersecurity strategists
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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.
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MegaCast Tech Showcase Day: Master of Disaster 2027
Disruptions from ransomware, outages, human error, and natural events can strike at any time, and enterprises are under pressure to ensure they can withstand and recover from the unexpected. Business continuity and disaster recovery strategies are being reimagined with cloud-based recovery, immutable backups, AI-driven automation, and faster failover capabilities. IT buyers and influencers are actively searching for solutions that help them minimize downtime, reduce data loss, and maintain resilience across hybrid and multicloud environments. This MegaCast provides your company the opportunity to showcase its innovations and expertise to an engaged audience preparing for the next generation of disaster recovery and data protection. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its technologies strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and simplify management for enterprises determined to be ready for anything. Attendees will be evaluating proven approaches to ensure continuity and security in the face of disruption.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include backup and recovery vendors, DRaaS providers, cloud storage innovators, cybersecurity companies, and automation platforms focused on business continuity and resilience. - November 2026
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EcoCast Taking Identity and Access Management to the Next Level
Identity and access management (IAM) is central to enterprise security, but traditional solutions often struggle to keep up with today's hybrid infrastructures, distributed workforces, and ever-tightening compliance requirements. Organizations are seeking more advanced approaches that combine strong authentication, granular access controls, and seamless user experiences with simplified administration. IT buyers and influencers are actively evaluating tools that enable zero trust initiatives, reduce risk, and improve agility. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to showcase its IAM innovations directly to a highly engaged audience that is planning its next stage of identity modernization. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its technologies strengthen identity security, streamline access, and ensure compliance. Attendees will be exploring practical, proven solutions that improve governance, protect sensitive assets, and deliver stronger business outcomes. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers making critical IAM investments.
Vendor Fit
Best suited for IAM vendors, authentication and passwordless technology providers, privileged access management specialists, zero trust platforms, and compliance-focused identity solution providers. -
EcoCast Guide to Cloud Tools: The Products and Services Critical to Cloud Migration, Security, Sustainability, and Success
Enterprises are accelerating their adoption of cloud services, but success requires more than simply moving workloads. IT leaders must ensure secure migrations, maintain compliance, optimize performance, and meet growing expectations around cost efficiency and sustainability. Organizations are actively seeking products and services that provide visibility, reduce risk, and enable long-term value from cloud investments. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to showcase its solutions to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are planning, refining, or expanding their cloud strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its offerings help enterprises migrate with confidence, strengthen cloud security, reduce operational costs, and enable more sustainable IT operations. Attendees will be exploring practical tools and services designed to simplify complexity, drive efficiency, and support innovation. Sponsorship ensures your brand is directly in front of decision-makers prioritizing cloud success.
Vendor Fit: Best suited for cloud migration service providers, security vendors, optimization platforms, and managed service providers supporting hybrid and multicloud environments.
- December 2026
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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."