Wish List (14)

October 2025

Going on the Offensive: Implementing a Pentesting Strategy

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Cobalt.io, Rubrik

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400

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About This Expert Series
As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, organizations can no longer rely solely on defense--they need to go on the offensive. This Expert Series will cover the implementation of an effective penetration testing (pentesting) strategy. Attendees will explore how pentesting can uncover vulnerabilities before attackers do, ensuring stronger security postures. From planning and execution to post-test reporting, this session provides actionable insights for IT professionals on enhancing their organization's proactive cybersecurity measures. The audience of IT decision makers and influencers will hear from a security expert provided by ActualTech Media. As a sponsor, you'll only need to provide a promotional slide, while ATM will handle all aspects of audience development, event production, and lead delivery. Position your brand as a crucial player in helping businesses preempt and mitigate potential breaches!

Vendor Fit
Companies specializing in security testing tools, penetration testing services, and vulnerability management solutions will find this event an ideal platform to promote their offerings.

December 2025

AI Strategies for 2026 You Should Plan for Now

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400

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6

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.

March 2026

Day 2: AV/IT Interoperability

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250

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4

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

Getting Storage Under Control: Simplifying On-Prem and Cloud-Based Storage Architectures

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400

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6

"Explosive data growth is straining both on-premises and cloud-based storage systems, leaving IT teams struggling with rising costs, management complexity, and performance bottlenecks. Organizations are actively seeking solutions that streamline storage architectures, ensure scalability, and enable predictable performance across hybrid environments. This EcoCast offers your company the opportunity to showcase its expertise directly to IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating strategies to modernize and simplify storage. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its technologies and services deliver unified management, data protection, cost optimization, and flexibility across on-prem and cloud storage. Attendees will be exploring proven approaches to reduce complexity, increase efficiency, and gain visibility into their storage environments. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers who are ready to invest in next-generation storage strategies.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for storage solution providers, hybrid cloud storage vendors, backup and recovery innovators, data management platforms, and storage optimization specialists."

June 2026

Protecting Your Data: A Holistic Approach to Data Security, Data Loss, PII Protection, and More

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400

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6

"Enterprises today face relentless pressure to protect sensitive data from theft, loss, misuse, and regulatory non-compliance. From intellectual property and customer records to personally identifiable information (PII), the risks extend across on-premises systems, cloud services, and distributed workforces. IT leaders are actively searching for integrated strategies that combine strong prevention, rapid detection, and reliable recovery. This EcoCast gives your company the opportunity to connect with an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating the next generation of tools and services to safeguard critical data assets. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its solutions deliver holistic protection—combining encryption, access controls, monitoring, backup, and compliance automation into unified approaches. Attendees will be exploring proven methods that reduce exposure, streamline governance, and ensure data remains both secure and accessible. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers prioritizing investments in data security.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for data security vendors, data loss prevention (DLP) providers, compliance and privacy specialists, backup and recovery innovators, and cloud security platforms."

August 2026

The Cloud-Powered Enterprise: Securing Your Cloud

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400

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6

Enterprises are embracing cloud services to drive agility, innovation, and cost efficiency—but with this shift comes new security challenges. Misconfigurations, unauthorized access, compliance gaps, and evolving threats can put sensitive data and applications at risk. IT buyers and influencers are actively seeking strategies and technologies that protect workloads across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. This EcoCast offers your company the opportunity to showcase its expertise directly to decision-makers who are making critical investments to secure their cloud-powered enterprises. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions provide visibility, enforce governance, secure identities, and defend against cloud-native threats. Attendees will be evaluating tools and approaches that simplify compliance, strengthen resilience, and ensure business continuity. Sponsorship places your brand at the center of conversations about securing the enterprise cloud.

Vendor Fit
Best suited for cloud security vendors, identity and access management providers, compliance and governance platforms, workload protection specialists, and managed cloud security service providers.

The Future of Television and Streaming Video

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150

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Dive into three of the most important trends shaping the future of television and streaming media: Over-the-top (OTT), Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels, and ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV). We'll examine how the advanced advertising and interactive technologies these advanced platforms provide can help your customers' bottom line.

Featured Guest: Madeleine Noland, President, ATSC

September 2026

Zero Trust: What Does It Take to Get It Right?

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400

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Zero Trust has become a necessity, but many companies struggle to move from concept to execution. Do you have what it takes to get zero trust right and offer practical advice on the steps and technologies needed to build (or refine) an effective Zero Trust strategy?

Target Audience: IT security managers/architects, CISOs, infrastructure managers, risk managers

Cloud Security Posture: Shrinking the Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Attack Surface

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200

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6

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

What's the Killer AI App for Pro AV?

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150

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4

Sponsors gain access to a wide array of Pro AV professionals, management, and IT personnel looking to find AI solutions to improve workflows.

Beyond Awareness Month: Building Year-Round Cyber Resilience

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400

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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

AV/IT Manager Higher Ed Classroom AV Roundtable

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250

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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.

Tech Showcase Day: Master of Disaster 2027

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800

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8

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

Guide to Cloud Tools: The Products and Services Critical to Cloud Migration, Security, Sustainability, and Success

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400

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6

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.