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December 2025

AI Strategies for 2026 You Should Plan for Now

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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

Backupalooza 2026! New Tools Using AI, Immutability, Air Gapping, Automation, and More

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"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."

July 2026

Designing an Open AV/IT Ecosystem

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Increasingly, software is defining the AV ecosystem. This panel discusses how AV/IT departments can evolve their current systems and products and newly purchased devices to interoperate in an open ecosystem. Whether adding displays, microphones, room control, scheduling, or any networked AV device, ensuring everything is interoperable is paramount. An open AV ecosystem works toward that end goal.

+ Open architecture AV platforms

+ AV in the cloud

+ Interoperability between legacy and networked AV

+ Mitigating security vulnerabilities

+ Deploy, manage and monitor

Managing AI: Tools and Techniques to Secure, Optimize, and Maximize Your AI Initiatives

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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

The Human Edge: Succeeding with an AI-Powered Workforce

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Connect with organizational leaders eager to unlock the future of HR. Join us at the 2026 AI Impact Summit to showcase your tools and solutions that are transforming hiring, talent development, and workforce management. Don't miss this prime opportunity to position your brand as a strategic partner in the AI revolution shaping the workforce of tomorrow. Elevate your reach—partner with us and lead the conversation.

Target Audience: Executives running companies and leading workteams

September 2026

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

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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

Discovery Day: Products and Services That Support Cloud Migration, Security, Sustainability, and Success

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Enterprises are embracing the cloud to unlock agility, scalability, and innovation—but success requires more than migration. IT leaders are actively searching for solutions that ensure secure workloads, enable sustainable operations, and deliver measurable business value. From optimizing cloud migrations and improving visibility to strengthening security and advancing AI initiatives, organizations want practical tools that help them thrive in competitive markets. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating new technologies and services to support their cloud-driven strategies. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its offerings accelerate cloud adoption, improve security postures, and enable sustainable, efficient operations. Attendees will be exploring products and services designed to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and ensure long-term success. Sponsorship positions your brand directly in front of decision-makers prioritizing cloud innovation.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include cloud migration service providers, security vendors, sustainability-focused IT solution providers, cloud optimization platforms, and managed service providers.

October 2026

Supporting and Enabling Modern Applications

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Modern applications—built on containers, microservices, and cloud-native architectures—are driving innovation and agility across enterprises. Yet supporting these environments brings challenges around scalability, observability, security, and cost control. IT buyers and influencers are actively evaluating solutions that streamline application delivery, improve resilience, and align infrastructure with fast-paced development cycles. This EcoCast offers your company the opportunity to showcase its expertise to decision-makers who are seeking proven tools and strategies to fully enable modern applications across hybrid and multicloud environments. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions enhance developer productivity, secure application environments, and optimize performance. Attendees will be exploring practical approaches that reduce operational complexity, support rapid release cycles, and deliver better end-user experiences. Sponsorship places your brand in front of IT professionals making critical investments in the future of enterprise applications.

Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include container and Kubernetes platform providers, application security vendors, observability and monitoring platforms, DevOps tool providers, and cloud infrastructure innovators.

Kubernetes and Containers: New Ways to Secure, Back up and Optimize Modern App Environments

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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.

AV/IT Manager Higher Ed Classroom AV Roundtable

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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.

November 2026

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

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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.

Your Pain Points Answered

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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

Future-Proofing News: Technology, AI, and the Cloud

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Live news is the lifeblood for local TV stations and the impact that the cloud and IP have had on the tools local broadcasters use to capture and deliver live TV have been revolutionary. We'll examine the latest products and techniques that help broadcasters cover more news faster, more reliable and with greater coverage.