Webinar Schedule
Wish List (22)
- 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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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." -
SmartPanel Cutting-Edge Tech Innovations Shaping the Future of the Travel and Hospitality Industries
As the travel and hospitality industry evolves, staying ahead of technological trends is crucial for success. This webinar will bring together industry leaders, innovators and enthusiastic participants eager to discover how advancements in innovations like AI, blockchain and sustainable technologies are transforming guest experiences and operational efficiencies. Our audience will consist of key decision-makers, including hotel executives and travel agency leaders, all seeking actionable insights to drive their businesses forward. By sponsoring this event, you'll position your brand at the forefront of innovation, connect with influential industry players, and gain invaluable visibility in a rapidly evolving market. Don't miss the chance to be part of this pivotal conversation — be a catalyst for change in the travel and hospitality sector!
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MegaCast Supercharging IT Summit
"IT organizations are being asked to do more than ever—deliver higher performance, embrace cloud innovation, strengthen security, empower users, and integrate artificial intelligence into daily operations—all while managing tighter budgets and leaner teams. Leaders are seeking solutions that supercharge efficiency, resilience, and agility across every layer of IT, from infrastructure and applications to security and data management. This MegaCast provides your company with the opportunity to connect directly with IT buyers and influencers who are actively evaluating the tools, services, and strategies that will power their organizations into 2026 and beyond. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how it helps enterprises accelerate transformation, reduce complexity, and achieve more with less. Attendees will be exploring proven approaches to automation, AI adoption, cloud optimization, observability, cybersecurity, and data protection. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers looking for the next generation of IT innovation.
Vendor Fit
This event is an ideal platform for any provider of IT solutions or services." - 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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SmartPanel Remote Production: Live Events & Awards Shows
Remote production is transforming the way live events are produced. In this session, we'll explore how broadcasters are using IP networks and cloud technologies to streamline production, reduce costs, and increase flexibility without sacrificing quality.
Featured Guest: Dan Turk, CTO, NEP Group
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EcoCast Protecting Your Data: A Holistic Approach to Data Security, Data Loss, PII Protection, and More
"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." - July 2026
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EcoCast Securing the Enterprise with Endpoint Protection Platforms
With endpoints serving as the front line for cyberattacks, enterprises need advanced defenses to protect against malware, ransomware, phishing, and other evolving threats. Endpoint protection platforms (EPPs) now go far beyond traditional antivirus—integrating threat intelligence, behavioral analysis, machine learning, and automated response capabilities to safeguard users and data wherever they work. IT buyers and influencers are actively seeking solutions that simplify endpoint security while strengthening resilience across diverse devices and environments. This EcoCast provides your company the opportunity to present directly to decision-makers who are prioritizing endpoint protection as a critical part of their security strategy. By sponsoring, your organization can showcase how its solutions prevent, detect, and respond to endpoint threats with speed and precision. Attendees will be evaluating tools that unify endpoint security, streamline management, and deliver measurable improvements to enterprise protection. Sponsorship ensures your brand is in front of organizations ready to modernize their endpoint defenses.
Vendor Fit
Best suited for endpoint protection platform vendors, EDR/XDR providers, managed detection and response services, and security companies delivering advanced endpoint defense. -
SmartPanel Designing an Open AV/IT Ecosystem
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
- August 2026
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SmartPanel The Future of Television and Streaming Video
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
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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. -
EcoCast API Security: Monitoring and Securing Application Programming Interfaces
APIs have become the backbone of modern applications, enabling connectivity, innovation, and digital transformation. But as their use grows, so does their appeal to attackers. From misconfigurations and weak authentication to malicious exploitation, APIs present a growing attack surface that enterprises must address proactively. IT buyers and influencers are actively seeking solutions that help them monitor, secure, and govern APIs across hybrid and multicloud environments. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to connect directly with decision-makers who are prioritizing API security as a central component of their enterprise strategy.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include API security vendors, application protection platforms, identity and access management providers, observability tool vendors, and cloud-native security specialists. -
EcoCast Discovery Day: Products and Services That Support Cloud Migration, Security, Sustainability, and Success
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. -
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. -
EcoCast Best Practices Series: Implementing Advanced Threat Detection
Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, faster, and harder to detect using traditional defenses. Enterprises need advanced detection capabilities that leverage automation, analytics, and threat intelligence to identify suspicious activity before it escalates into full-blown incidents. IT buyers and influencers are actively evaluating tools and strategies that strengthen detection across networks, endpoints, cloud services, and identities. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to an engaged audience of decision-makers who are making critical investments in advanced security solutions. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its technologies improve visibility, shorten response times, and reduce risk. Attendees will be exploring proven approaches that integrate SIEM, XDR, AI-powered analytics, and automation into cohesive detection strategies. Sponsorship ensures your brand is positioned in front of IT professionals committed to elevating their security capabilities.
Vendor Fit
Ideal sponsors include SIEM and XDR vendors, threat intelligence providers, MDR and SOC service providers, and AI-driven security analytics platforms. - October 2026
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EcoCast Turning Your Log and Incident Data into Real-time Security Insights
Security teams are drowning in logs and incident data, yet many still struggle to transform that raw information into actionable intelligence. With threats evolving rapidly, organizations need tools that provide real-time visibility, automated correlation, and meaningful insights to accelerate detection and response. IT buyers and influencers are actively seeking solutions that help them cut through the noise, improve efficiency, and strengthen their defenses. This EcoCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its expertise to a highly engaged audience looking for technologies that maximize the value of their security data. By sponsoring, your organization can demonstrate how its solutions deliver real-time analytics, streamline investigations, and provide actionable intelligence that reduces risk. Attendees will be exploring strategies and tools that integrate SIEM, XDR, threat intelligence, and automation to achieve smarter, faster security operations. Sponsorship ensures your brand is positioned directly in front of decision-makers making critical investments.
Vendor Fit
Best suited for SIEM and XDR providers, security analytics platforms, threat intelligence vendors, and automation tool providers focused on real-time detection and response. -
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 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. -
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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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
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MegaCast Tech Showcase Day: Cutting Edge Tech 2027
Enterprises are moving quickly to identify and adopt the technologies that will define IT success in the years ahead. From AI-driven automation and advanced cybersecurity to hybrid cloud optimization, observability, and data-powered innovation, IT leaders are seeking solutions that provide agility, efficiency, and resilience. This MegaCast provides your company with the opportunity to showcase its products, services, and thought leadership to an engaged audience of IT buyers and influencers who are evaluating the next wave of innovations shaping the enterprise. By sponsoring, your organization can highlight how its solutions address real-world challenges and deliver measurable business outcomes. Attendees will be exploring forward-looking tools and strategies that help them optimize operations, strengthen security, and prepare for the future. Sponsorship ensures your brand is front and center with decision-makers driving enterprise technology adoption.
Vendor Fit
Best suited for AI solution providers, cybersecurity innovators, automation platforms, cloud and infrastructure vendors, and data-driven technology companies.