TechBash 2026

TechBash 2026

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7:30am CDT

Arrival and Networking Commons

8:00am CDT

Welcome and Ice Breaker CommonsJohn Jonak • Phil Morris

8:30am CDT

Using AI to Improve Technology Office Efficiency CommonsJenn Brown • Elise Hawkins • Samantha Reeder

9:45am CDT

AI Governance Room 9Mike Wilkes • John Hummel Certificate Based Authentication Room 5Jacob Aguinaga • Josh Martin Crowdstrike and State of Illinois Cyber-Navigator Room 3Mike Lamdagan • Derek Broka General Networking Cisco/Ubiquity/Other Room 8Ben Bayle HelpDesk Roundtable Room 7Tim Wolf IMRF and You Room 1Meaghan Price MIS Roundtable Room 4CJ Yoder • Ben Wienmann Rebuild and Refurbish UPS Battery PacksJustin Follis • Cory Ulrich See how Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets an AI assistant talk to real devices in a safe, standardized way Room 2Mark Harman

10:45am CDT

A CTO Panel Room 7Phil Morris Excel/Google Sheets tips and tricks roundtable: Share your favorites! Room 6Danielle Pepa IMRF and You Room 1Meaghan Price Interconnected Network Devices and System Troubleshooting Room 9Jeff McCune MIS RoundtableBen Wienmann • CJ Yoder Mythos / Patch Management / AI Cybersecurity Room 3Mike Lamdagan • Derek Broka RedRover Roundtable Room 5Andy Weissenburger VMWare to HyperV Room 8Tim Wolf

11:30am CDT

12:30pm CDT

CDWG - Look in to Future CommonsChris Schwerin

12:45pm CDT

HPE Roadmap CommonsKelsey Pupo

1:00pm CDT

Crowdstrike Roadmap CommonsMike Lamdagan • Derek Broka

1:30pm CDT

Solving Problems with AI CommonsNic Borg

2:00pm CDT

District AI Challenge CommonsPhil Morris

2:45pm CDT

Closing Remarks CommonsPhil Morris