IMTECH Speaker Agenda

IMTECH is excited to announce Tiam Rastegar as the 2022 mainstage emcee!

Check back soon for more information regarding Patrick's Keynote presentation.

Let’s adapt to the NFT as our next legal form of Identification. Through coded smart contracts and a blockchain, we can securely verify each person’s ID for elections, proof of ownership, and as the new social media of the future. We won’t need to rely on centralized entities (banks), we can have a trust-less decentralized system and take back control of our data.  The future of NFT’s and blockchain is here. Let’s embrace it rather than shun it.

Addressing the existing cost and development lead time constraints related to Intranet site management with SharePoint, we empower your organization to create content rich, engaging, and informative intranet sites to boost intra-company communication, information dissemination, collaboration and knowledge sharing, all at a lower price point. Effectively, OneSource Accelerator for SharePoint makes it possible for anyone in the company to utilize the power of SharePoint as easy as it is to use Word or other word processing application.

Hacking is a well-organized, international industry, and unfortunately, small businesses have seen a drastic growth in attacks in recent years. Forty-three percent of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14% are prepared to defend themselves. No matter the industry or size of a business, every company is at risk of a cyber-attack. Without the budget for a full-time cyber expert, many business owners feel doubtful about their current cybersecurity processes and concerned that they don’t know how to stay ahead of attackers.

HCI has driven transformation in the datacenter for the past decade. See how Scale Computing is leading the industry with innovations that simplify datacenter footprints, reducing cost and complexity while improving performance. Beyond the datacenter, remote work needs have increased demand on infrastructure to deliver bare-metal experiences in a variety of settings and from a variety of devices.

In 2006 CHRIS TAYLOR, CEO of Fisher’s Technology, and his team embarked on transforming a seventy year old stagnant business into a growth company with extremely happy employees and customers. In that timeframe Fisher's has more than sextupled the size, expanded from one to eleven locations, developed a thriving managed IT organization, and has been voted one of the best places to work for 14 years straight.

As any organization matures their data warehouse, both value and risk increase. While integrated data becomes extremely useful for data-driven decisions, that one-stop-shop is a target for breaches, whether intentional or inadvertent. Fortunately, infoVia has an elegant, revolutionary approach to simplified and secure access governance. infoSecur helps organizations provide their data exactly as it SHOULD BE viewed by users with minimal management overhead.

Panel Topic: "How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are Changing the Business Landscape"

Panelist Includes:

• Moderator, Jay Larsen, President at Idaho Technology Council
• Dan Siddall, Data Scientist and Senior Software Engineer, Clearwater Analytics
• James Bullock, Senior Innovation Engineer, Boise Cascade
• Josh Johnston, VP Technical Architecture, Kount/Equifax

Every business creates intellectual property in the way it operates. Learn how to maximize and capitalize on what is created and take ownership of the trajectory of your companies growth. Whether it is by structure, contract, or taking advantage of tax incentives, a companies success is determined by how it can create and preserve its Intellectual Property.

Mobile engagement is a priority for 84% of businesses. But their efforts are failing with extreme consequences. Understand why current solutions are backfiring, how we are trapped in cycles that separates businesses and customers, and why we don't see it. Finally, discuss options and recommendations to connect, engage, and build communities of customers and businesses.

Discover innovative tips, tricks, and training tools to substantially increase engagement, communication, and leadership development opportunities for remote and hybrid working teams. 

Given all the amazing technology on display, how do you know where to start? What steps can you take to identify and prioritize the right project to help your business? The goal for this presentation is to provide an overview of how to systematically approach implementing the right technology for your business.

This panel will discuss STEM education and workforce development initiatives and opportunities in Idaho to support the growing technology sector in the state. Panelists are education and industry leaders that work at the intersection of education and workforce development. Panelists represent K-12, higher education, employers, and workforce development programs. Workforce needs will be discussed, as well as, how STEM and computer science education can prepare students to support the state's economy.

This panel will discuss STEM education and workforce development initiatives and opportunities in Idaho to support the growing technology sector in the state. Panelists are education and industry leaders that work at the intersection of education and workforce development. Panelists represent K-12, higher education, employers, and workforce development programs. Workforce needs will be discussed, as well as, how STEM and computer science education can prepare students to support the state's economy.

In this seminar, you will learn:

• What is an R&D tax credit
• Who qualifies for R&D tax credits
• The process to recapture R&D tax credits
• How STS works with your CPA and financial team

Cohesity DataProtect is a high-performance, software-defined backup and recovery solution designed for the cloud era. Designed for hyperscale, it offers the most comprehensive policy-based protection for both traditional and modern data sources. Cohesity backups are protected by DataLock and are both immutable and indelible.

This panel will discuss STEM education and workforce development initiatives and opportunities in Idaho to support the growing technology sector in the state. Panelists are education and industry leaders that work at the intersection of education and workforce development. Panelists represent K-12, higher education, employers, and workforce development programs. Workforce needs will be discussed, as well as, how STEM and computer science education can prepare students to support the state's economy.

Manufacturers are facing an unprecedented time with supply and labor shortages.  How can automation and robotics help companies reduce lead times and attract new talent?  Who should and who should not implement automation?  The goal of this presentation is to discuss how businesses can implement automation and robotics in the workplace. 

You have the power to change your life; transform your burdens into blessings by changing your outlook, your language, and your commitment to your life.

Mike will be joining Parker Harger where they will discuss Cohesity's DataProtect high-performance, software-defined backup and recovery solution designed for the cloud era. Designed for hyperscale, it offers the most comprehensive policy-based protection for both traditional and modern data sources. Cohesity backups are protected by DataLock and are both immutable and indelible.

This panel will discuss STEM education and workforce development initiatives and opportunities in Idaho to support the growing technology sector in the state. Panelists are education and industry leaders that work at the intersection of education and workforce development. Panelists represent K-12, higher education, employers, and workforce development programs. Workforce needs will be discussed, as well as, how STEM and computer science education can prepare students to support the state's economy.

This panel will discuss STEM education and workforce development initiatives and opportunities in Idaho to support the growing technology sector in the state. Panelists are education and industry leaders that work at the intersection of education and workforce development. Panelists represent K-12, higher education, employers, and workforce development programs. Workforce needs will be discussed, as well as, how STEM and computer science education can prepare students to support the state's economy.

Hackers are getting smarter breaching firewalls, bypassing endpoint protections, and targeting your backup data. Traditional IT security defenses are failing, so now IT teams are shifting to a Zero Trust approach, assuming that all users, devices, and applications are untrustworthy. Join this session to learn what exactly Zero Trust means and ways you can incorporate this architecture to thwart evolving cyber threats, recover from ransomware, and secure your data and your business and mission.

Whatever happened to my Jetson's flying car and moon bases from the movie 2001. The past vision of the future has both hits and misses. Perry will explore the advances in technology and talk about the limitations both from a technical point of view and a business point of view. What will the future look like in 2027 and 2032? We'll explore interesting advances in engineering, technology, materials, and communications that will help define our future. We will also look at grand challenges and geopolitical issues that will either drive future opportunities or conflict.