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2026 IT Professionals Conference

Hybrid Registration

Hybrid attendees will join us in person at Morgridge Hall on May 28 and virtually via Zoom Events on May 29.

We’ll provide food and beverages throughout the day in Morgridge Hall. The $50 in-person registration fee covers venue costs and catering. 

Deadline to register for hybrid attendance is May 14th.

Virtual Only Registration

Virtual attendees will join us via Zoom Events on both days.

There is no deadline to register for in-person attendance, though we recommend registering before May 28th.

Hybrid attendees DO NOT need to register virtually.

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Day 1 (HYBRID): Thursday, May 28th, 9am to 4:45pm, via Zoom Events or at Morgridge Hall (1205 University Avenue)

Day 2 (VIRTUAL): Friday, May 29th, 9am to 2:10pm, via Zoom Events

Conference Countdown

Countdown to 2026 IT Professional Conference

Keynote Speaker: Patrick McDaniel

Patrick McDaniel, Tsun-Ming Shih Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s IT Professionals Conference.

  • Joined UW–⁠Madison in Aug 2022
  • Director of the National Science Foundation, Center for Trustworthy Machine Learning, 2018-present
  • Patrick’s research focuses on a wide range of topics in computer and network security and technical public policy, with particular interests in mobile and IoT device security, adversarial machine learning, systems security, program analysis, and the integrity and security of election systems.
  • Keynote Topic: Ideas Run the World. IT Powers the Journey.
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