SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 20
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Trade show
9:00 AM
“Virtual Reality for the Over 50: A Tech Trend for Health, Wellness & Connection.” Richard Hoagland, CEO, VRTogether
9:30 AM
“Using AI for Healthcare Management for AI-Powered Surgical Status Verification.” Jesse Moralez, CEO, 1OR Health.
10:00 AM
“Delving into the Creation of A Dynamic Agent Team Framework.” Richard Schramm, Fairwind Technologies, Founder.
11:00 PM
“A Healthcare IT Story: Trilogy’s Data Engineering for Enterprise Transformation.” Andrew Garbe, VP of Enterprise Data and Intelligence, Trilogy Health Services.
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Keynote:
“Identity Management: Confronting AI-Generated Content As Fact or Fiction.” Diane Janosek, Ph.D, Esq., CISSP, LPEC. CEO, Janos LLC.
2:00 PM
“Cutting Through the Hypervisor Noise: A Framework for Smart Decisions.” Tim Pritchett, VP of Service Delivery, Matrix Integration.
2:30 PM
“Understanding Agent-Based Automation Design Principles and Examples.” George Danner, President, Business Laboratory.
3:00 PM
“From Documentation to Modernization: Navigating SDLC with IBM Bob”. Sara Hrnciar, Solutions Architect, TD SYNNEX, Evan Marsh, Sales Director, ASB Resources
4:00 PM
Trade Show concludes
Cocktail Hour
SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY AUGUST 21
9:00 AM
Interactive Discussion: “Shifting Tech Workforce Needs Touched by AI: Reflections on Hiring Tactics & Workforce Strategy.” Michael Newkirk, Account Executive, HCTec, and Dan Lutes, Senior Business Development Manager, Technology Consulting, Inc.
Trade show continues until 3:30PM.
10:00 AM
“AI for Everyone: Turning Intelligence into Enterprise Action.” Sachin Koshy, Sr. AI Strategist & Practice Lead, World Wide Technology (WWT)
“Navigating the Digital Quilt: State Privacy Laws.” Kathie McDonald-McClure Partner, Bricker Graydon Wyatt.
11:00 AM
Panel: “What’s New for the Defender’s Guide on Cyber Enforcement 2026.”
Moderator: Kathie McDonald-McClure, Partner, Bricker Graydon Wyatt.
Panelists:
Adel Elmaghraby, Speed School Director of Industrial Research and AI Innovation, University of Louisville.
Colin Glover, Cybersecurity Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Kentucky (Region IV).
Dennis McGough, Senior Manager, LBMC’s Cybersecurity practice
Kevin Cornwell, CPA, CISA, CITP, CMMC RP Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Associate Director
“Domain Aware Hallucination Mitigation.” Speaker: Sahil Garg, Senior Manager, AI & Cloud Computing, CVS Health.
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Panel: “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies.”
Moderator:
Prof. Sandeep Goyal, Ph.D, Dir. Of MS in Business Analytics, College of Business, University of Louisville.
Panelists:
Thi Allgood, Senior Data Scientist, Humana;
Chris Crown, AI Engineer & CI Consultant;
Aneesh Gulati, Analytics and AI, Seven Counties Services;
Cory Smith, Director, Underwriting & Data Analytics, Delta Dental of KY.
2:00 PM
“Backlog at Lightspeed.” Chad Green, Microsoft MVP, Louisville .NET Meetup Organizer.
3:00 PM
EndNote Chat: “Resilient by Design — Reclaiming Your Future in the Age of AI.” Marcus Smith, University of Louisville Bachelor of Science Graduate in Business Administration, Former State Farm office “Top Producer” + Office Manager. Da-Wyone Haynes, Global Security Manager – Aegon / Transamerica, InfraGard Midwest Regional Representative.
3:30 PM
Trade Show ends
Pictures from Techfest 2026
