2026 UEN Tech Summit

2026 UEN Tech Summit

7:30am PDT

Breakfast Commons Area Registration Commons Area

9:40am PDT

UETN Update Auditorium

10:20am PDT

USBE - State of Ed Tech Update AuditoriumRick Gaisford

10:50am PDT

Agent Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI AuditoriumTristan Rhodes

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Commons Area

1:15pm PDT

AI: The Kitchen Table Talks Room 1414Jon Foster District-Wide AI Transparency in One Connected Platform Room 1513Vinh Trinh Data Room Best Practices Room 1410Scott Larsen • UEN Field Staff POST Together: An Introduction to Web App Auditing Room 1220Jeremy Zabriskie Being a Solution Partner in Your LEA Room 1404Sam Quantz Security for Mac Admins Room 1412Joerg Radler Beginning Bash Scripting Room 1408Mark Mumford Backbone Visibility And You Room 1218Danial Ebling Building Self-Healing Networks: A Collaboration Between Network Engineers and Software Engineers Room 1214Kwabena Akomea-Agyin Wi-Fi and Network Metrics on a School Budget Room 1216Marl Houtz

2:30pm PDT

From Handwriting to Insight: How a K-12 School Built Its Own AI Analytics Platform Room 1414Christopher Roberts • Dane Roberts Esports Facilities and Cyber Learning Labs: Transforming Education Through AV Room 1513Lucas Hayworth 'Halving' It All: Troubleshoot Any Tech Issue with the Split-Half Method Room 1410Dallas Erekson Evolving Technologies in UEN’s Instructional Video Collaboration Environment Room 1220Kimberly Davis • Charice Carroll • Dave Litster • James Hodges Click, Agree, Comply: Surviving EdTech Adoption in the Age of H.B. 55 Room 1404Angela Thompson • Sean Rawlinsom SOC of the Future and TDIR in education Room 1412Bill Clay • Jeff Dooley Beginning Vim Room 1408Mark Mumford How Installomator Tames Install-Update-Automate Room 1218Richard Glaser Moving Beyond Pain Points in the University Data Center Room 1214Trini Grinspan Analysis of University WiFi and 6 GHz Room 1216Doug Hales

3:45pm PDT

Building Secure IT Automation: AI Assistants with n8n for K–12 Environments Room 1414Branden Ushio Solving the Most Common and Elusive Wi-Fi Issues Room 1513Jacob Wilson E‑Rate in Motion: FY2026 Updates and Preparing for FY2027 Room 1410Jerome Browning UETN - Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement Room 1220Kiera Hamiltom The Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy (OAIP) presents: Regulation, Innovation, and the Role of Telehealth Room 1404Alice Schwarze How Alyssa’s Law is Paving the Way for A Public Safety Revolution in Utah Classrooms Room 1214Hunter Kampmoyer Best tools of 2026 for Wi-Fi Design and Troubleshooting Room 1216Ferney Munoz

7:30am PDT

Breakfast Commons Area Registration Commons Area

8:30am PDT

OpenSource AI Tools: Improving accessibility and discoverability in Digital Libraries using the University of Utah’s Marriott Library's new AI infrastructure Room 1414Brian McBride • Bohan Zhu Leveraging Zoom Workplace for Academic Excellence Room 1214Donavan Dolph Slipping Through the Gaps: K-12 Filtering Challenges No One Warned You About Room 1513Terrisa Reeves Introduction to All Things Quantum Room 1220Clint Sorensen • Bill Parr Wipe to Workflow: Mastering Mac Restoration and ClassLink Platform SSO Room 1410Enoch Brown • Abinadi Swapp When the Problem Isn’t the Technology: Communication Skills for K-12 IT Teams Room 1404Mike Twede Are You Interested in the CISSP Exam Room 1412Sam Quantz Modern IPv6 Deployments in Campus Networks Room 1408James Harr UEN & Nautobot Room 1218Trevor Overby Safe, Simple, and Scalable Student Connectivity: Modernizing K–12 Wireless Access with Eduroam and Device-Based Trust Room 1216BJ Peterson • Gina Osmond

9:45am PDT

The SOUL of AI: A Constitutional Framework for Human-AI Governance Room 1414Michael Hunter How Canyons and Box Elder School Districts Protect Data and Optimize Resources Room 1513Anu Jokinen • Eric McEwan • Eric Taylor Scaling Open Networks from 100Mpbs to 10G Room 1220Jeff Meyer STOP WASTING TIME and Train Them the Right Way Room 1410Jeremy Black • Jacob Tempest Research Initiatives at UEN Room 1404Danial Ebling • Joe Breen • Jeff Egly Security Threat & Mitigations in IPv6 Room 1412Jared Hainline Easy Automated HTTPS for Internal Servers Room 1408Scott Harpster Modern Mac Authentication: It's time to Unbind Room 1216Joerg Radler Using GitLab as an Alternative to GitHub Room 1218Jordan Collins • Sam Quantz In the Trenches: Running Modern K–12 Networks with Limited Resources Room 1214Kevin Browning

11:00am PDT

Utah’s AI Factory Supercomputer: A State-wide Sovereign Resource for Discovery, Education, and Innovation AuditoriumWilliam Miller

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Commons Area

1:15pm PDT

AI as a Design Variable Room 1414David Long AI and School Safety Room 1513Bryan Krause A Decade of Data: Insights from Utah’s K–12 Technology Inventory on AI and Infrastructure Room 1410Max Gonzales An Economic Outlook for the Tech Sector Room 1220Thomas Young Sharing is Caring: How Museums Create and Share Scientific Data Room 1218Alyson Wilkins Legislative Stuff You Should Know: Privacy Edition Room 1404Nicole Sanchez • Kathy Challis Internet Routing Security - Secure your subnets using RPKI and ROAs Room 1412Jesse Howerton Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Server Room to Staff Room Room 1408Kelli Cannon • David Bowman UEN Backup and Archival Update Room 1216Bryan Peterson • John Desha E-Rate Room 1214Rich Rendon • Justin Plumley