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Join Presidio at OktoberTekfest 2026!

This year, OktoberTekfest expands to a 1.5-day experience designed to deliver even more hands-on learning, technical insight, and peer collaboration. In addition to breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and the Tech Expo Hall, attendees can now take advantage of complimentary AI certification courses and hands-on labs led by industry experts.

Presidio's OktoberTekfest brings together technology leaders, technical specialists, and executive experts to help organizations navigate the rapidly evolving AI and IT landscape. Attendees will gain practical strategies, explore emerging technologies, and build valuable connections with peers and solution experts.

Whether you’re looking to expand your AI knowledge, earn certifications, explore innovative solutions, or connect with industry leaders, OktoberTekfest delivers an immersive experience focused on real-world outcomes and business impact.

Agenda

Tekfest is now a 1.5-day event with more time for sessions and the Tech Expo, plus an AI peer panel, free NVIDIA AI training/certification, and hands-on labs.

Thursday, October 8

INSPIRE: Thursday's agenda is focused on strategy, innovation, and peer conversations with an AI Peer Panel, Breakout Sessions, and Tech Expo Hall.

Click below to expand the agenda at-a-glance.

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM // Registration & Breakfast

10:00 AM // AI Peer Panel (NEW)

11:15 AM // Breakout Session - Wave 1

12:15 PM // Lunch & Tech Expo Hall

2:30 PM // Breakout Sessions - Wave 2

3:30 PM // Breakout Sessions - Wave 3

4:30 PM // Expo Hall & Biergarten

6:30 // VIP After Hours

Friday, October 9

VALIDATE:  Friday is all about applying what you’ve learned on Thursday with NVIDIA AI Certification/training courses and additional hands-on labs from various tech partners.

Click below to expand the agenda at-a-glance.

8:30 AM // Breakfast

9:00 AM // Welcome

9:15 AM // NVIDIA AI Certification/Training Courses

10:15 AM // Hands-on Labs

12:15 PM // Lunch

12:45 PM // Hands-on Labs

2:00 PM // Depart

What's on Tap in the Tech Expo Hall?

Discover cutting-edge Collaboration, Networking, Data Center, Cybersecurity, Cloud, AI, and IT managed solutions and services with Tekfest's live demos happening in our Tech Expo.

Info on this year's demos is coming soon!

Tekfest Biergarten

Join us in the Biergarten for the best in local brews and bites! Take a look at last year's lineup to get a taste of what's to come.

Stay tuned for this year's selection! 

Tekfest VIP After Hours

The fun doesn't stop at the Biergarten this year! Customers, staff, and select sponsor levels get a free pass to our VIP after-hours events. And it's all happening in the same building!

More details on our after hours events coming soon!

New to Tekfest?

Since 2013, OktoberTekfest has been brewing up the best sessions and tech demos for Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Networking, Data Center, Cloud, and AI. We bring together over 300 IT professionals from across the Southeast to tap into technology, inspire innovation, explore the biggest trends in the industry, and connect over bratwursts & brews!

View our video of past OktoberTekfest highlights.

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Why I Attend Tekfest - Hear it from Your Peers

 

Tony Clark, Manager of Technology - MKAA

As an airport, rarely does our IT staff have an opportunity to attend “tech” driven events. We have so many “airport” driven events that seem to occupy most of our travel. So, there are many reasons, we enjoy attending OktoberTekfest. For our staff, we have a chance to meet “one on one” with various vendors face to face to discuss successes, failures, possible solutions, and to discover future opportunities to better our network. Tekfest actually introduced us to the Pure Storeage and Veeam teams, which later that next year we purchased and installed through to develop our new virtual environment. Also, we were able to network with other “techies” to find out what was working in their environments. During the after hours events, we sit around and discuss technology related challenges and brag about our successful implementations. Last year, we met with the Internetwork Engineering UCS/UCM team and discussed our goal to upgrade our phone system. Within the year, we had a purchase order to Cisco through IE to complete the upgrade.

I would say for our IT staff, the event provides an opportunity to get away from the office, in a relaxed environment, to learn and interact with other people from all over our region, who work in the same field as us. I am trying to invite another customer to join us this year."

People celebrating at OKTOBERTEKFEST EVENT

Who is Tekfest for?

Psst...it's for you!

If you're a Presidio customer or prospect responsible for keeping your organization secure, connected, and competitive—OktoberTekfest is for you.

Whether you’re a hands-on Network Admin, a forward-thinking Systems Engineer, or a decision-making CIO or CISO, this event delivers the real-world tech insights that make stepping away from your desk worth it.

Join hundreds of IT pros and execs for a day packed with practical sessions, deep-dive demos, expert access, and meaningful peer conversations—plus local brews and Oktoberfest vibes.

It’s where strategy meets technology—Oktoberfest-style. No fluff. Just high-value content and connections. Prost to that!

People celebrating at OKTOBERTEKFEST EVENT

Why Attend OktoberTekfest?

What NOT to Expect at OktoberTekfest

Think all tech events are the same? Think again. Here’s what you won’t find at Tekfest — and why that’s exactly what makes it worth attending.

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Sponsors Please Note: Registrations not associated with an approved sponsorship tier will be cancelled. 

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