CMMC MIDWEST CONFERENCE
TULSA OCTOBER 1-2, 2026
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DAY 1 – THURSDAY OCT 1
- 8:00 AM, Main Floor: Setup, Registration, & Breakfast
- 8:45 AM, 3rd Floor Gallery: OCII Facility Tour
- 9:00 AM, Main Floor: Opening Remarks w/ Jim Bridenstine
- 9:15 AM, Main Floor : Keynote w/Stacy Bostjanick
- 10:00 AM, Main Floor: The Prime Perspective – Todd Pauley
- 10:30 AM, Main Floor: Break
- 10:45 AM, Main Floor: CMMC Journey Panel
- 11:30 AM, Main Floor: Ask Assessors Anything Panel
- 12:15 PM, Main Floor: Lunch, Sponsored by 1 Plante Moran Cyber Certifications
- 12:30 PM, 3rd Floor Gallery: OCII Facility Tour
- 1:00 PM, Room 307: Is it CUI? – Ben Tchoubineh
- Room 309: Pause and Effect – Brian Rhodes
- 1:45 PM, Room 307: You Can’t Protect what you Haven’t Governed – Rachel Bassford
- Room 309: After the Pause – Kyle Lai
- 2:30 PM, Room 307: Follow the CUI – Tiffiney Groce
- Room 309: Nightmare on CMMC Street – Mark DeBry & Katie Dodson
- 3:15 PM, 3rd Floor Gallery: Exhibitor Time
- 4:00 PM, Room 307: Love at First Audit – Anwar Kibria
- Room 309: Helping your Assessor see the Forest for the Trees – Stuart Itkin
- 4:45 PM, Room 307: MSP Shared Responsibility Tour – Kevin Mann
- Room 309: Why the CMMC Assessor you Choose Matters (A Lot) – Jeff Farr
After Hours
6:00-7:00 PM, 3rd Floor Balcony: Happy Hour Sponsored by Hive Systems
DAY 2 – FRIDAY OCT 2
- 8:00 AM, Main Floor: Registration & Breakfast
- 3rd Floor Gallery: Exhibitor Time
- 9:00 AM, Room 307: 320 Controls = 1000+ Decisions – Heather Siemens & Ozzie Saeed
- Room 309: Getting to 110 in a World of Chutes & Ladders – Kelly Hood
- 10:00 AM, Room 307: Revision 2 vs. Revision 3 – Tariq Azmi
- Room 309: Leveraging Agentic AI for CMMC Cost Reduction – Samantha Sherrill & Bryan Ball
- 10:45 AM, Room 307: The NIST Nitty-Gritty – Phil Conrad
- Room 309: CMMC Feud – Nick Marteney & Jered Bare