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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