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The MacAdmins Conference is a premier event for professionals who deploy, manage, and support devices across the Apple ecosystem. For more than 15 years, we have delivered high-quality sessions and hands-on workshops led by trusted voices in the MacAdmins community. Attendees come together to share real-world experience, practical solutions, and build lasting connections.

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Thursday, July 9
 

9:00am EDT

How to Chat with Sponsors
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 4
Do you find yourself intimidated by running the gauntlet of sponsors at the conference? Are you unsure how to approach the tables? Maybe you have no interest or need for their product or service? This is the session for you to find out how wonderful and friendly our valuable sponsors are!
Speakers
avatar for Dave Provine

Dave Provine

Consultant IT Risk Management
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

9:00am EDT

Support as Relationship: How Human-Centred IT Builds Trust
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 5
What if IT support were more like a relationship instead of just a ticket queue? This session explores simple changes in language and daily habits that help us treat our colleagues as partners rather than mere “users.” We examine how these adjustments foster genuine trust, making people more comfortable seeking help and reporting problems early.
Speakers
avatar for Nathan Beranger

Nathan Beranger

Manager IT Systems human-centred IT support, Bridgeable
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

9:00am EDT

From Chaos to Follow-Me: Implementing PaperCut Mobility Print on a Multi-Platform Campus
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 2
Implementing Follow-Me printing in a higher-ed environment sounds simple until you add Macs, Windows PCs, authentication, mobility printing, and thousands of users. In this session, I’ll walk through how we deployed PaperCut Follow-Me printing at Rutgers, how we made macOS work seamlessly alongside Windows, and what we learned along the way. We’ll cover queue strategy, authentication, deployment methods, and real-world troubleshooting lessons from a live campus environment.
Speakers
avatar for Dennis Moffett

Dennis Moffett

IT Manager for the Camden Campus, Rutgers University
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Ray Nieves

System Administrator, Rutgers University
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

9:00am EDT

Managing the Unmanageable: How Snap Inc. (Snapchat) Rolled out Managed Apple Accounts
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 1
At Snap Inc., we had thousands of “personal” Apple IDs tied to corporate email, manual Apple Developer offboarding, and over 1,000 engineers relying on Apple services every day. This case study walks through how we designed and implemented federation and Managed Apple Accounts, moving to a fully automated, Okta-integrated lifecycle. You’ll see the real-world architecture, rollout plan, developer-safe migration tactics, and the gotchas we hit so you don’t have to.
Speakers
avatar for Katie Due

Katie Due

Manager, IT Platforms at Snap Inc.
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

9:00am EDT

Sponsor Session: Twocanoes
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
205
Details for this session are coming soon! Representatives from Twocanoes will be joining us to share insights, tools, and real-world experiences relevant to the MacAdmins community.


Stay tuned for more information as we finalize the session details. In the meantime, you can learn more about their work at Twocanoes’s website.

Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   All Levels

10:00am EDT

Three Lessons from a Woman in Enterprise Architecture
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 5
Enterprise architecture feels like a conceptual mountain of technology – which unfortunately is true. Women represent less than a quarter of EAs and bring unique qualities to the table and if we have to bring our own chair, so be it! In this session, I’ll share my journey and three lessons to articulate why women should consider EA as a role and what you can do to explore this job type. For hiring managers, I’ll highlight why hiring a woman is a distinct advantage.
Speakers
avatar for Sarah Wimberley

Sarah Wimberley

Principal & Founder, Ulster Technologies
Sarah F. Wimberley is a detail-oriented leader with twenty years of experience in marketing and cloud-based technology, specializing in sales, marketing, customer service, and reporting tools. She has served as an enterprise architect, product owner, graphic designer, and program/project... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

10:00am EDT

Seamless Endpoint Branding at Scale: Dynamic Customization for macOS Fleets
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 2
In multi-brand organizations, ensuring endpoints reflect the correct identity without added complexity is challenging. This session presents a vendor-neutral approach to dynamic macOS branding using just-in-time logic. Learn how to adapt tools like Munki, Nudge, Santa, SupportApp and more to automatically display the right branding based on user context—scalable, maintainable, and ready for organizational change.
Speakers
avatar for Kevin M. Cox

Kevin M. Cox

Manager Client Platform Engineering
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

10:00am EDT

Sponsor Session: Parallels
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
205
Details for this session are coming soon! Representatives from Parallels will be joining us to share insights, tools, and real-world experiences relevant to the MacAdmins community.


Stay tuned for more information as we finalize the session details. In the meantime, you can learn more about their work at Parallels’s website.

Thursday July 9, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   All Levels

11:15am EDT

Open Source Contributions Don't Have to Be Code
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 5
Don't feel comfortable contributing code to your favorite open source project? Don't worry! Coding skills are not needed to contribute to open sources projects and the communities built around them. This session will discuss the various ways you can contribute even if you never write a line of code.
Speakers
avatar for Vaughn Miller

Vaughn Miller

Client Platform Engineer, Lafayette College
Vaughn has been working in higher education IT for longer than he cares to admit. He is currently a Desktop Engineer at Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

11:15am EDT

How Root went Mac First
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2
This session will go over how we went from a primarily PC first org to Mac first, outlining steps taken to justify the cost and change to leadership as well as working with user's who primarily worked off windows before.
Speakers
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Ilyas Bekkair

Information Technology Specialist 1, Root Insurance
avatar for Michael Lynn

Michael Lynn

Sr. Information Technology Specialist, Root Insurance
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

11:15am EDT

From recipe to reality: Automating software deployment with AutoPkg and Fleet
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1
Learn how to build end-to-end software deployment workflows using AutoPkg and Fleet's open-source platform. This session covers practical examples of automating everything from package creation to deployment through GitOps workflows. You'll see how AutoPkg processors integrate with Fleet's API, how to manage software releases declaratively, and how to build repeatable workflows that scale. We'll demo real recipes, review common patterns, and discuss community contributions to FleetImporter.
Speakers
avatar for Kitzy

Kitzy

Customer Solutions Architect, Fleet
Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

1:15pm EDT

The Journey of Apple Issue Escalation
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 3
"File a feedback" is not the end of the conversation with Apple, but the beginning. I have been inside Apple Engineering, am a current Apple customer and developer and a software vendor that depends on Apple technology for success. Over the last 25 years, I have learned how to effectively escalate issues, understand the obscure responses, and have a productive relationship with Apple.
Speakers
avatar for Timothy Perfitt

Timothy Perfitt

Founder, Twocanoes Software
Building on his 11 years of experience at Apple, Timothy Perfitt left Apple and founded Twocanoes Software in 2012. At Apple he worked with Core OS and large enterprise customers to create and implement Mac and iPhone solutions to large companies and universities. He has a Master... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Core Mac Administration   All Levels

1:15pm EDT

Rock the Cache-Bar! Apple Content Caching Explained
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 2
Built into macOS is a powerful feature (which a lot of device management admins are unaware of) to save bandwidth and improve update times/experiences: Apple Content Caching. But how does it work? How do you configure it? Why should I use it? What are the Pro's and Con's? In this session, we'll cover the details of configuring and using Apple Content Caching.
Speakers
avatar for Robert Hammen

Robert Hammen

Principal Mac Engineer
As a former IT manager, consultant, Apple Certified System Administrator, and Apple Certified Trainer, I've been managing Macs since before the days of OS X. After 5 years managing the tens of thousands of Apple devices at SpaceX, sending 58 iPads to orbit with astronauts and cosmonauts... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 2 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Deployment / Identity & Infrastructure   All Levels

1:15pm EDT

Seven Reasons Why You Should Store Metadata on Your Macs
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 4
Storing metadata from Jamf or other sources on your managed Macs can be an important tool for managing your Mac environment. This metadata can reduce the need for API calls, track the number of days a Mac is unpatched, store a build date, and importantly, ensure that mission-critical Configuration Profiles remain on your Mac. Attendees will learn about creating and modifying PLISTS, and will be provided numerous (at least seven!) use cases, plus scripts, Extension Attributes, and Smart Groups.
Speakers
avatar for Marc Grubb

Marc Grubb

Senior Mac Platform Engineer, Sophos LTD
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security & Compliance   All Levels

1:15pm EDT

Sponsor Session: Fleet
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
205
Details for this session are coming soon! Representatives from Fleet will be joining us to share insights, tools, and real-world experiences relevant to the MacAdmins community.


Stay tuned for more information as we finalize the session details. In the meantime, you can learn more about their work at Fleet’s website.

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   All Levels

1:15pm EDT

Apple Intelligence & Private Cloud Compute
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 1
Learn about Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that’s incredibly useful and relevant. Apple Intelligence is deeply integrated into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It harnesses the power of Apple silicon to understand and create language and images, take action across apps, and draw from personal context to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks. With Private Cloud Compute, Apple sets a new standard for privacy in AI, with the ability to flex and scale computational capacity between on-device processing and larger, server-based models that run on dedicated Apple silicon servers.

Note: This session will not be recorded.
Speakers
AI

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Tools / AI & Practical Solutions   All Levels

2:50pm EDT

Not broken, just different: Working with ADHD, anxiety, and neurodivergence in tech
Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
TBA 5
Mac Admin work requires staying calm while systems break and priorities shift. For neurodivergent people, this creates predictable challenges. Two neurodivergent technical professionals share practical techniques they use to stay effective: time containment, energy-aware scheduling, professional communication strategies, and when to ask for accommodations. You'll leave with concrete tools you can use during incidents, meetings, and when your brain is loud.
Speakers
avatar for Kitzy

Kitzy

Customer Solutions Architect, Fleet
avatar for Andrea Pepper

Andrea Pepper

IT Engineer, FleetDM
Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

2:50pm EDT

MDM Migrations - Intune Edition
Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
TBA 1
Discuss migrating from one MDM to another, specifically Microsoft Intune. How to plan your MDM migration, including Identity Management, Enrollment, Software, User Interactions, and System Extensions. We will look at the options for migrating including AxM and another tool we developed to support macOS 15 and lower.
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Myers

Andrew Myers

Client Platform Engineer, Alectrona
Andrew is a seasoned Mac Admin working within multiple MDMs, open-sourced MacAdmin tools, and just getting Macs into organizations. Before Alectrona, worked in higher education for over 10+ years.
avatar for Chad Swarthout

Chad Swarthout

Founder & CEO, Alectrona
Chad Swarthout is Founder & CEO of Alectrona, providing Mac management services and software solutions to IT organizations. Chad has been supporting Apple devices in the enterprise for over 15 years providing managed services, training, and consulting services for rapidly scaling... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Device Management & MDM   All Levels

2:50pm EDT

Sponsor Session: Console
Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
205
Details for this session are coming soon! Representatives from Console will be joining us to share insights, tools, and real-world experiences relevant to the MacAdmins community.


Stay tuned for more information as we finalize the session details. In the meantime, you can learn more about their work at Console website.

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT
205 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Sponsor   All Levels

4:15pm EDT

Navigating LGBT Challenges and Building Support in IT a year latter
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 5
This panel , as a follow up to last year will explore the differences between last year and this year in the United States and the increased challenges faced by LGBT professionals in the IT industry and society. we will discuss workplace dynamics, representation, mental health, and overcoming biases, while sharing personal experiences and actionable insights. The session aims to spark dialogue, promote allyship, and encourage concrete steps toward a more inclusive IT environment.

Note: This session will not be recorded.
Speakers
avatar for Louise MacLemur Radifera

Louise MacLemur Radifera

macLemur, macLemur
Louise entered the world of geekdom after seeing her first tech movie where she watched HAL refuse to open the pod bay doors and then seeing the ‚Äúold‚Äù Duotronic computers not only work, but provide answers by voice on starships on TV. She has been fascinated by computers... Read More →
avatar for Sabrina Coy

Sabrina Coy

IT Support, Cape
Sabrina co-founded the Mac Admins Slack community, and was a founding board member of the Mac Admins Foundation. She has ~20 years experience in IT and adjacent roles, with a focus on making tech approachable. _x000D_
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In her free time, you'll likely find her reading or watching Star Trek with her partner & their tiny dog... Read More →
avatar for Leon Chung

Leon Chung

Client Platform Engineer
Joined Mac admins back in IRC days managing a small fleet of Macs, now managing mostly Windows and memes.
avatar for John Eberle

John Eberle

Tuxudo, Tuxudo
A native of the Pittsburgh area and graduate of Penn State. Currently a Mac admin at a non-profit in the Pittsburgh area web apps, fixing hardware of all kinds, and supporting everything IT.
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 5 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Career / Community & Wellbeing   All Levels

4:15pm EDT

Put Down the MDM Config for a Minute: Let’s Fall Back in Love with the Mac
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 3
As Mac engineers and administrators, we spend our days deep in MDM configurations, policy conflicts, and deployment pipelines. And somewhere in that grind it’s easy to lose sight of what makes macOS genuinely exciting to use. This session takes a deliberate step back from the technical trenches to spotlight the features hiding in plain sight across recent macOS releases; the ones your users might not have discovered yet, the ones that will make them smile, and the ones that quietly solve real workflow problems. And yes, that includes your workflow too. Because before you can champion the platform to others, you deserve a moment to rediscover it for yourself, to pick up a trick or two that makes your own day a little smoother and maybe even a little fun again. Whether you’re trying to win over a reluctant Windows migrant, re-energize a long-time Mac user who’s stuck in their ways, or simply remind yourself why you chose this platform in the first place, this session is your permission slip to get excited about macOS again.

Note: This session will not be recorded.
Speakers
AI

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 3 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Core Mac Administration   All Levels

4:15pm EDT

Mobile Device Management - Working to Get it Right
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 1
To federate or not to federate - that's just ONE question. How Apple Business Manager can help you manage your fleet. Tips, tricks and many lessons learned.
Speakers
avatar for Monique Hunt

Monique Hunt

Asset Management and Procurement Supervisor, Louisville-Jefferson Metro Government
I have over 20 years of IT experience focused on software training, large‑scale deployments, and operational support. For the past five years, I’ve served as the Asset Management & Procurement Supervisor for Louisville Metro Government, leading technology lifecycle initiatives... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 1 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Device Management & MDM   All Levels

4:15pm EDT

Apple Platform Security
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 4
Apple devices are secure by design, helping IT admins monitor and protect devices without needing to disable core features. Join this session for foundational learning on Apple Platform Security and management capabilities, and how they work together to elevate both the user experience and the needs of enterprise IT. This session is recommended for IT admins who are getting started with Apple.

Note: This session will not be recorded.
Speakers
AI

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
TBA 4 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
  Security & Compliance   All Levels
 

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