2026 MacAdmins Conference: Full Schedule

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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9:00am EDT

DFU At Scale

Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

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Lessons learned from At Scale deployment of Apple Silicon Macs in education and enterprise. For the last 5 years, we have been on the front lines of deploying new and refurbished Apple Silicon Macs. We will discuss the process in different deployment situations, optimization of the process and interesting stories from the field. We will discuss the Apple technologies use, how we customized the tooling, and the surprising things we discovered along the way.

Speakers

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 →

Marek Bajno

Apple Tech Enablement Lead Consultant IC Engineering, Computacenter

Apple Tech Enablement Lead Consultant at IC Engineering and Apple infrastructure architect at Computacenter US. Designs and builds scalable Apple environments supporting enterprise ecosystems, with deployments exceeding 1,000 devices daily. Over 25 years of experience specializing... Read More →

Faith Clauson

Technical Sales Lead, Acroname

Faith is on the sales team at Acroname, selling industrial USB hubs and switches. We are based in Boulder, CO. We are partnered with Twocanoes Software to bring a complete solution for scaling DFU and restore processes.

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

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11:15am EDT

The Mac-Native Way to Deliver Windows Apps, Powered by Parallels Desktop

Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

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Mac adoption continues to grow, but many organizations still depend on Windows applications for critical workflows. This session explores the latest advancements in control, automation, and visibility of Windows VMs and Windows apps for IT teams. You'll get a look at the future of virtualization on macOS, including how to deliver Windows apps with a simple, app-centric experience that integrates directly into macOS management workflows, making them feel like a native part of the user's work.

Speakers

Luba Kulakova

Principal Product Manager, Parallels Desktop

Luba leads the B2B product strategy for Parallels Desktop, focusing on enterprise virtualization on macOS. She works closely with Mac administrators across corporate and educational environments to understand their operational challenges and improve VMs deployment, management, and... Read More →

Alex Patsay

Sr Director of Product Management, Parallels

Alex Patsay is a Senior Director of Product Management at Parallels, where he oversees several strategic projects within Parallels Desktop — the leading solution for running Windows applications on Mac. With extensive experience in product management, Alex brings a deep understanding... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
207 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

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1:15pm EDT

The resume of the new Apple admin

Thursday July 9, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

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You know FileVault, configuration profiles, and DDM. But can you name their Windows and Linux counterparts? IT teams are getting leaner and more AI-augmented, and the admins who thrive are the ones who can manage anything — not just Apple. Broaden your platform expertise and you broaden your career. This session translates the Apple concepts you already know into Windows and Linux equivalents, so you can make yourself invaluable at any company across every OS.

Speakers

Dave Siederer

Solutions Consultant, Fleet

Harrison Ravazzolo

Solutions Consultant, Fleet Device Management

Harrison is a Solutions Engineer for Fleet Device Management. He’s passionate about improving IT workflows and approaching problems and solutions through a lens of security. Before entering tech, he was a sourdough bread baker in San Francisco.

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

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2:50pm EDT

Prompt, Don't Script: Designing Agentic IT Automation You Can Trust

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm EDT

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Every Mac admin has written a script that works great — until it hits the one weird case you didn't plan for. This session looks at a different approach: plain-language playbooks that an AI agent reasons through at runtime. Instead of locking automation into code, you describe the workflow, test it, see where it breaks, and refine — the same describe-build-debug loop you'd know from an agentic coding tool, brought to IT.

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Speakers

Clint Guerrero

Engineer, Console

Clint Guerrero is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Console and a Mac user of 20+ years. He spent years as an engineer at Twitter and Meta, building systems at Twitter that automatically resolved nearly half of inbound support requests, and partner integration and payments tooling at... Read More →

Mateo Davis

Engineering Lead, Console

Mateo is an engineering lead at Console, where he works on identity governance and administration and agentic IT automation. He spent years in access governance at Veza, an identity security startup later acquired by ServiceNow, building systems that helped enterprises manage who... Read More →

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

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4:15pm EDT

Mac Admins Foundation Action News!

Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

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The Mac Admins Foundation team has been quiet so far in 2026. Come learn what the team has cooking for the second half of 2026!

Speakers

Chris Dawe

Co-Chair, Mac Admins Foundation

Among other things, Chris Dawe is the Co-Chair of the Mac Admins Foundation.

Scott Blake

Senior IT Engineer, Flywire

Scott is a longtime Apple Admin with over 20 years experience in IT. He is currently working for Flywire where he and the rest of the team manage a fleet of 1300 Apple devices across the globe. He spends most of his evenings enabling his kids to do great things in soccer, tennis... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
206 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

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