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Louisiana IT Symposium 2026

The Louisiana IT Symposium is Louisiana's premier single-day event designed exclusively for the IT executive community. The symposium aims to foster professional networking and provide actionable insights into business-changing technology and management solutions for IT leaders. Attendees can explore cutting-edge solutions, make valuable industry connections…

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8Speakers
2Sponsors
24On the bill · sessions
9Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Louisiana, in alphabetical order.
Brittany Zimmerman
Founder | CEO | Chief of Innovation · Yummet
Dheeraj Pandey
Founder and CEO · DevRev
John Steinmetz
Fractional CDO · John Steinmetz
Kristin Milano
Assistant Vice President of Cybersecurity · Ochsner Health System
Mark Lewis
Owner · Communique LLC
Paul Plauche
IT Director · Turner Industries Group LLC
Shannon Wild
VP - Info Systems & Shared Services · Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
Shawnee Delaney
CEO - Vaillance Group; Former Decorated Clandestine Services Officer - Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) · Vaillance Group
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Communique LLCCorporate Partner
New Orleans ChamberCorporate Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 24 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM - 10:35 AM CST / 11:00 AM - 11:35 AM Your local time(35 min)

    Breakout Session

  • 10:00 AM - 10:35 AM CST / 11:00 AM - 11:35 AM Your local time(35 min)

    Stop Buying Dashboards. Start a Data Practice.

    Most companies do not fail at analytics because they picked the wrong dashboard. They fail because the stack, the people, and the plan never get built as one practice. This 20 to 3…

  • 10:00 AM - 10:35 AM CST / 11:00 AM - 11:35 AM Your local time(35 min)

    The ERP Modernization Reckoning: Lessons from the Trenches

    Large enterprises are investing significant time and resources into ERP modernization, yet these initiatives often come with unexpected complexity, shifting timelines, and difficul…

  • 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM CST / 11:35 AM - 11:45 AM Your local time(10 min)

    Networking Break

  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST / 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Your local time(30 min)

    Approving AI Is Easy. Operating AI at Scale Is Hard

    Most organizations have figured out how to say "yes" or "no" to AI. Far fewer have figured out what comes next. As AI adoption accelerates across clinical, operational, and admini…

  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST / 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Your local time(30 min)

    Breakout Session

  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM CST / 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Your local time(30 min)

    Stop Piloting, Start Prioritizing: A Practical Framework for Enterprise AI

    AI opportunities are everywhere. The harder question is deciding where to start, what to prioritize, and how to scale responsibly. In this session, Kristin Milano of Ochsner Healt…

  • 11:15 AM - 11:25 AM CST / 12:15 PM - 12:25 PM Your local time(10 min)

    Networking Break

  • 11:25 AM - 12:00 PM CST / 12:25 PM - 1:00 PM Your local time(35 min)

    Breakout Session

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 9 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Nine companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
7Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Communique LLC

Speakers by seniority

100% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite450%
  • Founder / Owner113%
  • VP-level225%
  • Director / Head of113%

Of 8 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Communique LLCSp·C1V
  2. 02New Orleans ChamberSp·C
  3. 03Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC1V
  4. 04DevRev1V
  5. 05John Steinmetz1V
  6. 06Ochsner Health System1V
  7. 07Turner Industries Group LLC1V
  8. 08Vaillance Group1V
  9. 09Yummet1V
Sponsors by tier
corporate partner2
100% of 2