Kansas City IT Symposium

ABOUT

The Kansas City IT Symposium is the region's premier single-day event designed for the IT executive community of Kansas City and the surrounding areas.

There's nothing quite like this event...

• Stood the test of time - 19 years and going strong
• Largest Executive Level Conference in Kansas City with 500+ attendees
• Supported by two local IT Forums – CITE and KC CIO Exchange
• 3 outstanding keynotes 
• 21 breakout sessions 
• Every attendee will receive continuing education credits
• This event has given back over $100,000 back into the community 

Meet Keynote Speaker

Erik Qualman

Often called a Digital Dale Carnegie and The Tony Robbins of Tech, Erik Qualman is a #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker that has spoken in over 50 countries, and reached 30 million people.

His Socialnomics work has been featured on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the National Guard to NASA. His book Digital Leader propelled him to be voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling. Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs.

Meet Keynote Speaker

Robert Darling

Lieutenant Colonel and speaker Robert Darling retired from the United States Marine Corps with just over twenty years of active duty service in October 2007. He flew Cobra attack helicopters in Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the first Gulf War and in Somalia, Africa in support of Operation Restore Hope. In June 1998, he was selected to fly as a presidential pilot with Marine Helicopter Squadron One and in October 2000, he was selected to work for The White House Military Office, Airlift Operations Department. It was in that capacity that, then Major Darling supported the President, Vice President and National Security Advisor in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) on September 11, 2001.