PSA TEC 2026: Your Agenda Starts Here

PSA TEC has never tried to be everything to everyone. For more than 50 years, the event has stayed in its lane: Education, peer-level networking, and candid business conversations that rarely happen on tradeshow floors.

TEC 2026, running April 21-24 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, doubles down on that identity and expands it.

This year’s program features new partnerships with the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) and SIA’s Women in Security Forum (WISF) and a breakout schedule that features tons of integrator-specific business content.

The event’s keynote will be Jon Acuff, a bestselling author whose core message centers on how to avoid overthinking and focus on finishing what matters most – a theme that lands differently when the audience is full of executives running a business in the middle of an industry undergoing real structural change.

TEC 2026 is structured to deliver on three levels simultaneously: the tactical (specific skills and tools you can put to work immediately), the strategic (a clear-eyed read on where the industry is headed), and the relational (peer connections that outlast the conference). Here’s a closer look at some of the highlights on the agenda:

Workshops and Certifications, and Opening Night

As is customary at TEC, each day is full of certifications and training aimed at technicians. Installation and certification courses include sessions for C-Cure 9000, AMAG Symmetry, Gallagher, LenelS2 OnGuard, Radionix (formerly Bosch Intrusion) G Series, Milestone/Briefcam, and Security Project Management (SPM).  

Workshops for executive-level security professionals include the Integrator Marketing Showcase, led by PSA’s marketing agency Swell – offering a ground-level look at how fellow integrators are building recognizable brands and driving demand. Attendees will see real-world examples of website design, digital campaigns, social media strategy, lead generation and sales enablement tools from companies operating in the same competitive environment they are.

There is also a Sales Leadership Workshop, led by Solutions360 President Joel Harris and CEO Nate Gardner. Designed for new and emerging sales leaders as well as high-potential salespeople preparing for more responsibility, the session works through what a genuine performance culture looks like, blending real-world examples with live discussion and guided exercises.

April 22: The Industry Conversation Starts Here

Wednesday is the program’s heaviest day, and it starts with purpose. The FAST Technical School Invitational Breakfast at 8 a.m. brings students and educators from local technical colleges into the room alongside TEC attendees for mentorship, networking, and direct conversation about careers in security integration. For integrators who are actively recruiting or simply want to invest in the industry’s talent pipeline, this is a meaningful hour.

PSA CEO Matt Barnette will then moderate the annual State of the Industry panel, which is scheduled to include Alper Cetingok of Raymond James Investment Banking, Honeywell’s Heather Torrey, Unlimited Technology CEO John Petruzzi, and SIA CEO Don Erickson.

The 10:45 a.m. breakout block features a Tax Update session from consultant Mitch Reitman, covering recent federal changes, including the “Big Beautiful Bill.” It will outline the specific impact on integrators, alongside a deep dive into state sales and use tax theory.

Running simultaneously is the Executive Leadership Roundtable, facilitated by Christine Lanning of Integrated Security Technologies and Mo Fathelbab of Forum Resources Network – a structured peer exchange for senior leaders on strategy, culture, and organizational alignment.

The 11:45 a.m. block brings two more finance-focused sessions. Financial Fluency for Security Leaders walks non-finance professionals through reading and interpreting P&L statements. At the same hour, a Mergers & Acquisitions session examines why deals succeed or fail, with real-world case examples covering a range of pitfalls: transaction timing, hidden liabilities, customer attrition, cultural misalignment, and IT integration failures.

The WISF Trailblazers & Change-Makers Lunch follows with a live interview-style format spotlighting women who have built influence across technology, operations, entrepreneurship, and advocacy in the security industry. Led by PSA Chief Experience Officer and newly appointed WISF Chair Candice Aragon, the session includes Tia Eskandari of Allied Universal Technology Services, Liz Bacus of Integrated Security Technologies, and Alaina Meyer of scDataCom.

At 2:30 p.m., an Understanding EBITDA session rounds out the financial literacy track. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization is the metric that underpins virtually every valuation and acquisition conversation in the industry, yet it remains widely misunderstood outside the finance function.

April 23: Keynote, Awards, and More

Thursday opens with Acuff’s keynote, and then at 11:45 a.m., Security Business expert columnist Chris Peterson of Vector Firm will run a session on AI tools for salespeople. For sales leaders who have been watching the AI conversation from the sidelines, this is the on-ramp.

After the annual Awards Lunch and PSA Shareholder Meeting, Security Solutions Northwest’s Dustin Koenig and Jamie Vos present a KPI alignment session that covers how to connect performance metrics – revenue, labor, billing, margins, backlog, pipeline – to company goals.

For more sessions and conference information, visit www.psasecurity.com/calendar/psa-tec-2026.