The BrainStorm Conference is for K20 techs to network with their counterparts from throughout the Midwest and to connect with technology vendors who tailor their products for the K20 community. The focus is on infrastructure, servers, storage, security, networking, hardware selection, system management and other related technical areas. The BrainStorm Conference has an 18 year history in Wisconsin bringing together IT techs from across the upper Midwest, and is now expanding to Ohio to bring the same learning experiences to the more eastern portion of the Midwest.  META invites attendees that come primarily from the Midwest (others are certainly welcome) with a concentration from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan to the conference at Sandusky, OH. BrainStorm is held in early May and is hosted at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center.