2019 Conference

Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 2019Wednesday, Nov. 20th, 2019
TimeEvent
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:05 AMHost Welcome
- Brian Fonseca, Florida International University
8:05 AM - 8:20 AMState of Arizona Welcome
- Tim Roemer, State of Arizona
8:20 AM - 8:35 AMGovernors Association Welcome
- Maggie Brunner, National Governors Association
8:35 AM - 9:15 AMOpening Keynote
- Walter Copan, NIST
9:15 AM - 9:45 AMNICE Welcome
- Rodney Petersen, NICE
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMConference Overview
- Kevin Cooke, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Joanna Daly, IBM
- Jamie Winterton, Arizona State University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMExhibit Hall Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Arizona's Cohesive Approach to Integrating Education with Workforce and Economic Development
- Cathleen Barton, Cathleen Barton Consulting
- Frank Grimmelmann, Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance
- Heather Monthie, Grand Canyon University
- Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority

Connecting Theory and Practice: National Cyber Career Paths and Competency Models: How shared expertise, resources, and skills can create pathways that will empower the current and next generation of cyber professionals
- Megan Caposell, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Matthew M. Isnor, Department of Defense
- Christopher Paris, Department of Veterans Affairs

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: NICE Application to Medical Device Cybersecurity
- Paul Comitz, MITRE
- Julie Connolly, MITRE

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Integrating Law and Policy into Cyber Education: A Collaborative Workshop
- Markus Rauschecker, University of Maryland
- Ben Yelin, University of Maryland
11:30 AM - 12:15 PMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Building a Regional Cybersecurity Community: A Perspective Based on the NIST RAMPS Initiative
- Gretchen Bliss, Pikes Peak Community College
- John Costanzo, Old Dominion University
- Sanjay Goel, University of Albany
- Kyle Jones, Sinclair Community College
- Danielle Santos, NICE

Connecting Theory and Practice: Application of the Framework to Technical Assessment and Role-Based Training
- Jamie Chapp, USCYBERCOM
- Clay Cross, Chiron Technology Services
- Rachel Dreibelbis, Booz Allen Hamilton

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: IoT is not (just) Cloud: Upskilling Cyber for Iot
- Megan Smith-Branch, CertNexus

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Empowering Cyber Leadership Using Crisis Leadership & Change Management
- Sarah Scholl, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Prakriti Singh, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Stephen Zaccaro, George Mason University
12:15 PM - 12:45 PMLunch
12:45 PM - 1:00 PMCybersecurity Education Collaboration for the Industry 4.0 and IoT Era
- Mitchel Chang, Trend Micro
1:00 PM - 1:15 PMRecruit. Train. Employ
- John D'Annunzio, Cyberbit
1:30 PM - 2:15 PMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Seeding a Region - Wide Talent Pipeline
- Scott Sibley, Journeys Map
- Ken Slaght, CCOE

Connecting Theory and Practice: A Cybersecurity Competition Based on NSA CyberOps and NICE Topics
- Ann Sobel, Miami University

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: Cybersecurity Workforce Development Alliance
- Octavio Heredia, Arizona State University
- David Thomas, Arizona State University
- Ly Vessels, Honeywell

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Beyond Dilbert, xkcd and Little Bobby: Teaching Cybersecurity with Comics
- Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions
2:15 PM - 3:00 PMExhibit Hall Break
2:30 PM - 2:50 PMTechnology Showcase: The Future of Cybersecurity Training: Hands-on Targeted, On-demand Skill Development
- Jeff Peters, InfoSec
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: What is your Recipe for Small Business Cybersecurity Resilient Ecosystems?
- Eileen Sanchez, State of California

Connecting Theory and Practice: How [Not] to Run a [Cybersecurity] Capstone
- Mary Ann Hoppa, Norfolk State University

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: The Robots Are Coming! Creating the Cyber Workforce Pipeline
- Jeff Frisk, Global Information Assurance Certification Program
- Randi Parker, CompTIA
- John McCumber, (ISC)2

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Internship Experiences of Veterans in a Graduate Cybersecurity Degree Program
- Stephen Gary, University of South Florida
4:00 PM - 5:00 PMFuture of Technology Keynote
- Lee Lambert, Pima Community College
- Ann-Marie Slaughter, New America
- Moderator: Robert Grillo, Florida International University
5:00 PM - 7:00 PMEvening Reception
TimeEvent
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AMLocal Host Welcome
- Nadya Bliss, Arizona State University
8:15 AM - 8:20 AMPurdue University Global Keynote Introduction
- Robert Elz, Purdue University Global
8:20 AM - 9:15 AMThe Impact of Future Technology
- Niloofar Razi Howe, New America
- Myrna Soto, Digital Hands
9:30 AM - 10:15 AMConcurrent Breakout Session
9:15 AM - 9:45 AMNICE Welcome
- Rodney Petersen, NICE
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Cyber-chicks an Endangered Species
- Stephanie Cervantes, Secure Smart Solutions
- Patricia McQuaid, California Polytechnic State University

Connecting Theory and Practice: Defining the Future by Teaching the Youth
- Simi Basu, STEM School Highlands Ranch
- Lakshmi Ganapaneni, Tenth Grade Student
- Isabelle McCall, Tenth Grade Student
- Shruti Narwaney, Ninth Grade Student
- Tavin Turner, Tenth Grade Student

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: 21st Century Cybersecurity: A Retrospective
- Jason Winder, Aerstone

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Creating a Cybersecurity Baseline through Partnering University, K-12 School Districts, and Outreach Center
- Nicholas Anastasi, UW-Whitewater
- Brian Dennis, Cyber Security Center for Small Business
- Roger Yin, UW-Whitewater
10:15 AM - 10:50 AMExhibit Hall Break
10:30 AM - 10:50 AMFuture-proofing Higher Ed: The Proof is in the Training
- Roy Zur, Cybint
11:00 AM - 11:45 AMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: CyberVets: Veterans Transition to Their Future
- Aaron Burnett, Health and Human Services Center

Connecting Theory and Practice: Practicum: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Cybersecurity
- Dena Haritos Tsamitis, Carnegie Mellon University
- Aleecia McDonald, Carnegie Mellon University
- Patrick Tague, Carnegie Mellon University

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: A Brave New World
- Mike Morris, Western Governors University

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Using Aptitude Assessments in Reskilling Programs to Develop New Cybersecurity Professionals
- Manny Straehle, SANS
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMLunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMBroadening the Talent Pool
- Shamla Naidoo, IBM
- Ashlee Smith, The SHRM Foundation
- Moderator: Brandi Vincent, Nextgov
1:45 PM - 2:30 PMConcurrent Breakout Session
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Cybersecurity Workforce: How to Go from Minding the Gap to Closing the Gap
- Andy Hanks, State of Montana
- Tara Mahoutchian, Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Meredith Ward, National Association of State Chief Information Officers

Connecting Theory and Practice: Raising Cybersecurity Expectations through Outreach Opportunities and Real-World Experience
- Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming
- Andrea Burrows, University of Wyoming
- Rafer Cooley, University of Wyoming
- Shaya Wolf, University of Wyoming

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: Evolving Cyber Defense through Automation and AI
- Laurin Buchanan, Secure Decisions

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: At the Edge: New Industry Practices
- Joanna Daly, IBM
- Debra McLaughlin, Independent Scholar
- Diane Miller, Northrop Grumman
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMExhibit Hall Break
2:35 PM - 2:50 PMCyberSeek Presentation
- Will Markow, Burning Glass
Partnering for a Stronger Community: Promoting Cybersecurity via Local and International Partnerships
- Monica Leung, Hong Kong Electronics & Technologies Association
- Alan Wong, Silicon Valley Center for Global Studies

Connecting Theory and Practice: Work-based Learning Models from the Outside In: The Student Perspective
- Tanya Kumar, T-Mobile USA
- Michael Laroque, Intern
- Miguel Ramirez, Apprentice

The Impacts of Future Technologies on the Cybersecurity Workforce: Making the Case for Hardware Assurance and Cyber Physical System Security as Core Competencies of Cybersecurity
- Elizabeth McDaniel, Institute for Defense Analyses
- Tom McDermott, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Ray Shanahan, Defense Acquisition University

Expanding Skill Development through Lifelong Learning: Opening the Talent Spigot to Secure Our Digital Future
- Ed Adams, Security Innovation
- Edna Conway, CISCO
4:00 PM - 4:55 PMCAE Ceremony
- Diane M. Janosek, National Security Agency
- Daniel Stein, Department of Homeland Security
4:55 PM - 5:00 PMClosing Remarks
- Ian Wallace, New America

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