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Conference Schedule
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Friday Conference Schedule
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Vendor Floor Opens
Registration & Check-in
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Lock Lab Kickoff
Welcome Remarks
Adam Beatty
Dr. Roth, University of Charleston + brief UC Cybersecurity Update — Dr. Matthew Gonzalez
9:20 AM – 9:25 AM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Title Sponsor Opening Remarks — Segra
9:25 AM – 10:15 AM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Keynote: Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Chard
Cybersecurity Warfare
10:20 AM – 11:10 AM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Wendy Goodenough, JD, MA
A Tale of Two Cities: How High-Profile Ransomware Attacks in Columbus & Cleveland Helped Prompt State-Wide Cybersecurity Requirements in Ohio
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Brett White
The Sovereign Stack: Defense in Depth for the Self-Hosted, AI-Powered Smart Home
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Ian Frist (Virtual)
Bring Your Appetite: Aligning Cybersecurity Risk with Enterprise Strategy
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Lunch Break (45 min)
1:15 PM – 2:05 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
PANEL_02: Women in Tech
Behind the Terminal
2:10 PM – 3:00 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Luke Brumfield
Architectural Frameworks for Cryptographic Provenance and Runtime Attestation
3:05 PM – 3:55 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Steve Payerle
When Every Minute Matters: Leadership, Decision-Making, and Collaboration During a Cyber Crisis
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
Vincent Smith, Trang "Moon" Bui & Maria Albores
Evaluating Information Leakage and Persistence in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot
4:40 PM – 5:30 PM
Vendor Floor & Lock Lab Ongoing
PANEL_01: University of Charleston Student Showcase
5:30 PM
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Day 1 Concludes
Saturday Conference Schedule
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Vendor Floor Opens
Registration & Check-in
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
WV Ham Radio Testing (Classrooms 205/210)
Keynote Day 2: Nathaniel Delanoy
DDoS Impacts on ISPs
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
WV Ham Radio Testing (Continues)
Sam Vance
Threat Vectors From the Trenches
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
WV Ham Radio Testing (Concludes)
Jaidie Vargas (Virtual)
Lights Out: Defending the Power Grid in a Cyber Crisis
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Vendor Floor Networking
Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM
Vendor Floor Ongoing
Shekinah Apedo, Esq.
The Blockchain Attack Lab
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM
The Blockchain Attack Lab
PANEL_03: Red Team Operations
Breaching the Perimeter
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Vendor Floor Ongoing
Mike Stockman
Zero Trust for Autonomous AI (45 min, confirmed)
4:25 PM – 4:35 PM
Vendor Floor Ongoing
Closing Remarks
Adam Beatty / CZD Board / KDE Technology
4:35 PM
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Conference Concludes
