8:45 – 9:00 am Welcoming Remarks – Raj Echambadi, President, Illinois Institute of Technology
9:00 – 9:50 am Distinguished Speaker Federico Sciammarella, President and CTO, MxD
9:50 – 10:40 am CISO Panel on Identify new opportunities for cooperation and Collaborative effort to reduce the overall risk of ransomware
Moderator: Richard Warner, Faculty director, Chicago-Kent’s Center for Law and Computers
Speakers:
- Dr. Maurice Dawson, Director of the Center for Cyber Security and Forensics Education, IIT
- Dr. Nikki Robinson, Security Architect, IBM
- Robert Wagner, Global Field CISO and Head of Strategy, APIsec
- Bruce Coffing, Chief Information Security Officer, City of Chicago
10:40 – 10:55 am Break
10:55 – 11:45 am Panel Discussion on Cybersecurity for highly regulated areas – Healthcare, Fintech and Insurance
Moderator: John Johnson, Founder/President/CISO, Docent Institute
Speakers:
- Reena Bajowala, Partner-Cyber+IT+Privacy+ERISA, Ice Miller LLP
- Sherman Chong, CISO, Cision
- Dr. Fred Kwong, VP, Chief Information Security Officer, DeVry University
- Kevin Novak, Managing Director, Breakwater Solutions
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
CxO Round Table (By Invitation only) George Chikovani, CEO (NA), Innovation Development Foundation
1:00 – 1:40 pm Distinguished Speaker Parker Schmitt, CEO, NetThunder
1:40 – 2:30 pm Panel on Blockchain and AI: How can we better protect digital assets and guard against hackers?
Moderator: Glenn Kapetansky, Chief Security Officer at Trexin
Speakers:
- Jason Price, Director of Regulatory Relations, Blockdaemon
- Tony Pettipiece, Chairman Of The Board, GRIP (DIFC) • Investments
- Andrew Kumiega, Assistant Professor at IIT Stuart School of Business
- Kathleen Alcorn, President and COO of EyA Americas Inc
2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 – 3:35 pm CxO Panel on Building Cyber Resilience by Promoting effective practices across digital ecosystems
Moderator: Sean OKelly, CTO, Meetings & Events International
Speakers:
- Kate Kuehn, Senior Vice President, vArmour
- Kevin Mc Dermott, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Cook County Clerk
- Mat Kresz, Attorney at Law
- Anthony Volini, DePaul LRW Professor Tech & IP Law
3:35 – 4:15 pm Distinguished Speaker, Arlan McMillan, Chief Security Officer at Kirkland & Ellis LLP
5:00-6:00 pm Networking sponsored by DefendEdge
