The intersection of AI adoption and cyber readiness
Thursday, November 19, 2026
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661)
8:45 – 9:00 am Welcoming Remarks – Jason J. Czarnezki, Dean, Chicago-Kent College of Law
9:00 – 9:50 am Keynote –
9:50 – 10:40 am CISO Panel on Critical Infrastructure
Moderator: Bruce Coffing, CISO, City of Chicago
Speakers:
Sebastiaan Gybels, SVP Cybersecurity, Northern Trust
Steve Liegl, Director Infrastructure and Operations – IT Services, WEC Energy Group
Darren Warden, Executive Director/Chief Security Architect, CME
10:40 – 10:55 am Break
10:55 – 11:25 am Presentation –
11:25 – 11:55 am Fireside Chat With by Ravi Bhatarai, CISO, Pritzker Group
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:50 pm CxO Panel on OT
Moderator: Maurice Dawson, Director, Center for Cyber Security and Forensics Education, Illinois Tech
Speakers:
Alec Gleason, Security Architect, Cisco
Cyrus Walker, CEO, Data Defenders, LLC
Shane Hubbard, Director of Information Security, Invenergy
Dennis Reitz, Founder and CEO, Just Create Labs
1:50 – 2:20 pm Distinguished Speaker – Ray Trygstad, Professor Emeritus and Past Associate Chair of Information Technology & Management, Illinoi Tech
2:20 – 2:50pm Fireside Chat With Jean-Paul Thomas, Principal at n2Data by Gregg Friedman, CyberSecurity Advisor, Brush Cyber
2:50 – 3:05 pm Break
3:05 – 3:55 pm CxO Panel on Manufacturing
Moderator: Victor Hsiang, GATX
Speakers:
Bill Fienup, Founder, mHUB
Ken Townsend, CISO, Ingredion
Kurtis E. Minder, Founder, GroupSense
Juan M. Vasquez, Managing Director & Sr. Information Security Officer, Global Cybersecurity – State Street Corp.
3:55 – 4:35 pm Keynote – CISO of the Year
4:35 – 4:45 pm Closing remarks – Kasi Paturi, President, PAABC
4:45 pm – GCSI Advisors
5:00-6:00 pm Networking