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William & Mary, Professional Development Center, 301 Monticello Ave, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
Tentative Agenda – September 28, 2022
Time | Event | Location |
8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Breakfast | Hallway and Metoka |
9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome Remarks | Matoaka |
9:30 – 9:45 | Break | |
9:45 – 10:30 | Demonstration – Chon Abraham (W&M) | Matoaka |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break | |
10:45 – 11:30 | Breakout Session #1 – Mass Shootings in the Twitterverse – ‘Shawn Smith (Radford) – Experiential Learning Research – Jeff Pittges (Radford) – The Virginia Cyber Navigator Internship Program – Angela Orebaugh (UVA) | Dogwood Holly Room 1056 |
11:45 – 12:15 | Lunch | Matoaka |
12:15 – 1:00 | Keynote – Dr. Ambareen Siraj | Matoaka |
1:00 – 1:15 | Break | |
1:15 – 2:00 | Apprenticeship Panel – Leigh Armistead (Peregrine Tech Solutions) | Matoaka |
2:00 – 2:15 | Break | |
2:15 – 3:00 | Breakout Session #2 – Designing Low-to-High Side Cloud Research Programming for Cybersecurity/Computer Science Students & Researchers – Nielson (ODU) – Cultivating Industry/Academy Partnerships for Darkweb Research – Jin Lee (GMU) | Dogwood Holly |
3:00 – 3:15 | Break | |
3:15 – 4:00 | Keynote – Maureen McClanahan | Matoaka |
4:00 – 5:00 | Reception | Hallway and Matoaka |
Tentative Agenda – September 29, 2022
Time | Event | Location |
7:45 – 8:30 | Registration and Breakfast | Hallway and Matoaka |
8:30 – 8:40 | Welcome Remarks | Matoaka |
8:40 – 8:45 | Transition | |
8:45 – 9:30 | Breakout Session #3 – Cyber Commissioning Training to meet new Building Requirements for ICS Systems – Leigh Armistead (Peregrine Technical Solutions) – Cyberbiosecurity Introductory Course Material Creation for Food Science – Rebekah Miller (Virginia Tech) – Cybervictimization Experience Across Virginia: Implications for educating industry and citizens – Randy Gainey (ODU) | Dogwood Holly Room 2030 |
9:30 – 9:45 | Break | |
9:45 – 10:30 | Breakout Session #4 – Leadership for Cyberbiosecurity: The Case of Oldsmar WaterPurpose – Eric Kaufman (Virginia Tech) – An integrated, Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Curriculum, with Industry Engagement – Lucy Tsado (Lamar University) – Risk at the Edge: A Framework for Securing XG – John Hoag (Ohio State University) | Dogwood Holly Room 2030 |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break | |
10:45 – 11:30 | Internship Panel – Debbie Murray (Virginia Space Grant Consortium) | Matoaka |
11:30 – 11:45 | Break | |
11:45 – 12:30 | Keynote – Danelle Barrett | Matoaka |
12:30 | Conference Wrap-up | Matoaka |
COVA CCI CybER Con is sponsored by the Coastal Virginia Center for Cybersecurity Innovation (COVA CCI) and the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI).
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