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Agenda


Note: In progress and subject to change -- additional speakers TBA. If interested in speaking, please see the Call for Speakers.

Theme: Navigating change, uncertainty and threats to energy and beyond: Safeguarding critical infrastructure from cyber-physical attacks

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Continental Breakfast & Coffee

9:00 - 9:30 am
Opening Keynote Address

9:30 - 10:45 am
Addressing the Culture Chasm Between CISO and Ops: Who is in Charge of OT Cybersecurity?
  • Chair: Joe Weiss, Managing Partner, Applied Control Solutions, LLC
  • Panelists TBA
10:45 - 11:15 am
Networking Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:30 pm
Cybersecurity for Operational Technology
  • Chair: Brian Burnett, Director of Cybersecurity, Business Information and Technology Services,
    North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives
  • Emma Stewart, Director, Center for Securing Digital Energy Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Additional Panelists TBA
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch Break

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TRACK A

1:30 - 3:00 pm
Applications of Critical Infrastructures Systems Security
  • Chair: Ramesh Reddi, Chief Technology Officer, CybsecBCML, Inc
  • Panelists TBA
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TRACK B

1:30 - 2:00 pm
From Ramnit to Chaya_003: Hunting for Modern OT/ICS Threats
  • Sai Molige, Senior Manager of Threat Hunting, Forescout Technologies
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Why VLANs Are a Poor Network Segmentation Solution in Industrial ICS/SCADA Environments
  • Florian Doumenc, CEO, Trout Software
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Enhancing Infrastructure Operations: The Role of Cybersecurity in the Digital Transformation Journey
  • Eduardo Giancristofaro, Business Development Director - OT, SSH Communications Security
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3:00 - 3:30 pm
Networking Coffee Break

3:30 - 5:00 pm
Next-Generation Cybersecurity Standards
  • Chair: Julian Durand, Chief Security Officer and Senior Vice President, Intertrust
  • Panelists TBA
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Networking Reception

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Coffee and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 am
Cyber Risk Assessment and Development for Distributed Energy Resources
  • Chair: Tom Tansy, CEO, DER Security Corp, and Chairman, SunSpec Alliance
  • Panelists TBA
10:30 - 11:00 am
Networking Coffee Break

11:00 am - 12:15 pm
IT/OT Convergence: Cyber-Informed Engineering and Engineering-Informed Threats
  • Chair: Dr. Chee-Wooi Ten, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director, Center for Cyber-Physical Systems, Michigan Tech
  • Tobias Whitney, President and CEO, Cumulys
  • Ruchi Rajasekhar, Principal Advisor, Strategic Innovations, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
  • Carter Manucy, Director, Cybersecurity, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
  • Additional panelist TBA
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Lunch Break

1:15 - 2:30 pm
Resisting the Weaponization of the Energy Network
  • Dr. Taesik Kim, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri
  • Patrick Miller, CEO, Ampyx Cyber
  • Additional panelists TBA
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Coffee Break

2:45 - 4:00 pm
Risk Management Business Case
  • Sanju Abraham, Chief Technology Officer, kWh Analytics
  • K. Dixon Wright, President, SRC Digital Insurance Services
  • Additional panelists TBA
4:00 - 4:15 pm
Concluding Comments