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2021 Conf. Agenda

Tuesday, October 5, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am		Cyber Workshop: Craig Bowman Cyber Hygiene

11:00 am - 12:00 pm		Registration & Lunch
		Lunch sponsored by MDU Resources Group
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Main Stage		Introductions & Welcome – Darin Hanson, ND SLIC, 2021 Chairman Welcome - Dr. Douglas Jensen; President, Bismarck State College
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Main Stage		Opening Keynote - John Strand, Black Hillls Information Security
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm		Breakout Sessions (A)
Main Stage		State of North Dakota Cyber - Shawn Riley, State of North Dakota
		Governance and Security Considerations When Building in The Cloud - Rav Salgado & Ben Morrison, MDU Resources Group, Inc.
		Cybersecurity: Do Something! - John Mess, Network Center, Inc and Nick Prince, Artic Wolf
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm		Break with Sponsors
3:00 pm -3:45 pm		Breakout Sessions (B)
		Interface of Cyber and Infrastructure - Rodrigo Nieto- Gomez (virtual speaker)
		Social Engineering and Malware - A Technical Perspective - Josh Stroschein, Black Hills State University
		NDSLIC Cyber Desk Capabilities - James Hudler and Jon Heard, ND State & Local Intelligence Center
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm		Breakout Sessions (C)
Main Stage		Nashville Bombing - Chey Gethers, FBI (virtual speaker) This session will not be streamed due to content restrictions.
		Digital Forensics for Cyber Enforcement - Arica Kulm & Dr. Ashley Podhrasdsky
		Training & Certifications in Cybersecurity - Dr. Kevin Fishbeck, University of Mary
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm		Closing Remarks - Darin Hanson, Chairman
		TechND Awards & Recognition

		Wednesday, October 6, 2021
7:30 am - 8:15 am		Continental Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:30 am		Welcome - TBD
8:30 am - 9:30 am Main Stage		Securing the Supply Chain - Craig Bowman, VMWare
9:45 am - 10:30 am		Breakout Sessions (D)
Main Stage		Vantis: North Dakota’s Statewide UAS Network - Nicholas Flom, Northern Plains UAS Test Site
		Defending Today with No Cost Cyber Resources for a More Secure Tomorrow - Tanya Taplin, CISA
		Day in the Life - James Hudler, Joshua Jenkins, and Luke Schander, NDIT Moderated by Lucas Pippinger, NDIT
10:30 am - 11:00 am		Break with Sponsors
11:00 am-11:45 am		Breakout Sessions (E)
Main Stage		Organizational Risk Management: Measuing Privacy Risk - Lisa McKee, rotiviti
		North Dakota Volunteer Cyber Corps - Darin Hanson, ND Dept of Emergence Services
		Grid Resiliency - John Weeda, ND Transmission Authority
11:45 am - 1:00 pm		Lunch Sponsored by Dakota Carrier Network
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm Main Stage		Lunch Session Bismarck State College's Transition to a Polytechnic - Dr. Douglas Jensen, President, Bismarck State College
12:45 pm 1:15 pm		Awards & Scholarship Recognition
Main Stage
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm		Breakout Sessions (F)
Main Stage		Building a Better Cybersecurity Program- Michael Gregg, State of North Dakota
		An Overview of FirstNet for Critical Infrastructure - Douglas Penniston and Larry Ewert, FirstNet Built with AT&T
		Women in Stem - Jill Baird, EduTech
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm		Breakout Sessions (G)
Main Stage		International Threat Landscape - Emily Harding, CSIS
		Grand Farm: Energizing Agtech through collaboration and Innovation - Brian Carroll
		Rethink Cybersecurity Workforce Strategies (panel)- Moderator - Melana Howe, Lake Region State College Michelle Rakoczy, PhD, Associate Director Infrastructure & Operations, North Dakota University Core Technology Services Michael Roue, Information Security Apprentice, North Dakota University System Katie Adams, Director of Program Management, Safal Partners
3:00 PM		Break - Sponsored by North River IT Co.
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Main Stage		Closing Keynote: The Golden Hour in an Emergency - Regina Phelps, EM & Safety Solutions
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm		Closing Remarks, Bill Heinzen, NISC, 2023 Chairman

2021 Conf. Agenda

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

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