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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Chicago and IEEE Computer Society Chicago are pleased to b
 e partners for the Global Cybersecurity Initiative Conference here in Chic
 ago that will be held at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago Kent Sch
 ool of Law.\n\nIEEE Chicago members can get a discounted rate for the even
 t using the code IEEE2026 by entering this in the website: https://gcsichi
 cago.org/registration-for-annual-conference/\n\nAgenda: \nApril 30\, 2026 
 Illinois Institute of Technology (565 West Adams Street\, Chicago\, IL 606
 61)\n\nThe intersection of AI adoption and cyber readiness\n\n8:30am Regis
 tration\n\n8:45 – 9:00am Welcoming Remarks-\n\n9:00 – 9:50 am Distingu
 ished Speaker –\n\n9:50 – 10:30 am CISO Panel\n\nModerator: Bruce Coff
 ing\, CISO\, City of Chicago\n\nSpeakers:\n\nFred Kwong\, CISO\, DeVry\n\n
 Ricardo Lafosse\, CISO\, The Kraft Heinz Company\n\nSebastiaan Gybels\, Sr
  VP\, Northern Trust\n\nRebecca Lively\, Stealth Startup\n\n10:30 – 10:4
 5 am Networking Break\n\n10:45 – 11:10 am Fireside Chat with on AI &amp; Sus
 tainability\n\ninterviewer: Jason Czarnezki\, Dean\, Chicago-Kent College 
 of Law\n\n11:10 – 11:55 am CxO Panel – Securing supply chains amid opa
 city and concentration risks\n\nModerator: Mark Rorabaugh\, CEO\, InfraShi
 eld\n\nSpeakers:\n\nStephen Reynolds\, Attorney with McDermott\, Will\n\nT
 erry Kurzynski\, Chief Security Advisor\, HALOCK\n\nMatt Hartzman\, Adviso
 r\, Hartzman Partners\n\nNoon – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch\n\n1:00 – 1:3
 0 pm Fireside Chat – Nitin Raina\, Global CISO at Thoughtworks\n\nInterv
 iewer: Gregg Friedman\, President\, ISSA Chicago\n\n1:30 – 2:00 pm Fires
 ide Chat – David Neuman\, Chief Operating Officer at acceligence\n\nInte
 rviewer: Nicole Beebe\, Dean\, College of Computing\, Illinois Tech\n\n2:0
 0 – 2:15 pm Networking Break\n\n2:20 – 3:10 pm Board Level discussions
  – Elevating Cybersecurity as a Strategic Business Priority\n\nModerator
 : Laszlo Gonc\, Founder/CEO\, Next Era Transformation Group)\n\nSpeakers:\
 n\nRobert Barr\, PDA Board member\n\nBob Kress\, Retired MD at The Accentu
 re Security\n\nWendy Betts\, Information Security Officer\, Rotary Interna
 tional\n\n3:10 – 3:25 pm Networking Break\n\n3:25 – 4:05 pm Panel on C
 ybersecurity for highly regulated areas Healthcare\, Fintech and Insurance
 \n\nModerator: Richard Warner\, Chicago-Kent College of Law\n\nSpeakers:\n
 \nMahmood Khan\, CISO\, CNA\n\nKaren Habercross\, Vice President\, Chief I
 nformation Security and Privacy Officer\n\n4:05 – 4:45 pm Distinguished 
 Speaker – Evan Pena\, Founder\, Armadin\n\n4:45-5:00 pm Closing Remarks 
 – Kasi Paturi\, President\, PAABC\n\n5:00-6:00 pm Networking\n\nBldg: II
 T Chicago Kent School of Law\, 565 West Adams Street\, Chicago\, Illinois\
 , United States\, 60661
LOCATION:Bldg: IIT Chicago Kent School of Law\, 565 West Adams Street\, Chi
 cago\, Illinois\, United States\, 60661
ORGANIZER:Alvin.Chin@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:Global Cybersecurity Initiative Chicago Conference
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/555140
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;IEEE Chicago and IEEE Computer Society Chi
 cago are pleased to be partners for the Global Cybersecurity Initiative Co
 nference here in Chicago that will be held at Illinois Institute of Techno
 logy Chicago Kent School of Law.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE Chicago member
 s can get a discounted rate for the event using the code IEEE2026 by enter
 ing this in the website: https://gcsichicago.org/registration-for-annual-c
 onference/&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h
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 echnology&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(565 West Adams Street\, Chicago\, IL 60661)&lt;/h5&gt;
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 , DeVry&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ricardo Lafosse&lt;/strong&gt;\, CISO\, The Kraft Heinz 
 Company&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sebastiaan Gybels&lt;/strong&gt;\, Sr VP\, Northern Trus
 t&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rebecca Lively&lt;/strong&gt;\, Stealth Startup&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;10:30 
 &amp;ndash\; 10:45 am Networking Break&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;10:45 &amp;ndash\; 11:10 am Firesid
 e Chat with&amp;nbsp\; on AI &amp;amp\; Sustainability&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;interviewer:&amp;nbsp\;
 &lt;strong&gt;Jason Czarnezki&lt;/strong&gt;\, Dean\, Chicago-Kent College of Law&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;p&gt;11:10 &amp;ndash\; 11:55 am&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;CxO Panel&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\
 ;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Securing supply chains amid opacity and concentration risk
 s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Moderator:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Mark Rorabaugh&lt;/strong&gt;\, CEO\
 , InfraShield&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stephen Reynolds&lt;/strong&gt;\
 , Attorney with McDermott\, Will&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terry Kurzynski&lt;/strong&gt;\
 , Chief Security Advisor\, HALOCK&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matt Hartzman&lt;/strong&gt;\,
  Advisor\, Hartzman Partners&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Noon &amp;ndash\; 1:00 pm
  Networking Lunch&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;1:00 &amp;ndash\; 1:30 pm Fireside Chat&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash
 \;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Nitin Raina\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;Global CISO at Thoughtworks&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Interviewer:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Gregg Friedman&lt;/strong&gt;\, President\, I
 SSA Chicago&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;1:30 &amp;ndash\; 2:00 pm Fireside Chat&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\;&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;strong&gt;David Neuman&lt;/strong&gt;\, Chief Operating Officer at acceligence&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Interviewer:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Nicole Beebe&lt;/strong&gt;\, Dean\, College 
 of Computing\, Illinois Tech&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;2:00 &amp;ndash\; 2:15 pm Networking Brea
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 sh\;&amp;nbsp\;Elevating Cybersecurity as a Strategic Business Priority&lt;/stron
 g&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Moderator:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Laszlo Gonc&lt;/strong&gt;\, Founder/CEO\, N
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 bert Barr&lt;/strong&gt;\, PDA Board member&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bob Kress&lt;/strong&gt;\,
  Retired MD at The Accenture Security&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wendy Betts&lt;/strong&gt;
 \, Information Security Officer\, Rotary International&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p&gt;3:10 &amp;ndash\; 3:25 pm Networking Break&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;3:25 &amp;ndash\; 4:05 pm 
 Panel on&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Cybersecurity for highly regulated areas Healthcare
 \, Fintech and Insurance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Moderator:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Richard
  Warner&lt;/strong&gt;\, Chicago-Kent College of Law&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Speakers:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;
 strong&gt;Mahmood Khan&lt;/strong&gt;\, CISO\, CNA&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Karen Habercross
 &lt;/strong&gt;\, Vice President\, Chief Information Security and Privacy Office
 r&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;4:05 &amp;ndash\; 4:45 pm Distinguished Speaker &amp;nda
 sh\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Evan Pena\, Founder\, Armadin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;4:45-5:0
 0 pm Closing Remarks &amp;ndash\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Kasi Paturi&lt;/strong&gt;\,&lt;strong&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;President\, PAABC&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;5:00-6:00 pm Networking&lt;/p&gt;
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