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Day 1-2 will include keynote and plenary talks and panel sessions. Day 2 will include the hands-on, in-person, aviation cyber CTF activity for student teams to compete with the help of mentors from the industry and government.

Throughout these 2 days, student engagement and networking opportunities will be provided for attendees.

(All times in Arizona time zone/GMT -7 hours)

Program
2024
Wednesday, April 17th
7:08 AM

Registration and Breakfast

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

7:08 AM - 8:00 AM
8:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Leadership from, ERAU
Paul Hoyt Nelson, NASA
Ambareen Siraj, NSF
Mark Kelly, Senator

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
8:10 AM

Overview of Agenda

Krishna Sampigethaya, ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:10 AM - 8:15 AM
8:15 AM

Panel 1: Aircraft Cyber Security Concerns and Developments

Krishna Sampigethaya, Moderator, ERAU
Stephane Chopart, Panelist, Airbus
Timothy Mitchell, Panelist, Boeing
Patrick Morrissey, Panelist, Collins Aerospace
Don Christie, Panelist, Honeywell Aerospace
Nina Vajda, Panelist, Supernal
Jason Schoenbeck, Panelist, Collins Aerospace

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM

Panel 2: Industry Perspectives on Aviation Ecosystem Cyber Security

Scott McCrea, Honeywell Aerospace
Pamela Davis, Southwest Airlines
David Hopkins, Mesa Airlines
Matthew Kosednar, United Airlines
Gernot Ladstaetter, Airbus
Nathan Stephan, FAA
Teresa Anderson, LS Technologies/FAA

Student Union/Lower Hangar

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM

Break

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM

Panel 3: Regulations and Government Efforts in Aviation Safety and Security

Paul Hoyt Nelson, NASA
Andrew Marksberry, TSA
Jerry Davis, DHS CSRB/Truite Bank
Joe Hooper, FBI
Tom Jacky, NTSB
Ron Pavlik, TSA
Isidore Venetos, FAA

Student Union/Lower Hangar

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Panel 4: Aviation Cyber Security Standards

Patrick Morrissey, Collins Aerospace
Sanjay Bajekal, Collins Aero
Matthew Jaffe, ERAU
Aloke Roy, VisionAR Inc.

Student Union/Lower Hangar

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Lunch (provided to all attendees): Student presentations; Networking; CTF Overview

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Panel 5: Advanced Air Mobility and Commercial Space Operations Cyber Security Concerns

Mark Muha, NASA
Lillian Ash Baker, Boeing Wisk
Derek Schatz, Virgin Galactic
Nina Vajda, Supernal
Paul Hoyt Nelson, NASA

Student Union/Lower Hangar

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Panel 6: Industry Technology and Research Trends

Anne Boettcher, ERAU
Daniel Nguyen, Boeing
Sanjay Bajekal, Collins Aerospace
Nayyar Rao, Honeywell Aerospace
Greg Rice, Collins Aerospace
Walt Whitecotton, Amazon

Student Union/Lower Hangar

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM

Break

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM

Panel 7: NASA Research Trends

Ron Madler, ERAU
Lori Coombs, NASA
Kenneth Freeman, NASA
Mark Muha, NASA
Paul Hoyt Nelson, NASA
Vincent Varouh, NASA

Student Union/Lower Hangar

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM

Panel 8: National Labs Research Trends

Addy Moran-Schmoker, PNNL
Farid Dowla, LLNL
Gabriel Elkin, MIT Lincoln Labs
Bryan Hatton, INL
Stephen Thomas, NIRT

Student Union/Lower Hangar

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM

Panel 9: Academic Research Trends

Jon Haass, ERAU
Ella Atkins, VATech
Krishna Sampigethaya, ERAU
Stefan Savage, UCSD
Raja Sengupta, UC Berkeley
Peng Wei, GWU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM

Living in the Age of Airplanes (IMAX-length) showing in the Planetarium

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

5:00 PM - 5:50 PM
6:30 PM

Dinner for professional attendees – by invitation only

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM