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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)

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Program
2025
Wednesday, April 16th
7:00 AM

Registration and breakfast

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

8:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Kenneth Witcher, ERAU-Prescott Chancellor
Thomas Drape, ERAU CBSI Dean

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

8:10 AM

Overview of Agenda

Krishna Sampigethaya, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:10 AM - 8:15 AM

8:15 AM

Panel #1: Leadership Perspectives on Aerospace Cybersecurity

Jerry Davis, Moderator, Microsoft
Doug Britton, Panelist, RunSafe
Stephane Chopart, Panelist, Airbus
Janet Grondin, Panelist, Stellar Solutions
Levi Gundert, Panelist, Recorded Future
David Hopkins, Panelist, Mesa Air

Student Union/Lower Hangar

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

9:10 AM

Panel #2: Aircraft and Airline Cybersecurity

Scott McCrea, Moderator, Honeywell Aerospace
Mathew Barreras, Panelist, Mesa Air
Pamela Davis, Panelist, Southwest Airlines
Kathleen Finke, Panelist, Astronautics Corp
Matthew Kosednar, Panelist, United Airlines
Timothy Mitchell, Panelist, TM Mitchell Engineering
Daniel Riechers, Panelist, Collins Aerospace

Student Union/Lower Hangar

9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Break

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:15 AM

Panel #3: Emerging Industry Advances

Anne Boettcher, ERAU
Sanjay Bajekal, Collins Aerospace
Frederick Jones, Raytheon Technologies Research Center
Sivaraman Mani, Honeywell Aerospace
Nayyar Rao, Honeywell Aerospace
Stefan Schwindt, GE Aviation

Student Union/Lower Hangar

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

11:15 AM

Panel #4: Cyber Intelligence and Incident Response

Jon Haass, ERAU
Levi Gundert, Recorded Future
Riley Montgomery, FBI
Stephen Thomas, NIRT

Student Union/Lower Hangar

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Lunch (provided to all registered attendees)

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Panel #5: Space Cybersecurity

Ron Madler, ERAU
Jerry Davis, Microsoft
Drew Hamilton, TAMU
Alefiya Hussain, USC ISI
Derek Schatz, Virgin Galactic
Matt Tomarchio, Deloitte

Student Union/Lower Hangar

1:15 PM - 2:05 PM

2:05 PM

Panel #6: Cyber Resilience

Dan Diessner, ERAU CARS
William D. Bryant, MTSI
Lawrence Marsala, BAE Systems
Matt Mayes, Aerospace Village
Brian North, Lockheed Martin
Kyle Wilkerson, ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

2:05 PM - 2:50 PM

2:50 PM

Break

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Panel #7: Research Trends Applicable to Aerospace Cybersecurity

Drew Hamilton, TAMU
Farid Dowla, LLNL
Addy Moran, PNNL
Kandy Phan, Sandia National Labs
Rajendra K. Raj, RIT
Raja Sengupta, UC Berkeley

Student Union/Lower Hangar

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

3:50 PM

Engagement Exercise for Students and Professional Attendees

ERAU

Student Union/Lower Hangar

3:50 PM - 4:50 PM

5:00 PM

IMAX-Length Movie: Living in the Age of Airplanes

ERAU

Planetarium

5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

6:00 PM

VISITING STUDENTS: Campus dinner at Earhart’s

ERAU

Earhart's

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

6:30 PM

Off-site working dinner (open to registered professional attendees).

ERAU

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM