Schedule

Friday, February 21

Morning Schedule

  • 7:00 a.m. Vendor Arrival and Booth Set-up
  • 8:30 a.m. Check-in, Arrivals, and Networking (Booths Open)
  • 9:30 a.m. Introductions - Kipp Hollingsworth, Director of IT Services and Operations, ProKidney Corp. and Member, CIS Advisory Board
  • 9:35 a.m. Greetings - Dr. Neva Specht, Provost, Appalachian State University
  • 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address - Marc Varner, Corp VP and Global CISO, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
  • 10:45 a.m. Break (Booths Open)
  • 11:00 a.m. Morning Session 1 - Aaron Rose, Cyber Security Evangelist, Check Point Software Technologies
  • 11:30 a.m. Morning Session 2 - Reynolds American with Jim Webb, CISO, Appalachian State University

Afternoon Schedule

  • 12:00 p.m. Lunch (Booths Open)
  • 1:45 p.m. Afternoon Session 1 - GuidePoint Security's: Tony Cook, Senior Director DFIR & Threat Intelligence; Grayson North, Senior Threat Intelligence Consultant; Austin Simpson, Technical Content Creator 
  • 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Session 2 -Ben Agner, Head of Cyber Defense Engineering and Innovation, Truist Financial Corporation
  • 2:45 p.m. Break (Booths Open)
  • 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Session 3 - Ally Financial
  • 4:15 p.m. Appalachian State University Cyber Programs
  • 4:30 p.m. Social Hour Welcome with Infusion Points
  • 4:45 p.m. Reminders and Closing
  • 5:00 p.m. Networking and Social Hour

Also see: Women in Tech Dinner and Panel Discussion schedule.