Agenda

Our workshop program will include featured presenters, breakout sessions, group discussion, Lightning Talks, a poster session, and networking opportunities.

Agenda is subject to change. Updates will be posted as they become available.

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Monday, March 28

6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception, iHotel and Conference Center
Illinois Ballroom A

We highly recommend taking advantage of this opportunity to network with CREDC research faculty, students, and staff in advance of Tuesday’s main sessions. Is your organization looking to recruit future interns or staff? This is a great opportunity to engage with and make an impression on our graduate and undergraduate student researchers! Reception is sponsored in part by Accenture.

Tuesday, March 29 — Chancellor Ballroom

7:30 a.m. Check-In/Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome, Dean Martin Wong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:10 a.m. CREDC Research Overview
David M. Nicol, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:45 a.m. Changing energy landscape requires a new way of thinking about cybersecurity by Henry S. Kenchington, U.S. Department of Energy
9:20 a.m. You can’t do it alone: the power of collaboration by Richard Jackson, CREDC Industrial Advisory Board Member and formerly with Chevron
9:55 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. What we can learn from the attacks on the Ukrainian electric system by Tim Conway, DOE Contractor for Idaho National Laboratory (includes discussion)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Breakout Session Goals
1:25 p.m. Breakout Discussions — Session A.

2:25 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Breakout Discussions — Session B.

  • Cross-sector Issues. Knowledge Room
    Session Chairs: Saman Zonouz, Rutgers University, and Tim Yardley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Data Analytics for EDS Security. Humanities Room
    Session Chairs: Anna Scaglione, Arizona State University, and Adam Hahn, Washington State University
  • Evolving Adversary. Chancellor Ballroom
    Session Chairs: Art Conklin, University of Houston, and Michael Bailey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Workforce Development, Training, Education. Innovation Room
    Session Chairs: Jana Sebestik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Lori Ross O’Neil, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3:45 p.m. Lightning Talks — Chancellor Ballroom
Session Chair: Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University

  • Security Capabilities Framework
    Amin Hassanzadeh, Accenture Technology Labs
  • Usable Security for Control Systems
    Jun Ho Huh, Honeywell ACS Labs
  • Metric Challenges
    Bheshaj Krishnappa, ReliabilityFirst
  • Security through Controls
    Deb Steitz, ICF International
  • Challenges with Funding/Scaling Emerging Tech
    Patrick Norton, Energy Foundry
4:20 p.m. Breakout Discussion Summaries
5:40 p.m. Closing Remarks
5:45 p.m. CREDC Research Poster Session and
Networking Reception — Illinois Ballroom
An opportunity to meet 1-on-1 with CREDC researchers and students about specific research activities in your interest areas. Reception is sponsored in part by Accenture.
7:00 p.m. Dinner — Illinois Ballroom

Wednesday, March 30 — iHotel & Conference Center

8:00 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Private Review Meeting — Chancellor Ballroom
This meeting is restricted to CREDC Researchers, Industrial Advisory Board Members, and the Department of Energy.