CREDC Summer Symposium June 23rd-28th, 2019
For Download: CREDC SS Final Agenda for website
For more details, including presenter bios and abstracts click here or download the CREDC-SS-Presenter-bios-abstracts- website
***Agenda is subject to change. Last updated 6/19/19.
Sunday, June 23rd | Q Center | Welcome Reception
| 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Welcome Reception Sponsorship still available, if interested, please contact Linda Steinberg at gholson@illinois.edu |
Monday, June 24th | Q Center, Theater (Main Room) & Ballroom
| 6:30 am – 8:30 am | BREAKFAST, Cafeteria |
| 8:00 am | Registration Desk Opens – Outside of the Theater (main room) |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director | CREDC Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University | CREDC |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | “Progress in DERs, DAFs, Interoperability, Cybersecurity, and Standards…Is it Enough?Top 5 Issues in Grid OT Cybersecurity” Keynote Speaker: David Lawrence, Technology Development Manager, DUKE Energy |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | “FBI’s Cybersecurity mission and what role the FBI would play in a cyberattack against a utility” Joel Robertz, Special Agent, FBI Chicago |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 am | “CyPhyR – A real time cyber-physical analysis tool for resilient microgrid operation and planning” Venkatesh Venkataramanan, Ph.D. student, Washington State University Aolin Ding, Ph. D. student, Rutgers University |
| 12:00 am – 1:30 pm | LUNCH, Q Center Cafeteria |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | “Buffer Overflow in ICS – Attacks and Countermeasures” Presentation Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University | CREDC |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 2:45 pm – 4:30/5 pm | “Buffer Overflow in ICS – Attacks and Countermeasures” DEMO Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University | CREDC |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00/8 pm | Escape Room: Virtual Team Activity (optional) Matthew Luallen, Executive Inventor, CYBATI |
| 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Indoor and Outdoor Activities provided by the Q Center (optional) |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | DINNER , Q Center Cafeteria |
Tuesday, June 25th | Q Center, Theater (Main Room) & Ballroom
| 6:30 am – 8:30 am | BREAKFAST, Cafeteria |
| 8:00 am | Registration Desk Opens – Outside of the Theater (main room) |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director | CREDC |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | Opening Remarks Pete Sauer, Co-PI, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | “Assessing IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Attack Surface with KillerBee” Ryan Speers, Managing Partner, River Loop Security |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | “The emerging role of the Illinois Commerce Commission in working with utilities to address cyber threats” Dominic Saebeler, Director of Cybersecurity and Risk Management, Illinois Commerce Commission |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | “Exploring an RTO’s approach to addressing cybersecurity” Joe Polen, Executive Director, Security Controls and Engagement Management, MISO |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | LUNCH, Q Center Cafeteria |
| 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | RADICS DEMO Tim Yardley, Principal Research Scientist and Associate Director, Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | Consultant Panel: Moderator: Dominic Saebeler, Director of Cybersecurity and Risk Management, Illinois Commerce Commission – Jamey Sample, Principal, Americas Advisory Services, Ernst & Young – Bradley Singletary, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche – Scott Crider, Manager, West Monroe Partners, LLC |
| 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm | “Use Cases in Secure Microgrid Interoperability” Dmitry Ischenko, Lead Principal Scientist, ABB, Inc. Al Valdes, Principal research Scientist, Information Trust institute | CREDC |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00/8 pm | Escape Room: Virtual Team Activity (optional) Matthew Luallen, Executive Inventor, CYBATI |
| 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Indoor and Outdoor Activities provided by the Q Center (optional) |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | DINNER , Q Center Cafeteria |
Wednesday, June 26th | Q Center, Networking Day!!!
| 6:30 am – 8:30 am | BREAKFAST, Cafeteria |
| 8:00 am | Registration Desk Opens – Outside of the Theater (main room) |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 8:45 am – 9:00 am | CEDS Program Update Carol Hawk, PhD., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) U.S. Department of Energy |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am | Lightning Talks Students will provide 1-3 mins reviews of their research |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | “Visualization and Analysis of Grid-Cyber Systems Security” Johnathon White, Energy Systems Cyber-Physical Security Group Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | “TBD” Dr. Roger Alexander, Lead Reseach Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | “OT Security Solutions for the Grid – the EPRI Challenge” Matt Wakefield, Director-Information, Communication & Cyber Security, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
| 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH, Q Center Cafeteria |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | K-12 STEM Jana Sebestik, Assistant Director of STEM Curriculum Design, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm | Networking & Booth Fair Industry Booth set up to demo cyber capabilities, network with attendees, or build collaboration opportunities with students and researchers |
| 5:15 pm – 5:30 pm | Transition to outside space for additional networking activities |
| 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Poster & Networking Reception Outdoor Pavilion for research poster displays and networking reception |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | DINNER , Q Center Cafeteria |
Thursday, June 27th | Q Center, Theater (Main Room) & Ballroom
| 6:30 am – 8:30 am | BREAKFAST, Cafeteria |
| 8:00 am | Registration Desk Opens – Outside of the Theater (main room) |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am | Welcome Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 8:45 am – 9:45 am | “TBD” Randy Sandone, Executive Director, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Lightning Talks Students will provide 1-3 mins reviews of their research |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | “A Strategic Framework for Cyber Resilience” Steve McElwee, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), PJM Interconnection |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | “Proactive Cyber Risk Management in IIoT” Amin Hassanzadeh, Cyber Security R & D Principal, Accenture Labs |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH, Q Center Cafeteria |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | “Cyber Risk Assessment and Cyber Resilience Metrics in Energy Delivery Systems” Presentation Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University | CREDC Bheshaj Krishnappa, Resilience and Risk Program Manager, ReliabilityFirst |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 2:45 pm – 4:30/5 pm | “Cyber Risk Assessment and Cyber Resilience Metrics in Energy Delivery Systems” DEMO Sachin Shetty, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University | CREDC Bheshaj Krishnappa, Resilience and Risk Program Manager, ReliabilityFirst |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00/8 pm | Escape Room: Virtual Team Activity (optional) Matthew Luallen, Executive Inventor, CYBATI |
| 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Indoor and Outdoor Activities provided by the Q Center (optional) |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | DINNER , Q Center Cafeteria |
Friday, June 28th | Q Center, Theater (Main Room) & Ballroom
| 6:30 am – 8:30 am |
BREAKFAST, Cafeteria |
| 8:00 am | Registration Desk Opens – Outside of the Theater (main room) |
| 8:30 am – 8:45 am |
Welcome Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 8:45 am – 10:00 am |
“Anomaly Detection and Causal Reasoning about Attacks on SCADA Networks” Klara Nahrstedt, Professor and CSL Director, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK: Light snacks |
| 10:15 am – 11:30 am | “TBD” Michael Keane, Electrical Engineer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | Dismissal & Goodbyes Dilhan Rodrigo, Managing Director, University of Illinois | CREDC |
| 11:45 am – 1:30 pm |
LUNCH, Q Center Cafeteria |
| 10:00 am – 11:30 am | CREDC IAB Meeting- PRIVATE- Only open to essential CREDC staff, CREDC IAB members, and DOE/ DHS |