Symposium Program

8:30 - 9:30 Welcome Remarks
Chris Pearson, Dean, College of Innovation & Technology, University of Michigan-Flint

Cybersecurity at UM-Flint
Khalid Malik, Director, UM-Flint Center for Cybersecurity; Professor, Division of Computing, College of Innovation & Technology

NSF Project: Cybersecurity Education & AI
Suleyman Uludag, Professor, Division of Computing, College of Innovation & Technology &
Halil Bisgin, Professor, Professor, Division of Computing, College of Innovation & Technology

Research & Commercialization at the University of Michigan
Abby Parrill-Baker, Provost, University of Michigan-Flint

9:30 - 10:45 Workshop: Cybersecurity Commercialization & Industry Partnerships

Location: Expo Center

Moderator: Khalid Malik, Director, UM-Flint Center for Cybersecurity

Public-Private Partnerships for National Cyber Resilience
Luke McCormack, CIO (retired), US Department of Homeland Security

From the Frontlines: National Cybersecurity Career Opportunities Amid Policy and Technology Disruptions
Glenn Hernandez, Former Chief Information Security Officer, US Coast Guard; Former National Director of the US Cyber Challenge

Workshop: Redefining Software Security: AI-Powered Defenses in a Cloud-First World

Location: Room 1

Moderator: Hua Ming, Associate Professor, Division of Computing, College of Innovation & Technology

Securing the Autonomous Future: Cybersecurity Challenges in Self-Driving Systems
Dalong Li, Head of Perception Data, Torc Robotics

Compliance-as-Code and Beyond: Automating Cloud Security Across Regulated Sectors
Ayesha Khalid, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Vetcor; member of the UM-Flint Center for Cybersecurity Advisory Board

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 Workshop 1 Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Commercialization & Industry Partnerships
Location: Expo Center
Moderated by Khalid Malik
Panelists: Luke McCormack, Glenn Hernandez, Don Boian, Frank Victory

Workshop 2 Panel Discussion: Redefining Software Security: AI-Powered Defenses in a Cloud-First World
Location: Room 1
Moderated by Hua Ming
Panelists: Dalong Li, Ayesha Khalid

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - Expo Center

1:00 - 3:00 Keynote + Panel Cybersecurity Education Challenges
Location: Expo Center
Session Chair: Amal Alhosban, Director, Computing Division, College of Innovation & Technology, UM-Flint

Cybersecurity Horizons: Security Challenges & Current Threats
Don Boian, Board Member and Cybersecurity Executive, National Security Agency (NSA - retired); Former CISO for Hound Labs and  Huntington 

National Bank

Student Panel: Student Perspectives on Cybersecurity Education, Opportunities, Careers, and Research
Sponsored by the UM-Flint Women in Cybersecurity Club
Moderator: Megan Swagert, President, UM-Flint Women in Cybersecurity Club
Panelists:
Marwa Hammami, Senior, Cybersecurity BS program, UM-Flint
Nicole Greenen, Senior, Cybersecurity BS program, UM-Flint
Myrna Issa, Senior, Cybersecurity BS program, UM-Flint
Marlie Fletcher, Junior, Cybersecurity BS program, UM-Flint
Joyce Mitchual, graduate student - MS in Computer Science & Information Systems, UM-Flint

Faculty and Industry Response Panel
Amal Alhosban, Thiago Ferriera, Ayesha Khalid, Don Boian

Workshop 3: Blockchain Technologies
Location: Room 1
Moderator: Tim Bates, Professor of Practice, Division of Computing, College of Innovation & Technology

Title TBA
Adam Zientarski, Detroit Ledger Technologies

Hardware Security for Side Channel Analysis and Counterfeit Detection
Fareena Saqib, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Panel Discussion on Blockchain with Adam Zientarski, Fareena Saqib, moderated by Tim Bates

Workshop 4: Cybersecurity, AI, and Education
    Location: Room 2
    Moderator: Khalid Malik

Agents & Reasoning in LLMs with Applications to Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection
    Asim Munawar, IBM

Training the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals
    Frank Victory, OWASP

Panel discussion on Cybersecurity, AI, and Education
    With Asim Munawar, Frank Victory, moderated by Khalid Malik