WCTC AGENDA

2023 Agenda

7:30 – 8:15 am      Registration | Continental Breakfast | Networking

8:15 – 8:45 am      Keynote Presentation | Auditorium 

Cracking the Code to Rising Stars: How to Find, Motivate, and Create Engaged Young Leaders

              Claire Richards, Co-Founder of Impacks

9:00 – 9:45 am Breakout Session (participants choose one)

Getting to Value Faster via DevOps -  Compoze Labs | Room B164

Breakout Session - Cracking the Code to Rising Stars, Claire Richards | Room B165

Current Threat Landscape - Charles Brandt - Marco | Room B166

Information Security Incidents - Brandon Haggerty | Room B181

Is your network ready for Wifi 7 - Jiten Gori - Ruckus/Commscope | Room B235

Risk Assessments - Should I?  - Nicole Pruden, ECMECC | Rooms B182/183

Cisco Network Academy - Lorenzo Garcia-Garth, Systems Engineering Manager and Dom Wilkins Network Support Manager for Cisco 

Meraki. | Room B253

10:00 – 10:45 am Breakout Session (participants choose one)

    Unlocking the Business value of your Data - Enterprise Data Strategies and Practices - Gullview Technologies | Room B164

    WIFI 6E and What it Means to Me - Matt Erickson - Evolving Solutions | Rooms B182/183

Cybersecurity Program Development - Charles Brandt, Marco | Room B166

Is your network ready for Wifi 7  - Jiten Gori - Ruckus/Commscope | Room B235

Introduction to Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - Jim Edman CISA | Room B166

Security Awareness Training and Phishing Tests - Nicole Pruden, ECMECC | Room B165

Cisco Network Academy - Cisco Networking Academy Technical Updates, new releases, and the new Cisco Certified Support       Technician certifications. Kristen Narreau, US and Canada Technical Manager. | Room B253

11:00 – 11:45 am  Breakout Session (participants choose one)

The Product Mindset -  Compoze Labs | Room B164

Unmasking the Dark Web - Jon Brown - ePlus | Rooms B182/183

Creating your Security Roadmap - Charles Brandt, Marco | Room B166

How to conduct a table top Exercise - Jim Edman - CISA | Room B181

How do we comply with and meet all these cyber insurance Requirements - Nicole Pruden, ECMECC | Room B165

Cisco Network Academy - Inspiring Alumni Stories | Room B235

12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch | Vendor Shopping & Ignite Presentations | Commons

1:00 – 1:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)

Programming Patterns and Practices, a Practitioners Perspective - Jay DeBoer - Digi-Key | Room B164

   Simplify your network with Extreme Fabric  - Bob Henderson, Cass County Government | Room B165

State of Broadband in MN - MN DEED - Bree Makai  | Room B166

Ransomware Attack Roundtable (Part 1) - HBS | Rooms B182/183

Cisco Network Academy - From Women in Prison to Certification  - AnDee Flohr | Room B253

FRSecure - Charles Killmer - FRSecure | Room B181

Vendor Shopping | Commons

2:00 – 2:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)

Achieving good business outcomes from your IT Projects - Business Analysis and Project Management - Gullview Technologies | Room B164

3CX phone system - TechCheck | Room B166

Intune - Jon Anderson - Now Micro | Room B165

Cisco DNA Center - Cisco | Room B235   Cancelled due to Illness

Ransomware Attack Roundtable (Part 2) - HBS | Room B182/183

Verkada Physical Security Session  - Verkada | Room B181

Cisco Network Academy - Skills For All latest instructor led release - Kristen Narreau, US and Canada Technical Manager | Room B253

Vendor Shopping | Commons

3:00 – 3:45 pm Breakout Session (participants choose one)

    Generative AI Project – How To  - Compoze Labs | Room B164

3CX phone system - TechCheck | Room B166

Amazon Alexa and Artificial Intelligence - Amazon Product Team : Room B182/183

Cloud Networking and Meraki Dashboard - Lorenza Garth, Meraki | Room B165

Dell Client Portfolio Overview -  Mike Casey - Dell | Room B181

Cisco Network Academy - Impact – Indigenous Mutual Partnerships to Advance Cybersecurity Technology | Room B253

Vendor Shopping | Commons

4:00 – 4:30 pm Conference Wrap Up | Commons