The Washington Center • Cybersecurity Accelerator Program | Program Schedule
Friday, April 19, 2024
8:15am – 9:00am Breakfast and Daily Overview
Kyle Bergman – The Washington Center
9:00am – 9:45am A Career in Cyber with Michael Garcia
Michael Garcia – Senior Policy Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
(CISA); New America Foundation
10:00am – 11:00am Cyber Policy Landscape: What Are We Seeing
Gordon Bitko – Executive Vice President of Policy, Information Technology Industry
Council (ITI)
Katie Savage – Acting Secretary, Maryland Department of Information Technology
Joe Catapano – Stakeholder Engagement Director - North America & Global Academia,
ICANN
Moderated by Melissa Santa Ana – IT Specialist, CISA
11:15am – 12:00pm Facilitated Dialogue – Ransomware ("Start Here" podcast)
Trevaughn Smith – Future of Digital Security Associate, Institute for
Security and Technology
Moderated by Sasha O'Connell – Cyber Fellow, The Washington Center
12:00pm – 12:20pm Break
12:20pm – 1:00pm Lunch Discussion: Cybersecurity and Law Enforcement
Gabe Andrews – Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderated by Sasha O'Connell – Cyber Fellow, The Washington Center
1:00pm Travel to Site Visit
2:00pm – 4:00pm Site Visits
