Bolstering the Cyber Pipeline

This regional event is also the national 3CS for programs seeking to enrich and expand the cyber talent pipeline, including K-12 and collegiate bootcamps for faculty and students.

Where: Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

When: August 4-5, 2023

Why Symposia?

Symposia is the plural form of symposium. Each 3CS includes a symposium in each of the five areas below.

• Community College Cyber Symposium: Presentation sessions in classrooms with support for hybrid sessions about practice improvements for cybersecurity education (included with General Admission)
• Cybersecurity Science and Practice Symposium: Presentation sessions in classrooms with support for hybrid sessions about evidence-based professional and educational cybersecurity practices -- the human factors of cybersecurity (included with General Admission)
• Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Symposium: Cybersecurity skill development workshops in computer labs (additional cost to attend)
• Cyber Education and Careers Symposium: Open spaces supporting an exhibit hall with demonstration sessions and a career fair - combining a job fair and a talent fair. (included with General Admission, but can be purchased separately) 
• Cyber Competition, Games, and Simulations Symposium: Individual and team-based interactive challenges in a Cyber Ready Arcade and Cyber Ready Gym. (included with General Admission)

What Else to Expect at MA-3CS:

• Awards: Chapter members, best presentation, best workshop, best demonstration, Cyber Arcade score leaders
• Cyber Ready Arcade: Serious games intended to accurately assess and rank (e.g., chess rating) accomplishment of individual or one-on-one challenges necessary to develop cyber skills
• Cyber Ready Gym: Practice performing specific tasks to develop your readiness to perform critical cybersecurity tasks
• Cybersecurity Skills Development Workshops (CSDWs) assist in raising the capability maturity and readiness of practitioners, faculty, students, or policymakers to adopt and adapt the latest effective practices for performing cybersecurity functions and roles. There is an additional fee for these workshops. Register for general admission to the conference to receive a discount code to attend a CSDW. 
• Demonstrations: Technology, cybersecurity practice, and teaching tools and techniques
• Career Fairs: Employer Fair and Talent Fair
• Research: Focus groups and evidence-based practice presentations
• Sponsorship opportunities > Contact info@nationalcyberwatch.org to discuss multiple event or program sponsorship discounts
  
• ...and much more!!

Who Should Attend?

• Employers and Hiring Managers who need to recruit, hire, develop, and retain a skilled cybersecurity workforce
• Educators from K12 schools, Community Colleges, 4-year schools
• Students looking to jump start their careers
• Managers of workforce development programs
• Organizers of community economic development initiatives
• Developers of innovative products and services that enable developing a skilled workforce
• Policymakers from local, state, federal, and international government agencies