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3CS Session Proposal Development Workshops
March 16, 2024
Northampton Community College
3835 Green Pond Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18020
Cybersecurity Capabilities and Careers Symposia (3CS) sessions explore or document innovative ideas, evidence-based practices, and demonstration of techniques and technologies for raising the capability maturity of the cybersecurity workforce.
The 3CS Session Proposal Development Workshop is a Hybrid Conference. You may attend the workshop in person or participate using the Zoom Online Conference System. If you wish remote access, please register as an "Observer" and you will be contacted to arrange for your access to the workshop sessions.
SESSION ORGANIZERS: Proposers of sessions for 3CS are encouraged to submit a brief abstract of their session idea. Student proposals are warmly welcomed! The lead author of an accepted session proposal who has not previously presented their proposal will receive a $200 participation stipend. If you elect to attend in person, you are also eligible to receive a travel stipend of up to $900 based on the distance from your home to the workshop venue. Stipend funding is limited and determined by the date of proposal acceptance and availability of funding from 3CS sponsors. Submit your session idea as soon as possible to ensure funds are available to support your attendance. Please refer to the Call for Session Proposals for further details on the dates, times, and locations.
WORKSHOP MENTORS: Receive guidance from experienced session presenters and facilitators during the one-day 3CS Session Proposal Development Workshop. Workshop mentors receive a $500 participation stipend and a travel stipend up to $900 based on the distance from your home to the workshop venue. All workshop mentors are recognized as a Fellow of the Cyber Ready G-Force -- the generating force raising cybersecurity capabilities and career readiness.
STUDENTS and JOB SEEKERS: You may propose a Talent Fair Booth session to display your capabilities for employers seeking talent for hire, either for employment positions or service contracts. A limited number of participant and travel scholarships are available for students or job-seekers who propose to prepare a Talent Fair Booth. The participant stipend of $200 and travel stipend up to $900 based on the distance from your home to the workshop venue will be awarded according to membership level in the National Cybersecurity Student Association. Student chapter members receive the highest priority for awards. If funds remain available after all chapter member awards, the applicants who are paid, premium members of the National Cybersecurity Student Association will be eligible to receive a stipend award. If funds remain after all paid members of NCSA receive stipend awards, then the free, Participant Members of NCSA will be eligible for a stipend award. Finally, if funds remain available, all other registrants of a Talent Fair Booth proposal will be eligible for stipends.
3CS Committee Chairs and Members: All Northeast 3CS committee chairs attending the event are eligible to receive a $500 participation stipend. Volunteer members attending committee meetings during the workshop will be eligible to receive a $250 participant stipend. All attending chairs and committee members will also receive a travel stipend up to $900 based on the distance from your home to the workshop venue.
OBSERVERS WELCOME: Want to learn how to develop a successful conference, grant, or publication proposal? If you do not have a session idea ready to present, you can attend the workshop as an observer for only $25.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
9:30 am - 10:00 am: Introductions and Workshop Program Review
10:15 am - 12:30 pm: Breakouts by symposium based on the proposed session type. Three breakouts led by the program chair with assigned mentors. Each session proposal discussion is planned for 30 to 40 minutes to allow ample time for presentation of the session idea and discussion on how to develop the session to meet 3CS requirements for the session type.
Guided development of a session proposal pitch.
Dialogue sessions: A dialogue session is an exchange of ideas between experts and stakeholders, facilitated by the session moderator, highlighting different points of view, experiences, and expertise on a problem or area related to cybersecurity practices, including designing, developing, evaluating, learning, teaching, or performing cybersecurity roles and functions. Dialogue proposals should specify a problem limiting the development of cybersecurity capability maturity that is not well understood or addressed. The proposal should also include 3-5 thought-provoking, open-ended questions that will gather insights and experiences from session attendees about the factors that are the likely and substantive causes of this problem as well as potential inverventions that can impact the influence of causal factors to bring about a desired change in the problem. The goal of a Dialogue is to discover common themes and ideas for a future systematic study.
Evidence-Based Practice Sessions: Methods or interventions that data shows to be effective or ineffective in achieving a specific outcome. Proposals should specify how the method or intervention has impacted individual competence development or organizational effectiveness, preferably referencing the population studied and the correlation or effect size of the intervention factors on the level or degree of a desirable outcome or outcomes. Methods or interventions can be protocols or procedures for professional practice or curriculum or instructional designs for use by educators or trainers.
Demonstrations: Technical demonstrations that showcase the capabilities and features of the technology or technique for raising cybersecurity capability maturity, preferably including a hands-on experience for the audience. Breakouts based on the proposed session type
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm: Working Lunch - 3CS Committee Meetings. All participants are welcome to contribute to the organizing committee discussions for the following symposium committees:
- Community College Cyber Summit: Sessions focused on practice improvements in cybersecurity education
- Cyber Science and Practice Symposium: Sessions focused on evidence-based professional and educational practices – the human factors of cybersecurity
- Cyber Capability Maturity Symposium: Sessions focused on cybersecurity skill development for IT professionals through hands-on workshops in computer labs
- Cyber Education and Careers Symposium: Exhibit hall with demonstration sessions and a career fair – combining a job fair (employer booths) and a talent fair (job candidate booths).
- Cyber Games, Simulations, and Competitions Symposium: Sessions focused on the design, development, and effectiveness of Individual and team-based interactive challenges, some of which can be experienced in the Cyber Ready Arcade and Cyber Ready Gym.
2:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Breakouts by symposium based on the proposed session type. Three breakouts led by the program chair with assigned mentors. Each session proposal discussion is planned for 30 to 40 minutes to allow ample time for presentation of the session idea and discussion on how to develop the session to meet 3CS requirements for the session type.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Workshop mentor panel presentation and closing remarks.
QUESTIONS: Email us at info@nationalcyberwatch.org
