2024 Great Lakes Cybersecurity Capabilities and Careers Symposia

2024 Great Lakes Regional 3CS
(GL-3CS)

Five symposia provide the opportunity to learn, experience, and discuss the latest tools, techniques, and technologies for Teaching, Practicing, Demonstrating, and Showcasing Cybersecurity Capabilities.

Where:

Nearby hotels:

• Hyatt Place St. Paul/Downtown
  
• Drury Plaza Hotel St. Paul Downtown
  
• SpringHill Suites by Marriott St. Paul Downtown
  
• Residence Inn by Marriott St. Paul Downtown
  

When: October 25-26, 2024

REGISTER NOW

Keynote Speaker:

Cyber Immunity: Shielding Healthcare Rohit Tandon, CISO, Essentia Health ----- Rohit Tandon is the Vice President of IT Business Operations and Chief Information Security Officer at Essentia Health, with 20 years of experience across public and private sectors. He previously served as Minnesota’s State Chief Information Security Officer and now contributes to statewide cybersecurity strategies as an appointed member of the Minnesota Cybersecurity Taskforce. At Mayo Clinic, he led technology initiatives in Electronic Health Records and medical device cybersecurity, driving advancements that enhanced patient care and safety. Driven by a lifelong commitment to learning, he also coaches senior executives and serves as an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State University, where he fosters leadership and a curiosity mindset.

Why Symposia?

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

• Community College Cyber Summit: The granddaddy and foundation of the 3CS program that has welcomed those interested in experiential cybersecurity education for over a decade! Presentation sessions in classrooms with support for hybrid sessions about practice improvements for cybersecurity education Included with General Admission.
• Cybersecurity Science and Practice Symposium: Poster and classroom presentation sessions with support for hybrid attendance about evidence-based professional and instructional cybersecurity practices -- the human factors of cybersecurity. Included with General Admission.
• Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Symposium: Cybersecurity skill development workshops on specialized topics not typically taught in higher education courses but required to develop the skills needed to advance in the cybersecurity profession. Additional cost to attend.
• Cyber Technology 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 Games, Simulations, and Competition Symposium: Individual and team-based interactive challenges and opportunities for hands-on experience with or observation of demonstrations of skills in the Cyber Ready Arcade, including the new Community College Collegiate Defense Competition (3CDC) Included with General Admission.

What Else to Expect at SW-3CS:

• Awards: Great Lakes NCSA Chapter-of-the-Year, Great Lakes CyberWatch Instructor-of-the-Year, Best Dialogue, Best Demonstration, Best Evidence-Based Practice, Best Skills Development Workshop, and Cyber Arcade Individual and Overall Champions
• 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 - a reverse job fair where job-seekers have a booth showcasing their capabilities. *What is a Talent Fair? If registered by the Early-Bird deadline, every Talent Fair registrant will receive a personalized capability profile and access to preparatory training and coaching at no additional cost. 
• 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

REGISTER NOW

AGENDA 

Friday Sessions: Daily Program Guide Coming Soon 

• 3:00 pm Registration Desk Opens
• 4:30 pm Opening Reception, Keynote Speakers, and the Cyber Arcade

Saturday Sessions: Daily Program Guide Coming Soon

• 8:30 am Registration Desk Opens
• 9:30 am - 11:30 am Morning Sessions
• 1. Demonstration Sessions 
  2. Great Lakes Regional Qualifier for the 2-Year College Cyber Defense Competition
• 11:30-12:45 pm Lunch Break and Group Meetings
• 1. National Cybersecurity Student Association Chapters
  2. Great Lakes Regional Qualifier for 2-Year College Cyber Defense Competition
     
• 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm Afternoon Sessions
• 1. Dialogue Sessions
  2. Evidence-Based Practice Sessions
• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Plenary and Awards Ceremony
•