Conference Schedule
International Ballroom
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Doors Open / Registration
(60 mins)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Statements & Opening Keynote Chase Cunningham (Dr. Zero Trust)
(60 mins)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Brett Gilsinger: Making of the 2025 BSidesFW Badge Panel
(60 mins)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Rob Rodriguez: The Art of Social Engineering: Lessons from the Real World
(30 mins)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
BREAK - PREP FOR LUNCH
(30 mins)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LUNCH - INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM
(60 mins)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Richard Rieben: Building Resilient AI: Security Frameworks and Certification Standards
(60 mins)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Chris Saylor: Overcomming Imposter Syndrome
(60 mins)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Chris Ritchhart: The AI Revolution: Past, Present, and the Road Ahead
(30 mins)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Michael Miller (Technical Track Closing Keynote): Architecting Defensible Networks
(60 mins)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Statments and Door Prizes Giveaway
(30 mins)
Classic Ballroom
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ROOMS CLOSED - KEYNOTE
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Chuck Knox: Leveraging Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning for Predicting Petroleum Deposits
(30 mins)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Anushree Vaidya: Empathy: The Missing Link in Cybersecurity Education
(30 mins)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Corey Hlavacek: Breaking Up Safely: Cybersecurity Essentials for Divestitures
(30 mins)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Haris Qazi: Privacy in a world of Surveillance Capitalism
(30 mins)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LUNCH - INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM
(60 mins)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Patrick Scherrer: All the times I really screwed up
(30 mins)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Erin Petty: Building Confidence in Our IT Teams
(30 mins)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
LeeAnn Larson & Jon Taylor: How AI is transforming industries & reshaping the future of technology
(60 mins)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Stephen Heindel: Practical Graph Theory for All Levels
(30 mins)
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Emma Clouse (Leadership Track Closing Keynote): Building Trust as a Leader
(60 mins)
Fireside Chat
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ROOMS CLOSED - KEYNOTE
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
RESERVED - NOT AVAILABLE FOR TALKS
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Arvin Freeland: Introduction to Content Delivery Networks
(30 mins)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Corban Saylor: Embracing Mistakes in IT: From Crisis to Growth
(30 mins)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
LUNCH - INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM
(60 mins)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Reet Kaur: Hacking the Machine: Unmasking the top 10 LLM Vulnerabilities & Real World Exploits
(60 mins)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Michael Loggins: Creating Value from Shadow IT
(30 mins)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Michael Contino: From Code to Clicks: Transitioning to Low-Code Engineering and Its Impact on Information Security
(30 mins)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
ROOM CLOSED - 3 PM
CTF/Badge Hacking
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
ROOMS CLOSED - KEYNOTE
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CTF Open
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CTF CLOSED - 4PM
Conference concludes at 5:00 PM