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Symposium 2024 Agenda

Check out the agenda for the CCI Symposium, to be held April 15-16, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

Members of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative and invited guests will gather at the third annual event at the Omni Richmond Hotel.

See scenes from 2023 CCI Symposium sessions

  • Sarah Hayes, Seda Goff, Josh Miller

    Three people sit on stage

    Sarah Hayes, left, CCI director of Innovation and Workforce Development, discusses cyber investment with Seda Goff, founder and general partner of Flintlock Capital, and Josh Miller, an investment manager with Blu Venture. Photo by Joe Mahoney

  • Two people on stage with audience in foreground

    Laura Freeman, deputy director of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute, talks with Ben Harvey, CEO and founder of AI Squared, about bias in artificial intelligence (AI). Photo by Joe Mahoney

  • André Mendes speaks on stage

    Keynote speaker André Mendes, chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Commerce, discusses cybersecurity innovation, workforce development, and academic opportunities with the CHIPS and Science Act. Photo by Joe Mahoney

  • Dan Sui speaks on stage

    Dan Sui, senior vice president and chief research and innovation officer at Virginia Tech, delivers opening remarks at 2023’s CCI Symposium. Photo by Joe Mahoney

Day One: April 15, 2024

Some events and times subject to change
9  to 11 a.m.: Registration, poster set-up
11 a.m. to noon: Networking and boxed lunch
Noon to 12:10 p.m.: Welcome
12:10 to 1 p.m.: Keynote Address 
1 to 2 p.m.: State of CCI
2 to 2:15 p.m.: Break
2:15 to 3:15 p.m.: From Lab to Market: Research and Innovation
3:15 to 3:30 p.m.: Break
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: New AI Policies in the Commonwealth
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Poster session
6:30 to 8 p.m.: Awards dinner

Day Two: April 16, 2024

7 a.m.: Optional 5K run. Meet in the lobby
8 to 9 a.m.: Breakfast and networking
9 to 12:30 p.m.: Supply Chain Cybersecurity Workshop (Invitation Only)
9 to 10 a.m.: Paper presentations
10 to 10:15 a.m.: Break
10:15 to 11:15 a.m.: Paper presentations
11:15 to 11:30 a.m.: Break
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Paper presentations
12:30 p.m.: Symposium concludes
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.: CCI leadership retreat at Virginia Commonwealth University
2024 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Symposium April 15-16 Omni Hotel, Richmond, VA