Symposium 2025 Agenda

Cheri Pascoe delivers the Symposium's keynote speech. She is director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Sarah Hayes, left, CCI’s director of innovation and workforce development, leads a discussion on “From Lab to Market: Research and Innovation.” Speakers include, from second from left: Hina Mehta, director of University Programs for the Commercialization Division at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation; Paul Nolde, managing director of 757 Collab; Rebecca Haydock, Managing Director of Venture Central; and Bob Creeden, managing director of the University of Virginia’s LVG Seed Fund & New Ventures.

Feras Batarseh, left, associate professor at CCI and Virginia Tech, leads a discussion on “New AI Policies in the Commonwealth.” Speakers include, second from left: OKi Mek, Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer for the Federal Civilian Sector; Maegen Nix, director of the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation's Information Sciences & Analytics Division; and Milos Manic, professor with the Virginia Commonwealth University Computer Science Department and Director of the VCU Cybersecurity Center.