Global Cyber Security Initiative

Global Cyber Security Initiative (GCSI) Conference GCSI 2025

DATE AND TIME: Wed, April 23, 2025, 8:45 AM – 6:00 PM CST

LOCATION:

IIT, CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW (565 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661)

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. Registration

8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m. Welcome Remarks

Raj Echambadi, President, Illinois Institute of Technology

9 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Distinguished Speaker – TBF

9:50 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CISO Panel

Moderator: Bruce Coffing, CISO, City of Chicago

Speakers

Richard Warner, Faculty Director, Center for Law and Computers, Chicago Kent College of Law

Dr. Fred Kwong, CISO, DeVry University

Ray Trygstad, Assoc Chair, Industry Prof of Information Technology & Management, IIT

Stella Danso, Senior Director, Security Governance, Risk, Compliance and Privacy, Expedia Group Security and Privacy

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. NETWORKING Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Fireside Chat with

interviewer: John Lothian, Executive Chairman at John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.

11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Panel on Cybersecurity for Highly-Regulated areas: Healthcare, Fintech and Insurance

Moderator: Dr. John Johnson, Founder/President/CISO, Docent Institute

Speakers

Dan Manley, CISO, CME

Michael Phillips, Founding Partner vSEC LLC, CISO/vCISO, Adjunct Professor, DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media

NOON – 1 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH

1 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. Fireside Chat– TBF

1:25 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Fireside Chat – Alex Jovis, Regional Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Brian Yoshino, Cybersecurity Advisor (Chicago), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Wei Chen Lin, Cybersecurity Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Shaheen Chaudhri Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Antonio Enriquez, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

2:05 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK

2:20 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Board Level Discussions – 21st Century Executive Board Diversity of Expertise

Moderator: Kasi Paturi, President, PAABC, Member, BOD (BBT, a Wintrust Community Bank, DePaul University Arditti Risk Management Center)

Speakers

Bob Zukis, Founder and CEO, Digital Directors Network

JC Vega, Founder, Executive Security Advisors, LLC

Dr. Mark L. Frigo, Director, Center for Strategy, Execution, and Valuation, Director of the Strategic Risk Management Lab, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University

Wendy Betts, Information Security Officer, Rotary International, Member BoD, Cardio Diagnostics Inc.

3:10 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK

3:25 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. CxO Panel

Moderator: Mark Rorabaugh, CEO, InfraShield

Speakers

Oai Huynh, Director of Information Security/CISO, Pace Systems, Inc

Sejal Patel, CIO, IIT (waiting confirmation)

Jason Bowen, Statewide CISO, DoIT

4:05 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Distinguished Speaker – Todd Fitzgerald, CISO Compass Cybersecurity Leadership Author/Keynote Speaker (Book-Signing At Breaks)

Title: Cybersecurity Failures: Should the CISO Pay the Price?

4:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Closing Remarks – Kasi Paturi, President, PAABC

5 p.m. – 6 p.m. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

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