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2026 Agenda
Attendees can expect additions to this agenda and slight time adjustments as circumstances may require.
EDGE26: PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
EDGE pre-conference activities encourage early connections among attendees that last throughout the conference and beyond. Activities are limited in availability and require advance registration.
Note: # separate advanced registration required, * pending final approval, ^ GBEF member
Saturday, January 3
| 2:00 – 5:00 PM | REGISTRATION OPEN The Palms Resort Hotel, Ballroom Level Registration Desk |
| 5:00 – 7:00 PM | EDGE26 EARLY ARRIVAL: UP IN SMOKE # Eight Cigar Lounge, Resorts World |
Sunday, January 4
| 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | REGISTRATION OPEN The Palms Resort Hotel, Ballroom Level Registration Desk |
| 9:00 AM | EDGE26 GOLF TOURNAMENT # Revere Golf Club, Lexington Course Meet in the main lobby by the bell desk at 8:45 AM for departure at 9 AM. |
| 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM | EDGE26 FIRING LINE: Adrenaline Mountain Shooting Experience # Meet in the main lobby by the bell desk at 8:45 AM for departure at 9 AM. |
| 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM | EDGE26 OFF ROAD: ATV in the Mojave# Meet in the main lobby by the bell desk at 9:15 AM for departure at 9:30 AM. |
| 03:00 – 5:00 PM | THREE GRAINS: EDGE26 Whiskey Experience# Mabel’s, Palms Resort Hotel #separate advanced registration required ^GBEF member |
| 03:00 – 5:00 PM | GRAND GRAPES: EDGE26 Wine Experience# Mr. Coco’s (Entrance located near the Fantasy Tower elevator lobby) |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | GBEF MEMBER & CARAHSOFT RECEPTION with invited guests Nove (elevator located near the Fantasy Tower elevator lobby) (by invitation, separate advanced registration required) |
| 8:30 – 10:30 PM | EDGE After Hours# Mabel’s Bar |
EDGE26: Day 1
Monday, January 5
| 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION Palm’s Resort Hotel, Pearl Theater |
| 1:30 – 4:00 PM | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:00 – 7:45 AM | BREAKFAST & NETWORKING Pearl Theater |
| 8:00 AM | EDGE26 OPENING VIDEO |
| 8:05 AM | NATIONAL ANTHEM Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Senior Fellow and Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (SME National Security and Defense) ^ Danny Beissel, Lead Singer, American Vinyl All-Star Band |
| 8:10 AM | WELCOME TO EDGE26 Donald W. Upson, Chairman and Founder, GBEF Laura Hudson, President, GBEF Sarah Forsgren, Vice President, GBEF Dr. Barry C. West, Program Chairman, EDGE |
| 8:15 AM | EDGE26 INTEGRATING AI IN GOVERNMENT Technology Survey Results John McLaughlin, President, McLaughlin & Associates |
| 8:35 AM | A NEW DIRECTION IN HOMELAND SECURITY: STRENGTH, CLARITY, RESOLVE |
| 9:00 AM | TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CAPITOL CHAOS The Honorable Darrell Issa, U.S. House of Representatives (R-CA) The Honorable Ian Liddell-Grainger, former Member of Parliament and Chairman Sovereign Strategy, United Kingdom |
| 9:25 AM | DRIVING MISSION SUCCES THROUGH NEXT GEN INNOVATION Moderator:Lamont Copeland, Senior Director, Public Sector Engineer, Verizon Frontline^ Joshua Gough, Director of Mission Capability, ECS Federal Amir Stephenson, Director, 5G.MIL® Programs, Lockheed Martin Matthew Brungardt, Associate Director, Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team^ |
| 9:55 AM | AIRPORT MODERNIZATION: DFW AND THE WORLD CUP A Case Study Donald Stakes, Acting Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection John Wagner, President, John Wagner Consulting, LLC^ With a live connection to DFW Jayson Ahern, Area Port Director of Dallas/Fort Worth, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 10:25 AM | AHEAD IN UNMANED: U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE SKIES Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity |
| 10:45 AM | ENERGY, CRITICAL MATERIALS, AND THE U.S.-CANADA PARTNERSHIP Dale McFee, Deputy Minister, Executive Council, Government of Alberta, Canada^ |
| 11:05 AM | AMERICA’S TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE: WINNING TOMORROW Dr. John Olson [Maj. Gen. (ret), USAF], CEO, AXIONS Corporation^ |
| 11:25 AM | ACCURATE AND INSTANT: BIOMETRICS AND IDENTITY VALIDATION Moderator: Patrick Clancey, CEO National Security Solutions, IDEMIA^ Timothy Ferguson, Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation With a live connection to France Vincent Bouatou, Chief Technology Officer, IDEMIA |
| 11:50 AM | FAST AND FURIOUS: TSA AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (ENERGY) Adam Stahl, Performing the Duties of Deputy Administrator, Transportation Security Administration To be joined by, following introductory remarks: Brian Bonacci, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Adam Lee, Chief Security Officer, Dominion Energy^ |
| 12:15 PM | GBEF TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AWARDS |
| 12:35 PM | PLENARY DAY 1: CLOSING REMARKS |
| 12:40 – 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch Greene St. Kitchen |
| 1:30 – 2:40 PM | EDGE26 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE AGENDA: Session 1 Grand Ballroom 1, Grand Ballroom 3, Grand Ballroom 4, Grand Ballroom 6 |
| AI, CYBER, AND SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT Grand Ballroom 1 Moderator: Jon Johnson, Strategic Advisor, NASA SEWP^ Rob Davies, Vice President and General Manager, Peraton^ Christopher Forsgren, Senior Associate, Steptoe LLC^ Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity David Wolf, Vice President, Blackwatch^ Joanne Woytek, Program Director, NASA SEWP^ | |
| TECHNOLOGY, TARRIFS, AND CARGO INTEGRITY Grand Ballroom 3 Moderator: Troy Potter, Managing Director, EY Dignari^ James McCament, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Ray Provencio, Port Director, Port of El Paso, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Donald Stakes, Acting Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection John Wagner, President, John Wagner Consulting, LLC^ Jeffrey G. Weiss, Partner, Steptoe, LLC | |
| WHAT’S NEXT WITH AI: LLM TO AGENTIC Grand Ballroom 4 Moderator: Joshua Jackson, Global AI Leader, Cisco^ Michelle Kerchner, Chief of Staff, Office of Information Technology, Infrastructure and Support, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Sunil Madhugiri, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection David Nguyen, CEO and Founder, US AI^ Dr. John Olson [Maj. Gen. (ret), USAF], CEO, AXIONS Corporation^ Dr. William ‘Bill’ Streilein, Chief Technology Officer, Nobilis^ | |
| ZERO TRUST IN TODAY’S AI AND TOMORROW’S QUANTUM WORLD Grand Ballroom 6 Exploring how federal agencies are adapting zero trust frameworks to prepare for and address accelerating threats that evolve in real time. Moderator: Michael Riemer, SVP Network Security Group (NSG) and Field CISO, Ivanti^ Lamont Copeland, Senior Director, Solutions Architecture, Verizon Frontline^ Robert ‘Bob’ Costello, Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Timothy Galluzi, Chief Information Officer, State of Nevada Morgan Reed, Distinguished Strategic Advisor, Okta^ Michael ‘Mick’ Stawasz, Deputy Chief for Computer Crime, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice^ | |
| 2:45 – 4:00 PM | EDGE26 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE AGENDA: Session 2 Grand Ballroom 1, Grand Ballroom 3, Grand Ballroom 6 |
| SECURING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE Grand Ballroom 1 Moderator: Adam Lee, Chief Security Officer, Dominion Energy^ Brian Bonacci, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Robert ‘Bob’ Costello, Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Dennis ‘Lee’ Forsgren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, U.S. Department of the Army James Harrison, Vice President – Federal, Fortinet^ Adam Stahl, Performing the Duties of Deputy Administrator, Transportation Security Administration | |
| There’s Something Happening Here…’ (Part 1 of 2) C-UAS SIMULATION (Two-Session Roundtable) Red Team: Grand Ballroom 3 Blue Team: Grand Ballroom 6 Director: Matthew Service, CEO, Blue Lights Digital Tom de Cocq van Delwijnen, Seconded Netherlands Police, INTERPOL Innovation Center^ Red Team Lead: Mauro Lopez, Special Operations Supervisor, San Diego Division, U.S. Border Patrol Red Team: Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Chicago Division^ Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Senior Fellow and Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (SME National Security and Defense)^ Scott Caudill, Chief of Police, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana Matthew Elliston, Assistant Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Richard ‘Sean’ Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity Mark Stainbrook, Chief of Police, Beverly Hills, California Oscar Wijsman, International Lead AI and Data Science, Netherlands Police | |
| Blue Team Lead: Jeffrey S. Sallet, Partner, Investigations & Compliance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP^ Blue Team: Joseph Adamo, Vice President, SAIC^ Ashan Benedict, Public Safety Executive, Peregrine Technologies Thomas Chadwick, General Manager, Physical Security, Dominion Energy^ Douglas DePodesta, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew Fusco, Associate Director, Crisis Response Team, Verizon Frontline^ Roxana Kennedy, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista, California John Kuch, Unmanned Systems Senior Training Analyst, F1RST William ‘Matt’ McCool, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, U.S. Secret Service Michael Nicolini, Commander, Protective Services Unit, Louisiana State Police Dominic Reese, Police Chief Superintendent and Head of Innovation Lab, Police Force, Nordrein-Westfalen, Germany Stephan Vick, Division Commander, Executive Protection Division, Virginia State Police | |
| 4:00 PM | EDGE26 Day One Adjournment |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | EDGE26 Opening Reception Moon (elevator located near the Fantasy Tower elevator lobby) |
| 9:00 – 11:00 PM | EDGE After Hours (limited availability, separate advanced registration required) Ghost Bar |
EDGE26: Day 2
Tuesday, January 6
| 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION Pearl Theater |
| 1:30 – 4:00 PM | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 7:00 – 7:45 AM | Breakfast Pearl Theater |
| 8:00 AM | HIGHLIGHT VIDEO AND WELCOME TO DAY TWO |
| 8:15 AM | TECH INNOVATION ACROSS THE CBP MISSION PORTFOLIO Sanjeev ‘Sonny’ Bhagowalia, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 8:40 AM | FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY: BIOMETRICS ON THE BORDER Srini Attili, Executive Vice President, SAIC^ Nael Samha, Executive Director, Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 9:05 AM | TRANSITION TO AUTONOMY: SAFE AND SMART Jonathan Morrison, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) |
| 9:30 AM | SMART INFRASTRUCTURE: COLLABORATION ACROSS JURISDICTIONS Pavan Pidugu, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation Timothy Galluzi, Chief Information Officer, State of Nevada Sanjay Sardar, Operating Group President, ASRC Federal^ |
| 09:55 AM | MODERNIZING AMERICA’S INFRASTRUCTURE Dennis ‘Lee’ Forsgren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, U.S. Department of the Army |
| 10:20 AM | A DARKER SIDE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Michael ‘Mick’ Stawasz, Deputy Chief for Computer Crime, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice^ |
| 10:45 AM | BILLIONS WASTED: CLOSING THE DOOR ON BENEFIT FRAUD Moderator: Haywood ‘Woody’ Talcove, CEO, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government^ Mark Haskins, Ph.D., Benefits Fraud SME^ Nicole Housley, Lead Investigator, Retailer Operations and Compliance, Special Investigations Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Matthew K. O’Neill, Co-Founder/Partner, 50H Consulting, LLC, SME Benefit Fraud |
| 11:10 AM | FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY: COUNTER UAS Moderated fireside chat Moderator: Patrick Flynn, Director Growth, CBP/Biometric Programs, GDIT^ Anthony ‘Tony’ Crane, C-UAS Defense Capability Group, Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Clint McArdle, National C-UAS OPS Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 11:35 AM | TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND CARGO INTEGRITY James McCament, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 12:00 PM | OUT OF THE BOX WITH SKUNK BAXTER Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Senior Fellow and Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies^ Sean Plankey, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Dr. William ‘Bill’ Streilein, Chief Technology Officer, Noblis^ |
| 12:25 PM | PLENARY DAY 2: CLOSING REMARKS |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch Greene St. Kitchen |
| 1:30 – 2:40 PM | EDGE26 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE AGENDA: Session 1 Grand Ballroom 1, Grand Ballroom 3, Grand Ballroom 4, Grand Ballroom 6 |
| BIOMETRICS AND IDENTITY VALIDATION Grand Ballroom 3 Co-Moderator: Cecelia ‘CeCe’ DeCamp, Senior Vice President, Civilian Business Group, SAIC^ Co-Moderator: William Graves, Deputy Assistant Director, Futures Identity, Office of Biometric Identity Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kirk Copen, Vice President, Engineering, IDEMIA^ Timothy Ferguson, Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation Austin Gould, President, Gould Strategic Solutions^ Nael Samha, Executive Director, Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection | |
| CLOSING THE DOOR ON BENEFIT FRAUD: AI, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROCESS Grand Ballroom 1 Moderator: Haywood ‘Woody’ Talcove, CEO, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government^ Mark Haskins, Ph.D., Benefits Fraud SME^ Nicole Housley, Lead Investigator, Retailer Operations and Compliance, Special Investigations Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Matthew K. O’Neill, Co-Founder/Partner, 50H Consulting, LLC, SME Benefit Fraud | |
| FAST AND FOCUSED: HSTF AND COLLABORATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIGHT CRIME Grand Ballroom 4 Moderator: Richard ‘Sean’ Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Chicago Division^ Ashan Benedict, Public Safety Executive, Peregrine Technologies Douglas DePodesta, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, Federal Bureau of Investigation Paul Nicklis, Managing Partner, Mobile Solutions-Federal, Verizon Business^ Antionette Ursitti, Chief of Detectives, Chicago Police Department | |
| COUNTER-UAS AND AIRSPACE SOVEREIGNTY Federal and SLTT strategies for managing drone threats and enabling safe UAS operations. Grand Ballroom 6 Moderator: Patrick Flynn, Director Growth, CBP/Biometric Programs, GDIT^ Matthew Elliston, Assistant Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Andrew Fusco, Associate Director, Crisis Response Team, Verizon Frontline^ Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity Clint McArdle, National C-UAS OPS Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Dr. John Olson [Maj. Gen. (ret), USAF], CEO, AXIONS Corporation^ | |
| 2:45 – 4:00 PM | EDGE26 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE AGENDA: Session 2 Grand Ballroom 1, Grand Ballroom 3, Grand Ballroom 4, Grand Ballroom 6 |
| AUTONOMY EVERYWHERE Grand Ballroom 4 Moderator: Opeyemi ‘Yemi’ Oshinnaiye, Chief Technologist, Capgemini Government Solutions^ Brian Bonacci, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Jonathan Morrison, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Toks Omishakin, Secretary of Transportation, State of California Pavan Pidugu, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation Adam Stahl, Performing the Duties of Deputy Administrator, Transportation Security Administration Dawn Zoldi, Founder and CEO, P3 Tech Consulting LLC^ | |
| SANDBOX TO SCALE: AI GOVERNANCE Grand Ballroom 1 How government agencies and critical industries are building secure testbeds, defining ethical boundaries, and scaling AI across mission-critical operations. Moderator: Sanjeev ‘Sonny’ Bhagowalia, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Angela Brescia, CEO, Synderys Hemant Jain, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Indiana Michelle Kerchner, Chief of Staff, Office of Information Technology, Infrastructure and Support, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Eileen Vidrine, CEO and Founder, Vidrine Vantage LLC^ | |
| ‘There’s Something Happening Here…’ (Part 2 of 2) C-UAS SIMULATION (Two-Session Roundtable) Red Team: Grand Ballroom 3 Blue Team: Grand Ballroom 6 Director: Matthew Service, CEO, Blue Lights Digital Tom de Cocq van Delwijnen, Seconded Netherlands Police, INTERPOL Innovation Center^ Red Team Lead: Mauro Lopez, Special Operations Supervisor, San Diego Division, U.S. Border Patrol Red Team: Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Chicago Division^ Jeffrey ‘Skunk’ Baxter, Senior Fellow and Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (SME National Security and Defense)^ Scott Caudill, Chief of Police, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana Matthew Elliston, Assistant Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Richard ‘Sean’ Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director, Defense Microelectronics Activity Mark Stainbrook, Chief of Police, Beverly Hills, California Oscar Wijsman, International Lead AI and Data Science, Netherlands Police | |
| Blue Team Lead: Jeffrey S. Sallet, Partner, Investigations & Compliance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP^ Blue Team: Joseph Adamo, Vice President, SAIC^ Ashan Benedict, Public Safety Executive, Peregrine Technologies Thomas Chadwick, General Manager, Physical Security, Dominion Energy^ Douglas DePodesta, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew Fusco, Associate Director, Crisis Response Team, Verizon Frontline^ Roxana Kennedy, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista, California John Kuch, Unmanned Systems Senior Training Analyst, F1RST William ‘Matt’ McCool, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, U.S. Secret Service Michael Nicolini, Commander, Protective Services Unit, Louisiana State Police Dominic Reese, Police Chief Superintendent and Head of Innovation Lab, Police Force, Nordrein-Westfalen, Germany Stephan Vick, Division Commander, Executive Protection Division, Virginia State Police | |
| 4:00 PM | EDGE26 Day Two Adjournment |
| 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Pre-Concert Reception Kaos Nightclub |
| 7:00 – 9:00 PM | American Vinyl All-Star Band Concert Kaos Nightclub |
| 9:00 – 11:00 PM | EDGE After Hours La Popular, located at the corner, when exiting Kaos towards the casino (limited availability, separate advanced registration required) |
EDGE26: Day 3
Wednesday, January 7
| 7:30 – 8:15 AM | BREAKFAST & NETWORKING Pearl Theater Foyer |
| 8:30 AM | HIGHLIGHT VIDEO AND WELCOME TO DAY THREE |
| 8:40 AM | PROCESS INNOVATION: HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE (HSTF) Richard ‘Sean’ Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| 9:05 AM | HSTF: CHICAGO CASE STUDY Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives^ Douglas DePodesta, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, Federal Bureau of Investigation Richard ‘Sean’ Fitzgerald, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Antionette Ursitti, Chief of Detectives, Chicago Police Department |
| 9:35 AM | UAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices Scott Caudill, Chief of Police, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana Roxana Kennedy, Chief of Police, City of Chula Vista, California Mark Stainbrook, Chief of Police, Beverly Hills, California |
| 10:00 AM | ICE: TECHNOLOGY AND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT Matthew Elliston, Assistant Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| 10:25 AM | IN REAL TIME: IDENTIFY, VALIDATE, INTEGRATE Sunil Madhugiri, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| 10:50 AM | HIGH PROFILE PROTECTION Moderator: Derek Mayer, Chief Security Officer, P4 Companies William ‘Matt’ McCool, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office, U.S. Secret Service Michael Nicolini, Commander, Protective Services Unit, Louisiana State Police Stephan Vick, Division Commander, Executive Protection Division, Virginia State Police |
| 11:15 AM | THE NEW CISA SECURITY AGENDA Nicholas Andersen, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) |
| 11:35 AM | SKYFALL Readout from the C-UAS Simulation Tom de Cocq van Delwijnen, Strategic Innovation & Technology Crime Officer, INTERPOL Mauro Lopez, Special Operations Supervisor, San Diego Division, U.S. Border Patrol Jeffrey S. Sallet, Partner, Investigations & Compliance, Forensic & Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP^ Matthew Service, CEO, Blue Lights Digital |
| 11:55 AM | EDGE26 CLOSING REMARKS |
Post-Conference Activities
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | GBEF MEMBER CLOSING DINNER with invited guests (by invitation, separate advanced registration required) |
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