AGENDA

The conference is a one day event on June 4th, 2026.

Time

Technical Track
hacking, pentesting, technology

Risk Track
compliance, risk, managment

GRASSOverflow Track
new to cyber, topical talks, more of the rest

8:30a

Registration and Refreshments

8:45a

Opening Ceremony

9:00a

If Only We Had More Budget for Security… (And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)

Jeremy Bauer

10:00a

Debunking Dark Web Intelligence

Kaylee Burns

OMG, You Did What?! Authorization in Practice

Joern Freydank

Ctrl + Alt + Lead: Rebooting Cyber Culture with Human Skills

Amanda Kollmorgan

11:00a

Your Deployment Pipeline Ends at a Firewall Ticket

Tyler Coady

Resilient AI Governance: Designing for Failure, Abuse, and Recovery

Thomas Freeman

Cybernalities - Encouraging Small Humans Toward Cybersecurity Careers- a Practical Guide for Parents

Angie Garey

12:00p

Lunch

1:00p

I vs AI

Alex Holden

Dismantling the Silo: Integrating GRC and SOC for a Unified Defense

Nousheen Begum

“Inside the Wisconsin Cyber Response Team: Real-World Incident Response and Lessons Learned”

Benjamin Dumke, Jeff Marshall, Sadie O'Brien

2:00p

A Security Engineers Guide to the Galaxy: Tradecraft and Transformation

Sage Anthony

From Clinics to Casinos: Vulnerability Management in Practice

Em Carlson

Introduction to Meshtastic

Josh Bressers

3:00p

Practical ICS/OT offense & defense

Neil Brandon

The Cybersecurity ROI Crisis – Why Offense Is the Ultimate Game Changer

Jason Rowland

Think Like an Attacker, Code Like a Defender: Applying AppSec in the SDLC

Hannah Williams

4:00p

Closing Ceremony

5:00p

After event networking @ Holidays Appleton 3950 N Richmond St, Appleton, WI 54913