Program and Agenda

7:00-8:00am

Registration and breakfast

8:00-8:20am

Welcome and Opening Remarks: Kenneth Witcher (ERAU-Prescott Chancellor) and Thomas Drape (ERAU CBSI Dean); Mark Muha: NASA, TBD; Arizona State

Overview of Agenda

• Krishna Sampigethaya (ERAU)

8:20-9:10am

Panel #1: Securing Aircraft, Avionics, and Embedded Systems

This panel discusses how cybersecurity is being embedded into aircraft systems engineering and product development to protect next-generation aviation platforms.

Moderator : Dan Diessner (ERAU/CARS)

Panelists:

• Stephane Chopart (Airbus)
• Don Christie (Honeywell Aerospace)
• Scott McCrea (Honeywell Aerospace) 
• Kanwal Reen (Collins Aero)
• Stefan Schwindt (GE Aerospace)

9:10-10:00am

Panel #2: Operational Cyber Resilience in Airlines, Airports and Air Traffic Control

Explores strengthening cybersecurity and resilience across OT, airline systems, and airport and air traffic management infrastructure while maintaining safe and reliable operations.             

Moderator :  Jennah Perry (ERAU) & Kyle Wilkerson (ERAU)

Panelists:

• Pamela Davis (Southwest Airlines)
• David Hopkins (Mesa Air)
• Kenneth Freeman (NASA)
• Matthew Kosednar (United Airlines)
• Victor Murray (Southwest Research Institute)

10:00-10:20am

Break

10:20-11:10am

Panel #3: Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, and Aviation Safety

Explores how threat intelligence, incident response, and collaboration help aviation stakeholders identify adversaries, respond to cyber incidents, and protect aviation safety.

Moderator : Anne Boettcher (ERAU) & Nikita Lettunich (ERAU) 

Panelists:

• Jerry Davis (Microsoft)
• Tom Jacky (NTSB)
• Tyler Morris (Sandia National Labs)
• Rob Morrow (GE Aerospace)
• Shawn Ricketts (Pacific Northwest National Lab)

11:10am-12pm

Panel #4: Cybersecurity Careers and Pathways in Aerospace

Panelists share with student moderators how they entered their fields, skills that matter most, and advice for careers in securing aviation and space systems.

Moderator: Michael Boehm, Jesse Hix, Kamryn Hoehne, Nathan Johnson (ERAU SFS Scholars)

Panelists:

• Matthew Barreras (Mesa Air)
• José M. Fernandez (Canadian airline)
• Steve Luczynski (Aerospace Village)
• Gilena Monroe (NASA)
• Alan Tomaszycki (Boeing)
• Nina Vajda (Lancium)

12:00-1:20pm

Lunch (provided to all registered attendees)

• Student research poster presentations (attendees evaluate and choose best poster).
• Aviation Cyber CTF Overview, ERAU-Prescott CTF Development Team of Students.

1:20-2:10pm

Special Leadership Session: Trust, Data, and Decision-Making in a Connected Aviation Era

Senior aviation leaders discuss how cybersecurity, trusted data, and digital connectivity are influencing leadership decisions and the future of safe aviation operations.

Moderator : Steve Luczynski (Aerospace Village) 

Panelists:

• Daniel Baker (FlightAware Founder)
• Major General Jeannie Leavitt (ERAU)
• Steve Taylor (former Boeing Chief Pilot and Business Jets Program President)

2:10-3:00pm

Panel #5: AAM and Trusted Autonomy for Emerging Aerospace Systems

Examines how Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), autonomy, and connected cyber-physical  systems are transforming aviation. Panelists will discuss operational challenges, system-level risks, and trust in autonomous aerospace systems. 

Moderator : Mark Muha (NASA)

Panelists:

• Lillian Baker (Boeing/Wisk Aero)
• Glen Burnett (Bell Flight)
• Terrence Lewis (NASA)
• Bruno Sinopoli (ASU)
• Ryan Stichweh (NASA)
• Adam Yingling (NASA)

3:00-3:15pm

Break

3:15-4:30pm

Engagement Exercise for Students and Professional Attendees

Students and professionals interact in a speed networking exercise on various topics.

4:45-5:35pm

Apollo 11 (Edited Highlights Screening)

Venue: Planetarium

6:00-7:00pm

VISITING STUDENTS: Campus dinner at Earhart’s

(get your Dinner Voucher at the registration desk!)

6:00-8:00pm

Off-site working dinner (open to registered professional attendees).

Reflection on some of past grand challenges, a facilitated discussion on emerging issues, and strategies/opportunities to support SFS scholars.

Time

Davis Learning Center (DLC) Auditorium Events

Lower Hangar Events

7:00-8:00am

Note: Please go to Lower Hangar for Breakfast/Registration

CTF Registration/Breakfast

8:00-9:00am

Panel #6: Space Systems and Space Cybersecurity

Examines cyber and related challenges in space missions, satellite architectures, and emerging space-based services.

Moderator: Ron Madler (ERAU) & Russel Davis (ERAU)

Panelists:

• Andrew Aldrin (ERAU)
• Steven Doran (NASA JPL)
• Sherry Neher (Air Force Research Lab)
• Bryan Torielli (Deloitte)
• Andrew Zeliff (GTRI)

Aviation Cyber Capture-The-Flag (CTF) STARTS

Aviation Cyber CTF

(University teams will compete.

Industry attendees encouraged to serve as mentors or participate in the CTF as a learning exercise)

9:00-9:50am

Panel #7: Secure Architectures for Connected Aero Systems

Focuses on engineering approaches for designing secure and resilient aerospace system architectures. Panelists will discuss secure avionics integration, connectivity, and protection of next-generation connected platforms. 

Moderator: Kanwal Reen (Collins Aerospace)

Panelists:

• Jim Anderson (Collins Aerospace)
• Kirupakar Janakiraman (JK) (Honeywell Aerospace)
• Fred Jones (RTX Research Center)
• Brian North (Lockheed Martin)
• Nayyar Rao (Honeywell Aerospace)

9:50-10:00am

Break

10:00-10:50am

Panel #8: Standards, Certification, and Airworthiness Security

This panel explores emerging cybersecurity standards and certification development related to aviation.

Moderator: Kathleen Kramer (2026 IEEE Past President)

Panelists:

• Sanjay Bajekal (Collins Aerospace)
• Douglas Britton (RunSafe)
• Ben Nagel (CyberBen)
• Brandon Nepute (Boeing)
• Daniel Quiroz (Honeywell Aerospace)
• Stefan Schwindt (GE Aerospace)

10:50am-12:00pm

Collaboration Building Exercise: What we need from other two?

A collaborative session where industry, academia and government participants define their biggest needs and propose areas for deeper engagement and support.

12:00-1:30pm

Lunch (in Lower Hangar) with Students

• Student research poster presentations.
• Engage in the CTF as an observer, participant or mentor.

Lunch for all attendees at 12pm, co-located student poster presentations and CTF activity.

Aviation Cyber CTF

(University teams will compete. Industry attendees can register to serve as mentors or participate in the CTF as a learning exercise!)

1:30-3:45pm

Breakout Group Discussion and Group Debrief Presentations

Emerging directions for aviation and space cyber security research and education (participants breakout into smaller groups to discuss and identify grand challenges and related near-, mid-, and long-term goals, and report out)

3:45pm-4:00pm

Next Steps : Where to go from here?

4:00-4:30pm

Award Presentations (CTF and Poster) in Lower Hangar

Aviation Cyber CTF ENDS

Award Presentations (CTF and Poster) in Lower Hangar

4:30pm

Workshop Adjourned