Program and Agenda

VENUE Student Union/Lower Hangar

7-8 a.m.

Registration and breakfast

8-8:10 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Ken Witcher (ERAU-Prescott Chancellor), Thomas Drape (ERAU CBSI Dean)

• TBD: Arizona State

8:10-8:15 a.m.

Overview of Agenda

• Krishna Sampigethaya (ERAU) 

8:15-9 a.m.

Panel #1: Leadership Perspectives on Aerospace Cybersecurity

Strategic vision, investment in cybersecurity, regulatory landscape, and leadership challenges in securing aviation and space systems.

Moderator: Jerry Davis (Microsoft)

Panelists:

• Doug Britton (RunSafe)
• Stephane Chopart (Airbus)
• Janet Grondin (Stellar Solutions)
• Levi Gundert (Recorded Future)
• David Hopkins (Mesa Air)

9-10 a.m.

Panel #2: Aircraft and Airline Cybersecurity

Focuses on cyber threats toaircraft systems, airline operations, and airport infrastructure, including avionics, IT/OT security, and passenger data protection.

Moderator: Scott McCrea (Honeywell Aerospace)

Panelists:

• Mathew Barreras (Mesa Air)
• Pamela Davis (Southwest Airlines)
• Kathleen Finke (Astronautics Corp)
• Matthew Kosednar (United Airlines)
• Timothy Mitchell (TM Mitchell Engineering)
• Daniel Riechers (Collins Aerospace)  

10-10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.

Panel #3: Emerging Industry Advances

Showcases the latest industry-driven innovations in aerospace and cybersecurity, including AAM security, AI-driven security, zero trust architectures, and quantum cryptography.

Moderator: Anne Boettcher (ERAU)

Panelists:

• Frederick Jones (Raytheon Technologies Research Center)
• Sivaraman Mani (Honeywell Aerospace)
• Nayyar Rao (Honeywell Aerospace)
• Stefan Schwindt (GE Aviation)
• Nina Vajda (Aerospace Cybersecurity Consultant)  

11:15 a.m.-Noon

Panel #4: Cyber Intelligence and Incident Response

Explores cyber threat intelligence, risk forecasting, and threat actor analysis, highlighting how AI, data analytics, and collaboration improve threat detection and mitigation.

Moderator: Jon Haass (ERAU)

Panelists:

• Levi Gundert (Recorded Future)
• Riley Montgomery (FBI)
• Stephen Thomas (NIRT)  

Noon-1:15 p.m.

Lunch (provided to all registered attendees)

• Student Research Poster Presentations

• Aviation Cyber CTF Overview, ERAU-Prescott CTF Dev Team

1:15-2:05 p.m.

Panel #5: Space Cybersecurity

Examines cybersecurity challenges in space systems, including satellite security, communication network threats, and strategies for securing commercial and government space operations.

Moderator: Ron Madler (ERAU)

Panelists:

• Jerry Davis (Microsoft)
• Drew Hamilton (TAMU)
• Alefiya Hussain (USC ISI)
• Derek Schatz (Virgin Galactic)
• Matt Tomarchio (Deloitte)  

2:05-2:50 p.m.

Panel #6: Cyber Resilience

Discusses strategies, best practices, emerging challenges, and innovations for enhancing aerospace cyber resilience.

Moderator: Dan Diessner (ERAU CARS)

Panelists:

• William D. Bryant (MTSI)
• Brian North (Lockheed Martin)
• Lawrence Marsala (BAE Systems)
• Matt Mayes (Aerospace Village)
• Kyle Wilkerson (ERAU)  

2:50-3 p.m.

Break

3-3:50 p.m.

Panel #7: Research Trends Applicable to Aerospace Cybersecurity

Presents emerging research topics and breakthroughs from academia and research labs, bridging gaps between fundamental research and real-world applications.

Moderator: Drew Hamilton (TAMU)

Panelists:

• Farid Dowla (LLNL)
• Addy Moran (PNNL)
• Raja Sengupta (UC Berkeley)
• Rajendra K. Raj (RIT)  
• Kandy Phan (Sandia National Labs)

3:50-4:50 p.m.

Engagement Exercise for Students and Professional Attendees

Students and professionals interact in a group activity that may focus on either an aerospace cyber war game or a speed networking + challenge exercise.

5-5:50 p.m.

(optional) IMAX-Length Movie: Living in the Age of Airplanes

Venue: Planetarium

6-7 p.m.

VISITING STUDENTS: Campus dinner at Earhart’s

(get your Dinner Voucher at the registration desk!)

6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

Reflection on last year’s grand challenges, a facilitated discussion on progress and emerging issues, and strategies/opportunities to support SFS scholars, such as temporary job assignments, amid federal hiring delays.

VENUE

Davis Learning Center (DLC) Auditorium

Lower Hangar

7-8 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

CTF Registration and Breakfast

8-8:05 a.m.

Recap of Day-1 and Overview of Day-2 Agenda

Krishna Sampigethaya (ERAU)

Aviation Cyber Capture-The-Flag (CTF) STARTS

8:05-9 a.m.

Panel #8: Aviation Cybersecurity Regulations and Standards

Focuses on evolving aviation cybersecurity regulatory frameworks, standards and certification requirements, with insights from industry leaders.

Moderator: Sanjay Bajekal (Collins Aerospace)

Panelists:

• Douglas Britton (RunSafe)
• Glenn Burnett (Bell)
• Don Christie (Honeywell)
• Jens Hennig (GAMA)
• Stefan Schwindt (GE Aerospace)

9-9:50 a.m.

Panel #9: Workforce and Training Needs

Addresses the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals, discussing workforce challenges, skill gaps, and training programs to build a robust cyber workforce.

Moderator: Parker Northrup (ERAU Prescott)

Panelists:

• Matt Mayes (Aerospace Village)
• Tyler Morris (Sandia National Labs)
• Rajendra K. Raj (RIT)
• Drew Recker (Lockheed Martin)
• Jayla Thirtyacre (FBI)

Aviation Cyber CTF

(University teams will compete.

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

Lunch for all attendees at 12pm with co-located student project 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!)

Aviation Cyber CTF ENDS

Award Presentations (CTF and Poster) in Lower Hangar

9:50-10 a.m.

Break

10-10:50 a.m.

Panel #10: Leadership Journeys in STEM and Aerospace Cybersecurity

Moderated by students, this panel features professionals from academia, government, and industry who share their experiences, career paths, and contributions to the STEM disciplines related to aerospace cybersecurity.

Moderators: Morgan Finch, Kamryn Hoehne, Rebekah Sokoloski (ERAU-Prescott Cyber Students)

Panelists:

• Pamela Davis (Southwest Airlines)
• Janet Grondin (Stellar Solutions)
• Alefiya Hussain (USC ISI)
• Kaela Martin (ERAU Prescott)
• Addy Moran (PNNL)
• Nina Vajda (Aerospace Cybersecurity Consultant)

10:50 a.m.-Noon

Collaboration Building Exercise:

What we need from others?

A collaborative session whereindustry, academia and government participants define their biggest needsand propose areas for deeper engagement and support.

Noon-1:30 p.m.

Lunch (in Lower Hangar) with Students

• Student research poster presentations.
• Engage in the CTF as a participant/mentor.

1:30-1:45 p.m.

Aerospace Cybersecurity Grand Challenges from the 2024 Workshop

Krishna Sampigethaya (ERAU)

1:45-3:45 p.m.

Breakout Group Discussion:

Emerging directions for aerospace cyber security research and education (participants discuss and identify grand challenges and related near-, mid-, and long-term goals, and report out)

3:45-4 p.m.

Next Steps: Where to go from here?.

4-4:30 p.m.

Award Presentations (CTF and Poster) in Lower Hangar

4:30 p.m.

Workshop Adjourned

(Optional: Guided tour of Prescott Flight Line available)