2026 Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference

2026 Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference

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Cindy Belsky

Fairfax County Public Schools

7:30am EDT

Registration Check-in & Breakfast First Floor Lobby

8:30am EDT

Day One Welcome Boeing Auditorium

9:00am EDT

No Wi-fly Zone: Taking Security to the Skies Room 3100Sam Williams

9:45am EDT

Deep Dive into the New PTSA Room 4100Constance Boahn

10:30am EDT

Networking & Sponsor Break Boeing Auditorium

11:00am EDT

CyberSafe AI: A Game-Based Approach to AI Literacy and Cybersecurity Education Room 4130Shannon Beck Teach It. Prove It. Hire It. Room 4100Sam Benke • Andrea Twedt

11:45am EDT

Lunch Learning Loft - First Floor

12:45pm EDT

Swipe Right for Threat Modeling: Cybersecurity as a Life Skill Room 4130Christopher Cruz • Regan McNulty

1:30pm EDT

Vibe Coding (AI Assisted Coding) and its Hidden Cybersecurity Concerns Room 3100Thom Garrett

2:15pm EDT

Networking & Sponsor Break Boeing Auditorium

2:30pm EDT

Keynote: Hart Rossman, AWS Boeing Auditorium

3:30pm EDT

Mobilizing Academia: The Department of War’s Blueprint for a Secure Tomorrow Boeing Auditorium

4:15pm EDT

Conference Check-in & Day 2 preview Boeing Auditorium

5:00pm EDT

Networking Reception & Awards Recognition Tree House & Rooftop Terrace

7:30am EDT

Registration Check-in & Breakfast First Floor Lobby

8:30am EDT

Day Two Welcome Boeing Auditorium

9:15am EDT

Hacker Gangs or Defender’s Code? Shaping the Youth Cyber Journey Room 4100Jessica Gulick

9:45am EDT

Networking & Sponsor Break Boeing Auditorium

10:15am EDT

Engineering Cybersecurity Education in the Age of AI Room 3100Paulo Costa

11:00am EDT

Cyber Range Sidekick! Courseware and Virtual Machine Integration Room 3100Sabrina Williams • Rhiannon Kenny

11:45am EDT

Lunch Learning Loft - First Floor

12:45pm EDT

Skills-Based Hiring on the Digital Front Lines Boeing AuditoriumMatt Isnor

1:30pm EDT

Closing Remarks Boeing Auditorium