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Virginia State and Local Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop

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Virginia State & Local Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop
Join us for the Mason – NSF Virginia state and local government cybersecurity partnering workshop at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.

The workshop is a follow-on to the Virginia workshops we held in Richmond July 26, 2022, fall of 2017 and subsequent regional workshops.

Topics and discussion will include: ransomware update, cyber insurance, Commonwealth of Virginia update, CISA update, election security, K – 12, regional SOCs and new DHS and CISA funding opportunities amongst others.

No cost to register / attend – Lunch provided.

Who should attend: State and Local Government Administrators, IT and Cybersecurity Administrators, K-12 IT and Cybersecurity Administrators and Police and Emergency IT Managers

For more information: jauffret@gmu.edu

Hosts and Organizers: George Mason University and the National Science Foundation.

The workshop is part of the George Mason-National Science Foundation Cybersecurity City and County Cross Jurisdictional Collaboration project, having the goal of furthering U.S. city and county cybersecurity efforts by developing foundations and policies that enable and foster city and county cybersecurity partnerships.

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West Virginia Local and State Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop

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West Virginia Local and State Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop

Thursday, July 20th, 2023
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Days Inn Conference Center
350 Days Drive
Sutton, West Virginia 26601

Please join us for the West Virginia Local and State Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop

When: Thursday, July 20, 2023, 9:30am – 4:00 pm, Days Inn Conference Center, Sutton, WV

Who should attend: State and local government administrators, state and local IT and cybersecurity managers and staff, government election officials, County Clerks, election experts, police and emergency IT managers and SCADA systems experts (water, electricity, etc.)

Hosted by: West Virginia Office of Technology, West Virginia Secretary of State CIO’s Office, George Mason University

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the New CIO Leadership Conference

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From Generative AI Innovation to Policy and Economic Competitiveness with Industry Focus on Government, Medicine, Financial Services and Education

Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (both days)
(Registration opens at 9:00 a.m.)
George Mason Arlington Campus, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia

Join us for the George Mason University AI and CIO Leadership Conference, where industry leaders and experts will come together to explore the latest developments and opportunities in the rapidly evolving fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computational Intelligence (CI).

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn from industry leaders and experts, network with peeps and gain valuable insights into the worlds of AI and CI. (Credit: ChatGPT)

In partnership with: George Mason Center for Assurance Research & Engineering and School of Business, International Academy of CIO, MS Program in Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy and MS Program in Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases, Georgetown School of Medicine and the Emerging Technology Working Group.

Topics

  • Next Generation Technology – Generative AI and the Quantum Algorithms for AI
  • AI and Education
  • The Cybersecurity Challenge of AI
  • AI and Policy and Regulation
  • AI and Medicine
  • AI and Financial Services
  • Current Legal Cases, Intellectual Property, Ethics and AI
  • AI Governance
  • AI and Economic Competitiveness

Speakers

  • Shaukat Ali Khan, Global CIO, Aga Khan University and Hospitals in Asia, Africa and United Kingdom
  • Tom Anderson, Managing Partner, DataStrategi
  • Chayakrit Asvathitanont, Ph.D., Dean, College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Bangkok, THAILAND
  • J.P. Auffret, Ph.D., Director, Center for Assurance Research & Engineering, George Mason University
  • Andrew Beklemishev, Vice President, Commonwealth of Independent States Region, IDC, KAZAKHSTAN
  • Asif Kaba, Global Director Risk & Cyber Security Practice, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
  • Bob Ledig, Managing Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center
  • Ryan Leirvik, CEO, Neuvik Solutions
  • Eric Luellen, Ph.D. Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Stealth Mode Startup
  • Jeff Matsuura, Of Counsel, Author, Alliance Law Group
  • Larry Medsker, Ph.D., Research Professor, Human – Technology Collaboration, George Washington University
  • Bob Osgood, Director, Digital Forensics, George Mason University
  • Eric Osterweil, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Assurance Research & Engineering, George Mason University
  • Oleg Petrov, Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank
  • Mark Rasch, Of Counsel, Kohrman, Jackson and Krantz
  • Abhishek Ray, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management, School of Business, George Mason University
  • Anthony Rhem, Ph.D., CEO / Principal Consultant, A.J. Rehm and Associates
  • Gary Rinkerman, Partner, FisherBroyles LLP
  • Alexander Ryzhov, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chair, Russia Presidential Academy of Public Administration (RANEPA)
  • Geoffrey Siwo, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Angelos Stavrou, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • Tomoko Steen, Ph.D., Director, Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy Program, Georgetown University
  • Frank Strickland, Partner, aiLeaders
  • Jim Sullivan, Partner, Healthcare – Consulting & Services Integration, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
  • Jirapon Sunkpho, Ph.D., Vice Rector, Information Technology, Thammasat University, Bangkok, THAILAND
  • Kennedy Ukelegharanya, M.S., J.D. 2023, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Tom Vartanian, Executive Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center
  • Lin Wells II, Executive Advisor, C4I and Cyber Center, George Mason University;  fmr. CIO, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Kevin Yin, Founder and CEO, Sitscape

Agenda

Day 1 – May 15th
  • 9:30 a.m.​ Welcome and Introductions and Agenda Overview
  • 9:40 a.m.​ Conference Opening
    – Mark Rasch, Of Counsel, Kohrman, Jackson and Krantz
  • 10:10 a.m.​ AI and the New CIO
    – Frank Strickland, Partner, aiLeaders
  • 10:40 a.m.​ BREAK
  • 11:00 a.m. AI and Leadership Panel Discussion
    – Frank Strickland,     Partner, aiLeaders,
    – Anthony Rhem, Ph.D., CEO, Rhem & Associates  
  • 11:30 a.m. Andrew Beklemishev, Vice, President, CIS, IDC
  • 12:00 noon LUNCH
  • 1:00 p.m. ​Current Legal Cases in AI
    – Jeff Matsuura, Of Counsel, Alliance Law
  • 1:30 p.m.​ AI and Data Analytics
    – Kevin Yin,     Founder and CEO, SitScape
  • 1:55 p.m. ​BREAK   
  • 2:15 p.m. AI and Medicine
    – Chair, Tomoko Steen, Ph.D., Director, Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy program;  professor Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center​
    – Eric Luellen, Ph.D. Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Stealth Mode Startup
    – Geoffrey Siwo, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
    – Kennedy Ukelegharanya, M.S., J.D. 2023, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    – J.P. Auffret, Ph.D., Director, Center for Assurance Research & Engineering, George Mason University
  • 4:00 p.m. AI and Cybersecurity
    – Eric Osterweil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science, George Mason,
    – Ryan     Leirvik, Neuvik Solutions, Ph.D., George Mason
  • 4:55 p.m.​ CLOSING
Day 2 – May 16th
  • 9:30 a.m.​ WELCOME
  • 9:30 a.m.​ Day 2 Opening Talk
    – Shaukat Ali Khan, Global CIO, Aga Khan University and Hospitals in Asia, Africa and United Kingdom
  • 9:55 a.m.​ AI and Medical Devices and Cybersecurity
    – J    ames Sullivan, Partner, Life Sciences / Healthcare – Consulting Services Integration, Tata Consultancy Services and Asif Kaba, Director, Risk & Cyber Strategy Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services
  • 10:50 a.m. ​BREAK  
  • 11:00 a.m.​ AI and Law Enforcement
    – Bob Osgood, Director, Digital Forensics, George Mason University
  • 11:25 a.m. ​Oleg Petrov, Senior Digital Development Specialist, World Bank
  • 11:50 a.m. ​AI and Financial Services
    – Tom Vartanian, Executive Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center and Bob Ledig, Managing Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center
  • 12:50 p.m. LUNCH  
  • 1:45 p.m. ​AI and Education
    –     Jirapon Sunkpho, Vice Rector for Information Technology, Thammasat University, THAILAND
    – Alexander     Ryzhov, Professor, Department Head, School of IT Management, RANEPA, RUSSIA
  • 2:40 p.m.​ AI and Criminal Networks
    – Abhishek Ray, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Information     Systems and Operations Management, George Mason University
  • 3:05 p.m.​ BREAK
  • 3:10 p.m. AI and Ethics
    – Larry Medsker, Ph.D., Research Professor, Human – Technology Collaboration Lab, George Washington University;  Founding Co-editor AI and Ethics Journal (Springer); and Anthony Rhem, Ph.D., CEO, Rhem& Associates  
  • 4:00 p.m. ​AI and Intellectual Property
    – Gary Rinkerman, Partner, FisherBroyles
  • 4:25 p.m.​ AI and Quantum Computing
    – J.P.     Auffet, Ph.D., George Mason
  • 4:45 p.m.​ CLOSING

 

For questions regarding the Conference, please contact Dr. J.P. Auffret

Please RSVP: https://AICIOMay16.eventbrite.com

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About the Center for Assurance Research & Engineering (CARE) at College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University

Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing hosts the Center for Assurance Research & Engineering Center (CARE). CARE’s multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity encompasses the fields of technology, policy, business and leadership. Through partnerships with government and private industry, innovative research is translated into practices and policies used in real-world settings. Research includes security for distributed systems, mobile apps/devices, industrial control systems, and new technologies such as networked medical devices, as well as policies development for securing critical infrastructure and guidance for cybersecurity leadership/governance. For more information, please visit care.gmu.edu.

About the International Academy of CIO (IAC)

The IAC or International Academy of CIO was founded in 2006 in Japan by co-founders including Japan, USA, Indonesia, Philippines, Switzerland and Thailand. The IAC members, partnerships and alliances now span all regions with economies such as China, Cambodia, Netherlands, India, Korea, Laos, Hong Kong, Macao, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Nigeria, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The IAC has active participation from more than 50 countries and partners with NGOs and multilateral organizations including APEC, OECD and ITU. For more information, please go to: www.iacio.org.

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Escalating Cyber Threats to U.S. Financial System Conference – In person and virtual

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Escalating Cyber Threats to the U.S Financial System: Time to Think Outside the Box Conference – Offered in person and virtually

May 4, 2023, 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Eastern)

In-Person, Van Metre Hall, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia and via Zoom Webinar

Join Mason’s Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (CARE), the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center (Center), Mason’s School of Business, and a host of experts for an executive roundtable discussion on the cybersecurity challenges facing the financial services sector and the solutions that should be pursued.

The increasing number of cyber incursions demonstrates the vulnerabilities of digital technologies and an internet that was not created to be a secure network. There are options for overcoming these increasing vulnerabilities and protecting the financial system. Hear experts discuss current and upcoming issues in cybersecurity and the financial system including:

Agenda

  • Financial system innovation and challenges of cybersecurity
  • Geopolitics and national motivations for financial system innovation and development
  • Crime and criminal enterprises and the financial system
  • Role of multilateral institutions such as the IMF and World Bank
  • New web concepts to decentralize and segregate financial system critical infrastructure
  • Government initiatives to work with private industry
  • More secure software, hardware and systems
  • The path to global consensus
  • The cybersecurity alternatives that financial services companies are developing

Our faculty will be moderated by cybersecurity experts:

  • Dr. Jean-Pierre Auffret, George Mason University’s Director, Research Partnerships, School of Business; Director, Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (CARE), College of Engineering & Computing
  • Thomas P. Vartanian, Executive Director of the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center

Dr. Ajay Vinzé, Dean of Mason’s School of Business, will provide opening remarks for the program
Brian Peretti, Director, Domestic and International Cyber Policy, Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Department of Treasury, will make Keynote Remarks

Cybersecurity Experts include:

• Stewart Baker, Of Counsel, Steptoe
• Emily Beam, Senior Vice President, Cyber Risk Institute
• John Carlson, Vice President, Cybersecurity Regulation and Resilience
American Bankers Association
• Dr. Robert Coles, Head of Security Strategy, D S Smith, Former Chief Information Security Officer – Merrill Lynch, National Grid, GlaxoSmithKline
• Steve Crocker, CEO and co-founder, Shinkuro
• James Dever, Cofounder and Principal, Lockhaven Solutions LLC; formerly U.S. Air Force Professor of Cyber Warfare
• John Geiringer, Barack Ferrazzano Kirshbaum & Nagelberg LLP
• Adam Golodner, Managing Partner, AMG Global Cyber Law, PLLC, CEO, Vortex Strategic Consulting, Co-Chair, Trusted Future
• Murray Kenyon, Cybersecurity Partnership Executive, U.S. Bank
• Jenny Menna, Vice President, Threat Management and Response, Humana
• Lisa Quest, Partner, Co-Head of the Public Sector and Policy Practice, Europe, Oliver Wyman, Co-author, Digital Trust: How Banks Can Secure Our Digital Identity;
Joint Report with the International Banking Federation
• Craig Schwartz, Managing Director, fTLD Registry -.Bank
• Marilyn Smith, IT Consultant, Former Chief Information Officer – George Mason University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Scott Volmar, CEO, Intercomputer Network Corp

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 There is no charge to attend the program either in person or via webinar.
 Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.

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George Mason University‘s Center for Assurance Research and Engineering, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center and the School of Business

Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing hosts the Center for Assurance Research & Engineering Center (CARE). CARE’s multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity encompasses the fields of technology, policy, business and leadership. Through partnerships with government and private industry, innovative research is translated into practices and policies used in real-world settings. Research includes security for distributed systems, mobile apps/devices, industrial control systems, and new technologies such as networked medical devices, as well as policies development for securing critical infrastructure and guidance for cybersecurity leadership/governance. For more information, please visit care.gmu.edu.

The Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center is a nonprofit organization that brings together financial services professionals, regulators, trade association representatives, consumer group representatives, counsel and advisors to discuss, debate, and advocate in regard to financial technology and cybersecurity issues and their regulation. For more information about the Center and to sign up to hear about future events and projects visit www.fintsc.org.

For questions regarding the program, please contact Dr. JP Auffret at jauffret@gmu.edu or Phone at 703-993-5641 or Robert Ledig, FTCC Managing Director at rledig@fintsc.org.

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Meet the Tech Exec Event: Featuring Paul Hong and Kevin Donohue, AWS Cloud Assurance

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Meet the Tech Exec: Amazon Cloud Security Assurance & Careers Event

Featuring Paul Hong and Kevin Donohue, AWS Cloud Assurance
Wednesday, April 12
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Johnson Center Cinema at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus

Meet with business leaders from Amazon Web Services and learn about the field of Cloud Security Assurance and careers at Amazon Web Services from Paul Hong and Kevin Donahue, AWS.

Please RSVP: https://MasonAmazonCareerNetworkingApril12.eventbrite.com

Paul Hong, CISSP, CPA, Security Assurance Training and Education Lead

Paul develops and delivers cloud security and compliance trainings for regulated industries, including the US government. Paul’s work also includes enabling public sector and regulated industry adoption of the AWS Cloud. Prior to joining AWS, Paul spent his career as an IT security professional working directly with Fortune 500 companies auditing or consulting on IT process, security, and risk projects. Paul is a CISSP, CEH, and CPA, and holds a Masters of Accounting Information Systems and a Bachelors of Business Administration from James Madison University, Virginia.

Kevin Donohue, CISSP, Senior Customer Enablement Manager, Global Regulatory Operations, AWS Security

Kevin has been with AWS since 2019 and is currently a senior manager in the Security Assurance org. He leads security and compliance initiatives for various government and commercial certifications and helps customers understand the shared responsibility model. He holds CISSP, AWS Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect Associate certifications. Before joining AWS, Kevin worked in the commercial cybersecurity practice at PwC and prior to that, the U.S. State Department. Originally from New Jersey, Kevin now lives with his wife and daughter in Alexandria, VA.

More information about the Johnson Center Cinema.

For more information, please contact: jauffret@gmu.edu or cbatchel@gmu.edu.

This event is hosted by Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing‘s Center for Assurance Research & Engineering (CARE), the Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) and School of Business.

 

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JP Auffret to Co-Lead First-of-its-Kind Mason Center for Excellence in Government Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience

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January 17, 2023 / By John Hollis

George Mason University will expand its research and real-world impact in Northern Virginia with a pair of projects that were made possible by the efforts of U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to address cybersecurity and mental health care needs.

Mason will receive $1 million in federal funding to support the creation a first-of-its-kind Mason Center for Excellence in Government Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience, and nearly $1 million for the Saving Lives and Decreasing Health Disparities project. Funding for both efforts came as part of the federal omnibus appropriations bill that President Biden recently signed into law to fund the government through Fiscal Year 2023.

Connolly, whose 11th District includes Fairfax, is a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and his party’s lead on the Subcommittee on Government Operations.

“George Mason University is a pillar of our community, but the effects of its world-class education and world-changing research can be felt throughout the country,” said Connolly.

The future Center for Excellence in Government Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience will act as a strategic partner in federal government cybersecurity and IT modernization efforts, translate state-of-the-art research on technology modernization and cybersecurity in federal practice, collate and disseminate best practices on federal government agency cybersecurity, and foster U.S. government cybersecurity organizational capacity.

The center will bring together experts in IT modernization, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure systems to develop and provide in-person, hybrid, live virtual, and online executive education, tabletop exercises and workshops for federal government IT and cybersecurity executives and middle managers. In addition, the center will leverage Mason’s Institute for Digital Innovation, which integrates transdisciplinary centers and labs with deep interdisciplinary expertise across all facets of cybersecurity research, governance, policy, and education.

Amarda Shehu, associate vice president of research at the Institute for Digital Innovation, and professor of computer science with Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing, will operate the center along with J.P. Auffret, the director of research partnerships and grants initiatives in the School of Business and the director of the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing.

“This is further evidence of the value and depth of Mason’s research, programs, and outreach in cybersecurity,” said Ken Ball, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing. “This funding will help us strengthen our programs and generate new discoveries that will make our nation more secure.”

“We are exceptionally grateful to Congressman Connolly for championing the central importance of cybersecurity for the federal government,” added Shehu and Auffret. “We are excited to engage with federal IT and cyber executives to modernize and secure systems, and advance excellence.”

Mason has a 25-year history in government IT leadership and governance education, including as a founding partner in the U.S. Federal CIO University and as a founding partner in the International Academy of CIO. Mason’s partners include the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, the Commonwealth of Virginia state government, the West Virginia state government, Connected DMV, and others.

Andre Marshall, Mason’s vice president for research, innovation and economic impact, praised Connolly for his continued leadership in the areas of federal cybersecurity and IT modernization.

“I am so proud to have secured funding for the Mason Center for Excellence in Government Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience, the first of its kind, and I can’t wait to see the results in action,” he said.

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Please join us 11/7. More info here: https://business.gmu.edu/current-students/career-services

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International Academy of CIO (IAC) 2022 Virtual MiniConference

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IAC 2022 MiniConference “Redefining the Role of the CIO in the Age of AI”

December 15, 2022 (Virtual)

7:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Eastern Time (US and Canada) & 9:00 P.M. – 12:00 MIDNIGHT JAPAN TIME

TOPICS

CIO and IT Leadership
Institutions and Institutional Capacity Building
Digital Transformation and Society
CIO Education

SPEAKERS

  • Professor Toshio Obi, Ph.D., President Emeritus, International Academy of CIO
    Naoko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of e Government, Waseda University, Japan, President of IAC Japan
  • Shaukat Ali Khan, Global CIO, Aga Khan University and Hospitals in Asia, Africa and United Kingdom, Pakistan
  • Sundar Balakrishna, Ph.D., Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Electronics, and Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • YoungSik Kim- E-Government Consultant, UNU-EGOV, Digital Government Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Andrew Beklemishev, Vice President – CIS Region, IDC, Kazakhstan
  • Fengchun Yang, Ph.D., Director, Academy of eGovernment, Peking University, China
  • Suhono Supangkat, Ph.D., Director of Smart Cities and Communities Innovation Centre, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Jirapon Sunkpho, Ph.D., Vice Rector and CIO, Thammasat University, Thailand
  • Ken Wang, Director, Department of Digital Service, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan
  • Francisco Magno, Ph.D., Director, Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance, De La Salle University, Philippines
  • Alexander Ryzhov, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chair, Russia Presidential Academy of Public Administration (RANEPA), Russia
  • Naoko Mizukoshi, Founder and President, Leftright Law and IP, Japan
  • Hiroko Kudo, Ph.D., Professor Public Policy and Management, Chuo University, Japan
  • Luca Buccoliero, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy
  • Elena Bellio, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy
  • Liao Hsin Chung, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Taiwan E-Governance Research Center, Taiwan
  • J.P. Auffret, Ph.D., George Mason University; President, International Academy of CIO

AGENDA

7:00 a.m. Welcome

7:05 a.m. Professor Toshio Obi, Ph.D., President Emeritus, International Academy of CIO

7:15 a.m. Naoko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of e Government, Waseda University, Japan, President of IAC Japan

Session 1 – CIO and IT Leadership

7:25 a.m. Shaukat Ali Khan, Global CIO, Aga Khan University and Hospitals in Asia, Africa and United Kingdom, Pakistan

7:35 a.m. Fengchun Yang, Ph.D., Director, Academy of eGovernment, Peking University, China Centre, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

7:55 a.m. Andrew Beklemishev, Vice President – CIS Region, IDC, Kazakhstan

8:05 a.m. Liao Hsin Chung, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Taiwan E-Governance Research Center, Taiwan

Session 2 – Digital Transformation and Society

8:15 a.m. Ken Wang, Director, Department of Digital Service, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan

8:25 a.m. Francisco Magno, Ph.D., Director, Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance, De La Salle University, Philippines

8:35 a.m. Naoko Mizukoshi, Founder and President, Leftright Law and IP, Japan

8:45 a.m. Hiroko Kudo, Ph.D., Professor Public Policy and Management, Chuo University, Japan

8:55 a.m. Elena Bellio, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy

Session 3 – CIO, CIO Institutions and Capacity Building

9:05 a.m. Jirapon Sunkpho, Ph.D., Vice Rector and CIO, Thammasat University, Thailand

9:15 a.m. Sundar Balakrishna, Ph.D., Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Electronics, and Communications, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India

9:25 a.m. YoungSik Kim, E-Government Consultant, UNU-EGOV, Digital Government Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

9:35 a.m. Luca Buccoliero, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Italy

9:45 a.m. Alexander Ryzhov, Ph.D., Professor, Head of Chair, Russia Presidential Academy of Public Administration (RANEPA), Russia

9:55 a.m. J.P. Auffret, Ph.D., George Mason University; President, International Academy of CIO, USA

10:00 a.m. Closing

For more information, please contact J.P. Auffret at jauffret@gmu.edu.

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Mason – NSF Local Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop – Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula

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Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula – Mason & NSF Local Government Cybersecurity Partnering Workshop at the Historic Beale Sanctuary in Tappahannock, Virginia

Hosted by George Mason University and National Science Foundation

The workshop is follow-on to the Virginia workshop we held in Richmond in the fall of 2017 and subsequent regional workshops in Roanoke, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, and Leesburg, Purcellville, Richmond and more.

Topics and discussion will include: ransomware update, cyber insurance, Commonwealth of Virginia update, CISA update, election security, K – 12, regional SOCs and new DHS and CISA funding opportunities amongst others.

Please RSVP: https://NorthernNeckMiddlePeninsulaMasonNSF.eventbrite.com. No cost to register / attend – Lunch provided.

Who should attend: State and Local Government Administrators, IT and Cybersecurity Administrators, K-12 IT and Cybersecurity Administrators and Police and Emergency IT Managers

For more information: jauffret@gmu.edu

Hosts and Organizers: George Mason University and the National Science Foundation.

About the Workshop:

The workshop builds upon many state and local government cybersecurity workshops held in 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 with the objective of discussing current cybersecurity challenges and associated potential partnering and funding opportunities.

The workshop is part of the George Mason-National Science Foundation Cybersecurity City and County Cross Jurisdictional Collaboration project, having the goal of furthering U.S. city and county cybersecurity efforts by developing foundations and policies that enable and foster city and county cybersecurity partnerships.

The Mason-NSF project has co-hosted 13 successful local government cybersecurity partnership workshops in Virginia and West Virginia between 2017 and 2022.

Follow us on Twitter @MasonCyber for more up-to-date discussions on cybersecurity and innovation.

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New Date Announced for Mason Cybersecurity Innovation Forum

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The George Mason University Cybersecurity Innovation Forum

Please join us for the George Mason University Cybersecurity Forum. The Forum will consist of a series of 15-20 minute case study presentations by cybersecurity experts and technology innovators followed by a Q&A. There will be complimentary refreshments.

The focus of the events is on cybersecurity innovation including innovation rationale and motivation, technology, metrics, and lessons learned.

Please RSVP: https://CyberforumDec7.eventbrite.com

Mason's Cybersecurity Innovation Forum Adds "Fuse at Mason Square" as New Location

Recently announced, George Mason University’s Arlington Campus is now Mason Square, an urban destination of learning, collaboration, and economic development.

Fuse at Mason Square is a first-of-its-kind facility bringing together the public and private sectors in a collaborative alliance to solve grand challenges. Fuse houses faculty and students working with the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA) and their partners, and graduate programs from Mason’s new School of Computing. Designed to support digital innovation, active learning, cutting-edge research, business entrepreneurs, and tech incubators alongside education and policymakers, the new space offers nearly 350,000 square feet designed for the needs of the next generation of Northern Virginia’s technology workforce.

For a map of Vernon Smith Hall and information about public transportation and location, please go to: https://arlington.gmu.edu.

The Cybersecurity Innovation Forum Series is generously supported by Accenture.

George Mason University’s (GMU) College Engineering and Computing's Center for Assurance Research & Engineering and School of Business sponsor the events.

Follow us on Twitter @MasonCyber for more up-to-date discussions on cybersecurity and innovation.