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Join CISA at Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America (CIPRNA) Conference!
CISA is exhibiting and speaking at the Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America (CIPRNA) Conference on March 12-14, 2024, in Lake Charles, LA. This three-day event will feature speakers from CISA and bring together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies and governments to collaborate on the issues and the threats securing North America.
This event will occur at the L’Auberge Hotel located at 777 L’Auberge Ave, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601.
About the Conference
Expo Hall Hours
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
Thursday, March 14, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST
Exhibit Location
We are conveniently located in L’Auberge Hotel, at exhibit #4 & #5.
Agenda- Day One & Two- March 12-13, 2024
CI Interdependencies and Cascading Effects in Community Situational Awareness
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 4:00- 5:30 p.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Dr. Ryan Donaghy, Associate Director for Planning and Innovation, CISA; Adam Stahl, Chief of Staff, Avangrid; Anna Balance; Cameron Dicker; Chris Anderson; Dr. Ryan Hruska.
Emerging Threats Against CI
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:00- 10:30 a.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Richard Tenney, Senior Advisor, ECD, CISA; Michael Hill, Program Specialist, CISA; Chris Essid, Senior Advisor, CISA; Michael Finch, Tech Svcs Dir; Budge Carrier, Asst Dir PSC.
Critical Industries Sector Symposium
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 2:15- 5:30 p.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Bryan McDonald, Acting ChemLock PM, CISA; Cameron Dicker, Dir of Global Business Resilience; Francesco Beltramini, Security Engineering Manager, Control Plane; Dan Frazen, CO USDA.
Cybersecurity Regulations, Best Practice and Minimum Standards
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:00- 10:30 a.m. CST
Speaker(s): Jerrel Conerly, Cybersecurity Advisor, CISA; Deborah Kobza, President, GSRA; Emilio Salabarria, PM; Keyaan Williams, Managing Director, Class-LLC; Tim Klett.
Agenda- Day Three- Thursday, March 14, 2024
Modeling and Methodology Around Incident Mitigation & Emergency Management
Thursday, March 14, 2024 9:00- 10:30 a.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Sunny Wescott, Lead Meteorologist, CISA; Sloan Grissom, Outreach Coordinator, IMAAC; Chris Janson, Sr. Marker Advisor, Nokia; Alexander Ankney, Air Force Academy.
Strategic Resilience Planning
Thursday, March 14, 2024 11:15- 12:30 p.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Douglas DeLancey, Branch Chief, Bombing Prevention; Charles Burton, Technology Director, Calcasieu Parish; Jeff Gaynor, President, American Resilience; Ollie Gagnon III, INL.
Collaboration, Information Sharing and Enhancing PPPs
Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:00- 3:30 p.m. CST Room: TBD
Speaker(s): Rola Hariri, Defense Industrial Base Liaison, CISA; Terence Check, Senior Counsel, ISD, CISA; Alex Brickner, Director SBIR, UMLARC; Lester Millet, President, Infragard LA, Dir USLUA.
Additional Resources
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