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UM-Flint Center for Cybersecurity Advisory Board\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td><strong>10:45 \u2013 11:00<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>Coffee Break<\/td>\n      <td>\u2013<\/td>\n      <td>Refreshments &#038; Networking<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td><strong>11:00 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>\n        Workshop 1 Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Commercialization &#038; Industry Partnerships<br><br>\n        Workshop 2 Panel Discussion: Redefining Software Security \u2013 AI-Powered Defenses in a Cloud-First World\n      <\/td>\n      <td>\n        Expo Center<br>\n        Room 1\n      <\/td>\n      <td>\n        <em>Moderator:<\/em> Khalid Malik<br>\n        <em>Panelists:<\/em> Luke McCormack, Glenn Hernandez, Don Boian, Frank Victory<br><br>\n\n        <em>Moderator:<\/em> Hua Ming<br>\n        <em>Panelists:<\/em> Dalong Li, Ayesha Khalid\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td><strong>12:00 \u2013 1:00<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>Lunch<\/td>\n      <td>Expo Center<\/td>\n      <td>Buffet lunch provided<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td><strong>1:00 \u2013 3:00<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>\n        Keynote + Panel: Cybersecurity Education Challenges<br><br>\n        Workshop 3: Blockchain Technologies<br><br>\n        Workshop 4: Cybersecurity, AI, and Education\n      <\/td>\n      <td>\n        Expo Center<br>\n        Room 1<br>\n        Room 2\n      <\/td>\n      <td>\n        <strong>Cybersecurity Education Challenges<\/strong><br>\n        <em>Session Chair:<\/em> Amal Alhosban, Director, Computing Division, UM-Flint<br><br>\n        <strong>Cybersecurity Horizons: Security Challenges &#038; Current Threats<\/strong> \u2013 Don Boian, NSA (retired); Former CISO, Huntington National Bank<br><br>\n        <strong>Student Panel:<\/strong> UM-Flint Women in Cybersecurity Club<br>\n        <em>Moderator:<\/em> Megan Swagert<br>\n        <em>Panelists:<\/em> Marwa Hammami, Nicole Greenen, Myrna Issa, Marlie Fletcher, Joyce Mitchual<br><br>\n        <strong>Faculty &#038; Industry Response Panel:<\/strong> Amal Alhosban, Thiago Ferriera, Ayesha Khalid, Don Boian<br><br>\n\n        <strong>Blockchain Technologies<\/strong><br>\n        <em>Moderator:<\/em> Tim Bates<br>\n        Adam Zientarski, Detroit Ledger Technologies<br>\n        Fareena Saqib, UNC-Charlotte<br>\n        <em>Panel Discussion with Zientarski &#038; Saqib, moderated by Tim Bates<\/em><br><br>\n\n        <strong>Cybersecurity, AI, and Education<\/strong><br>\n        <em>Moderator:<\/em> Khalid Malik<br>\n        Asim Munawar, IBM \u2013 \u201cAgents &#038; Reasoning in LLMs with Applications to Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection\u201d<br>\n        Frank Victory, OWASP \u2013 \u201cTraining the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals\u201d<br>\n        <em>Panel Discussion with Munawar &#038; 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