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The Trump administration is making significant changes to the nation’s cybersecurity strategy at a time when threats are growing ever-more sophisticated. The U.S. response to these risks will be especially critical in the months ahead as federal agencies implement new policies and Congress weighs the future of key laws and programs.


Join POLITICO for urgent conversations with lawmakers and security experts on the most pressing issues in U.S. cybersecurity policy.

REGISTRATION DETAILS

  Doors open at 8:30 a.m. ET.


A government-issued ID will be required for entry.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Additional speakers to be announced. 

Sean

Cairncross

National cyber director

white house

Sen. Angus King

(I-Maine)

MEMBER 

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence & Armed Services Committee

David Harvilicz

Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk & Resilience Policy

Department of Homeland Security

Caitlin

Clarke

Senior Director

Cybersecurity ServiceS

Venable

Matt

Hayden

Vice President

Cyber and Emerging Threats

General Dynamics Information Technology

Retired Rear Adm.

Mark Montgomery

Senior Director

Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Caitlin

Clarke

Senior Director

Cybersecurity ServiceS

Venable

Matt

Hayden

Vice President

Cyber and Emerging Threats

General Dynamics Information Technology

Retired Rear Adm.

Mark Montgomery

Senior Director

Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS

Drew

Bagley

Chief Privacy officer

crowdstrike

Cally

Baute

 chief commercial officer

POLITICO

Additional speakers to be announced. 

AGENDA

Agenda is subject to change. 

3:30 p.m. 

Doors open 

4:00 p.m.

 

Welcome Remarks

Marty Kady, Editorial Director, Subscriptions, POLITICO

4:05 p.m.

Executive Conversation 

Stuart Alderoty, General Counsel, Ripple

Cally Baute, Senior Vice President, Consumer Business, POLITICO


4:20 p.m.

 

Editorial Conversation

 

Marta Belcher, Special Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tyler Gellasch, President and CEO, Healthy Markets Association
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Peter Van Valkenburgh, Research Director, Coin Center

 

 

Moderated by: Sam Sutton, co-author of Morning Money, POLITICO

4:45 p.m.

Reception 

Following programing, please join us for a reception in the Grand Ballroom Prefuction. 

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