Day One: Closing the Knowledge Gaps
What is cyberbiosecurity? What is happening in the field? Who is seeking to cause us harm?
Our first day together will close the knowledge gaps and speak to the unmet needs facing the bioeconomy.
8:00am
Lobby
Registration and Breakfast
Remember to bring your registration materials.
There will be breakfast burritos, fruit and tea/coffee/juice available when you arrive.
9:00am
Auditorium
What We Need, Now
An address from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Welcome
Welcome address from Charles Fracchia and Whitney Zatzkin
The Worst Week at Work
During our opening session, our speaker Ben Rice will chat about his personal experiences with an unexpected turn of events at work. Faced with incredible decisions, harrowing realities, and more uncertainty than risk models can capture -- we dig into the cybersecurity complexities facing a 100+ year old family business.
10:30am
Lobby
Refueling Break
10:45am
Breakout Rooms
Reality Bytes
What is really happening with cyberbiosecurity in the bioeconomy? What are the realized threats? What are the risks? And, more importantly, what does that mean to all of us. Join us for this series of breakout discussions exploring the "What" behind the headlines, threat activity, and other realities facing the bioeconomy.
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Cyberbiosecurity 101, presented by Julianne Baron of Science and Safety Consulting and Isabelle Brown-Cantrell and Jared Shelton of The University of Alabama in Huntsville Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (K1-2)
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Hackers Love Your Lab - How a Product Security SME Spots Supply Chain Risks, presented by Garrett Schumacher of GeneInfoSec, Inc. (K3-4)
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Gene Synthesizers, presented by Max Langenkamp of Secure DNA and Rami Puzis of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (K5-6)
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Biotech Threats in Agriculture, presented by Karen Meidenbauer and Collin Timm of JHU Applied Physics Lab (Auditorium)
11:30am
Lobby
Transition Break
11:45am
Auditorium
Understanding the Field
Join us for an insightful interview with Bill Reid. With decades of experience safeguarding digital infrastructures and improving healthcare access in underserved communities, Bill offers a unique perspective on the intersection of technology and health. He’ll also discuss the bioeconomy, exploring how innovations in biotech and cybersecurity are shaping new opportunities. Don’t miss this chance to hear from a leader at the forefront of protecting both data and lives.
12:30pm
Cafe
Lunch and Exploration
Enjoy lunch, network with colleagues, and get your hands dirty exploring one of the many lived experience demonstrations set up by our exhibitors.
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Black Mesa, presents cyberbiosecurity in biomanufacturing
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ThreatLocker, presents cyberbiosecurity management in network design and architecture
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Fleet Defender and the Warfield Brothers Farm, present cyberbiosecurity for every farm featuring a CLAAS Lexion Combine
Note: Yes, you may go outside to take pictures with the combine. Please check with the Fleet Defender team, first.
We are very fortunate to have the generous support from the Warfields to have this combine at this event. Absolutely do NOT remove any of the safety equipment, cables, or other materials. Any attempt to start the combine, drive it anywhere, or access the electronic systems without consent will be met with an invitation to meet JHUAPL security. Thank you!
2:00pm
Breakout Rooms
Nefarious Actors
Who is coming for the bioeconomy? How do you even watch for warning signs or know if you are a likely target? Join us for this series of breakout discussions exploring the "Who" behind the headlines, threat activity, and other realities facing the bioeconomy.
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Agriculture Security is Cyberbiosecurity: Lessons from Ukraine and Closer to Home, presented by David Kovar of URSA (Auditorium)
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Cybergreenhouse: Soft attacks with hard consequences, presented by Lauren Davis of JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (K1-2)
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Old Lessons, Novel Attacks: DNA-native supply-chain threats, presented by David Pattie, Nicholas Guise, Parv Mahajan, Rebecca Hutchins, and Thomas Shields of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (K3-4)
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Finding the Attacker Among Us, presented by Kristopher WIllis of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (K5-6)
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Cyberbio Labs: Understanding the Threats, presented by Gautham Venugopalan and Nicole Tensmeyer of Deloitte Consulting, Julianne Baron of Science and Safety Consulting, and DJ Kleinbaum of Emerald Cloud Lab (K7-8)
2:45pm
Lobby
Refueling Break
3:15pm
Auditorium
Reflecting To Move Forward
Join us for our closing plenary to review the discoveries of who is attacking us and what that feels like or means in scope and scale.
The Importance of This Work
An address from U.S. Senator Todd Young, chair of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
Tracking the Progress of the Bioeconomy
Join us for a conversation with Nazish Jeffery from the Federation of American Scientists. Her work includes the Bioeconomy EO Tracker an effort to inventory, detail, and connect actions in the bioeconomy from the moment they were announced in the executive order to the implementation journey and final reports. What's been a success? What's still missing? And, most importantly, what do we still need to figure out?
5:30pm
Disclosed to Participants
Reception - Check your email for RSVP instructions!
Day Two: Carving a Path Forward
What is it like to be in the trenches with cyberbiosecurity? How do you solve the situation, or resolve it without causing harm? Experts from biotech, cybersecurity, and government agencies will discuss the proactive tools needed to counter our most urgent threats.
8:00am
Lobby
Breakfast
Remember to bring your registration materials.
There will be breakfast sandwiches, fruit and tea/coffee/juice available when you arrive.
9:00am
Auditorium
Poseidon's Adventure
Roll up your sleeves and grab that favorite caffeinated beverage!
9:15am
Breakout Rooms
Choose Your Own Adventure
Nothing demonstrates the intricate balance of the bioeconomy and cyberbiosecurity than walking through what could (or maybe did?) go wrong. Visiting experiences in agriculture, human disease and data, and the constructs of public risk, each session will explore our assumptions at the frontlines of contemporary science and human behavior. What are the ideal circumstances for security? What is the reality of these environments? How fragile is too fragile for our most needed materials in energy, medicines, agriculture and vaccines?
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Managing Public Risk Perceptions and Communicating Uncertainty presented by Ben Sheppard of JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (K1-2)
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Operation Outbreak presented by Todd Brown and Curtis Hoffmann of Broad Institute (K3-4)
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Examining Agriculture Threats presented by Susan Cropp and Stephen Goldsmith (K5-6)
This window includes a break at the discretion of your moderators.
At 11:15, please quickly return to the auditorium.
11:20am
Auditorium
Making the Escape
What did that feel like? What did you learn? What would have helped your survival?
11:30am
Auditorium
The [Redacted] Session
Just how easy was it? We will tune in live to the front lawn to see the outcomes of working with the CLAAS combine this week and hear from Terry Reinert from Fleet Defender about what was expected, unexpected, and, what this means when we think through our next steps.
12:00pm
Cafe
Lunch and Exploration
Enjoy lunch, network with colleagues, and get your hands dirty exploring one of the many lived experience demonstrations set up by our exhibitors.
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Black Mesa, presents cyberbiosecurity in biomanufacturing
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ThreatLocker, presents cyberbiosecurity management in network design and architecture
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Fleet Defender and the Warfield Brothers Farm, present cyberbiosecurity for every farm featuring a CLAAS Lexion Combine
Note: Yes, you may go outside to take pictures with the combine. Please check with the Fleet Defender team, first.
We are very fortunate to have the generous support from the Warfields to have this combine at this event. Absolutely do NOT remove any of the safety equipment, cables, or other materials. Any attempt to start the combine, drive it anywhere, or access the electronic systems without consent will be met with an invitation to meet JHUAPL security. Thank you!
1:00pm
Auditorium
Coming to a Dataset Near You
In 2024, the U.S. government introduced significant regulations to protect Americans' sensitive personal and government-related data from unauthorized access by foreign adversaries. Throughout this effort, BIO-ISAC and its community engaged in the process, hoping to strengthen security protections while protecting business enterprise. During this discussion, we sit down with Evan Sills, former staff with the U.S. Department of Justice, to understand the upcoming deadlines, action items, and resources.
1:30pm
Breakout Rooms
What Works
Is anything helping fix this situation? You bet! Catch your breath from the morning while you explore the opportunities for innovation, creativity, and old fashioned gumption at the frontlines of the bioeconomy. Join us for these sessions focused on what works and IS working to deliver security, defense, and safety.
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Staying Safe in Biomanufacturing presented by Edward Chung of Black Mesa (K1-2)
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Our Workforce Needs Work! presented by Charles Frick of JHUAPL and Whitney Zatzkin of BIO-ISAC (K3-4)
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Genomic Data Encryption presented by Kristina Zudock of JHUAPL (K5-6)
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Setting the Standards: Genomic Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Threats presented by Scott Ross of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and guests from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (K7-8)
2:15pm
Lobby
Refueling Break
2:30pm
Breakout Rooms
What's Next
As the dust settles and we feel prepared to take action and explore options to improve cyberbiosecurity at our desks when we return home, we must explore what is on the horizon. What's next? How do we prepare? Join us for a series of breakout sessions speaking to these questions.
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Securing Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening presented by Tessa Alexanian of IBBIS and the Common Mechanism, Jacob Beal of Raytheon, and Kevin Flyangolts of Aclid (K1-2)
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Global Industry Perspectives presented by Frans Meuwissen of Amplify World Global and Andrew Rose of BIO-ISAC (K3-4)
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MacGyver's Solutions for Cyberbiosecurity presented by William Cromarty of Kirkwall, Inc. (K5-6)
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Better Detection through MOSAICS presented by Harley Parkes of JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (K7-8)
3:15pm
Lobby
Refueling Break
3:30pm
Auditorium
Protecting Our Work
Understanding the advancement of science and creating the licensing process for the export and import of new technologies falls within the work of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Users developing dual-use technologies, materials, and tools need to understand where they fit in this process and recently finalized rules are part of this effort. Our guest for this session is Wesley Johnson.
A Message from the BIO-ISAC Community
And now, a word from our community.
Action Commitments
We came, we saw, we experienced, we panicked, we recovered, and now? We get it.
What are we going to do about it? Stay for some announcements from BIO-ISAC, its members and partners.
