Registration and Breakfast
7:30 am – 7:50 am
- Check-in for registered attendees
- On-site registration available
Conference Agenda
Friday, October 30th, 2026
7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Welcome and Logistics
8:00 am – 8:30 am
- Opening remarks: message from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
- Welcome from Kentucky State University President
- Logistics for the day
Keynote Address
8:45 am – 9:30 am
- Operation Angel – Prepare, Prevent, Provide — Speaker: Mr. Rick Nord, Regional Security Specialist, US Secret Service / Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, Counter Exploitation
Cybersecurity in AI
9:45 am – 10:30 am
- Cybersecurity in AI — Speaker: Dr. Adel S. Elmaghraby, Director of Research and Innovation from University of Louisville
Industry Panel
10:40 am – 11:50 am
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Speaker 1: Ms. Sheri Donahue, CEO & Co-Founder at Commonwealth Sentinel Cyber Security
Speaker 2: Mr. Elwyn Rainer II, CEO | Security Operations Manager from Elwyn Rainer 2 LLC, KY State Government
Speaker 3: Mr. Bob Stamper, Chief Executive Officer from iSAFE Complete Managed Services
Speaker 4: Dr. Shishir Shukla, Data, Analytics & AI Leader from Thermo Fisher Scientific
Speaker 5: Mr. Jeff Jareki, Chief Information Security Officer from Volta, Inc.
Speaker 6: Mr. Colton Tate, Sr. Account Executive from CanIPhish
Speaker 7: Mr. James Meece, Chief Information Security Officer from Louisville Metro Government
Speaker 8: Dr. Shuangteng Zhang, Director of Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Institute from Eastern Kentucky University
Poster Sessions and Lunch
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Student Poster Presentations and Judging
Hands-On Session A
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
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Speaker: Dr. Adrian Lauf, Associate Professor of CS and Engineering from University of Louisville
Hands-On Session B
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
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Case Closed: A Hands-On Digital Forensics Investigation — Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Purdy, Digital Forensic Examiner/Analyst from University of the Cumberlands
Cyber Law, Privacy, and Policy
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
- AI in Digital Crime, Cyber Law, Privacy, and Policy — Speaker: Dr. Jeff Sallee from University of the Cumberlands, Co-chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s AI Committee
Digital Forensics
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
- Forensics topic — Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Straub, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and AI from University of West Florida
Awards and Closing
15 mins
- Poster awards
- Closing comments from KY-CAE President
- Thanks to all participants