This Friday, March 6th, William Philip Hall on the UWT
campus will be filled with hundreds of attendees to the South Sound Technology
Conference. Having chaired the
conference for 14 of it's 15 years I am pleased to say that Congressman Adam
Smith and Congressman Derek Kilmer are once again are honorary co-chairs of the
South Sound Technology Conference.
Congressman Adam Smith will be there in person to provide some opening
remarks in the 2015 addition of this 15 year running showcase for technology
and entrepreneurship in the South Puget Sound.
The annual South Sound Technology Conference, which is
hosted by the Institute of Technology at the University of Washington Tacoma
and slated for this Friday, March 6th, brings together leaders from industry,
education and government from around the state to discuss and demonstrate
technological innovations and their ongoing applications.
This year the conference will highlight information and
cybersecurity in its keynote addresses and some of the panels. Janine Teranno,
CEO of Topia Technology will be the morning keynoter and discuss information
protection in the cloud, and Bill Boni discuss protecting the infrastructure
and your information. Panel and keynote
presentations - including networking opportunities - provide a venue to
discuss, explore, understand and deploy technology as a solution, an
opportunity and an advantage. These panels will include entrepreneurial
networking opportunities, a discussion of the Kaufmann 1 Million Cups Tacoma
project along with success stories and how technology will provide solutions
for energy issues in the future.
Bill Boni is Corporate Information Security Officer and Vice
President Enterprise Information Security for T-Mobile U.S.A. An
information-protection specialist for 30 years, Boni joined T-Mobile in 2009.
Previously, he was Corporate Security Officer of Motorola Asset Protection
Services. Throughout his career, he has helped organizations design and
implement cost-effective programs to protect both tangible and intangible
assets. He pioneered the application of computer forensics and intrusion
detection to deal with incidents directed against electronic business systems.
He was awarded CSO Magazine’s “Compass Award” and “Information Security
Executive of the Year – Central” in 2007.
South Sound Technology Conference 2015 Program
9 - 9:15 am
Opening Remarks
Congressman, Adam Smith
Congressman, Derek Kilmer
Institute of Technology Director, Dr. Rob Friedman
Chair, Andrew Fry
9:15 – 9:45 am
Morning Keynote Address
Janine Terrano, CEO
9:50 – 10:45 am
Morning Panel: Securing Infrastructure and Information
Chair: Bryan Goda: Panel:
Merike Kaeo – IID,
Mike Hamilton – WA State Department of OCIO
Steven R. Ketelsen - student in the Master of Cybersecurity
& Leadership
10:45 – 11am
Break
11 – 11:50 am
Breakout One -
Entrepreneurial Networking
Chair: Lynnette Claire - TEN
Panel:
Nara McDonald – Chamber of Commerce
Michael Lane – Crowdfunding Club
Kala J. Dralle – Monday Meet-ups
Amy Sallin – Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
Breakout Two – The
Role Of Technology In Bringing Clean Energy To Market'
Chair: Graham Evans – Climate Solutions
Panel:
Joe Tellez – Tacoma Public Utilities
George Mobus – Institute of Technology
Chad Condon -
Computer Engineering Student UWT
Rogers Weed - VP Product Mgmt. 1Energy Systems
12 – 12:45 pm
Lunch Keynote Address
Bill Boni, CISO of T-Mobile
12:45 – 1 pm - Break
1 – 1:50pm
Breakout Three:
Military and Mid-Career Transitioning into Cybersecurity
Chair: Dr. Barbara
Endicott-Popovsky – Center of Excellence in Information Assurance and
Cybersecurity & Institute of Technology
Panel:
Scott Klauminzer – Tacoma Public Utilities
Jackson Robinson – Microsoft
Morgan Zantua – Creates architect
David Shaw – CEO Global Business Analysis
2 -3 pm
Breakout Four: 1
Million Cups Success Stories
Chair: Andrew Fry – Institute of Technology
Panel:
Jim Kastama – Kastama and Associates
Derek Young – Tacoma Runners
Chris Shepard – Choose Vets
Stephen Tibbets - FabLab
Student Samplers – Poster sessions
3 - 4 pm
Conference Closing –
Birds of a Feather Launch
