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2026 CFP List of Abstracts
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Through A Back Door Darkly: Rating Accountability & Impact Of Tampered PII
Explores what happens when PII is compromised — particularly in cases of research fraud and ethical violations — and strategies for identifying and mitigating errors in decision-making.
The United States of A.M.E.R.I.C.A (Assessing Modern Equities in Rights, Information, Collection, and Application)
A panel discussion on the complex intersection of data privacy, security, and how varying legal frameworks and data practices impact demographics differently.
GRCPrivacy-Preserving TechnologiesEthical Data StewardshipCybersecurity ResilienceConstitutional LawRisk Mitigation
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The Ethical Hunt: Key Principles for Capturing, Analyzing, Validating, & Protecting Open Source Intelligence in a Digital World
Addresses ethical and practical challenges of using social media platforms to gather intelligence, and introduces a framework for mitigating reputational damage from compromised data.
Governance and Greenlights: Leveraging the '3 Ps' to Standardize Trust, Scale, and Usability in Voice Agent Web Integration
A framework for driving Web standardization of Voice Agent technologies using Product, Program, and Project Management (the '3 Ps') combined with Lean Six Sigma expertise.
Voice AgentsWeb StandardizationLean Six SigmaCyber ResilienceInteroperabilityTech PolicyGRC
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How to Poke The Bear
A deep dive into current trends of social engineering and fraud, with emphasis on how emerging AI tools are exploited — including the Bot-Breaker Protocol for detecting non-human identities.
Leap Trace: Using Uncertainty as a Force Multiplier & Turning Non-Linear Career Growth into a Perpetual Motion Machine
How a non-linear IT career — spanning Product Owner, Scrum Master, Director, and Principal Consultant roles — creates a 'perpetual motion machine' of professional growth and adaptability.
IT ConsultingEmployment OpportunitiesLeadershipOrganizational ManagementFuture of WorkIT Technical RolesRemote Work
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The Hegemony of Digital Nomads: What Leadership Needs to Understand About Human & Non-Human Work Orchestration
Explores how leadership must adapt to a world of new value streams orchestrated by a synthesis of humans, agentic AI, and non-human identities (NHI) as the global economy undergoes rapid technological flattening.
Work OrchestrationAgentic AIBotnet TypesAI MetricsContract DocumentationWorkforce StaffingIT Technical Roles
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The End is NHI, but Not Lost: SecOps Threat Response Strategies for Neutralizing the Swarm
A grounded roadmap for identifying and engaging with both human and non-human threat actors, with recommendations for mitigating adverse outcomes in SecOps environments.
Security OperationsDeepFake AIUser and Entity Behavior AnalyticsDigital ForensicsThreat HuntingBot DetectionContext Windows
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Who Watches The Watchmen?: How to Evaluate GRC Shields in the Data Stewardship Paradigm
Explores the impact of stakeholder roles and industry processes in data stewardship, examining systemic failures when the GRC framework is misused, and proposing five pillars for modern data stewardship.
GRCData StewardshipCybersecurityStakeholder DisclosureIndicators of SabotageIndicators of CompromiseInformation Security
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Top 5 WTF Moments Working in Technology as a Woman (Entrepreneur)
A statistics-heavy, illustrated conversation on the barriers a woman of color has experienced while exploring avenues of entrepreneurship in IT, with actionable solutions.
'3P' Architecture: Building the Master Blueprint for IT Delivery
A rigorous deep dive into the '3P' framework — Program, Product, and Project Management — synthesized into a single high-velocity delivery engine and 'Master 3P Mind Map' artifact.
An interactive, mobile-augmented workshop that combines physical and cognitive learning modalities to ground learners in Lean Six Sigma principles through kinesthetic experience.
Quality CoachingCI/CDTech LeadershipLean Six SigmaKinesthetic LearningProcess Optimization
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The Usability of Everything: Creating, Developing, & Selling For A Post-Agentic AI Future
An updated Usability curriculum mapping classic human factors against People, Processes, and Technology perspectives, providing a roadmap for the next decade of tech enablers and business developers.
Human FactorsUsabilityBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipTechnocracyUX-UIAgentic AI
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Lean Six Sigma Sippin': A Distilled Approach to Operational Excellence
A transformative workshop blending rigorous industrial engineering principles with a social atmosphere, delivering Lean Six Sigma fundamentals through high-value, engaging learning experiences.
Lean Six SigmaOperational Waste EliminationProcess OptimizationKnowledge RetentionExecutive Decision-Making
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Agile (anti)Patterns: Not the wRight Way to Bridge the Digital Ford — Ham Fisted Ways to Fail Tech Integrations
Covers both successful and failed digital transformation outcomes, structured around the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto, with each principle contextualized in good and bad outcomes.
Lean Digital TransformationAgile ManifestoCloud AdoptionOrganizational CulturePeople Process Technology
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SigmaShift: A MVP Approach to Transforming Healthcare Management Decision-making in a Time of New GRC
Introduces SigmaShift, a healthcare decision-making support system designed to streamline communications, provide risk management and stakeholder management capabilities within the GRC framework of the healthcare industry.
