Wednesday, February 25, 2026 – Day 1

8:00 – 9:00 am
Conference Registration & Networking

9:00 – 9:05 am
Opening Remarks
Cybersecurity – The New Frontier

Bob Ackerman
Chairman
GCIS

9:05 – 9:35 am
Homefront Special Welcome

Ground Zero for Cyber: Maryland - The home of Offense

Secretary Harry Coker
State of Maryland - Department of Commerce

9:35 – 10:10 am
Keynote Panel
The Race to Respond in the World of Offensive Cyber

John Keefe, Former Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Security
Morgan Adamski, Former Director, NSA; US Cyber & Risk Leader, PwC
Sandra Joyce, Google Threat Intelligence, Google

10:10 – 10:40 am
Keynote Panel
The Typhoon: How, Where & Why..and the Response

Kate Kuehn
Vice President, Global Cyber Advocacy, WWT

Chris Novak
Vice President, Global Cybersecurity Solutions, Verizon

10:40 – 11:10 am
Coffee Break

11:10 - 11:40 am
Keynote Discussion
Private Secotr and the New Offensive Landscape

Katie Gray
Senior Partner, In-Q-Tel

Andy Boyd
Former Director of the Center for Cyber Intelligence

11:40 – 12:10 pm
Keynote Panel
Offensive AI - The Incoming Wave

Rob Joyce
Former Cyber Director, NSA / Advisor, DataTribe 

12:10 – 1:10 pm
Networking Luncheon Reception
Hosted By: PwC       

1:10 – 1:35 pm
Keynote Discussion
Interstellar: Space & Cyber

Dave Luber
Former Cyber Director, NSA

1:35 – 2:05 pm
Keynote Fireside Chat
Offense to Defense in 2026

Jason Kaplan
CEO
SixMap

Jason Clinton
Deputy CISO
Anthropic

2:05 – 2:35 pm
Keynote Discussion

Cyber Leader Practices in the Boardroom:
Approaches for Cyber and AI Governance at Present

Bob Zukis, Digital Directors Network

2:35 - 3:05pm
Coffee Break

3:05 – 3:40 pm
Keynote Panel - A World of Deep Fakes

Alex Listle, CTO, Reality Defender
Matt Moynahan, CEO, GetReal Security
Will Krispin, Director of Partnerships, Resemble.ai
Sean Frazier, Federal CSO, Okta

 3:40 - 4:05 pm
Spotlight Presentation
Four Domains Converging with Quantum

Charlie Lewis, Partner & Leader, McKinsey & Co.
Esube Bekele, Vice President of Technology, In-Q-Tel
Ben Daniels, Founding Partner, Stealth VC

4:05 – 5:00 pm
Disrupt 6 Innovator’s Showcase – TED Talks
“TED Talks” from Early Stage Disruptors (No Sales Pitches)

Qrypt
Artiphishell
Root Evidence
ArmsCyber
Remote
thatDot
Archetypal

5:00 – 6:15 pm
Cocktail Reception
Hosted By: Cisco

6:15 – 7:30 pm
Strolling Dinner Reception
Hosted By: The State of Maryland

Thursday, February 26, 2026

8:00 – 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast & Networking
Hosted by: WWT

8:45 – 8:50 am
GCIS - Day 2 Greeting

Bob Ackerman
Chairman
GCIS

8:50 – 9:20 am
Opening Keynote Commentary
Cyber in a Post AI World: Computing in Data Centers

Tom Gillis
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Infrastructure & Security
Cisco

9:20 – 9:55 am
Keynote Presentation
Truth, Fiction & Reality - The Hype around AI

Phil Venables, Senior Security Advisor
Google Cloud & Partner, Ballistic Ventures

Jason Clinton
Deputy CISO, Anthropic

Moderator: Bob Ackerman, Chairman, GCIS

9:55 - 10:25 am
Coffee Break

10:25 – 10:45 am
Keynote Fireside Chat

Cyber & The Position of Protection

Kirsten Davies
Chief Information Officer
US Department of War

Rob Lee
CEO & Co-Founder, Dragos

10:45 - 11:05 am
Keynote Fireside Chat 
What Do Critical Infrastructure Threats Look Like in Conflict

Rob Lee
CEO & Co-Founder, Dragos

Brian Harrell
Vice President & CSO, Avangrid

11:05 – 11:35 am
Keynote Panel
Securing Critical Infrastructure

Jeff Baumgartner
CSO & SVP, Berkshire Hathaway

Kathryn Condello
National Security / Emergency Preparedness, Lumen Technologies

Ben Flatgard
Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co

Tom Fanning
Former CEO, Southern Company

11:35 – 11:55 am
CISO Storytelling
In the Face of Boom: Part II

Kate Kuehn
Vice President Cyber
WWT

Tim Brown
CISO, SolarWinds

11:55 - 12:30 pm
Keynote Presentation

Preparing for the Breach

Jennifer Link
CISO, CIA

Jennifer Burnside
Practice Leader, Cyber Crisis Communications, Mandiant/Google Cloud

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Luncheon Reception: Hosted by: PWC

1:30 – 2:00 pm
Keynote Presentation
Anatomy of a Takedown - Tales from the FBI

Brett Leatherman
Assisant Director, Cyber Division, FBI

2:00 - 2:30 pm
Keynote Panel
Failsafe's Achillie's Heel - The Electrical Grid

Brian Harrell
Vice President & CSO, Avangrid

Adam Lee
Vice Present, CSO, Dominion Energy

2:30 - 2:55 pm 
Keynote Presentation

CISA. The Approach for Government + Industry Collaboration

Robert (Bob) Costello
CIO, CISA

2:55 - 3:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Recap of Key points and takeaways. Announcing the dates and location for next Summit.

3:00 - 4:00 pm
Closing Reception
Hosted by: McKinsey