Cyber Beacon 2020

Senior Strategic Insight

We facilitate discussion between senior strategic leaders, like in this keynote by Admiral Mike Rogers (Commander of US Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency).
Enabling Interaction

Our conferences are designed to allow our students and others the opportunity to interact directly with senior strategic leaders. Here, Special Forces Colonel Pat Duggan asks a Cyber Beacon presenter a question. Colonel Duggan was later selected to work at the National Security Council (NSC).
Networking and Collaboration

Our conferences allow attendees to get involved in creative collaboration sessions to design solutions to real-world probems. Here, Dr. Cj Horn (Retired Colonel) leads a table discussion during Cyber Beacon.
Connecting Dots

We bring together leaders and experts from across the national security community, including those within government and beyond. Here, leaders from DISA, Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon, and beyond discuss challenges in Cyber Beacon 2017.
National Leadership

We work closely with national leaders, experts, and commissions. Here, Dr. Lynne Parker (Assistant Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) opens a session discussing AI.
World Class Experts

We bring together the world's leading experts in various fields. Here, cyber law expert Thomas Wingfield, Esq. (then Acting Chancellor of CIC, who then became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy) speaks at Cyber Beacon.
Leading in Education

Cyber Beacon forges relationships between educators, students, and administrators. Here, Dr. Cassandra C. Lewis (right, who was then Acting Dean of Academic Affairs and then became CIC Acting Chancellor) moderates a panel including educational leaders from the NSA, CIC, and Joint Staff.
Interagency Partnerships

We highlight perspectives from across the national security community. Here, the US Cyber Command J7, a US Coast Guard Rear Admiral, discusses the DHS role in cyber at Cyber Beacon.
Dynamic Interaction

We design panels of experts and leaders in a way to facilitate dynamic interaction and useful insights to emerge. Here, Retired Rear Admiral Jan Hamby (CIC Chancellor, center) leads a panel discussion of senior cyber leaders including the first CISO of the Federal Government, Retired Brig Gen Greg Touhill.
A Venue for Strategic Leadership

We bring together leaders and experts from across the national security community who are interested in information and cyberspace. Here, the Commander of Army Cyber Command addresses the audience of Cyber Beacon 2019.

Cyber Beacon 2020
Disruption in an Era of Great Power Competition:
Pandemic, Infodemic, Space, Cyberspace, and Beyond

WHO:

- Speakers: The strategic and thought leaders at the intersection of cyberspace and national security.

- Attendees: Hundreds of selected USG and other guests in this field.

WHAT:

Cyber Beacon 2020 is the 7th annual flagship conference of the College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC) at National Defense University (NDU), "Our Nation's Cyber War College".

WHERE:

Online. Further details will be provided to registered attendees.

WHEN:

08:00 - 16:30 (eastern) on Thursday 3 December 2020

WHY:

Improve national security though education and discussion.

Read the Defense.Gov article

about the event here.

Watch the talks by

Congressman Jim Langevin here

and Jeff Moss here!

Full Agenda

0800: Welcome by NDU President, NDU Provost, and CIC Acting Chancellor

Morning: Department of Defense Perspectives

0830: Director of Operations at US Cyber Command, Major General Kevin Kennedy

0915: Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, John Sherman

1000: 15 min Break

1015: Chief of Technology and Innovation at US Space Force, Major General Kim Crider

1100: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, Thomas Wingfield, Esq

1145: 30 min Lunch Break and Open Discussion led by Dr. Joseph Schafer

Afternoon: Whole of Nation Perspectives

1215: CIC Student Panel: Mr. Mitch Wander (Department of Treasury), Col Michael Bock (German Armed Forces), Lt Col Toby Hlad (US Marine Corps), and (Moderator) Mr. Ian Talbot (Department of the Air Force)

1315: Co-Chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, Rep. Jim Langevin

1400: Executive Director of the Cyber Solarium Commission, Retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery

1445: 15 min Break

1500: Founder of DEF CON and Black Hat, Jeff Moss

1545: Great Power Competition: Retired Brigadier General Rob Spalding. PhD

1630: Closing Remarks by Dr. Cassandra C. Lewis

Event Hosting Team:

Host: Dr. Cassandra C. Lewis, Chancellor (Acting) of CIC

Moderator: Col. Bryan Eberhardt, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chair at CIC

Lead: Mr. Joe Billingsley, Director of Strategic Engagement at CIC

Deputy Lead: LTC Ryan Shipley, faculty at CIC

AV: Ms. Tammy Dreyer-Capo, Instructional Designer at NDU

Support: Mr. Josh Baughman, Operations at CIC

Senior Strategic Insight

Enabling Interaction

Networking and Collaboration

Connecting Dots

National Leadership

World Class Experts

Leading in Education

Interagency Partnerships

Dynamic Interaction

A Venue for Strategic Leadership

Read the Defense.Gov article

about the event here.

Watch the talks by

Congressman Jim Langevin here

and Jeff Moss here!

College of Information and Cyberspace