The 2018 South Sound Technology Conference was held on Friday, March 9, 2018.
Honorary co-chairs:
Congressman Denny Heck
Congressman Derek Kilmer
Congressman Adam Smith
2018 Topics:
Cybersecurity Panel
Pacific NW Cybercollegiate Challenge
Recruiting and Retaining Women in the Tech Industry
Launching your Entrepreneurial Initiative in the South Puget Sound
Student Research and Poster Sessions
Sponsored by:
Featured Vendor Tables:
Institute of Technology
SURGE Tacoma and Union Club Tacoma
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8:15 – 8:45 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 - 9 a.m. |
Welcome and Thank you Dr. Raj Katti, Dean of the Institute of Technology Andrew Fry, Director of Industry Partners and Lecturer, Institute of Technology |
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9 – 9:15 a.m. |
Congressman Derek Kilmer Addressing the Conference |
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9:15 – 9:45 a.m. |
Protecting the Enterprise Roundtable
Matt Knox, CIO of Sound Physicians Terry Gifford, Manager over Operational Systems and Critical Infrastructure Protection for TPU Eric Eid, CTO Columbia Bank, Moderator |
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9:50 – 10:45 a.m. |
Cyberdefense as a College Sport – The Pacific Rim Cybercollegiate Defense Competition
Daniel Massie, Security Manager for Continuant (former PRCDC participant) Mary Jane Kelly, Privacy Engineer, HP (former team captain, red team) Don McLane, Lab Support Engineer, UWT (organizer) Amelia Phillips, Faculty, CIS/CS, Highline College (Regional Director of PRCCDC) Peter Chu, Secretary of Grey Hat Group
Moderator: Bryan Goda, Professor, Founder of Masters of Cybersecurity and Leadership Program, UWT |
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10:45 – 11 a.m. |
Break |
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11 – 11:55 a.m. |
Makers Spaces, Robotics and the Internet of Things
Stephen Tibbits, CEO of FabLab, Clarissa San Diego, Founder and CEO of Makerologist Randy Steele, Olympia School District. K-12 STEM/Robotics experts in the Greater Puget Sound Andrew Sloss, Senior Principal Research Engineer. Arm Research
Dr. Matt Tolentino, University of Washington Tacoma Professor. Moderator |
| 11:55 a.m. - 12 p.m. |
Congressman Denny Heck video |
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12 - 12:50 p.m. |
Lunch Keynote Panel Recruiting and Retaining Women in the Technology Industry
Sharon Wong, Former Director of Business Development, Cisco Systems Patty Thumann, Project Manager and Former Director of Systems Integration, MorphoTrak Beth Whitezel, Lead Developer at SouthSound911 Jami Goers, Branch Head - Computer Scientist, NUWC Division Keyport Michelle Su Shan Lee, Student at the Institute of Technology UWT |
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12:50 – 1:30 p.m. |
Breakout Workshops Student projects and panel follow up. |
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1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Launching your Entrepreneurial Initiative in the South Puget Sound
Thomas Kuljam, Director of VIBE (Veterans Incubator for Better Entrepreneurship) David Hirschberg, Founder & CEO, RAIN (The Readiness Acceleration & Innovation Network) Amy McBride, Arts Administrator at City of Tacoma, Spaceworks Incubator Steering Committee Co-Chair Stasha Moreno, Operations Manager, Union Club Tacoma Lee Reeves, Co-Founder of Startup253
Moderator: Andrew Fry, Director of Industry Partners/Lecturer, Institute of Technology/Entrepreneur |
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2:30 p.m. |
Birds of a Feather and Conference Close |