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Preliminary Agenda

as of December 2025

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

PROGRAMMINGDETAILS
Set-Up

For Main Sessions

Exhibitor Set-Up

For Exhibitors

Overview

Micro Summit Overview: (Follow Chatham House Rule)
The day before the Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Summit, four dedicated Micro Summits—centered on energy, transportation, communications, and water—will explore not only the unique cyber challenges within each sector but, more importantly, their deep interdependencies.

Micro Summits 1–4

Micro Summit Programming (Est. Attendees: 50–100/ea)

Cross-Sector Roundtables

Cross-Sector Roundtables: Connecting the Dots Across America’s Lifeline Infrastructure
The Micro Summits will begin by bringing all attendees together for a series of topic-driven roundtables designed to blend participants from all four Micro Summits.

Micro Summit 1

Micro Summit 1: Energy Cybersecurity
Topic 1: Physical-Digital Convergence
Topic 2: Supply Chain Protection
Topic 3: Rise of Nation State Targeting
Topic 4: Uneven Regulatory and Policy Framework

Micro Summit 2

Micro Summit 2: Water Cybersecurity
Topic: Cyber Resilience at the Source: Protecting Water Systems in an Era of Evolving Threats

Micro Summit 3

Micro Summit 3: Communications Cybersecurity
Topic 1: Supply Chain Protection
Topic 2: Massive Technological Transition
Topic 3: Rise of Nation State Targeting
Topic 4: Uneven Regulatory and Policy Framework

Micro Summit 4

Micro Summit 4: Transportation Cybersecurity
Topic 1: Addressing Legacy Infrastructure
Topic 2: Supply Chain Protection
Topic 3: Rise of Nation State Targeting
Topic 4: Increasing Use of Automated Technologies

Host Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks by State Official
Fireside 1

Fireside 1: Nationwide Threat to Critical Infrastructure: Perspectives from the Intelligence Community

General Session 1

General Session 1: What and Where is the Real Threat to Our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure?

Closing Remarks
All-Attendee Reception/Gala

In Exhibit Hall

VIP Reception/Dinner

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

PROGRAMMINGDETAILS
Opening Remarks
Fireside 2

Fireside 2: Military Leadership Fireside

Fireside 3

Fireside 3: Civilian Leadership Fireside

General Session 2

General Session 2: State of US Cyber Infrastructure, 2026

Simulation #1

Simulation #1: Tabletop Crisis Simulation of an Attack on a CI Sector

Break in Exhibit Hall
Breakout 1

Protecting the Connectivity Between Power and the Telecommunication Sectors

Breakout 2

Protecting Our Loosely Connected US Water Systems

Breakout 3

How is AI Changing the Critical Infrastructure Threat?

Breakout 4

How to Think About Protecting Our Nation’s Vital Supply Chain?

Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Lunch Roundtables

Roundtables offered to further discuss related Critical Infrastructure topics (e.g. RT carries over ideas from the Micro Summit topics the day before)

General Session 3

General Session 3: Safeguarding Texas—Cybersecurity for the State’s Critical Infrastructure

General Session 4

General Session 4: Building a Framework to Increase U.S. Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

Break

In Exhibit Hall

General Session 5

General Session 5: Connecting Locals to the Bigger Picture: The Implications of Not Protecting the Entire Ecosystem

General Session 6

General Session 6/Simulation #2: When Cyber Doomsday Hits: A Cyber Simulation to Define Cyber Roles and Accountability Between Government and Industry

General Session 7

General Session 7: The Investor’s Forecast on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity – Top Critical Infrastructure Company and Investor Views

Closing Remarks
All-Attendee Reception/Gala

In Exhibit Hall

VIP Reception/Dinner