• Why are IT and OT still at odds when it comes to cybersecurity priorities, ownership, and risk tolerance?
• Has IT/OT convergence actually improved cybersecurity outcomes, or has it increased complexity and new exposure?
• How effective are current cybersecurity policies, governance models, and controls – including network segmentation – across IT and OT environments?
• How critical are clear policies in making IT/OT security work in practice, from culture and communication to operational trust and accountability?

– Moderator: Jeremiah Bristow, VP, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, HNI Corporation
– David Ruzicka, OT Security Director, Clarios
– Joe Mariscal, Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, Rich Products Corporation
– Eric Clauss, Chief Commercial Officer, Omnitrust
– Greg Tracey, VP of Sales, AMDT
– Michael Ray Dransfield, OT SME – Defense Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Directorate, National Security Agency
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• Analyze a manufacturing case study highlighting how the intersection of IT and OT creates new security vulnerabilities
• Explore how both expanding and downsizing businesses can open up new operational roadblocks and how they can be overcome.
• Discover how collaboration bridges the cultural gap between IT security and OT operations

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• In this session we explore safe methods for discovering, classifying, and assessing IoT, OT, and IIoT devices without disrupting operations
• Learn how advanced techniques combine scanning, monitoring, and machine learning to identify devices, assess vulnerabilities, and prioritize risks
• We’ll provide real-world examples to showcase how organizations can enhance security and resilience while meeting compliance needs

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• What are the fundamental risks brought by AI and quantum computing that organizations need to understand today?
• How can AI and quantum computing be utilised to secure our cybersecurity strategies?
• What key takeaways and actions should organizations be considering today to prepare for the risks of tomorrow?

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– Sugato Bose,Senior Director & Chief Enterprise Architect, Medline Industries
– Sarma Ayyagari,CISO & Director – IT Infrastructure, AdvanSix
– Timothy Kovacik, Global Operations Security Lead – Director, Kerry Group

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• Why zero trust fails when bolted onto manufacturing, and making it a design constraint across ERP, plant systems, and integration layers
• Friction points with shop-floor reality (shared workstations, legacy/air-gapped zones, shift access) and design patterns that preserve production speed
• Retrofit costs, competing with other funded programs for capital/change capacity, and sequencing to survive long-range planning
• Where enterprise architecture actively slows security down, and the decision-rights split that fixes it: design authority sets the guardrails, security operations blocks inside them without a review cycle

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– Sugato Bose, Senior Director & Chief Enterprise Architect, Medline Industries
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• • How to bring all the elements of Cybersecurity together to support OT resiliency?
  • Creating the holistic approach to OT security to meet the current and future needs of an organization
  • What are they and how do they all fit together

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• Smart factories: how have you been balancing security with increased connectivity, stronger reliance on automation and even the adoption of AI-driven capabilities?
• How can you maintain focus on building basic asset hygiene amidst AI hype, and how do you patch 30-year-old operating systems without risking plant downtime?
• How should plant managers build low-cost inventories for inherited facilities, while stopping engineers from bypassing those network boundaries?
• How do you shift shop-floor culture from viewing cybersecurity as an operational roadblock to an active IT/OT partnership?

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– Moderator: Drew Perry, Vice President of Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Ramaco Resources, Inc.
– Al Imran Husain, CISO, MillerKnoll
– Chris Roemer, Director Manufacturing Cybersecurity, The Coca-Cola Company
– David Hernandez, Associate Director, Principal OT Security Architect, Carrier
– Satish Kumar, Global Sr IT Director, Parker Hannifin
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• How we established meaningful, quantifiable risk metrics across complex OT environments
• How we translated technical OT vulnerabilities into business-relevant risk scores and insights
• The key actions we utilized to create measurable OT risk management metrics we can present to board-level executive

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– Satish Kumar, Global Sr IT Director, Parker Hannifin
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• Explore how we built an effective culture of security through our organizations
• How we go beyond simple awareness training that scares employees to something that sticks
• What we have done to communicate human-centric approaches throughout our organizations, ranging from low-level employees to C-level executives
• How we changed the mindset internally to not only encourage awareness, but to ensure a culture of security

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– Kendra Firminger, North America BISO, Whirlpool Corporation
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• How utilizing testing and good governance can help identify possible vulnerabilities
• Why it is important for us to know these vulnerabilities in order to stay cybersecure
• Where testing and governance can help us better understand and build a strategy fit for the future
• Why penetration and vulnerability testing are important in ensuring our infrastructure stays secure

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– Michael Calderin, CISO, Barnes Aerospace
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