The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
The Center for Global Development and Sustainability

Program - May 8th

DAY 1 – May 8, 2026 (Endicott College)

Cybersecurity Foundations & Global Threat Landscape

Time Program Item
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration 
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast 
9:00 AM– 9:20 AM Opening Ceremony
  • Welcome Address – Conference Co-Chair
    • Conference Overview & Objectives
  • Dean’s Address – Endicott College
  • Provost’s Address – Endicott College
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

 Keynote Address Christopher W. Kelly, Director, Digital Evidence Laboratory, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA
10:00 AM – 12:15 am Global Featured Presentations: Global Cybersecurity Challenges & Emerging Threats
Moderator: Joseph K. Assan
  1. Jhon Jairo Arellano Rosero
  2. Ruby Victoria Kodom
  3. Tomás Sierra
  4. Eduardo Kreimerman Meyohas
  5. Rebecca -Endicott
  6. Varshitha Manjunath
12:15 AM – 1:15 PM Lunch & Networking

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Global Panel Discussion

Moderator: Kyungseok Choo (K.C)

  1. Dalibor Dolezal
  2. Olivia A. T. Frimpong Kwapong
  3. Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto
  4. Joseph K. Assan & Ebenezer Kwapong
  5. Kiran Gundrai
  6. Siddhant Tanpure

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Featured Tutorial

Quantum Explained: Understanding the Forces that Secure and Threaten Your World – Part I

Presenter: Prof. Leon Deligiannidis, Ph.D.

School of Computing and Data Science, Wentworth Institute of Technology

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Global Research & Case Studies +Virtual Presentations

Moderator: TBD

  1. Rowena Sandy & Joshua Konlan
  2. Isaac Konlan
  3. Hedwige and Rebecca  

Virtual Presentations

  1. Jang-Mook Kang
  2. Roberto
  3. Abdullah Al Mamun
  4. Praveen Yadati

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Networking Reception & Virtual Social Hour