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 and Breakfast (Little Theater)
9:00 AM– 9:20 AM Opening Ceremony
  • Opening remarks, Warren Jaferian (Dean of Global Education)
  • Welcoming remarks, Mark Herlihy (Dean of SSCH)
  • Congratulatory remarks, Sara Quay (Provost)

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM

Program Introduction: Today’s Panels, Participants, and Keynote Speaker

KC Choo (Associate Dean and Director of Homeland Security)

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

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: KC Choo (Endicott College)
  1. Ruby Victoria Kodom (University of Ghana, Legon): From Patient-centered Care to Trustworthy Digital Health: Empirical Lessons for AI and Cybersecurity in Ghana
  2. Luís Ferreira (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal): 2Ai - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  3. Eduardo Kreimerman Meyohas (New York Attorney): Beyond “Don’t Click”: A Criminological Perspective on AI-Enabled Deception and the Limits of Contemporary Cyberprevention
  4. Rebeka Rocco (Endicott College): Why Cybercrime Begins: Initial Motivations in Cybercrime Narratives
  5. Justyna Kurek-Sobiera (War Studies University, Warsaw): National security as a "law-free area" for development of AI systems in the European Union
  6. Varshitha Manjunath (Lasell University): Virtual Reality Enhanced Tabletop Exercises in Cybersecurity Education
  7. Todor Kolarov (New Bulgarian University): Deepfake Evidence in Civil Proceedings
12:15 AM – 1:15 PM Lunch & Networking (Misselwood)

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM

Global Panel Discussion

Moderator: Joseph K. Assan (Brandeis University)

  1. Dalibor Dolezal: Associate Professor, University of Zagreb
  2. Olivia T. Frimpong Kwapong: Dean, University of Ghana
  3. Simon-Peter Kafui Aheto: Deputy Director, IT and Education, University of Ghana
  4. Kiran Gundrai: Sr Technical Lead/ Manager - Analytics, HCLTech
  5. Siddhant Tanpure: Software Engineer, Meta
  6. Joseph K. Assan and Ebenezer Kwapong, The Heller School, Brandeis University

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

Parallel Session I

  1. Jhon Jairo Arellano Rosero, Universidad La Gran Colombia, Faculty of Law
  2. Tomás Sierra: Security Specialist, Columbia
  3. Professor David Lanza, Gustavo García & Roberto González: Professors, National University in Villa Maria, Argentina.
  4. Rafael Torres: CTO and MS in Applied Artificial Intelligence student, IPCA

 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Parallel Session II

  1. Rowena Sandy & Joshua Konlon, Global Sustainability Policy and Mtg, Brandeis University
  2. Isaac Konlan: Global Sustainability Policy and Management, Brandeis University
  3. Naga Satya Praveen Kumar Yadati: Senior Android Engineer and AI Security Researcher
  4. Abdullah Al Mamun: Data and Policy Analyst, National Research Council Canada; University of Ottawa

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Parallel Session III

  1. Hedwige Masambagawinyi & Rebecca Azenga: Global Sustainability Policy and MTG, Brandeis University
  2. Eduardo Gonçalves: Graduate student, MS in Informatics Engineering, IPCA
  3. Daniel Vilaça: Researcher, 2AI/IPCA
  4. Hebert de Oliveira Silava, SENAI, Brazil

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner & Networking Reception (Cummings 421)