GREATER DALLAS CHAMBER’S TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COUNCIL TO ADDRESS CYBER THREATS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

GREATER DALLAS CHAMBER
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GREATER DALLAS CHAMBER’S TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS COUNCIL TO ADDRESS CYBER THREATS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

DALLAS (March 25, 2006)… The Chamber’s Technology Business Council’s (TBC) first quarter Issues Forum, Cyber Threats of the 21st Century, will take place at the University of Texas at Dallas – The School of Management (800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080) on April 6, 2006 from 7:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Tickets are still available by calling (214) 712-1937 or online at www.gdc.org. This event is open to the public, and only a limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Panel and lunch tickets are $115 for non-members, $85 for members and $65 for TBC sponsor companies and public sector employees. This forum will provide solutions and best practices for the pressing cyber threats of 2006 to Dallas area technology professionals.

As we embark into another century full of technological advancements, it is imperative that we mitigate the risks of an ever-increasing connected world. All C-level executives and other technology enablers from all industry sectors are strongly encouraged to attend the 2nd Annual "Cyber Threats of the 21st Century" Issues Forum. Expert panelists will discuss topics including: Domain Initiative, Economic Espionage, Disaster & Pandemic Planning, Corporate Wireless Security and Securing Digital Identities & Information.

The morning keynote will be moderated by Dave Turtletaub CEO, Capstone Inc. and will focus on topics by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Donna Bennett and Zach Carwile “Domain Initiative” and “Economic Espionage.” Content will include provisions of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and elements of the crime, why foreign entities steal US technology, what the collection techniques are that foreign entities use to steal US technology and what types of technology are sought to steal.

Following the morning keynote, Steve Cook, PC Housecall will moderate “Disaster and Pandemic Planning.” Panelists include: Will Baccich, CEO, Global Data Vault, Tami Dittmar, Ph.D., business continuity program manager, Network Centric Systems, Raytheon, Kirk Kirksey, vice president for information resources, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Jim Motes, director of information security, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). This session will focus on what cyber threat trends are emerging and can they be countered, What percentage of an organization's total IT spending should be devoted to information security and disaster recovery and what we have learned from recent events that can be applied in the event of a widespread pandemic.

The final session, Mike Collins will moderate “Corporate Wireless Security”, manager information security services, Deloitte. Panelists include: Sue Dark, CEO, Deep Nines, Doug Nies, CIO, Turner Corp. and Orlando Villareal, IT manager, Microsoft Corp. Content will address the threats involved with new business applications and tools, changing roles of the CIO within the wireless world and what upcoming new technologies are affecting the workplace with regards to security challenges.

The luncheon keynote, “Securing Digital Identities & Information” will be delivered by Bill Conner, CEO, Entrust. Conner is among the most experienced security and infrastructure executives worldwide with a career that spans more than 20 years across numerous high-tech industries. As a corporate turn-around and cyber security expert, Conner has achieved a number of milestones since he joined Entrust as President and CEO in April 2001. He immediately reset the company's priorities in order to regain momentum and return to profitability while also changing the business model by reorganizing the organizational structure and products to focus on extended governments, and the global 1000 extended enterprises. These moves have helped Entrust regain competitiveness as a global leader in securing digital identities and information. Under Conner's leadership, the company has delivered more new products, capabilities and solutions than in any period in the company's history, while also creating an industry-leading service and support organization.

Most recently, Conner has been a leader in the effort to elevate information security to a corporate governance issue and fashion a public-private partnership to protect America's critical infrastructure. He launched and co-chaired the Business Software Alliance Information Security Governance Task Force, which released a security management framework in April 2003. He was a driving force behind the EastWest Institute Worldwide Security Forum, which hosted an international dialogue on these issues in November 2003. And he co-chaired the Corporate Governance Task Force of the National Cyber Security Partnership, which held its first meeting at the National Cyber Summit in December 2003 and released its report "Information Security Governance: A Call to Action" in April 2004.

Conner graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also earned a master's degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The Greater Dallas Chamber established the Technology Business Council to promote the Dallas / Fort Worth region as a world-class technology center and to provide leadership in bringing together the technology resources and infrastructure of the region. The objective supports the continual growth of businesses throughout the region as well as helps the area maintain its technology preeminence on a national and international scale.

The 2006 TBC members are: Tech Innovators: AT&T, Baker Botts, LLP., Baylor Health Care System, Capstone, Inc., Cingular Wireless, Dallas Business Journal, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP., Ernst & Young, LLP., Jones Day, The NASDAQ Stock Market, PageSoutherlandPage, LLP., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Research in Motion/BlackBerry, The Turner Corporation, University of Texas at Dallas – Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas – School of Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Warren Douglas Creative Brand Marketing, Wells Fargo Bank Texas, Williamson Printing Corporation Tech Advocates: ACS, The Beck Group, Electro Medical Systems, Entrust, Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP., Grant Thornton, LLP., GTESS Corporation, Halff Associates, Hall Financial, Haynes and Boone, LLP., Hughes & Luce, LLP., Hunt Ventures, Jackson Walker, LLP., Jefferson Wells International, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP., Microsoft Corporation, Nortel, Raytheon Company, Skywire Software, Stanford Group Company, TDIndustries, Texas Instruments, UGS, Vinson & Elkins, LLP., Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. Tech Visionaries: Aspen Communications, DataSide, DeepNines Technologies, Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas, Global Data Vault, Hemobiotech, Inc., Hughes Ventures, InfoDefense, The InvestIN Forum of Angel Investors: MarketNet, Ojai Goliad Partners, OpenConnect Systems, Research Row BioLabs, Zyvex Corporation

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