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Upcoming Events

Conference · Speaking

April 13–14, 2026

The C2 Conference

London, UK

Emily Soward presents "Operationalize the Intelligence You Have to Provide Board-Actionable Foresight on Emerging Risk" on April 14th at 14:45 UTC — covering how organizations can evolve their use of intelligence to quantify and prioritize emerging risk, using AI adoption as a practical case study. Mike Reed will also be in attendance.

Roundtable · Virtual

April 13, 2026

Align April Meeting — "AI Security Demystified: Risks, Defenses, and Real-world Perspectives"

7:00 PM Central Virtual (Google Meet)

Emily Soward joins panelists from Microsoft, Google, and Visa for a roundtable discussion on how artificial intelligence is shaping the cybersecurity landscape — covering practical challenges, emerging risks, and lessons learned from securing AI in real-world environments.

Conference · Speaking

June 8–10, 2026

Unhacked 360 Cybersecurity Conference

Atlanta, GA

Mike will be presenting "Make It Stick: Security Metrics Your Leadership Will Actually Use"

Conference · Speaking (Pending)

June 24, 2026

AWS Community Day Midwest

Indianapolis, IN

Mike Reed will be attending AWS Community Day Midwest 2026. A presentation abstract has been submitted and is pending approval — check back for session details as the event approaches.

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Past Events

Conference · In-Person Meetings

March 23–26, 2026

Meet Realis @ RSA Conference

San Francisco, CA Moscone Center

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Conference · Speaking

October 24, 2025

RSTCon — "Stop Trading Security For Predictive Power"

Savannah, GA

Emily Soward presented original research at RSTCon 2025, examining the fundamental tension between AI model performance and security — and what practitioners must do to stop accepting one as the price of the other.

Conference · Speaking

October 14–15, 2025

MITRE ATT&CKcon 6.0 — "Assess and Address: Practical Limitations of ATT&CK and ATLAS in AI Risk Management"

Session: Wednesday, October 15 · 2:30 PM

Emily Soward presented at MITRE ATT&CKcon 6.0, addressing the real-world gaps practitioners encounter when applying ATT&CK and ATLAS frameworks to AI and machine learning risk management — and practical guidance for bridging them.

Podcast · Guest Appearance

September 10, 2025

InsidePartnering — "The Field CISO's Partner Playbook"

Host: Chip Rogers

Mike Reed joined Chip Rogers on the InsidePartnering podcast to discuss what it takes to be an effective partner to Field CISOs — covering trust, timing, and how to add real value in high-stakes security conversations.

Conference · Speaking

June 2024

AWS re:Inforce 2024 — "Critical Security Mechanisms to Guard Your Cloud Environment" (SEC221-S)

Boston, MA

Mike Reed co-presented at AWS re:Inforce 2024, covering the critical security controls and architectural patterns organizations must implement to protect cloud environments at scale — with practical guidance drawn from real-world deployments.

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