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Conference Agenda
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This event is designed to suit your program’s individual goals. Take full advantage of our in-person conference by shaping the experience to best fit your needs with three program-enhancing tracks. Focus on one track or mix & match!
Track 1: TPRM Essentials & Better Practices
Track 2: Operational Risk & Resilience
Track 3: Innovation & Automation
Day 1
3 - 5 PM
Early Check-in
Pick up your conference badge and welcome bag before joining fellow attendees at our first network event!
6 - 8 PM
Network Event
Network with fellow conference attendees, enjoy appetizers & drinks, and win raffle tickets for our awesome prizes!
Day 2
7:30 - 8:50 AM
Check-in & Breakfast
Pick up your conference badge and welcome bag before joining your peers for breakfast prior to kick-off!
8:50 - 9 AM
Welcome & Kick-off
Julie Gaiaschi | CEO & Co-founder of TPRA
9 - 9:55 AM
Keynote Presentation
Big Four Panel
TPRM Essentials & Better Practices
10 - 10:50 AM
Breakout Session 1
Track 1: The Importance of Relationship During Onboarding and Ongoing Monitoring | Kenna Arrington, Synovus
Track 2: Building a Resilient Supply Chain | Atul Vashistha, Supply Wisdom & Matt Rowley, Cigna
Track 3: Engaging, Educating, and Enabling Your Vendor Owners for Optimal TPRM Success | Hilary Jewhurst, Venminder
11 - 11:50 AM
Breakout Session 2
Track 1: Predicting Ransomware in Your Supply Chain | Jon Ehret, RiskRecon
Track 2: Effective Risk Assessment | Michael J Fucili, MAS Audit Services
Track 3: Panel: Taking off the Blinders - Avoiding Blind Spots in TPRM | Dustin Sachs, Jim Desmond, Kim LaBarbiera, & Christian Hyatt
12 - 1 PM
Lunch Break
Enjoy lunch with fellow attendees and visit our sponsor booths to chat with service providers!
1 - 1:50 PM
Breakout Session 3
Roundtables: TPRM Essentials & Better Practices, Facilitator: Ryan Walker, AutoZone | Operational Risk & Resilience | Innovation & Automation
2 - 2:50 PM
Breakout Session 4
Track 1: How to Strengthen TPRM Governance to Make Management Happy and Your Life Easier | Tom Rogers & Laura Melgoza, Vendor Centric
Track 2: The TPRM Community Should Adopt OSCAL | Brian Lane & Kyle Engler, RSM
Track 3: Not Your First TPRM Rodeo? Win It by Achieving Strategic Alignment with Key Stakeholders | Dean Alms, Aravo
3 - 3:50 PM
Breakout Session 5
Track 1: Protecting Your Data: Cybersecurity, Third-Party Risk Management, & SOC Reports | Jennifer Jones & Ryan Boggs, Forvis LLP
Track 2: Old Services, New Tricks: Cloud Metadata Abuse by Threat Actors | Nader Zaveri, Mandiant
Track 3: Security Trends: Results of 1000 Security Assessments | Christian Hyatt, risk3sixty
4 - 4:50 PM
Breakout Session 6
Tool Talk Demo Sessions: RiskRecon with Jon Ehret | Supply Wisdom | Venminder with Angie Dickinson
6 - 8 PM
Network Event
Network with fellow attendees, enjoy appetizers & drinks, and win raffle tickets!
Day 3
7:30 - 8:50 AM
Check-in & Breakfast
Pick up your badge and welcome bag before joining your peers for breakfast prior to kick-off!
8:50 - 9 AM
Good Morning Greeting & Announcements
Julie Gaiaschi | CEO & Co-founder of TPRA
9 - 9:55 AM
Keynote Presentation
Andy Buckley, Actor & Former Financial Advisor | Business Relationships
10 - 10:50 AM
Breakout Session 1
Track 1: How to Spot Trends in the Third-Party Risk Space | Kim LaBarbiera, American Express
Track 2: Getting a 360 Degree View of Vendor Risk | Tom Garrubba, Echelon Risk + Cyber
Track 3: Learn From Our Failure: A Case Study Building AI/NLP into TPRM | Bill Deller & Mark Riley, Schneider Downs
11 - 11:50 AM
Breakout Session 2
Track 1: Panel: Practitioner Perspectives on Continuous Monitoring Success | Vincent Scales, Samuel Wolf, Denise Flory, Mike Orsi, & Jon Ehret
Track 2: Delivering Value with Cyber Loss & Breach Data | Jay Bobo, CoverMyMeds
Track 3: Unify Third-Party Risk and Cybersecurity for Sustainable Resiliency | Brad McAdams, ProcessUnity
12 - 1 PM
Lunch Break
Announcements for raffle prizes, Sponsor "Best Swag" winner, and TPRA's 2023 TPRM Service Provider Innovator Award winner!
1 - 1:50 PM
Breakout Session 3
Roundtables: TPRM Essentials & Better Practices, Facilitator: Ryan Walker, AutoZone | Operational Risk & Resilience | Innovation & Automation
2 - 2:50 PM
Breakout Session 4
Track 1: Going Through an Audit | Olga Baldwin, Axiom Bank
Track 2: Bias in Information Security | Dustin Sachs, World Fuel Services
Track 3: Unlock Your TPRM Program Potential Through Governance & Metrics | Megan Arora, Morgan Binder, & Eric Jacobson, Stripe
3 - 3:50 PM
Breakout Session 5
Track 1: AI and the Proven Predictors of Cyber Risk: Measurements for Informed Third-Party Risk Management | Douglas Clare, ISS Corporate Solutions
Track 2: Third Party Risk Impact and Incident Response | Connie Mastovich, Wellspan
Track 3: Creating a Vendor Risk Management Program that Can Sustain Changes | Marian Reed, VerSprite
4 - 4:50 PM
Closing Keynote
Gregory Rasner | Zero Trust In Third Party Risk
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