Inaugural Cross-Sector Symposium

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Why This Matters

No single sector can address today's security and resilience challenges alone. The CXC Symposium is designed to bring together critical infrastructure owners and operators, industry leaders, technology solution providers, and government partners to identify shared challenges and opportunities for collective action.

AGENDA

Arrival and Check-In

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Please check in at the Hall of States registration table. Enjoy your coffee and grab a seat for the day.

CXC Welcome

9:00AM - 9:30 AM

Hear from CXC leadership on the organization's launch, recent progress, and vision for advancing cross-sector collaboration and resilience.

Meet the Speakers

Cross-Sector Challenge:
Artificial Intelligence

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

How are critical infrastructure organizations adopting AI while managing new security, operational, and regulatory risks? What security, policy, and operational challenges must be addressed as AI capabilities rapidly expand?

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Cross-Sector Challenge:
Supply Chain Security

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

How can organizations strengthen visibility, trust, and resilience across increasingly interconnected supply chains? What physical and cyber vulnerabilities pose the greatest cross-sector risks?

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Cross-Sector Challenge:
Emergency Response and Interdependencies

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

How are critical infrastructure organizations preparing for cascading impacts across sectors during incidents? What coordination gaps exist between sectors, federal, and state/local efforts during identification, disruption, and response?

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Networking Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

One of CXC's core objectives is fostering meaningful cross-sector relationships. Use this networking lunch to exchange ideas, share challenges, and connect with peers from across the critical infrastructure community.

Lunch Keynote Fireside Chat

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Featuring the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Cross-Sector Challenge:
Unmanned Aircraft Systems

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

How are unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and evolving authorities changing the threat landscape for critical infrastructure? What tools, policies, and partnerships are seeing success, where are the gaps, and how can the cross-sector community drive needed advances?

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Networking & Continued Dialogue

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

This dedicated networking session provides an opportunity to connect with fellow attendees and continue discussions with speakers from the day's panels. As one of CXC's core objectives is to strengthen cross-sector relationships, participants are encouraged to exchange perspectives, ask follow-up questions, and explore opportunities for future collaboration.

Closed Session - CXC Board Members and Sponsors: Cross-Sector Priorities and CXC Path Forward

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

This facilitated working session will identify priority cross-sector challenges and opportunities for collective action across the critical infrastructure community. Participants will help inform CXC's annual priorities, working groups, and policy initiatives.

Note: this session is open only to board members, sponsors, and strategic partners. All other participants are invited to head over to the Dubliner for the Friends of Critical Infrastructure Happy Hour

Friends of Critical Infrastructure
Happy Hour

Location: The Dubliner, 4 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Join us after the Symposium for informal networking and continued discussion with professionals from across the critical infrastructure security and resilience community. Open to all.

The Symposium was made possible with support from our sponsors

A special thank you to our sponsors for helping make the inaugural CXC Symposium possible and for their commitment to advancing cross-sector collaboration.