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Gen. Ed Wilson is Featured Speaker for Cyber 1.6 Luncheon

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Maj. Gen. Burke E. “Ed” Wilson, Commander, 24th Air Force, will be the featured luncheon speaker for the Space Foundation’s cyberspace conference, Cyber 1.6, to be held Monday, April 11, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Cyber 1.6 Classified will focus on senior leadership views on Department of Defense and industry cyber activities, with emphasis on hot button issues, human capital development, interagency focus and the evolving challenges posed by cyberspace. U.S. citizenship and a TS/SCI security clearance are required.

The day will open with welcome remarks by Space Foundation Board of Directors Chairman ADM James O. Ellis, Jr., USN (Ret.), Hoover Institution, Annenberg Distinguished Fellow.

Some of the confirmed speakers for Cyber 1.6 include:

  • James Frederick “Jim” Bridenstine (R-OK), Congressman, Oklahoma’s First District
  • Kristina Harrington, Director of Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office
  • James C. Trainor, Jr., Assistant Director for Cyber – Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

See the complete agenda here, and see registration information for Cyber 1.6 here.

This article is part of Space Watch: March 2016 (Volume: 15, Issue: 3).


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