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A working day for 350+ Capital Region leaders. Practitioner-led keynotes, two tracks, an incident-response workshop, and the peer conversations that make it the most-recommended security event in Upstate New York.
A serious day for practitioners — not a vendor floor.
Practitioner-led, every session
Speakers are CISOs, federal cyber leaders, GRC managers, and operators running real programs. The bar is "what worked, what didn't, what you should try Monday."
350+ Capital Region peers
Leaders from healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofits, finance, education, and government. The room is half the value — meet the people defending the same threats you are.
Frameworks you can deploy
Walk away with configurations, checklists, and frameworks you can put into your environment the next business day.
A one-day event focused on the cybersecurity questions that actually matter in 2026.
The final agenda is published in August. Below are the topic areas we're recruiting speakers and panels around right now — plus the dates that matter on the path to October 13.
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Important Dates
2026
Call for speakers opens
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2026
Call for speakers closes
Final cutoff for 2026 program submissions.
2026
Final agenda published
Speakers, sessions, and times released.
2026
Symposium Day
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET · Rivers Casino, Schenectady NY
Have a session topic to propose? Submit through the contact page — call for speakers is open through July 30.
Real speakers. Real signal.
Hosted by Emmy Award-winning MC Valerie Wencis and headlined by keynote Dustin Sitton of Incite Automation, this year's lineup brings CISOs, federal investigators, and leading practitioners to Schenectady on October 13. Register now to lock in your seat.
Emmy Award-winning weekend morning anchor and reporter for NEWS10 ABC, and a multiplatform journalist across TV, radio, podcasting, and print. A former Fulbright Scholar and communications executive, she’s the Symposium’s host for the day.
AI + Automation + Security: What's Real, What's Next — practical, real-world ways to use AI and automation to boost efficiency, scale your business, and get more from the tools you already own, responsibly.
Opening the 2026 Symposium with welcoming remarks and a look at the year ahead in Capital Region security.
Workshop lead — incident-response tabletop exercises grounded in real LogicalNet engagements.
Leads Mailprotector's support team, helping MSP partners solve complex email-security challenges. Named to CRN's 2025 "100 People You Don't Know But Should."
Founder of Leet Cyber Security and ANYCon, and author of two McGraw Hill books. 20+ years in offensive security, penetration testing, and red teaming.
CISO at M-Theory Group, speaking on Microsoft Zero Trust Architecture Adoption. 25+ years in Identity, Zero Trust, and security automation; leads the secureCENTRX unit.
CEO & co-founder of Petra Security (identity threat detection for tens of thousands of businesses), previously at Bridgewater. Talk: why traditional login security is failing against residential-proxy attacks.
Cybersecurity Risk Specialist at NYMIR, leading cyber risk management and incident response for New York municipalities. Co-author of the Local Government Officials Guide to Cybersecurity and a Ph.D. candidate at UAlbany.
Partner and CISO at Phillips Lytle, leading its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity and e-Discovery teams. A former assistant district attorney advising on data governance, incident response, regulatory compliance, and AI. Fellow of Information Privacy.
25 years in IT with the last decade in cybersecurity — incident-response engineer, SOC manager, and security advisor. Based in Atlanta.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer advancing the CIS Critical Security Controls — led the CIS Community Defense Model v2.0 and the Blueprint for Ransomware Defense. Previously led CIS’s Cyber Incident Response Team supporting the MS-ISAC.
Reach 350+ Capital Region decision-makers all in one room.
2026 sponsor packages are now available. Diamond, Platinum, Gold, and Silver tiers — each with exhibit space, registrations, and brand presence across event channels and on-site signage.
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Brand presence with the people who actually buy security.
Tier packages include exhibit footprint, team registrations, brand placement across event materials, and inclusion in pre- and post-event communications. Diamond is full for 2026 — Platinum, Gold, and Silver slots are open through Q3.
Staying overnight? Book your room.
Traveling in or making a night of it? The Landing Hotel — on site at Rivers Casino & Resort, steps from the Symposium — is holding a room block for attendees. Reserve with our group code below.
The Landing Hotel
On site at Rivers Casino & Resort — no shuttle, no drive. A limited block of rooms is held for Symposium attendees at the group rate.
Trouble booking? Call the reservations team at (518) 579-8800.
Booking with the group code
- Visit TheLandingHotelNY.com.
- Select Book Online Now.
- Enter group code LOGICAL1026 and click Search.
- Select Group.
- Choose your check-in and check-out dates.
- Select Show Rooms.
- Choose your room type and complete the reservation.
A day with the people defending the same threats you are.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Rivers Casino & Resort, Schenectady, NY · Free for all attendees.