1. The current state of AI progression and early risks and issues
2. Information about the environment for AI tools inside of organizations
3.Knowledge of the legal framework and regulatory development that is blossoming quickly
4. Real-time interaction with panelists will allow questions/comments from the audience during the presentation.
Hart Brown is a speaker, futurist, executive, and a security expert. He is a Qualified Risk Director, Business Futurist, and an Ethical Hacker. He has over 20 years of experience in developing unique algorithms, models, artificial intelligence systems, and security platforms to predict what is likely to happen next. Working across 50 different countries, he has a truly unique capability to take some of the most complicated subjects in today’s world and explain them in a way that is both understandable and actionable by business leaders. In addition, he uses live demonstrations and collaboration tools in real time to engage with the audience – individualizing each event with findings that can be sent to the audience at the end of the session.
He currently services as the CEO at Future Point of View (FPOV). He has been mentioned in over 90 publications and news outlets such as Reuters, USA Today and WIRED magazine. He is the co-author of the book Online and Under Attack: What Every Business Needs to Know to Manage Cyber Risk and Win Its Cyber War. His most recent book Future Forecasting: Mitigating Risk and Increasing Profit in a Chaotic World is now available on Amazon.
Marissa Blevins | Director of Human Resources, Williams
Marissa has two decades of Human Resources experience within three organizations, providing her a wide breadth of knowledge in various areas such as candidate selection, learning and development, employee relations, workforce planning, and executive leadership consulting. Marissa has worked for both privately and publicly held organizations ranging in size from 3,500 employees to over 350,000 employees.
She earned her Master of Business Administration from Clarkson University and her Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University. Marissa maintains her SHRM-SCP and is a certified coach. She volunteers her time by serving as Chair on the board of directors for The Tristesse Grief Center, a nonprofit organization that provides grief counseling services to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. Additionally, she serves on the Tulsa Community College Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of Women’s Executive Board.
Joshua M. Snavely | Of Counsel, McAfee & Taft
Joshua Snavely is an attorney, Ivy League-trained cybersecurity and privacy expert, and homeland security policy analyst whose practice is devoted to advising clients across a broad range of industries with business and technology strategy, compliance and risk assessment, crisis management, and incident response. His work in these areas focus on business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience planning, with a special focus on the impacts and risks associated with data protection and cybersecurity. Joshua’s experience includes proactively identifying and addressing internal and external threats to data, managing privacy and cybersecurity issues related to business transactions, and developing and implementing response plans for data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cyber-incidents. He currently co-leads the firm Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group.
In the fast-paced and emerging fields of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies, Joshua’s expertise includes technology assessment, compliance, and strategy.
Joshua’s career experience and extensive study in the fields of cybersecurity, privacy, and homeland security law have earned him a national reputation as a thought leader and made him a sought-after speaker and trainer at regional, national and global events, including RSA Conference (the world’s largest cybersecurity conference), American Bar Association’s Homeland Security Law Institute, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Conference, The National Summit on Homeland Security Law, the Oklahoma Small Business Development Network, and Roundtables at the Aspen Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Prior to joining McAfee & Taft, Joshua served as the dean of the School of Business at Langston University, the western-most Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the United States, for five years. As dean and a senior administrator, Joshua also led the University’s crisis and emergency leadership team and recently directed all COVID-19 pandemic operations and response, including cybersecurity, physical security, technology management and operations. His career experience also includes service on the American Bar Association’s Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, the National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education Working Group, and the inaugural Oklahoma Justice Commission. Joshua served as assistant dean for external relations at Oklahoma City University School of Law, the inaugural executive director of the Judge Alfred P. Murrah Center for Homeland Security Law and Policy, and as a law clerk in the Government Appellate Division of the U.S. Army. Joshua has also now launched inaugural cybersecurity courses and programs at three Oklahoma universities, including as an adjunct professor of cybersecurity law at the University of Oklahoma.
