TECH360 | Philly ‘burbs Business Tech Conference

03.NOVEMBER.2022 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM EXTON, PA

The Philly ‘burbs premier innovative business technology conference

Empowering Local Innovation

TECH360 is delivered by the following organizations:

What is

TECH360 is a local business technology conference featuring the very latest developments in technology, tech workforce, leadership and innovation. Attendees will hear how to advance their companies through technology, as they interact with the region’s top companies, organizations, academic institutions and tech professionals in today’s constantly changing business climate.

Who

You Will Meet

Thought leaders

Industry innovators

Top tech employers

Tech service providers

What

You Will Learn

Sector landscape and trends

Cybersecurity defense updates

Tech growth and innovation

Insight into the local tech sector

How

You Will Engage

Engaging speakers

Panel discussions

Exhibitor demos

Networking sessions

Meet Our Speakers

As our organizing team continues to progress the planning for this great local tech conference, we will be posting additional speakers details below.

Dan Kessler

President @ Energage

Natalie Plummer, Esq.

Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion @ Bentley Systems, Inc.

Cait Rosica, OTD, OTR/L

Director @ Neurodiversity Employment Network

Frank Buttaro, III

Major Account Manager @ United Training

Andrea T Juarez

Business Development Revenue Management, Customer Success @ SAP

Edward J. Finn

Partner @ Mullen Coughlin

Patrick Viesti

Order Execution Manager @ SAP

Mark Shake

VP Business Development @ Badger Technologies

Del Roll

Strategic Consultant and Former CIA

Jordan L. Strauss

Managing Director, Forensic Investigations and Intelligence @ Kroll LLC

Hans J. Buitendijk, M.Sc., FHL7

Director, Interoperability Strategy @ Oracle

Jessica Angove

Director of Experiential Learning @ Tipping Point Media

Eric Barnes

H.R. Information Systems Manager @ Wawa

William Garner

President & Chief Creative Officer @ Tipping Point Media

Austin Morris, Jr.

CEO @ Morris Risk Management LLC

Ken Pyle

Partner Exploit Developer @ CYBIR

What attendees from previous years said

TECH360 was a really exciting event with tech and business people consisting of a very diverse background. Not only were the content and speakers very informative and interesting, but the networking was valuable and resulting in several follow up meetings with people I met that day.

I am proud to have been part of TECH360’s planning committee – this collaborative effort resulted in an event which was extremely insightful and well worth the time. TECH360 delivered excellent speakers on a variety of relevant topics. I am excited about getting back to work to implement the things I learned.

Kudos to the TECH360 planning team! Another flawless execution of a great technology conference. The topics were interesting and the speakers were engaging. I really enjoyed mingling with people from other companies, especially during the networking event. It was also a great opportunity for several Vanguard employees to attend for the first time since it’s so conveniently located in our corporate center.

Each year TECH360 grows, as the local tech economy expands and professionals want to make connections with more area technology experts. For a one-day tech conference, TECH360 impressively packs knowledge and networking into multiple tracks, geared toward the tech executive, engineers, and entrepreneurs. You’ll see everything from enterprise experience to startup idea, business analysis to technological how-to, all delivered with professional skill and an approachable attitude.

2019 will be my fifth TECH360, I just keep coming back for more and continue to be impressed by the knowledge, candor and insightfulness of the speakers. Don’t miss it!

Schedule

The organizing team is busy putting together an exciting schedule packed with great speakers on a range of important and relevant topics. The team will update the schedule as further details are finalized.

8:30am – 9:00am

The Gallery

Registration and Breakfast

9:00am – 9:15am

Conference Center

Welcome

9:15am – 10:05am

Conference Center

Opening Keynote: Employee Engagement in Times of Crisis

PRESENTER: Dan Kessler

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Company culture is the last remaining source of sustainable competitive advantage for any organization, seeking long-term success. In this session, you want to learn what it takes to build and brand a winning culture. Plan to leave with concrete actions, short-term and long-term, around how to leverage employee engagement for better business results.

10:05am – 10:10am

Conference Center

Review Event Schedule

10:10am – 10:20am

The Gallery

Break

Session I

10:20am – 11:05am

Conference Center

Experiential Learning in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality

PRESENTERS: William Garner and Jessica Angove

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In this interactive workshop, you will have an opportunity to learn about and experience today’s leading Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality (including WebAR), and Mixed Reality technologies. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of each, as well as potential use-cases that can achieve real business results.

We’ll cover:

How to identify which virtual solution is right for your organization and its business goals
Instructional design strategies for virtual campaigns
UI/UX design and how to create an inspiring experience
How to measure and report on VR/AR/MR training effectiveness

10:20am – 11:05am

Room 104

Using Technology to Deal with the Employment Crunch

PRESENTER: Eric Barnes

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The longer term challenges of Covid and the employee-centric economy has proven an HR challenge to businesses across the world. To respond to these significant and unprecedented hurdles, Wawa leaned into business automation to help many of its teams adapt to the changing business environment. Come learn from an HR Systems leader at Wawa how the company implemented automation into its hiring practices, employee onboarding, and more.

11:05am – 11:15am

The Gallery

Break

Session II

11:15am – 12:00pm

Conference Center

Neurodiversity and the Tech Workforce

PANELISTS: Andrea Juarez, Natalie Plummer, Cait Rosica, and Patrick Viesti

MODERATOR: Frank Buttaro, III

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We are beginning to see a need to better support our children with the challenges of autism and related issues, particularly as they grow into adults.

This panel will focus on how the tech community can create systems that enable people with autism and related challenges to flourish professionally.

The panelists and moderator will be tech and medical professionals sharing what other technologists are already doing.

11:15am – 12:00pm

Room 104

Privacy and Consent Management Considerations when Sharing Clinical Data

PRESENTER: Hans J. Buitendijk

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As a patient’s electronic health information is increasingly being shared across providers, payers, public health, tremendous benefits are being gained having the ability to access a patient’s complete record. At the same time, the variety of privacy policies across federal, state, and local jurisdictions, and the need for patients to be able to restrict some or all of their data to certain providers and/or caregivers continues to create challenges enabling patients and providers to responsibly share all relevant and authorized data. This presentation highlights these challenges and how advances in standards and technology are aiming to overcome these challenges.

12:00pm – 12:45pm

The Gallery

Lunch and Networking

Session III

12:45pm – 1:35pm

Conference Center

America's Cybersecurity and the War in Ukraine

PANELISTS: Edward J. Finn, Del Roll, and Jordan L. Strauss

MODERATOR: Austin Morris, Jr.

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Listen to some of the nation’s most knowledgeable cyber experts as they discuss what the Russia – Ukraine war could mean to the USA from a cybersecurity, data privacy, economics, infrastructure, geopolitics, and IT perspective.

1:35pm – 1:45pm

The Gallery

Break

Session IV

1:45pm – 2:35pm

Conference center

Meet Badger Technologies – Developer of The Giant Company’s Robot Assistant, Marty

PRESENTER: Mark Shake

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Badger Technologies® retail solutions provide actionable data and analytics to address out-of-stock, planogram compliance, price integrity, and audit and compliance issues. Mark will share Badger’s deep deployment experience and how customers are leveraging data and automation to resolve a host of inventory issues and improve store profitability and shopping experiences.

2:35pm – 2:45pm

The Gallery

Break

Session V

2:45pm – 3:35pm

Conference Center

Critical Infrastructure and Cyberwarfare: Hacking the EAS

PRESENTER: Ken Pyle

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Over the past several years cyber attacks against critical infrastructure systems and have escalated. The geopolitical climate and outside factors have shifted the focus of threat actors and attacks from monetary gain and aims to more sinister, palpable effects.

This session will outline the presenter’s work against a well known and important CI system, the Emergency Alert System, and the lessons learned from years of disclosing, reaearching, and hacking some the world’s most important networks.