Register now for this important event for cybersecurity workforce development and education professionals and colleagues, including industry, the public sector, and K-12 education/higher education communities and partners. This event will be addressing the vision of creating a cybersecurity career education pipeline and pathway into the professional field and academic discipline to meet state and local workforce/employment needs. Thank you, Van Williams, chief information officer, University of California, for sharing this important information with the UC Tech community.

Event details

2024 California Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Summit [registration link]

Date and time: Friday, March 8, 2024,  8:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm.
Location: Los Angeles Valley College
Audience: Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Education Professionals and Colleagues, including Industry, the Public Sector, and K-12 Education/Higher Education communities and partners. (Distinguished public sector leadership will be represented. About 250 guests are expected.)
Host: The California Cybersecurity Task Force, Workforce Development and Education* Subcommittee and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)
Sponsor: California Cybersecurity Task Force is co-led by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the California Department of Technology, and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) – the largest community college district in the world.
Contact: Keith Clement, Ph.D. – kclement@mail.fresnostate.edu 

Discussion topics

1. Best practices for preparing students to work in IT-Cybersecurity-AI positions.
2. Public and private sector employer perspectives
3. Cybersecurity awareness and training, K-12 and Higher Education programs & partnerships
4. IT-Cyber apprenticeships and internships
5. Diversity and Inclusion in the field
6. Numerous lunch sessions in key areas for networking and collaboration opportunities. 
7. Please visit the Eventbrite Registration page for updates on the meeting agenda

Program Goals

1. Bringing together key California cybersecurity stakeholders and major partnerships for collaboration, networking, and future activity.
2. Addressing current and future California Cybersecurity workforce capability and skills gaps with a vision of creating a cybersecurity career education pipeline and pathway into the professional field and academic discipline to meet state and local workforce/employment needs. 
3. Evaluating both traditional (“academics”) and non-traditional (“skills-competency based”) approaches for professional preparation to fill numerous available employment opportunities of the California Cybersecurity Career Education Pipeline and Pathway Project (C3EP3).

*The California Cybersecurity Task Force is co-led by the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC), Homeland Security Division, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and California Department of Technology (CDT). 

Contacts

Keith Clement, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Criminology
California State University, Fresno
Email: kclement@mail.fresnostate.edu 

Mario Perez
California School Information Services (CSIS) Professor/Network Engineer/CEH, Los Angeles Community College District
Email:  perezmar@laccd.edu