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1st Annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference has ended
Welcome! The Virginia Cyber Range is hosting the 1st Annual Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA on August 14-15, 2018. This conference is open to all Virginia high school, college, and university faculty, administrators, and partners. Stay up to date on the conference:  Sign up for our newsletter!

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Attendees and Sponsors: Registration is CLOSED. NOTE: Regrets...We are at MAX CAPACITY; NO on-site registrations will be accepted. 
Registration fees (includes CEU certificate, lunch (Day 1), and breakfast & lunch (Day 2)):
     - VA Educator/State/Federal Government Employee: $50
     - Student: $25
     - Industry/Others: $150
     - Sponsors: Three levels available during registration; see below under Sponsorship Opportunities to review.

Conference Objectives
At the end of the conference, attendees will:
  • Understand the challenges facing educators (K12 through university level) in cybersecurity education
  • Learn innovative and effective ways to teach cybersecurity to students using hands-on learning
  • Learn about various state and national cybersecurity educational resources available to educators
  • Understand the history and services provided by the Virginia Cyber Range
  • Understand the hiring needs and skills required to prepare students to successfully enter the cybersecurity workforce
  • Discover ways to get underrepresented student populations excited about and involved in cybersecurity
  • Examine the dangers associated with social media and technology use and how to effectively teach students to safely operate in cyber

Earning Continuing Education Units (CEU)
All attendees are eligible to earn CEUs for attending the conference, but they must sign in each day at the designated CEU table located near registration.

Sponsorship Opportunities: There are many exciting opportunities for your company or organization to be involved with this conference. There are three sponsor packages (Dean’s List and Honor Roll no longer available. Logos received after 7/24 will not be included in printed materials.) from which to choose. Go to our registration site, create an account and sign in to become a sponsor >> here.

There are four tracks for this year’s conference:
  • Cyber Educational Resources
  • Cyber for K12
  • Cyber Workforce
  • Hot Topics
Check out the Schedule tab below for an initial draft of the conference structure.

Questions? Please send an email to conference@virginiacyberrange.org.
avatar for Erik Breede

Erik Breede

Phoebus High School
Educator
Hampton, Virginina
Websitephs.hampton.k12.va.us/

High school Career and Technical Educator for 12 years mostly in the city of Hampton. Taught subjects including Marketing, Business, College and Career Readiness, Math, Programming, IT Fundamentals, Computer Network Operations, and Cyber Security. 


After graduating from James Madison University with a Bachelors in Business Administration, I worked professionally with entrepreneurial goals in mind. After supplementing my meager income by coaching junior varsity boys high school soccer and substitute teaching I decided to complete the Career Switcher Program through ODU and earned my teaching license.  

Although I began my career as a marketing and business teacher I have gone through a number of changes by choice and by chance. The two moments that ultimately led me to my current role in teaching was the time I spent teaching students computer science concepts in an alternative school and the request by my curriculum leader to move to a different high school in our district and “remake” the Computer Science and IT program to prepare for our move to an academy model where students have increased voice and choice in their education pathway while in high school.


After that move from Hampton High School to Phoebus High School I have remade the original CS and IT program into the Programming and Cyber Security Pathway within the Academy of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Cybersecurity. I look forward to what the future holds with the content I am currently teaching and see the great importance it has for our students.

My Speakers Sessions

Wednesday, August 15
 

1:00pm EDT

Faculty Panel Session: Teaching Cybersecurity in the Commonwealth ISAT 159Karen Jackson • B Bagby • Erik Breede • Bob Osgood • Sharon Shadrach