Baker Donelson and the Metro Atlanta Chamber announced the final schedule for the inaugural Atlanta Cyber Week, a public-private collaboration to highlight the pillars of the region’s burgeoning cybersecurity ecosystem and to create an opportunity for meaningful interaction between growth oriented cybersecurity companies and Atlanta’s Fortune 1000 client base. The flagship events of Cybercon and the National Technology Security Coalition’s CISO Policy Conference will anchor Atlanta Cyber Week, which will also offer an additional nine events from October 2-6. The final schedule includes:

Monday, October 2

•     Info-Sec in the Southeast: A 101 Primer for Atlanta Cyber Week; 12 pm @ Georgia Tech

•     Startups & CISOs @ ATDC Mixer and Discussion; 6 pm @ ATDC

Tuesday, October 3

•     Cybersecurity in a Globalizing World; 7:30 am @ The Commerce Club

•     Fintech Ireland & Fintech Atlanta; 12 pm @ The Garage at Tech Square

•     CISO-FinTech Meetup; 5:30 pm @ Baker Donelson

Wednesday, October 4

•     Cybercon 2017; All Day @ Georgia Tech Global Learning Center

Thursday, October 5

•     NTSC CISO Policy Conference; All Day @ Georgia Tech Global Learning Center

•     Cyber Blur 2017; 6 pm @ Tech Square Labs

Friday, October 6

•     TEDxPeachtree; All Day @ Rialto Center for the Arts

•     Cybersecurity Lecture Series; 12 pm @ ATDC

•     Capture the Flag Competition 2017; All Day @ Georgia State University

Complete RSVP and registration information is available at http://www.atlantacyberweek.com and on http://www.cybercon.us.

“I am extremely proud of how Atlanta’s corporate, economic development, tech and security communities have rallied in support of Atlanta Cyber Week,” said Justin Daniels, a Baker Donelson shareholder, co-founder of its cybersecurity accelerator and the leader of the Atlanta Cyber Week effort. “Together with our partners, sponsors and stakeholders, Atlanta is prepared to show the world that our city has the talent and infrastructure to thrive as the world’s preeminent cybersecurity hub.”

Cybercon Unveils Renowned Keynote Speaker 

Baker Donelson also announced today that Nadav Zafrir, the co-founder and CEO of Team8, Israel's leading cybersecurity think tank and venture creation foundry, will serve as a keynote speaker at Cybercon. Zafrir, who will speak preceding the morning panel on fintech and cybersecurity, is also the founder of the Israel Defense Forces’ Cyber Command and the Commander of “Unit 8200," an elite military cybersecurity unit that has become an incubator for Israel’s cybersecurity sector.