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title: "2 Days of Powerful Cybersecurity Collaboration: This Week in Detroit"
description: Detroit's largest annual cybersecurity conference, SecureWorld Detroit. Get a feel for the event and the agenda lineup. 16th annual information security conference in Detroit.
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# [2 Days of Powerful Cybersecurity Collaboration: This Week in Detroit](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/2-days-of-powerful-cybersecurity-networking-and-collaboration-detroit-this-week)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Mon | Sep 10, 2018 | 5:22 PM Z

If you've been to [SecureWorld Detroit](http://events.secureworldexpo.com/agenda/detroit-mi-2018/), you already know.

This is the Motor City's place for cybersecurity collaboration.

The place where Information Security leaders come together for two days to build a network of trusted peers.

*Peers you can turn to for help and advice.*

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And thanks to the Detroit Advisory Council members, the 2018 cybersecurity conference has a rich agenda you should not miss. Topics include:

- AI implementation to supplement the InfoSec labor shortage
- Getting your security initiatives approved and funded
- The legal and practical considerations around cyber insurance
- Lessons from the early days of the IoT that show us how to proceed
- The weaponization of Artificial Intelligence
- Legacy systems and their expansion of the connected cars attack surface
- Game of Threats: how attack vectors are related
- Security and complexity
- Leveraging SDN technology to improve enterprise security
- Presenting the state of security and risk management to the board
- Panel discussions on emerging threats, ransomware, and mentoring the next generation of security professionals
- How and why you should brand your security awareness program
- Changing how you communicate to advance InfoSec objectives
- Economics of cybercrime—understanding it to reduce the threat 

These topics are just the start. View the [complete agenda and register for SecureWorld Detroit](http://events.secureworldexpo.com/agenda/detroit-mi-2018/), happening September 12-13.

And by the way, do you believe *there has never been a better time to be a risk/security professional?* There is a good chance you will after hearing Futurist Thornton May's opening keynote presentation:

[View full post](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/2-days-of-powerful-cybersecurity-networking-and-collaboration-detroit-this-week)

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