Join SIA Board Chair James Rothstein (operating partner, Lee Equity Partners) for the kickoff to Securing New Ground 2023!

Security industry executives openly share perspectives on trends, challenges and major shifts occurring in the global world of security and how to strategically navigate these changes.

Get insights into distribution, customer demand and other pressures (and opportunities) facing businesses across the U.S. as SIA board member and president for dormakaba Americas Alex Housten interviews Wesco’s executive vice president and general manager of the company’s Communications & Security Solutions business, Bill Geary. With both executives passionate about topics like supply chain, distribution, manufacturing, and with both leading major enterprises, this session promises to break out the crystal ball for what our industry will face in the coming year!

Share your own input into the implications of major consumer and tech trends. This is a strongly participatory session; you’ll be sharing input via polls and adding perspective via our chat features. Bonus: All SNG attendees will receive a copy of the 2024 SIA Security Megatrends report following publication in early December.

From protecting critical infrastructure to protecting critical data, join our panel of top corporate security leaders for an open discussion on current concerns and strategies. What are their most pressing issues? How do they make a positive business impact and add extra value to their organization? How do they find the insights from the noise? What role do advanced technical solutions play in this space? And how are emerging risks and corporate needs changing their security and risk management strategies? Our panel of security leaders from top companies and organizations will address these questions and more.

Join your peers for topic-focused roundtable discussions to discuss trends and share knowledge. Roundtables are open to all SNG attendees, speakers and sponsors. Note: All attendees will be able to select the topic table they wish to join. Luncheon tables will be available in rooms adjacent to the main stage room; grab a plate of food and then find a topic table to dine with other industry leaders sharing a similar interest.

The 6 discussion tables will be located in Central Park I & II, located next to the main event foyer area.  (Additional lunch seating will be available in the following spaces on the event level: Hudson River Park, Madison Square Park and Union Square Park and in the foyer itself.)

Discussion Topics for 2023:

• Workforce Hiring, Diversity and Young Professionals
• Cybersecurity
• Generative AI
• RMR Strategies
• ESG Strategies

Luncheon roundtable discussion hosts return to the SNG to share the single most important idea or takeaway from the audience discussions on key themes over lunch.

• Workforce Hiring, Diversity and Young Professionals
• Cybersecurity
• Generative AI
• RMR Strategies
• ESG Strategies

Join Robert Dodge, CEO of Prosegur Global Risk Services, and Peter Ford, director of corporate security for Novavax, for an eye-opening review of emerging global threats that your firm needs to be aware of. This session is particular relevance for corporate security leaders and is also very relevant for all security industry solution providers and manufacturers which service enterprise customer or who have customers with a global footprint. Even manufacturers with production and operational facilities abroad will find value in this session’s fast-moving sweep of the global risk landscape.

Our panel will explore the meaningful impact of artificial intelligence on security applications, with a particular focus on real impacts to be felt by all industry firms within the next 2-3 years.

Get an inside view into the strategy and perspective of Johnson Control’s Chairman and CEO George Oliver. With the interview conducted by SIA’s Chair  James Rothstein, Mr. Oliver will explore macro economic trends, and trending topics like healthy buildings and building efficiency/decarbonization, AI applications for building technology and AI concerns like privacy and potential regulations, plus what JCI sees as the future of the industry and how workforce challenges impact our industry’s future and what JCI is doing to attract, train and develop that next generation workforce.

Get an inside look into changes, pressures and trends into the businesses of identity and access control in this executive interview featuring HID’s Bjorn Lidefelt. Lee Odess, founder of the Access Control Executive Brief, will conduct this executive interview, which will look strongly at the future of access and identity and the various technologies, software applications, integrations and interfaces that will be part of identity management in the future.

SNG day 1 concludes with a special keynote from retired New York City Police Commissioner James “Jimmy” P. O’Neill, who now serves as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Physical Security at Visa. Mr. O’Neill will share insights into his strategies for Visa’s global physical and personnel security and associated programs, through which he ensures that the company’s employees and assets are protected in the 200+ countries in which Visa operates.

Relax, network and dine with other top industry executives! Following the enormous response to our 2022 SNG dinners,  and requests for even more networking opportunities, we have decided to build a premier networking reception and dinner event into the SNG experience. The event is an optional, add-on experience.

The reception/dinner ticket is $200 and includes a rooftop evening reception followed by a seated multicourse dinner at the Edison Ballroom, just a quick stroll from our hotel venue for the conference.

SNG Dinner Keynote Speaker: General Stanley McChrystal, retired four-star general and CEO of the McChrystal Group

Make sure to add the dinner experience to your ticket when you register!

Join SNG for an executive interview with Pierre Racz, the president of Genetec. Delve into Racz’s insights into global economic trends and global competition trends, including nation-state competition. We’ll also explore how cybersecurity, trust and privacy concerns have reshaped the industry, and trends like AI, ethical use of technology, and the rapid expansion of industrial internet of things networks in addition to other topics relevant to integration leaders, corporate security directors, and software and product company executives.

The interview with Pierre Racz will be conducted by Bill Bozeman, CPP, founder of Bozeman Strategic Solutions and the former CEO of PSA Security Network.

Integrators today are facing major upheavals. Artificial intelligence solutions are on the horizon, requiring enormous skill changes for field staff and potentially creating a more direct relationship between manufacturers and integrators’ clients. End user buyers are simultaneously moving steadily to cloud-based services, further creating the possibility that the software vendor will be more involved with your clients. And hiring skilled talent is tougher than ever, which is limiting some integrators’ ability to take on new projects or clients in other destinations. How are top integrators navigating these changes and not only retaining their value but adding new value in today’s changing marketplace?

In this keynote session on Day 2 of SNG, Nasdaq’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Phil Mackintosh will share insights into market conditions and financial indicators that are likely to impact the U.S. and global economies, particularly for companies in technology sectors.

Financial deal makers and analysts provide insight into Wall Street, private equity and recent mergers and acquisitions deals within the security industry.