OCTOBER 10-11, 2025
The 2025 CornCon Cybersecurity Conference is returning in October. The CFP and Early Bird Registration and CISO Executive Summit application are linked. Visit corncon.net.
The Robot Workforce Is Coming For Manufacturing
[5 MAY 2025 – reprinted from TheFutureParty]
| Even though the White House is partly trying to bring more manufacturing jobs back to the US with its tariff and trade policies, those jobs — especially ones that are repetitive or dangerous — may actually be mostly taken over by new AI-powered, autonomous robots. |
April 2025 – Chicago H.S. Cyber Career Day
We had a great event today with about 120 Chicago high school students from 13 different schools. Docent hosted the CTF and we had a cyber professional panel and ended with pizza for lunch. Thanks to all the volunteers! Congratulations to the winning teams!… Read the rest
2025 Spring Kids’ Hacker Camp May 3rd
Join us on May 3, 2025 at EICC in Davenport!
The twice-a-year Davenport STEM festival will have 80 to 120 K-12 students. All ages are welcome. Many fun activities: coding, electronics, VR, escape room, competitions for prizes and lunch is included.… Read the rest
2025 ‘looCon – Photos
Hundreds of students converged at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa on March 13, 2025. This is the second year that Docent has help to host the event, providing an engaging and refreshed Capture the Flag competition. (See the video of 2024 at the bottom of the post.)… Read the rest
Docent CTF in Waterloo
Docent is hosting a CTF for a couple hundred high school students again in Waterloo, Iowa on March 13, 2025. Our Director of Educational Programs will be attending in person to run the competition. Photos will be posted after the event.
A Visual Guide to AI
A visual explanation of basic yet critical aspects of AI that everyone should understand, without any technical jargon.
The Power of Community
Build good and strong communities. Here’s a brief comment from Hugh Thompson, CEO of RSA Conference.
Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI
OODAcon 2024: Full Session Videos and Conference Insights Now Available
Unable to attend OODAcon 2024? Here is the summary and videos from this annual conference focused on advancing technologies, public policy, cybersecurity, and the global threat landscape.
You Can Run a Generative AI Locally on Your Computer
Lifehacker offers advice and links on setting up your own local AI.