Spark 2026: Nozomi Networks Customer Conference

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

7:00am-5:00pm

Badge Pickup

7:00am-8:00am

Breakfast

8:00am-10:00am

Technical Training

10:00am-10:30am

Break

10:30am-12:00pm

Technical Training

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm-1:30pm

Main Stage

1:30pm-2:00pm

Main Stage

2:00pm-2:30pm

Main Stage

2:30pm-3:00pm

Break

3:00pm-3:30pm

Main Stage

3:30pm-4:00pm

Main Stage

4:00pm-5:00pm

Main Stage

6:00pm-9:00pm

Welcome Reception

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Main Stage

Located on the 10^th floor of the Loews New Orleans Hotel

7:00am-8:30am

Breakfast Sponsored by SentinelOne

8:30am-9:00am

A Brand New Day

Edgard Capdevielle, CEO, Nozomi Networks

9:00am-9:30am

From Risk to Revenue

Doug Clifton, Managing Director, ICS & IoT Cybersecurity Lead, Ernst & Young

9:30am-10:00am

Flight Path to Resilience: Strengthening OT Security in Aviation

Isaac Guevara, Senior Sales Engineer, Nozomi Networks

Mike Shalvey, Sr. Technology Analyst, Southwest Airlines

10:00am-10:30am

Break and Session with Schneider Electric

10:30am-11:00am

Enhance OT Event Detection & Lifecycle with Network Tooling

Stuart Bailey, Security Consulting Manager, ICS/OT, Accenture

Miriam Lorbert, Sr. Manager OT Cybersecurity, Accenture

11:00am-11:30am

Effectively Communicating Operational Risk to Non-Technical Executives

Ken Kurz, VP of IT and CIO, COPT Defense Properties

11:30am-12:00pm

Defending Together: Building Cyber Resilience Through OT/IoT Ecosystems

A panel session with Schneider Electric, Emerson, Mitsubishi Electric, and Siemens

Hosted by Matt Cowell, VP of Strategic Alliances, Nozomi Networks

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch Sponsored by Carahsoft

Breakouts Room 1

Located on the 9^th floor of the Loews New Orleans Hotel

1:00pm-1:30pm

Five Hot Takes for OT Security

Eric Knapp, Product Manager, Nozomi Networks

1:30pm-2:00pm

Driving Compelling Cyber Outcomes with AI

Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks

2:00pm-2:30pm

Break and Session with Fortinet

2:30pm-3:00pm

Guarding the Gate: Combating Insider Threats in OT/IoT Cybersecurity

Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks

3:00pm-4:00pm

Break and dedicated time to visit sponsor booths

Breakouts Room 2

Located on the 9^th floor of the Loews New Orleans Hotel

1:00pm-2:30pm

Cover Your Assets: Discovery, Enrichment, Risk Management, Action (Technical Training)

Dennis Hanzlik, Professional Services Sr. Manager, Nozomi Networks

Jose Bonilla, Lead Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

2:30pm-3:00pm

Break and Session with Fortinet

3:00pm-3:45pm

Technical Training - Continued

Dennis Hanzlik, Professional Services Sr. Manager, Nozomi Networks

Jose Bonilla, Lead Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

3:45pm-4:00pm

Break

Main Stage

4:00pm-4:45pm

What's Next for Nozomi

Andrea Carcano, CPO & Co-Founder, Nozomi Networks

Evening

6:00pm-11:00pm

Appreciation Dinner at Latrobe's

*Transportation will be provided to and from Latrobe's and the hotel throughout the entirety of the event. The first shuttles will leave the hotel at 5:45pm.

Thursday
October 2, 2025

Main Stage

7:00am-8:30am

Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am

From Stuxnet to Today: The Evolving Threats to Critical Infrastructure: A Fireside Chat with Kim Zetter

Kim Zetter, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist and Author

Matt Cowell, VP of Strategic Alliances, Nozomi Networks

9:00am-9:30am

From Assets to Action: A Risk-First Approach to OT/IoT Cybersecurity

Jagannathan Raghunathan, OT Technical Specialist, Lucid Motors

Jim Diecks, Sales Engineering Manager, Nozomi Networks

9:30am-10:00am

Operationalizing Risk Across the Enterprise

Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks

10:00am-10:30am

Break and Session with Mitsubishi Electric

10:30am-11:00am

Under Fire: Learnings from Real-World OT Incident Response

Chris Sistrunk, OT Technical Leader, Google Cloud Security (Mandiant)

11:00am-11:30am

OT/IoT and Cyber Regulations

Suzanne Spaulding, Former DHS Undersecretary

11:30am-12:00pm

Defending Real World Infrastructure

Sean Curry, Principal Consultant and Co-Founder, Cavalry Solutions

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

Breakouts Room 1

1:00pm-1:30pm

Using Integrations to Maximize Return On Investments

Jacob Chapman, Director of Strategic Alliances, Nozomi Networks

1:30pm-2:00pm

Modern Strategies for Asset Identification

Isaac Guevara, Senior Sales Engineer, Nozomi Networks

Breakouts Room 2

1:00pm-1:30pm

The Wireless Attack Surface in OT/IoT

Tim Sanguinetti, Sr. Director of Product Management, Nozomi Networks

1:30pm-2:00pm

Measuring and Communicating the Value of OT/IoT Security

Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks

Feliciana Break Room

2:00pm-3:30pm

Ask Us Anything: A Q&A with Nozomi Leadership

Agenda

September 16, 2026

Morning

7:00am-5:00pm

Badge Pickup

7:00am-8:30am

Breakfast

Technical Workshops- Room 1

8:30am-12:00pm

Practical Query-osity: Turn data questions into capabilities.

Thomas Roth, Senior Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

In this hands-on workshop for stakeholders, you'll turn big-picture questions into practical queries and clear visualizations that drive your day-to-day decisions.

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm-4:30pm

What's Your Vantage IQ?: Smart insights are just the beginning.

Jose Bonilla, Lead Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

Want to get more value from your data? In this interactive workshop for stakeholders, you'll learn how to use Vantage IQ to turn insights into action, including how to engage with the IQ Assistant, interpret generated insights, and prioritize action based on what's important.

Technical Workshops- Room 2

8:30am-12:00pm

What's Your Vantage IQ?: Smart insights are just the beginning.

Jose Bonilla, Lead Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

Want to get more value from your data? In this interactive workshop for practitioners, you'll learn how to use Vantage IQ to turn insights into action, including how to engage with the IQ Assistant, interpret generated insights, and prioritize action based on what's important.

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm-4:30pm

Advanced Query-osity: Queries that sharpen your investigative edge.

Thomas Roth, Senior Professional Services Engineer, Nozomi Networks

In this hands-on workshop for practitioners, you'll take your querying skills further, designing complex layered queries that uncover deeper insights and develop a sharper, more investigative approach to data.

Evening

6:00pm-9:00pm

Welcome Cocktail - Sponsored by SEL - Located on the 1st floor of the Omni Houston Hotel

September 17, 2026

Main Stage

7:00am-8:00am

Breakfast

8:00am-8:30am

A New Day One

Andrea Carcano, Co-Founder & CEO, Nozomi Networks

Frontier AI is making intelligence cheap, for both attackers and defenders alike. What it cannot commoditize is context: the ground truth only a defender holds about a live industrial process. An opening look at the advantage operators already have, and what it will take to act on it at the speed this moment demands.

8:30am-9:00am

Keeping the Lights On
What accelerating cyber resilience demands of all of us in the age of frontier AI

Kevin Isaac, CRO, Nozomi Networks

Cyber resilience was already the priority security leaders were pushing hardest. Frontier AI has changed the pace at which it has to be delivered. A look at what escalating attacks and machine-speed weaponization mean for detection, patching and compensating controls — and what it will take to keep the lights on together.

9:00am-9:30am

The Impact of Frontier AI Models on Vulnerability Management

Tim Sanguinetti, VP of Product, Nozomi Networks

‍AI has made finding software flaws fast and cheap, and the surge is already reaching industrial environments where patch windows are measured in years, not sprints. That changes the job. This session looks at what happens when discovery stops being the hard part, and why ranking exposure by reachability, asset criticality and physical consequence gives defenders a stronger position than counting CVEs ever did.

9:30am-10:00am

Mission Critical: Managing Risk When Failure Isn't an Option

Scott Parazynski, Five-time NASA Space Shuttle astronaut, physician, prolific inventor, serial entrepreneur and best-selling author

From spacewalks and mountaintop expeditions to entrepreneurship and cutting-edge technology, success in high-stakes environments depends on balancing innovation with thoughtful risk management. In this inspiring keynote, astronaut, physician, inventor, and entrepreneur Scott Parazynski shares lessons from a career spent pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Through compelling stories of exploration, resilience, and breakthrough innovation, Scott will challenge attendees to rethink how they approach risk, embrace change, and prepare for the unexpected.

10:00am-10:30am

Break - Sponsored by Exclusive Networks

10:30am-11:00am

Emerging OT Threats: A Nozomi Networks and Google Threat Intel Deep Dive

Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks
Dr. Christopher Porter, Head of International Security Cooperation, Google Cloud

The OT threat landscape is shifting faster than ever: adversaries are weaponizing AI, supply-chain compromises are slipping past standard controls, and geopolitical conflict is fueling new attacks on critical infrastructure. Join security experts from Nozomi Networks and Google for a look at the trends reshaping industrial cybersecurity, a breakdown of real-world threat activity and recent incidents, and a practical discussion of what security teams should do now to build resilience. You'll leave with a clear view of the threats most likely to impact your organization and concrete steps to prepare for what's next.

11:00am-11:30am

Cyber Warfare in Kinetic War Zones

Dmytro Doronin, CISO, Ukrhydroenergo
Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks

As cyber warfare becomes inseparable from modern military conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war offers critical lessons for defenders of essential infrastructure worldwide. In this session, Dmytro Doronin, CISO of Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's largest hydropower producer will share firsthand perspectives on building and evolving cyber resilience under sustained cyber and kinetic assault, offering attendees a rare look at the realities of defending critical infrastructure during wartime and the lessons these experiences hold for organizations around the world. The session will close with Markus Mueller, Field CISO at Nozomi Networks, interviewing Dmytro about his experience.

11:30am-12:00pm

AI as a Copilot: Building Safer, More Resilient OT in Cyber Turbulence

Mike Shalvey, Senior Technology Analyst, Southwest Airlines
Isaac Guevara, Senior Sales Engineer, Nozomi Networks
Mike McCabe, Regional Sales Director, Nozomi Networks

Aviation OT security teams must make fast, high‑impact decisions in safety‑critical environments, yet investigations are often slowed by manual analysis. AI is beginning to change this. In this session, experts from Southwest Airlines and Nozomi Networks will share how AI is being used to accelerate asset identification, correlate alerts, and quickly contextualize external advisories—cutting investigation time from days to hours. Attendees will learn where AI delivers real efficiency today and how it responsibly supports aviation OT security teams.

12:00pm-1:00pm

Lunch - Sponsored by Keysight

Breakout Room 1

1:00pm-2:00pm

OT Threat Landscape: Separating Signal from Noise

Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks

The OT threat landscape is louder than ever, with new threat actor names, AI-driven predictions, and geopolitical warnings competing for attention. For most industrial organizations, the question hasn't changed: which of these actually threaten my safety, reliability, and operational continuity?

This closed-door session removes the noise by focusing on what matters most. Drawing on publicly reported incidents, private telemetry, threat research, and direct observations from industrial environments, this closed-door session is a deep dive into what matters most for leaders and practitioners.

The goal isn't another adversary profile or malware breakdown. Attendees will leave with a clear view of the landscape for their sector, allowing them to translate threat intelligence into operational decisions: how to prioritize defensive investment, communicate risk in terms leadership acts on, and close the gaps that let real threats go undetected in critical environments.

2:00pm-2:30pm

Break

2:30pm-3:00pm

Building Better OT Security Together Part 1: How Evergy and Nozomi Turned Partnership into Innovation

John Carroll, Principal OT Security Architect, Evergy
Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks
Isaac Guevara, Senior Sales Engineer, Nozomi Networks

The most impactful cybersecurity outcomes don't come from technology alone, they come from collaboration. Join Evergy and Nozomi Networks for a candid fireside chat on how a strategic partnership evolved beyond a traditional customer-vendor relationship to solve real operational challenges. Through shared goals, continuous feedback, and technical collaboration, the teams have helped shape solutions, address emerging requirements, and drive meaningful outcomes. Learn how strong partnerships can accelerate innovation and create value across the broader OT security community.

3:00pm-3:30pm

Building Better OT Security Together Part 2: NERC CIP-015 INSM Use Case Outcomes

John Carroll, Principal OT Security Architect, Evergy
Markus Mueller, Field CISO, Nozomi Networks
Isaac Guevara, Senior Sales Engineer, Nozomi Networks

Learn about the NERC CIP-015 INSM outcomes that Evergy and other utilities drove at Nozomi. Hear from the Nozomi NERC CIP practice lead about how we collaborate to address regulatory use cases and develop solutions that not only meet compliance but also make it easier for our customers. This interactive session will allow participants to ask questions and gain an understanding of the Nozomi side of collaboration to drive success.

3:30pm-4:00pm

Break - Return to Main Stage

Breakout Room 2

1:00pm-1:30pm

From Takeoff to Touchdown: A Day with Nozomi at Air Canada

Rushit Shah, OT Cybersecurity Analyst, Air Canada
Pooja Ojha, OT Cybersecurity Analyst, Air Canada
Sandeep Lota, Field CTO, Nozomi Networks

Every day brings new challenges for critical infrastructure and operational technology teams. In this panel session, Sandeep Lota, Field CTO at Nozomi Networks will join experts from Air Canada to discuss how Nozomi Networks fits into the daily operations of the people responsible for maintaining visibility, reducing risk, and responding to potential threats across their environment. Through real examples and firsthand experiences, attendees will gain valuable insights into how Air Canada transforms OT and IoT security from a reactive process into a proactive strategy.

1:30pm-2:00pm

Secure by Design in Practice: Lessons from Maritime for the Rest of OT

Ron Fabela, Director, Cyber Center of Excellence, ABS Group

What happens when secure by design becomes mandatory? Drawing on real-world lessons from the maritime industry's cybersecurity requirements, Ronnie Fabela shares what's working, what's not, and what organizations are learning as compliance moves from guidance to enforcement. Attendees will gain insight into the core capabilities regulators increasingly expect, including asset visibility, vulnerability management, network monitoring, and demonstrable cyber resilience, and learn how to build a foundation that can adapt to evolving requirements across critical infrastructure sectors.

2:00pm-2:30pm

Break

2:30pm-3:00pm

From Visibility to Value: Scaling OT Cybersecurity for Operational Impact

Jason Lott, ICS Cyber Security Engineer, Oxy
‍OT cybersecurity programs often start with visibility—but the real value comes from what you do next. Turning data into action is where organizations begin to see measurable impact across both security and operations. In this session, Jason Lott, Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Engineer at Oxy, will share his practical, field-tested perspective on building and scaling an OT cybersecurity program, from initial deployment through operational maturity. Drawing on nearly a decade of hands-on experience with Nozomi, Jason will walk through how Oxy moved beyond basic asset visibility to drive meaningful operational improvements—reducing alert noise, uncovering hidden devices, and resolving real network challenges using platform insights.

3:00pm-4:00pm

Networking Break

Return to Main Stage

Breakout Room 3

1:00pm-1:30pm

AI Since Day One: Why Nozomi's Approach to AI Is Different

Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks

Everyone in OT is racing to launch AI agents, but Nozomi has been building AI into our platform since day one. In this session, we'll unpack what a decade-plus of purpose-built AI actually means for defenders: ML-driven asset intelligence that boosts identification accuracy and cuts false positives by ~70%, behavioral anomaly detection, intelligent alert correlation, and Vantage IQ—a private, context-aware LLM trained only on your environment. We'll explain why native, purpose-built AI beats generic third-party bolt-ons, and how our strategy keeps Nozomi the company to beat for AI in cyber-physical systems security.

1:30pm-2:00pm

Meet Your AI Security Analyst: Accelerating your Vantage IQ Value

Scott Smith, Sr. Manager, Product Management, Nozomi Networks

If you’re just getting started with Vantage IQ, this session is your accelerator. See how to get the most out of Nozomi’s cloud-based AI security analyst, which helps reduce MTTR and alert fatigue by prioritizing critical issues, recommending next steps, and answering questions in plain language. Learn what queries and prompts provide the most value from your data.

2:00pm-2:30pm

Break

2:30pm-3:00pm

See What the Network Can't: An Intro to Nozomi Arc

Jim Diecks, Senior Manager, Sales Engineering, Nozomi Networks

Move beyond the network and onto the host to add depth to your detection and response capabilities. This session is a deep dive into using Arc, Nozomi’s lightweight endpoint sensor, for visibility into processes, user activity, USB events, and isolated assets. Learn how you can use Arc to help detect and respond to endpoint threats, extend coverage to hard-to-monitor environments, and fill the gaps network visibility can’t reach.

3:00pm-3:30pm

Securing the Unseen: An Intro to Guardian Air

Sandeep Lota, Field CTO, Nozomi Networks

Wireless devices can exfiltrate data, disrupt control signals, and communicate with critical assets without touching the wired network. This session focuses on Guardian Air, Nozomi’s OT/IoT wireless security sensor for detecting rogue devices, fake cell towers, deauth attacks, drones, and other threats. See how it closes a major visibility gap by correlating wireless activity with network and endpoint telemetry in Vantage.

3:30pm-4:00pm

Break - Return to Main Stage

Main Stage - Partner Sessions

1:00pm-1:30pm

Evolve Together: Lead our Category, the Next Chapter of Nozomi Networks

Kevin Isaac, CRO, Nozomi Networks

1:30pm-2:00pm

Channel Strategy 2027

Tyson Gerhold, VP, Global Channel and Partner Sales, Nozomi Networks

2:00pm-2:30pm

Competitive Takeouts

Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks

2:30pm-3:00pm

Emerging Opportunities: IoT, Data Center, New Verticals

Sandeep Lota, Field CTO, Nozomi Networks

3:00pm-4:00pm

Partner Awards

Main Stage

4:00pm-5:00pm

What's Next for Nozomi

Andrea Carcano, Co-Founder & CEO, Nozomi Networks
Tim Sanguinetti, VP of Product, Nozomi Networks

Get an inside look at the next chapter of Nozomi Networks. We will share strategic priorities, industry trends, and a forward-looking view of how Nozomi is helping organizations strengthen security, resilience, and operational visibility in an increasingly connected world.

5:00pm-5:30pm

Ask Me Anything: Nozomi Executive Q&A

Andrea Carcano, Co-Founder & CEO, Nozomi Networks
Matt Cowell, VP of Strategic Alliances, Nozomi Networks
Kevin Isaac, CRO, Nozomi Networks
Tyson Gerhold, VP, Global Channel and Partner Sales, Nozomi Networks
Mike Plante, CMO, Nozomi Networks
Tim Sanguinetti, VP of Product, Nozomi Networks
George Todd, CFO, Nozomi Networks

Take advantage of direct access to Nozomi Networks leadership during this open forum. Attendees are invited to ask questions on any topic, from industry trends and company direction to customer experiences and best practices.

Evening

6:30pm-11:00pm

Appreciation Dinner - Located in the Constellation Ballroom on the 1st floor of the Omni Houston Hotel

Why Our Customers Love Spark

"The first ever Nozomi Spark was such a huge success, and you struck the perfect balance between sparkle and substance"

“I really liked the company culture on display. This is clearly a servant leadership mentality that drives an innovative spirit on its team of employees and partners”

“A great way to meet many folks and have some fun as well!”

“I really enjoyed the atmosphere, the people, the vendors who showcased their OT technology stack, and reconnecting with friends and colleagues”

“I enjoyed everything about Spark 2025! From presentations, to booths, to break out rooms, it was structured very well.”

“A lot of insights from industrial giants like Siemens, Schneider Electric and others.”

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Featured Speakers

Agenda

Day 1

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Day 3

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Thursday
October 2, 2025

Agenda

September 16, 2026

September 17, 2026

Why Our Customers Love Spark

Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Spark and Spark For Partners 2026

Join the Global Community Defending the World's Most Critical Systems

What to Expect

Featured Speakers

Agenda

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026

ThursdayOctober 2, 2025

Agenda

September 16, 2026

September 17, 2026

Why Our Customers Love Spark

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Space is limited to promote deep engagement, register now to save your spot.

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LinkedIn

Demo

PLATFORM

Professional Services

Solutions: Business needs

Solutions: Compliance

Solutions: Industry

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Thursday
October 2, 2025