Where Executives meet with top cyber experts — virtually and in person.
The AIPGC hosts virtual and in-person events that bring together C-suite executives, SOC and AI/Innovation leaders with top cybersecurity experts. These sessions help enterprise leaders preemptively model adversarial attacks in production-like environments and validate both AI agents and human performance — so they can deploy to production with confidence.
Build Trust in AI: Train, Validate, and Operationalize your Agents.
Join AIPGC Members and guest keynote speaker Allie Mellen of Forrester Research on Tuesday, July 29, 2026, for a 60-minute keynote, panel discussion, and Q&A. Event highlights include:
Allie Mellen
Allie Mellen is a Forrester analyst covering security operations, nation-state threats, and the use of automation, machine learning, and AI in security tools. A computer engineer by trade, she has held various engineering roles throughout her career, including research at MIT, running her own engineering consultancy, and working as a security practitioner.
She advises Fortune 500 CISOs and security teams on their detection and response practice and is a featured speaker at leading security conferences including RSA Conference, Black Hat, and HOPE. Allie is frequently quoted in top business press including NPR, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, CNBC, and Dark Reading.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Host opens event, welcomes attendees, and sets the stage for the session. Lee Rossey, CTO & Co-Founder, SimSpace.
Keynote: Building Trust in AI
Forrester Principal Analyst Allie Mellen examines the evolving threat landscape — how adversaries are weaponizing AI and the implications of the latest AI models. Understand the current state of AI, its impact on the cyber threat landscape, and how organizations are adjusting their defensive strategies to face it.
Panel: Train, Validate, and Operationalize Your AI Agents
Cybersecurity experts explore how organizations can train, validate, and operationalize their AI agents in realistic environments — helping teams move from theoretical preparedness to measurable resilience as they deploy increasingly autonomous agents.
- Allie Mellen, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research (chair)
- Greg Bell, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Corelight
- Eric Clopper, Director, Cyber Operations and Effects, MITRE
- Bryson Bort, CEO & Founder, Scythe
- Lee Rossey, CTO & Co-Founder, SimSpace
- Matt Maisel, Co-Founder & CTO, Sondera
Q&A Discussion & Closing Remarks
Open Q&A with panelists, followed by closing remarks. Lee Rossey, CTO & Co-Founder, SimSpace.
AIPGC at Black Hat 2026
The AIPGC will be live at Black Hat with a fireside chat featuring Consortium members. Catch us at the industry’s most important security event as we discuss what it takes to build trust in AI before deployment — in production environments where it matters most.
Move from Proactive Defense to Preemptive Resilience.
Watch the keynote, panel discussion, and Q&A on building trust in AI before deployment, brought to you by AIPGC Members panelists. Event highlights include:
FC aka Freakyclown — Co-founder, Cygenta; Former Head of Offensive Cyber Research, Raytheon — presents an expert and technology-agnostic view of the AI-driven threat landscape, and what it means for C-suite executives and SOC leaders today.
Building Trust in AI Prior to Deployment — moderated by Peter Lee (CEO, SimSpace), with panelists Greg Bell (Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Corelight), Patrick Duffy (Director of Product, Dropzone AI), Eric Clopper (Director, Cyber Operations and Effects, MITRE), Marc Brown (VP Product & Sales, Scythe), and Josh Devon (Co-Founder & CEO, Sondera).
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Peter Lee
CEO, SimSpace
Lee Rossey
CTO and Co-founder, SimSpace
Bill Doyle
CRO, SimSpace
Greg Bell
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Corelight
Edward Wu
Director of Product, Dropzone AI
Eric Clopper
Director, Cyber Operations and Effects, MITRE
Marc Brown
VP Product & Sales, Scythe
Josh Devon
Co-Founder & CEO, Sondera