Risk and Resilience in the Age of AI

An OT Thought Leadership Summit for Houston's Critical Infrastructure Leaders

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how critical infrastructure is operated, protected, and targeted. While AI raises the sophistication of attacks against cyber-physical systems, it also gives defenders new tools to monitor and secure their environments.

Join us for a half-day summit dedicated to IT and OT leaders in critical infrastructure organizations who focus on reducing risk and building resilience for protecting cyber-physical systems. The agenda moves beyond hype to focus on what AI means for the availability, safety, and integrity of industrial operations, where downtime can mean lost production and increased safety exposure.

Hear from practitioners and cybersecurity specialists who protect these systems every day and connect with peers across critical infrastructure sectors.

Where and When:

• Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026
• Time: 8:30 am - 1:30 pm (CT)
• Location: The Westin Houston, Memorial City | 945 Gessner Road, Houston, TX 77024

Register now to reserve your seat. Space is limited to keep the conversation focused and the peer connections meaningful.

The convergence of IT and OT networks has erased the air gap that once separated industrial systems from the broader threat landscape. Resilience depends on IT and OT leaders making security decisions together. 

Attend to:

• Learn from teams who defend these environments. Hear how manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, and other critical sectors are approaching the same problems you are.
• Ground your AI strategy in operational reality. Learn where AI strengthens OT security and where it introduces new exposure.
• Build IT/OT alignment. Take away a shared framework for prioritizing investment and reducing risk to the systems that matter most.

Sessions are built for leaders who need to act on what they hear.

You'll leave with a clearer view of:

• The evolving OT threat landscape—how adversaries are using AI to find and exploit weaknesses in industrial environments, and what that changes about your defensive posture.
• AI as a security capability—the practical ways AI-assisted detection, response, and visibility are being applied to OT networks today, and how to evaluate them.
• Resilience by design—how to structure security around the continuity, safety, and integrity of cyber-physical systems, so operations withstand and recover from disruption.
• Governing risk across IT and OT—frameworks for shared accountability, prioritization, and investment that hold up under real-world constraints.
• Where to focus first—pragmatic next steps you can bring back to your organization, sized to the resources and realities of critical infrastructure operators.

Leaders from IT and OT who are responsible for keeping critical operations running safely and securely:

• CISOs, CIOs, and IT security leaders whose responsibilities now extend into operational environments
• OT, ICS, and plant operations leaders accountable for the availability and safety of physical systems
• Directors and managers of industrial cybersecurity, network security, and infrastructure protection
• Risk, compliance, and resilience leaders in critical infrastructure organizations
• Engineering and operations executives evaluating how AI affects their security strategy

It's especially relevant for organizations in manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, utilities, transportation, and smart infrastructure, where a cyber event carries physical, safety, or public consequences.