Events That Strengthen the Energy Sector

With a career spanning over thirty years in Law Enforcement and the private sector, Derek Porter will discuss his decade plus experience as CSO for international oil and gas company BP.  Derek’s experience includes successful entry and operations in southern Iraq, industry leading efforts to build greater collaboration between his office and the CISO organization and years directly managing Board expectations and the Executive Office.   This will be an enlightening conversation.  

Paul Kolbe is a Senior Fellow and Former Director of the Intelligence Project at the Harvard  Kennedy School Belfer Center. Additionally,  Paul served as CIA Chief of Station with a distinguished career serving across the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and Central Europe. We’ll enjoy an engaging conversation with Paul to include the ongoing war in Ukraine, the future of NATO and other relevant GEO Political issues.

Brad Gilpin was a founding member and Team Leader of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Special Operations Group BORSTAR unit.

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He later served on a national level Special Response Team as a Senior Medic deploying on hundreds of operations and as a medical instructor and course developer at FLETC. Brad will provide ESC attendees with a practical workshop detailing what the common citizen should know and understand when arriving on the scene of a traumatic event.

This workshop will help ESC members understand basic skills and what additional trainings are available to further enhance their knowledge when encountering an unexpected traumatic event.  

Helping Executives Master the C-Suite | CHRO & Board Advisor | High-Performance Leadership Coach | AI & Business Strategy Innovator

Rob is the strategic force behind Blackout AI Labs and creator of the BlackBox OS™. With four decades of experience in software, marketing, and operational design.  

Rob will be speaking to the type of AI tools available today, and how they can be used in everyday work to enhance individual productivity and output.  This session will be focused on getting beyond simple ChatGPT queries and finding ways to incorporate broader AI skills into your everyday job.

In March 2025, Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile. Additionally, The administration created a high-level working group, chaired by David Sacks (“Crypto and AI Czar”), to develop a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for digital assets, including stablecoins. What is bitcoin? What are stable coins, and what do these crypto assets mean for the future of the US dollar and its future.  We’ll have a qualified guest address these new developments and how Bitcoin and other crypto assets will impact the economic future of the US and global economies.