2023 TSC Conference

October 2-4, 2023
Event Information

EVENT

Colorado Springs, CO

Safely collaborate with colleagues and friends

Grab the Swag! (In Person Only)

Live and Interactive

Recordings will be made available on tsc.nad.cloud

For Virtual option, General Sessions will be in Zoom!

If you are a member of the TSC community, you can request NAD ITS for Zoom access.

REGISTER AND THEN RESERVE HOTEL

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

LOCATION

Colorado Springs Marriott
5580 Tech Center Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
(719) 260-1800

HOTEL RESERVATION INFO

Hotel Rate: $209 per night ++ single/double occupancy
Rate includes:

Complimentary Wi-Fi in guest and meeting rooms
Complimentary parking

Reservation Cutoff Date: Friday, September 1

Reservations may be cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival without penalty
Check in: 4:00 pm, check out: 12:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE: TSC Conference Registration is required to attend. Hotel reservation is a separate process.

HOTEL RESERVATIONSPECIAL RATE LINK

Time	Description
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Breakfast (with Family)
9:00 AM	Worship Michael Campbell
9:20 AM	Introductions
10:30 AM	State of NADcloud Eric Claus – NAD Assoc. Director ITS
11:00 AM	Break
11:15 AM	Introducing the GC Digital Strategy for Mission Richard Stephenson – GC Assoc. Treasurer
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	IT solutions Survey results Milton Sand – NAD Director ITS
2:00 PM	CISA 101-Cybersecurity Resources for Houses of Worship and K-12 Kindra Brewer Cybersecurity Advisor - Colorado Springs/Southern Colorado Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Session Description: This presentation will discuss the mission of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), its role in protecting our Nation’s critical infrastructure, and the many no-cost cybersecurity services and information sharing resources available to our critical infrastructure partners. We will discuss the current threat landscape and building operational resiliency through incident response preparedness.
2:45 PM	EDU updates Martha Ban NAD Director of Technology for Education
3:30 PM	Break
3:40 PM	Cyber Incident experience Eder Marsky - Southern Union IT Director
4:15 PM	Break
4:30 PM	Breakout Sessions
	Introduction to NIST framework and best implementation practices for medium and small church organizations.
	Eder Marski and Jermaine Alexander - Southern Union Conference: Securing Office 365 and Endpoints No-Code App Development
	Adrian Schmidt and Mildred Weiss – General Conference: Toolbox for a Positive and Happy IT leadership

Time	Description
7:00 AM	OPTIONAL Early hike – Ute Park
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Breakfast (with Family)
8:15 AM	OPTIONAL Cybersecurity video
9:00 AM	Worship Michael Campbell
9:30 AM	Beazley Cyber Insights: Experience from 2022 Incidents Devon DeFreitas Client Experience Manager – Client Engagement \| Cyber Services BEAZLEY GROUP
10:15 AM	ARM Presentation Tony Vargas – ARM CIO
10:45 AM	Break
11:00 AM	The FLCOE model – Lessons learned. Mel Wade
11:30 AM	Rebuilding the temple. Milton Sand
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Outing activity - Pikes Peak Summit

Time	Description
6:45 AM	OPTIONAL Early hike – Pulpit Rock
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Breakfast (with Family)
8:15 AM	OPTIONAL Cybersecurity video
9:00 AM	Worship Michael Campbell

9:30 AM	All day open discussions Goal: creating TSC recommendations that we can present to church leadership The future of TSC
	IT policies in Working Policy
	Standardization strategies
	IT Assessments and Auditing
	Role of IT at each level of our organization and core competencies
	Collaboration through our structure barriers
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Resume conversations
	How to attract and retain IT talent
	How to get the most out of Office365
	Zoom, Teams and the future of unified communications in our organizations.
	AI and Quantum cryptography
	CyberSecurity awareness fatigue
	Any other suggestions from you.
4:00 PM	Closing Remarks The man in the arena
4:15 PM	Break
4:30 PM	Breakout Sessions

Time	Description
8:30 AM	Working Breakfast
10:30 AM	Adjourn

Printable Agenda PageCLICK HERE

MAIN ATTRACTIONS IN COLORADO SPRINGS

Garden of the Gods
- This park was designated as a National Natural Landmark, and it’s one of the most visited parks in the country.
- Access is free, and you can drive around it or hike its 21 miles of trails surrounded by huge red sandstone rock formations.
Pikes Peak - America’s mountain
- It’s called America’s mountain because the view from the summit of that purple mountain majesty inspired the song “America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates.
- There is a summit visitor center sitting at 14,115 feet! And you can access it driving the Pikes Peak Highway (there is an entrance fee)
- There are other ways of reaching to the summit, by bike, hiking or using the Pikes Peak Clog train.
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum
- U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum – Colorado Springs, CO (usopm.org)
- The Museum has been selected the country’s Best New Attraction in 2020 by USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. The Museum boasts 12 galleries and lots of great artifacts and interactive exhibits.

Did you know that COS is called the Olympic City? Here they have Team USA training center!
- About The Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (teamusa.org)
- You can get tours of their facilities, where they train our athletes for the biggest sport event in the world.
Seven Falls
- Colorado Springs Waterfalls | The Broadmoor Seven Falls
Manitou Cliff Dwellings
- Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Springs, CO (cliffdwellingsmuseum.com)