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Rhode Island's AI Hub Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College

New England M.A.D.E. Summit

Date:

Location: Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Ave Warwick, RI 02886

Registration: https://checkoutri.com/events/centralrichamber-new-england-made-summit-crowne-plaza-tue-09-15-2026/

If you make something in Rhode Island, this one is worth the day. The New England M.A.D.E. Summit brings manufacturers of every kind — machine shops, shipbuilders, food and beverage producers, robotics and medical device makers — together with the people who can actually help them grow. For anyone weighing what AI and cybersecurity mean for their operation, the program is unusually practical: Mike Tetreault, Chief of Cyber for Region 1 at the Department of Homeland Security, on protecting production, profit, and reputation; Savann Thorn of NIST MEP on reducing cybersecurity risk across your suppliers, vendors, and industrial partners; Tricia White of the Rhode Island SBDC on using AI to make your business findable on Google; and Dr. Timothy Henry of the AI RI Hub on what the move from CMMC 1.0 to 2.0 actually requires — how to scope your environment, find where CUI lives, and run a basic gap assessment. Admission is free. Crowne Plaza Warwick.