2025 Agenda

Securing a Giant: Reinventing Security at Mall of America

In this keynote address, discover how Mall of America, the largest retail and entertainment destination in North America, is elevating security from a priority to a mission-critical operation. Vice President of Security Will Bernhjelm will share insights into the Mall’s dynamic, industry-leading security strategy, highlighting how cutting-edge technologies are seamlessly integrated with proven practices to stay ahead of evolving threats.

Bridging the Gap: Public-Private Partnerships for Community Security and Public Safety Resilience

In today’s complex threat environment, public safety risk management and security strategy meet at the intersection of collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility. Our panelists today represent both public and private sectors and bring a wealth of experience in building partnerships that work. We’ll explore how they’ve leveraged innovation, overcome challenges, and created sustainable models for community safety, corporate security modeling and strategy and resilience.

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Building Resilience: Critical Issues Shaping Enterprise Security

As organizations face increasingly complex and interconnected threats — from cybersecurity incidents and physical disruptions to climate events and global instability — the idea of resilience has moved to the center of enterprise strategy. This panel will explore what resilience means in practice, how intelligence, technology, and human factors intersect, and what the future might hold.

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The New Metric for Security Leaders: Measuring and Moving the Perception of Safety in the Workplace

This session will begin with key findings from the research, highlighting the growing gap between how safe employees are and how safe they feel. From there, an interactive panel will explore how security leaders can turn these insights into action. From lone workers in the field to employees on the road, at job sites, and in corporate workplaces, panelists will discuss how evolving perceptions of safety are redefining the role of corporate security and GSOC teams and share practical strategies, rooted in data, technology and culture, to strengthen both the reality and perception of safety across the modern workforce.

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Protecting the Arches: How McDonald’s secures an iconic brand across multiple countries and cultures

McDonald’s Global Security is focused on protecting the Golden Arches, the symbol of the Brand found in more than 100 countries around the globe. In this keynote session, James Weston, Director, Global Security will share how the team uses innovative security solutions to protect their communities, crew and customers across varying cultures, shifting risks, and dynamic geopolitical challenges. James will share five strategies he has developed for protecting large or small brands in any industry.

Crisis Leadership in the Age of Polycrisis

In a world defined by overlapping crises — from geopolitical instability and global health threats to supply chain disruption and climate emergencies — security leaders are being tested like never before. This panel brings together seasoned professionals who have led through uncertainty to discuss what effective crisis leadership looks like in today’s interconnected risk landscape.

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Would You Rather: Security Edition: Tough Calls, Ethical Dilemmas, and Impossible Trade-Offs

In security leadership, the toughest decisions often come with no perfect answer — only trade-offs. In this provocative and interactive panel, senior security executives face a series of high-stakes "Would You Rather" scenarios designed to reflect the real-world dilemmas they navigate every day

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