Institutions rely on years of accumulated BusinessObjects (CROA) reports that few people fully understand. This creates real risk when planning migrations to a new reporting tool, onboarding new staff, or strengthening governance. In this session, you’ll see a practical, automated framework for extracting and cataloging the full scope of your BusinessObjects system – every report, query, universe, field, and filter. The result is a clear inventory that transforms your BusinessObjects “black box” into a blueprint you can actually see, analyze, and act on.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Institutional Research, the ability to pivot from data errors to actionable insights is critical. This session explores how Northwest College is leveraging Artificial Intelligence to streamline the troubleshooting process within key reporting environments, including CROA (BusinessObjects), Ellucian Colleague, and Tableau.
Adam will discuss the Laramie County Community College path to a local data warehouse and their development of a student at risk dashboard using tools and technology already available.
Drawing from prevention work with youth and communities across Wyoming, this session explores how offenders exploit digital environments to manipulate, coerce, and financially exploit victims. This session will help cybersecurity professionals better understand the human element of cybercrime and how awareness, prevention, and early intervention can reduce harm.
Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:12am - 11:00am MDT GW 223
Each year, the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline takes 100,000 calls from across the country reporting scams, fraud and financial exploitation. Learn about the top scams trends for 2026 and what technologies scammers are using to target their victims.
Wednesday June 17, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm MDT GW 223
For the last three years, identity theft has been the most common victim report to the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline. Learn practical ways to protect your identity by safeguarding your personal and financial information.
Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:20pm MDT GW 223
Today’s youth are growing up in a world that encourages a deep involvement with technology. Yet these same children are oftentimes unsupervised and unprepared to play safely on the digital playground—where they can very easily make bad and potentially dangerous decisions. The adults in young people’s lives have a responsibility to guide young people, who are spending a large part of their lives immersed in the digital realm, with a comprehensive cyber safety and cyber ethics education. At this session, just for parents, Ben Halpert gives parents the tools to educate their children with the “modern street smarts” that are required for digital safety—showing parents how to engage with their children on what they are experiencing and how to empower their children to be safe by making appropriate decisions in the online world. At home, parents can further emphasize the need for privacy and the principles of Cyber Ethics, including the need to thoughtfully maintain a positive online persona and apply appropriateness and empathy to virtual decision-making.
Wednesday June 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:20pm MDT GW 223
Rewriting the Human Side of Cybersecurity — This session challenges the outdated notion that people are the “weak link” in cyber incidents and instead reveals how attackers deliberately exploit human psychology to succeed. Through a compelling blend of real-world storytelling and technical insight, this session breaks down modern attack methods—including AI-driven scams, phishing, and identity manipulation—while exposing the emotional triggers (urgency, authority, fear) that make even highly capable individuals vulnerable. Attendees will gain a practical, behavior-based defense framework—the “Hunter Method”—designed to help them recognize manipulation in real time, pause instinctive reactions, and verify threats effectively across both personal and professional environments. By reframing cybersecurity as the protection of human decisions rather than just systems, this talk equips audiences with the confidence, awareness, and simple, actionable tools needed to outmaneuver today’s most sophisticated attackers.
Since July 2019, the WyoCAN grassroots volunteer committee has been researching and analyzing Wyoming's internet and computer crime, internet related, and consumer protection statutes to determine whether they adequately address today's cyber threats. Over the past five years, the committee has conducted a comprehensive redline review of the statutes and testified in front of the Wyoming Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology, and Digital Innovation Technology, advocating for updates to the state's consumer protection and computer crime laws. Despite these efforts, many of Wyoming's laws remain rooted in an earlier era of technology, leaving gaps that can make it more difficult to investigate and prosecute modern cybercrime. This session will examine where those gaps exist, how they impact Wyoming citizens and businesses, and what individuals, organizations, and policymakers can do to help move meaningful reform forward.
Thursday June 18, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am MDT GW 223
