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Tuesday, November 17, 2026 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Union League Club of Chicago

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No cost to attend. Seating is limited and every request is reviewed.

Date and venue

Tuesday, November 17
Union League Club of Chicago

65 West Jackson Blvd. at Federal

Two rooms, one building

Colonial Room, 8th floor

Lunch and the four sessions. Reception follows in the Crystal Room, 5th floor.

Dress code

Business casual

No jeans and no gym shoes. The Club enforces this at the door.

Why this afternoon

AI didn't make attacks louder. It made them ordinary.

The phishing email reads like a real thread. The generated code reads like code that passed review. The agent's API call reads like traffic. The data in the prompt reads like data doing its job.

Your stack reports green. That is the problem we're spending the afternoon on.

Before the sessions

11:30

Doors open

Arrive early, check in, and we'll walk you up to the Colonial Room.

12:00

Buffet lunch

Served in the Colonial Room. Eat, meet the room, no programming.

12:30

Welcome and agenda

Tim Colby, CEO of Ginkgo, frames the afternoon.

Session content · 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.

The code, the proof, the data, the inbox.

Four founder-led sessions. One part of the problem each, presented and then opened to real questions.

The code

Wes Dobry

VP, Customers & Field CTO

Secure your agentic development

The proof

Adam Cecchetti

CEO & Co-Founder

Prove the exploit. Ship the fix.

The data

Hadar Krasner

Co-Founder & CPO

Real-time data protection for the modern endpoint

The inbox

Shay Shwartz

Co-Founder and CEO

Agentic email security that goes deep

Cocktail reception

Two floors down. Same building. No cab.

5:00 to 7:30 p.m. · Crystal Room, 5th floor

Hors d'oeuvres, a premium open bar, and the founders and CEOs from every partner still in the room.

Hosted by

Headline Gold Leaf Partners

Gold Leaf Partners

Join us under the canopy on November 17.

No cost to attend. Seating is limited, and every request is reviewed and confirmed by email.

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