“AI, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, and You: Navigating Them Safely and Effectively”

Tuesday, November 10th, 2026

ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, RIT, 1 Kimball Dr, Rochester, NY, 14623

AIM will be conducting a three-hour long workshop in partnership with FuzeHub, NextCorps, OrbitalFire Cybersecurity, and the Rochester Institute of Technology entitled “ AI, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, and You: Navigating Them Safely and Effectively” with the goal of providing awareness and education on a variety of topics related to the vastly evolving landscape of AI usage in the manufacturing workforce. 

This event will include presentations from three partnering organizations each looking at the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence from a different lens. 

This event will be held at the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Tuesday, November 10th, 2026, from 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM. This event will include presentations from three partnering organizations each looking at the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence from a different lens. 

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During the webinar, the WISER IUCRC Industry Advisory Board co-chairs will share WISER’s impactful Member Benefits package, how WISER has impacted their respective organizations, and will discuss the high-impact ROI and market shaping opportunity the WISER Center is set to launch in 2026, the North American Forecasting Weather, Outage, Load and Damage Initiative, which will leverage a collaborative technical approach and research capabilities powered by WISER’s two University R&D Centers located at the University of Connecticut and the University at Albany, which will deliver modular and scalable Weather, Outage, Load Forecasting and Damage models with a central goal of growing Return on Investment and Business Impact for WISER membership. 

This opportunity will be offered exclusively to WISER Industry Members starting in 2026.

Developing the team you already have, helping them grow, stay engaged, and build new skills, is not only the smartest way to reduce turnover, it’s far more cost-effective than constant hiring.

This six-week program is offered in person, on Thursdays from 8:30am to 12:30pm in Watertown at the Fairfield Inn & Suites.

This series includes six modules:

The Fundamentals of Managing Others: Core skills that help you coach effectively and build high-performing teams.

Improving Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Practical strategies to collaborate better and create a positive work environment.

Coaching and Motivating for Performance: Learn to coach rather than direct and understand what drives employees to excel.

Addressing Difficult Employees and Managing Conflict: Tools to handle challenging behavior and resolve workplace conflict.

Understanding Key Employment Laws: A practical overview of essential employment laws to help managers mitigate risk and lead effectively.

Putting It All Together: Build a performance management process that aligns teams with organizational goals.

This year’s Safety Day will feature a dynamic lineup of presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions covering timely topics in workplace safety — plus plenty of opportunities to connect with peers, share experiences, and gain new insights you can put to work immediately.

Topics Include:

• How to use AI to deliver safety performance
• OSHA updates
• NYS Consultation program

Breakfast and lunch are included.

Meet our speakers:

Jeff Prebish, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Devi Momot, Twin State Technologies
William Rehm, Department of Labor (DOL)

8:30 AM – Sign-in and settle in
8:45 AM – Welcome and introductions
9:00 AM – Jeff Prebish of OSHA will share 2026 updates
10:15 AM – Uses for AI in safety
11:45 AM – Lunch
12:30 PM – William Rehm of the Department of Labor will go through the Onsite Consultation Program
1:15 PM – Wrap up and takeaways