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Events

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon to speak on cyber policy at Illinois iSchool Nov. 6

Events desk
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026In the Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026 edition

CHAMPAIGN - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska will speak at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in Room 4045, 614 E. Daniel St., according to the university's event calendar.

Bacon chairs the House Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation. He is to discuss the roles the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security play in cybersecurity, along with AI regulation and data centers. iSchool Professor Masooda Bashir will moderate, and Bacon will take audience questions afterward.

The event is sponsored by the iSchool and the university's Information Trust Institute. The listing says all who are interested in cybersecurity and policy are welcome; it does not say whether registration is needed.

Source: University of Illinois calendar, "A Conversation with U.S. Congressman Don Bacon" (read Oct. 31, 2026).

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