2025 Workshops
Choose from four trendy workshops, specific to local industry needs
We encourage our industry to send their employees who manage or lead the specific topics below.
Whether it be HR management, IT, Operations, Sustainability - they should be here!
AI in Manufacturing: Applying Privacy Rules with Confidence
Heather Cayoutte, CEO & Founder, Firefly Consulting
Heather Cayouette is Founder and CEO of Firefly Strategic Consulting. With over 20 years of experience, she helps small and mid-sized organizations build smarter, safer, and more scalable operations.
Heather brings deep expertise in strategy, organizational and change management, governance, program development, information technology, and privacy. A Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), she specializes in aligning strategy and systems through a risk management lens, with a particular focus on operational reviews, IT strategy, privacy, and AI readiness.
Passionate about privacy and its role in society, Heather believes privacy doesn’t have to be complicated. She works closely with organizations to build programs that are effective, achievable, and sustainable.
Heather is the author of the upcoming book, Reset the System: A Practical Guide to Rethinking the Way You Work — to Power Why You Do It.
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Pat Doyle, CEO, Pat Doyle Consulting
Pat Doyle helps organizations build culture by creating moments worth remembering—and sharing. As the founder of Pat Doyle Talks, Pat Doyle Culture Consulting and Durham Promotional Products, he believes that storytelling is the heartbeat of community.
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