Agents after dark masquerade

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Agents after dark masquerade

Wednesday

,

December

2

,

2026

7:00PM

PST

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Details

On Wednesday night, Grand Lux Café at The Venetian becomes a 1920s-inspired speakeasy. Present your password at the door, pick up your mask, and settle in with cocktails, passed bites, live music, and a masked mentalist. Then compete for the top of the leaderboard and earn a mask upgrade by attempting to get a rogue AI agent to reveal its secrets.

No slides. No pitch. Just a night to connect and have fun.

Dress: Cocktail attire, 1920s encouraged. Masks provided.

Registration is limited.

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Tuesday

,

September

30

,

2025

1:00PM

–

10:00PM

EDT

Schedule

7:00 pm

Doors open: cocktails and mingling

Present your password at the door, pick up your mask, and start the evening with cocktails, passed bites, live jazz, and time to mingle. Explore the demo stations and meet the mentalist.

7:35 pm

The unmasking begins

Global Advisory CISO, Dave Lewis, kicks off the evening, then Unmask the Rogue Agent begins. Take your first shot at getting the rogue agent to reveal its secrets.

8:00 pm

DJ Karisma starts

Live jazz gives way to DJ Karisma of Titanic’s End. Keep the conversation going, explore the room, and see if you can climb the leaderboard before the game closes.

9:00 pm

Leaderboard closes

The challenge ends. We’ll reveal the top scores and hand out prizes to the winners.

Your mask is waiting

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Speakers

Host

Melanie Baxter

Full Stack Engineer

TechNova Solutions

Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, interaction design and media architecture researcher, accessibility expert, graphic historian and blogger Mary Jones will speak on the fundamentals of the LATCH method.

Panelists

Giuliano Umiliani

Full Stack Engineer

TechNova Solutions

Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, interaction design and media architecture researcher, accessibility expert, graphic historian and blogger Mary Jones will speak on the fundamentals of the LATCH method.

Iraina Bell

Full Stack Engineer

TechNova Solutions

Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, interaction design and media architecture researcher, accessibility expert, graphic historian and blogger Mary Jones will speak on the fundamentals of the LATCH method.

Sharon Scott

Full Stack Engineer

TechNova Solutions

Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, interaction design and media architecture researcher, accessibility expert, graphic historian and blogger Mary Jones will speak on the fundamentals of the LATCH method.