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Bjarke Alling
Principal
Epical Group
Principal Advisor with the Nordic Digital Trust consulting company Epical. Prior chair and member of the National Danish Cybersecurity Council and prior chair of the IT Security Committee at The...
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Annie Bailey
Analyst
KuppingerCole
Annie Bailey is an analyst covering emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, and helps synthesize the implications for companies, industries, and markets. She holds a...
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Jonathan Blanchard Smith
Director and Fellow
SAMI Consulting
Jonathan is a Fellow and Director of SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government consulting business. Jonathan is leading the GO-Science Futures Toolkit refresh project. He led SAMI’s work...
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York Boeder
CEO
Marabu GmbH & Co. KG
As CEO of Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, York Boeder holds overarching responsibility across divisions, driving the company’s strategic vision and operational excellence. Prior to his current role, Mr....
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
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Jasmine Eskenzi
Co-Founder & CEO
The Zensory
Jasmine is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Zensory, an award-winning organisation dedicated to boosting both wellbeing and productivity. Jasmine and her team have helped over 100,000 people...
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Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
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Frank Fischer
Group CISO, Head of Cyber Security
DHL Group
Frank is the Group CISO and Head of Cyber Security at DHL Group. Previously he was CISO and global head of Information Security at Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) with more than 300000...
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Michael Gschwender
Lead of offensive security
Bitmarck
Michael Gschwender has a PhD in Astrophysics but turned ethical hacker in his 20s. Since then, he’s worked mostly as a Red Team lead specializing in Cloud Security. He’s currently employed as Lead...
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Stefan Hessel
Rechtsanwalt I Attorney-at-Law
reuschlaw
Stefan Hessel, LL.M. is Salary Partner and Head of Digital Business at reuschlaw. He advises companies and the public sector on complex issues in the areas of data protection, cyber security and IT...
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Thomas Heuckeroth
DVP CyberSecurity, Group Chief CyberSecurity Officer, CISO/CCSO
Emirates Group
Dr. Marc Hofmann
CSO
Nordea
Marc is the Nordea’s Group Chief Security Officer and is responsible for providing oversight on information security, cyber and physical security. He relocated to Copenhagen from London in...
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Hermann Huber
CISO
Hubert Burda Media
Hermann Huber, born in 1961, began his professional career with an apprenticeship as an electronics technician at SEL / Alcatel in Stuttgart, where he got in touch with international business in...
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Max Imbiel
Deputy Group CISO
N26 AG
Max Imbiel is considered one of Germany’s Top CISOs. He’s in the IT and Security business for nearly 20 years. He has built Security and Privacy processes, products and services throughout all...
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Florian Jörgens
Chief Information Security Officer
Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Florian Jörgens initially developed his professional interest in information technology in 2002. Whilst working as an IT specialist for system integration at T-Systems International GmbH, in...
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Andrzej Kawalec
Head of Cybersecurity
Vodafone Business
Andrzej Kawalec is the Head of Security at Vodafone Business. Andrzej manages Vodafone Business’ global portfolio of security offerings. An inspirational and creative leader in the use of...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
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Dr. Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow, former Head of the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum
The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Dr. Alexander Klimburg is an author and adviser on cybersecurity and Internet governance. Currently he is a Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (The Hague) and the...
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Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO
esatus AG
On a mission for decentralized identity & bit-heat confidential cloud. Decentralization visionary. Passion for information security since turn of millennium. Business-driven yet tech-savvy...
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Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
Emilie combines expertise in Digital Identity, Data Privacy, and Cyber Strategy, offering a multifaceted perspective at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. Emilie is equipped with a...
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Peter Lassig
Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security
Commerzbank AG
Peter has been working as Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security since January 2023 and is responsible for the Group-wide management of cyber and...
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Carsten Meywirth
Head of Cyber Crime
Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland
Carsten Meywirth has been the head of the cyber crime department of the Bundeskriminalamt (German Federal Criminal Police Office) since April 1st, 2020. After his police training with the Lower...
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Matthias Muhlert
Chief Information Security Officer
Independent
Highly qualified Information Security Professional with 20 years of diversified experience in developing and implementing information security processes as well as leading information security...
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Max Muth
Reporter
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Max Muth is an infosec reporter for Germany’s largest daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. He studied Philosophy in Munich and Birmingham (UK) and started his journalism career at German...
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Prof. Bart Preneel
Full professor
University of Leuven
Prof. Bart Preneel, a full professor at KU Leuven, leads the renowed COSIC research group. His expertise lies in applied cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy. Prof. Preneel has delivered over...
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Christopher Ruppricht
Chief Information Security Officer
Schufa
At the beginning of December 2022, Christopher Ruppricht took up his new position as CISO at the German credit agency Schufa. His task is to work with his team to develop and maintain the IT...
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger
Professor of (Business) Computer Science (Infrastructure and Security)
Berlin School of Economics and Law (University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger is a distinguished academic and tech professional with a remarkable career trajectory. Since 2022, he serves as a Professor of Business Computer Science,...
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Christopher Schütze
Cybersecurity Practice Director & CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing...
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Sarb Sembhi
CTO
Virtually Informed
Sarb speaks, writes and contributes to global security events and publications. He was the Workstream Lead for Thought Leadership of UK Cyber Security Council Formation Project and is the Co-Vice...
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John Erik Setsaas
Director of Innovation
Tietoevry Banking
With over 25 years’ experience in digital identity, John Erik Setsaas is a pioneer in this space. He is a prolific speaker at fintech industry events around the world including Money20/20...
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Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
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Tobias Staehle
Deputy CSO and Head of Section IS Governance & Risk
Deutsche Börse
Tobias is the Deputy Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Deutsche Börse Group and the Head of Section for Information Security Governance & Risk His current functional responsibilities...
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John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
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Thomas Tschersich
CSO
Deutsche Telekom
Thomas Tschersich, Diploma in engineering (University of Applied Sciences), is Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Deutsche Telekom AG. In this function, he is responsible for cyber security as well as...
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Hinrich Völcker
CSO
Deutsche Börse
Hinrich Völcker acts as Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG), fostering the accountability Information as well as Physical Security globally. His role covers all...
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Stefan Würtemberger
Executive Vice President Information Technology
Marabu Inks
Stefan Würtemberger is employed at Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, where he is Vice President Information Technology and responsible for Global IT. Previously, he was Chief Digital Officer and CIO...
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Sounil Yu
CTO
Knostic
Sounil Yu is the author and creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, which are reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. He’s a Board Member of the FAIR Institute; is a visiting fellow...
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Bjarke Alling
Principal
Epical Group
Principal Advisor with the Nordic Digital Trust consulting company Epical. Prior chair and member of the National Danish Cybersecurity Council and prior chair of the IT Security Committee at The...
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Annie Bailey
Analyst
KuppingerCole
Annie Bailey is an analyst covering emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, and helps synthesize the implications for companies, industries, and markets. She holds a...
Read Bio
Jonathan Blanchard Smith
Director and Fellow
SAMI Consulting
Jonathan is a Fellow and Director of SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government consulting business. Jonathan is leading the GO-Science Futures Toolkit refresh project. He led SAMI’s work...
Read Bio
York Boeder
CEO
Marabu GmbH & Co. KG
As CEO of Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, York Boeder holds overarching responsibility across divisions, driving the company’s strategic vision and operational excellence. Prior to his current role, Mr....
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Jasmine Eskenzi
Co-Founder & CEO
The Zensory
Jasmine is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Zensory, an award-winning organisation dedicated to boosting both wellbeing and productivity. Jasmine and her team have helped over 100,000 people...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
Read Bio
Frank Fischer
Group CISO, Head of Cyber Security
DHL Group
Frank is the Group CISO and Head of Cyber Security at DHL Group. Previously he was CISO and global head of Information Security at Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) with more than 300000...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Michael Gschwender
Lead of offensive security
Bitmarck
Michael Gschwender has a PhD in Astrophysics but turned ethical hacker in his 20s. Since then, he’s worked mostly as a Red Team lead specializing in Cloud Security. He’s currently employed as Lead...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Stefan Hessel
Rechtsanwalt I Attorney-at-Law
reuschlaw
Stefan Hessel, LL.M. is Salary Partner and Head of Digital Business at reuschlaw. He advises companies and the public sector on complex issues in the areas of data protection, cyber security and IT...
Read Bio
Thomas Heuckeroth
DVP CyberSecurity, Group Chief CyberSecurity Officer, CISO/CCSO
Emirates Group
Dr. Marc Hofmann
CSO
Nordea
Marc is the Nordea’s Group Chief Security Officer and is responsible for providing oversight on information security, cyber and physical security. He relocated to Copenhagen from London in...
Read Bio
Hermann Huber
CISO
Hubert Burda Media
Hermann Huber, born in 1961, began his professional career with an apprenticeship as an electronics technician at SEL / Alcatel in Stuttgart, where he got in touch with international business in...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Max Imbiel
Deputy Group CISO
N26 AG
Max Imbiel is considered one of Germany’s Top CISOs. He’s in the IT and Security business for nearly 20 years. He has built Security and Privacy processes, products and services throughout all...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Florian Jörgens
Chief Information Security Officer
Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Florian Jörgens initially developed his professional interest in information technology in 2002. Whilst working as an IT specialist for system integration at T-Systems International GmbH, in...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Andrzej Kawalec
Head of Cybersecurity
Vodafone Business
Andrzej Kawalec is the Head of Security at Vodafone Business. Andrzej manages Vodafone Business’ global portfolio of security offerings. An inspirational and creative leader in the use of...
Read Bio
Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
Read Bio
Dr. Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow, former Head of the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum
The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Dr. Alexander Klimburg is an author and adviser on cybersecurity and Internet governance. Currently he is a Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (The Hague) and the...
Read Bio
Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO
esatus AG
On a mission for decentralized identity & bit-heat confidential cloud. Decentralization visionary. Passion for information security since turn of millennium. Business-driven yet tech-savvy...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
Emilie combines expertise in Digital Identity, Data Privacy, and Cyber Strategy, offering a multifaceted perspective at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. Emilie is equipped with a...
Read Bio
Peter Lassig
Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security
Commerzbank AG
Peter has been working as Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security since January 2023 and is responsible for the Group-wide management of cyber and...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Carsten Meywirth
Head of Cyber Crime
Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland
Carsten Meywirth has been the head of the cyber crime department of the Bundeskriminalamt (German Federal Criminal Police Office) since April 1st, 2020. After his police training with the Lower...
Read Bio
Matthias Muhlert
Chief Information Security Officer
Independent
Highly qualified Information Security Professional with 20 years of diversified experience in developing and implementing information security processes as well as leading information security...
Read Bio
Max Muth
Reporter
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Max Muth is an infosec reporter for Germany’s largest daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. He studied Philosophy in Munich and Birmingham (UK) and started his journalism career at German...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Prof. Bart Preneel
Full professor
University of Leuven
Prof. Bart Preneel, a full professor at KU Leuven, leads the renowed COSIC research group. His expertise lies in applied cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy. Prof. Preneel has delivered over...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Christopher Ruppricht
Chief Information Security Officer
Schufa
At the beginning of December 2022, Christopher Ruppricht took up his new position as CISO at the German credit agency Schufa. His task is to work with his team to develop and maintain the IT...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger
Professor of (Business) Computer Science (Infrastructure and Security)
Berlin School of Economics and Law (University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger is a distinguished academic and tech professional with a remarkable career trajectory. Since 2022, he serves as a Professor of Business Computer Science,...
Read Bio
Christopher Schütze
Cybersecurity Practice Director & CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing...
Read Bio
Sarb Sembhi
CTO
Virtually Informed
Sarb speaks, writes and contributes to global security events and publications. He was the Workstream Lead for Thought Leadership of UK Cyber Security Council Formation Project and is the Co-Vice...
Read Bio
John Erik Setsaas
Director of Innovation
Tietoevry Banking
With over 25 years’ experience in digital identity, John Erik Setsaas is a pioneer in this space. He is a prolific speaker at fintech industry events around the world including Money20/20...
Read Bio
Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
Read Bio
Tobias Staehle
Deputy CSO and Head of Section IS Governance & Risk
Deutsche Börse
Tobias is the Deputy Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Deutsche Börse Group and the Head of Section for Information Security Governance & Risk His current functional responsibilities...
Read Bio
View more
View less
John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
Read Bio
Thomas Tschersich
CSO
Deutsche Telekom
Thomas Tschersich, Diploma in engineering (University of Applied Sciences), is Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Deutsche Telekom AG. In this function, he is responsible for cyber security as well as...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Hinrich Völcker
CSO
Deutsche Börse
Hinrich Völcker acts as Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG), fostering the accountability Information as well as Physical Security globally. His role covers all...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Stefan Würtemberger
Executive Vice President Information Technology
Marabu Inks
Stefan Würtemberger is employed at Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, where he is Vice President Information Technology and responsible for Global IT. Previously, he was Chief Digital Officer and CIO...
Read Bio
View more
View less
Sounil Yu
CTO
Knostic
Sounil Yu is the author and creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, which are reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. He’s a Board Member of the FAIR Institute; is a visiting fellow...
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