Day 2

Focusing on Cybersecurity for Operational Technology networks, Jeff Foley specializes in safeguarding Industrial Control Systems (ICS) networks, bridging the gap between Informational Technology security and best practices, into the Operational Technology environment for Critical Infrastructure, amongst other industrial networks. With extensive experience spanning Utilities, Oil & Gas, Transportation, Rail, and other industrial networks, Jeff has been instrumental in developing and implementing cybersecurity solutions globally utilizing industrial standards (such as NERC CIP, NIST, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, and IEC 61850 and the NIS 2 Directive). Jeff's visionary approach and commitment to excellence have significantly elevated cybersecurity standards within critical infrastructure sectors, ensuring robust protection and resilience against emerging threats.

Amy Hogan-Burney is the General Manager and Associate General Counsel for Cybersecurity Policy & Protection (CPP). CPP includes Microsoft’s Digital Security Unit, Cybersecurity Policy and Digital Diplomacy teams, and the Digital Crimes Unit and is a global team of attorneys, security strategists, investigators, engineers, and analysts. CPP is responsible for managing compliance with cybersecurity regulations while shaping evolving requirements, advocating for digital peace and rules of nation state conduct in cyberspace, developing productive partnerships with the public and private sector to address cybersecurity and crime, and seeking to disrupt nation state actors and cybercriminals through legal and technical methods.

Prior to leading CPP, Ms. Hogan-Burney led the Digital Crimes Unit and the Privacy Compliance team during the implementation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. She started her career at Microsoft managing the Law Enforcement and National Security team ensuring Microsoft’s compliance with law enforcement and national security legal obligations.

Before entering the private sector Ms. Hogan-Burney was an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. She received her Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering from the Catholic University School of Engineering and her Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University.

Erick is responsible for analyzing emerging threats facing public and private sectors. Assisting organisations along their security journey to a point where they feel secure in knowing they are doing their best. Initiating and assisting public and private sector collaborations.
Erick started his career within the US military and then moved into the burgeoning field of cyber investigations. He has led multiple military / governmental security and computer forensic teams. Additionally, he has collaborated across multiple governmental and non-governmental entities mentoring, collaborating, and building security teams. Some of the projects he lead and contributed include identifying insider threats based on digital artefacts; countering smuggling efforts in Africa; countering human trafficking in Africa; bringing effective discussions surrounding the impact of digital intrusions into military decision making processes.

Robert Wortmann is an experienced expert in analyzing and planning complex Cyber Defense architectures and technologies. At Trend Micro DACH he is responsible for Cyber Defense architectures with a special focus on advanced Detection and Response as well as analyzing the current threat landscape.

Lieutenant General Michael Vetter is the Director General for Cyber/IT and Chief Information Officer in the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin since April 2019. Lieutenant General Vetter joined the Luftwaffe as an officer cadet in 1982 and served as a Supply Officer and Squadron Commander in a Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. At staff level he served in various functions such as Assistant Chief of Staff Support in the Luftwaffe Air Transport Command and Branch Chief in the Luftwaffe Support Command. At MoD level he served as Assistant Branch Chief in the Air Staff, as Branch Chief Logistics Plans and Policy at the Joint Staff and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Support at the Joint Staff. From 2003 until 2005 he was the Military Assistant to the Chief of the Air Staff. Lieutenant General Vetter commanded Luftwaffe Maintenance Regiment 2 in Diepholz from 2005 until 2007 and became the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Bundeswehr Logistics Centre in 2009. From May 2013 until December 2013 he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Support in ISAF Regional Command North, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. From 2012 until 2017 he commanded the Bundeswehr Logistics Centre located in Wilhelmshaven. In 2017 he became the first Vice Chief Bundeswehr Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS) and the Chief of Staff CIDS Headquarters. Lieutenant General Vetter holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Bundeswehr University Munich. He attended the German General Staff Officers Course at the Federal Armed Forces Command and General Staff Academy in Hamburg. He is a member of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London and a graduate from the Defence Resources Management Institute/United States Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey/California. Lieutenant General Vetter is married to Yasmin. They have six children.

Julia Carver is a DPhil (PhD) Candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College, and a European Cybersecurity Fellow at ECCRI. She also holds a Politics Lectureship at Magdalen College (Oxford). Her work explores the relationship between the development of cybersecurity policies and geopolitical thinking in the ‘digital age’, including how policymakers conceive of digital infrastructure and cyber capacity building as tools for strategic advantage. Her research is jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Nuffield College. She has contributed research to policy processes at the UK Ministry of Defence and other European policy communities. In 2021, she founded the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre’s Cyber Strategy and Technology Statecraft Working Group, which remains hosted by Nuffield College.

Taylor is the Director of Global Security Policy at Intel Corporation. At Intel, Taylor leads on cybersecurity policy engagements and works to help shape the cybersecurity policy ecosystem to both improve the global security practices and enable the execution of Intel product roadmaps. Prior to joining Intel, Taylor served as a Cybersecurity Advisor for the Office of Management and Budget, where her developed government-wide policies to oversee agency cybersecurity practices, and at the University of Oxford as a Senior Researcher for cyber capacity building. He received his Master’s in Pacific International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego and Bachelor’s from Trinity University.

Emma Schroeder is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, within the Atlantic Council Tech Programs. Her focus in this role is on developing statecraft and strategy for cyberspace that is useful for both policymakers and practitioners. She works primarily on CSI’s Conflict, Tech, and Markets portfolio, which examines the role of cyber and cyber-enabled technology in conflict and its impact on states, non-state groups, and markets.

Max Smeets is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich and Co-Director of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative and European Cyber Conflict Research Incubator. He is the author of 'No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber- Force’ (Oxford University Press & Hurst Publishers, 2022) and co-editor of ‘Deter, Disrupt or Deceive? Assessing Cyber Conflict as an Intelligence Contest’ (Georgetown University Press, 2023) and 'Cyberspace and Instability' (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Max is an affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and an associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He also lectures on cyber warfare and defense as part of the Senior Officer course at the NATO Defense College in Rome. He recently co-founded Binding Hook, a new media outlet on technology and security part of ECCRI. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Stanford University CISAC and a College Lecturer at Keble College, University of Oxford. He has also held research and fellowship positions at New America, Columbia University SIPA, Sciences Po CERI, and NATO CCD COE. Before his academic career, Max worked in finance in London and Amsterdam. Max received a BA in Economics, Politics and Statistics summa cum laude from University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University and an MPhil (Brasenose College) and DPhil (St. John’s College) in International Relations from the University of Oxford.

Trey Herr is assistant professor of Global Security and Policy at American University’s School of International Service and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The Cyber Statecraft team works at the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitics across conflict, cloud computing, supply chain policy, and more. At American, Trey’s work focuses on competitive interactions between states and non-state groups, especially technology firms. Previously, he worked for Microsoft, the Belfer Cybersecurity Project at Harvard Kennedy School and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He holds a PhD in Political Science and BS in Musical Theatre and Political Science.

Ludovic Chaker is deputy to the French junior minister of armament, in charge of strategic foresight and emerging threats. He advised the French President of the Republic from 2017 to 2022 on defense and security matters.

Dr. Chris Fall is the Vice President for Applied Sciences at the MITRE Corporation, where his team spans emerging technologies; life, physical, and health sciences; transportation; energy, climate, and the environment; economics; acquisition; and enterprise strategy. Fall most recently served as the Director of the Department of Energy Office of Science, where he was responsible for 10 of the 17 DOE national laboratories, and as Acting Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Previously, Fall served at the Office of Naval Research and in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Herbert Lin is senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Hank J. Holland Fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford University.  He is also a member of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. In 2016, he served on President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.  In 2019, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  In 2020, he was a commissioner on the Aspen Commission on Information Disorder.  From 1986 to1990 he was a professional staff member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee. He received his doctorate in physics from MIT.

Giacomo is the Head of the Security and Technology Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). His expertise spans the science and technology domain with emphasis on the implications of emerging technologies for security and defence. His recent work focused on artificial intelligence and cyber security. Before joining UNIDIR, Giacomo was Associate Director at RAND Europe where he led the defence and security science, technology and innovation portfolio as well as RAND’s Centre for Futures and Foresight Studies. He also served for 14 years as warfare officer in the Italian Navy. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Rome, a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Pisa, and a master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the University of Trieste. He speaks English, French and Italian.

Ingrid Winther is a former special envoy for Norway at CCDCOE and a CyCon veteran. Her field is cyber defence strategy  and threats in the cyber domain. She's a King's College London Alumni and currently serves in the Norwegian Armed Forces.

Mr. Raymond Bierens is a strategic advisor to the Federal CISO of the Dutch Government where is identifying new and novel ways for  assessing the cyber resilience of governmental organizations in The Netherlands. The project allows him to apply his insights from his ongoing current PhD Research at the Amsterdam Business Research Institute at the Vrije Universiteit, and his position as chairman of the CTI-sharing Connect2Trust Foundation. The central theme in all of these activities is to support decision makers in making the right decisions created by the increasing digital transformation. His former role as global vice-president for Defense & Security and Cybersecurity with Atos provides him with the 25 years of experience to position the MoD as a leader within government amidst rising geopolitical tensions.

Alex is pursuing a part-time PhD at the University of Adelaide, where his work focuses on applying Machine Learning to Automated Protocol Reverse Engineering. His other part-time role involves Cyber Security and Data Science research at Defence Science & Technology Group, Australia.

Jelizaveta Vakarjuk is a junior researcher in Cybernetica and industrial PhD student at Tallinn University of Technology. Her research focuses on post-quantum cryptography, privacy-preserving cryptography, and security of voting systems. Mainly she studies post-quantum digital signatures, but also focuses on the aspects of migration to post-quantum cryptography. 

Lieutenant Commander (Eng.), Dr Bernt Åkesson holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering and a Doctoral degree in Process Control. He has served in the Finnish Defence Forces since 2007 and has worked in research projects in Operational Analysis and Cyber Defence. Currently he serves as a Researcher at the Technology Branch of NATO CCDCOE.

Anna Blechová is a PhD student at the Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University. Her research focuses on the legal aspects of cybersecurity in outer space, with a specific focus on the area of New Space. Anna holds a law degree from Masaryk University and has previously interned at the Law Branch of NATO CCDCOE and the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB). In addition to her PhD studies, she currently works as a cybersecurity manager at the Prosecutor General's Office in Czechia.

Deborah Housen-Couriel is currently the Chief Legal Officer and VP Regulation for Konfidas Digital Ltd., a cyber and data protection consulting firm located in Tel Aviv. Her expertise is in cyber and data protection law, with a focus on cyber preparedness and incident response in the areas of public health, transport, finance and telecom. Deborah’s experience includes work as a Core Expert on the Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS), on the Editorial Board of the McGill Encyclopedia of International Space Law, and as a Working Group Chair of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise. She was a member of the International Group of Experts that drafted the 2017 Tallinn Manual 2.0 on state activity in cyberspace. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Hebrew University Law School’s Cyber Security Research Center; and as a research fellow with the IDC Herzliya’s Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Deborah teaches cyber law and policy at both of these universities. In 2011, she co-chaired the Regulation and Policy Committee of Israel’s National Cyber Initiative; and in 2013-4 served on the National Cyber Bureau’s Public Committee on the Cyber Professions. She is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School (MPA-MC), the Law School of Hebrew University (LL.B., LL.M.) and Wellesley College (scl).

Stefano Mele is a Partner at Gianni & Origoni where he is the Head of the Cybersecurity & Space Law Department and Co-Head of the Privacy Department. He is also the President of the Information and Communication Technology Authority (“Autorità ICT”) of the Republic of San Marino. He is member of the Regulatory and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of NEOM. He is Adjunct Professor of “Cyberspace Law and Policies for National Security” at the Faculty of Security Law of the Foggia University, as well as Academic Fellow of the Chair of Cybersecurity at the Department of Legal Studies of Università Bocconi and Academic Fellow at the Chairs of Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics of the Faculty of Law of the University of Milan. He is a member of the Ethics-Judicial Committee of the Carabinieri Corps. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the President of the Cyber Security Commission of the Italian Atlantic Committee, as well as the President of the “Working Group on Cybersecurity” of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AMCHAM). In 2020, he was invited to join the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) of the U.S. Department of State. Finally, in 2014, the American magazine Forbes included him among the 20 best Cyber Policy Experts in the world to follow on Internet.

Dr Chris O’Meara is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter. Chris' research interests lie in the field of public international law, with a particular focus on the legal regulation of armed conflict. Chris has a PhD in International Law from University College London and is the author of Necessity and Proportionality and the Right of Self-Defence in International Law (OUP, 2021). His latest book, The Right of Self-Defence in International Law, will be published by OUP as part of their Elements of International Law series. Chris has also published in leading international law journals, including the International & Comparative Law Quarterly and Journal on the Use of Force and International Law.

Giulia Pavesi is a researcher in International Law and International Space Law at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and at the Institute of International Law, KU Leuven. Giulia's main fields of interest are space security, European space security, defence and security and law on the use of force, with a particular focus on hybrid warfare applied to the space domain.