Emanuel Darmanin – Chief Executive Officer, MITA

Luca Tagliaretti – Executive Director, ECCC

Jonathan Cassar – Chief Information Security Officer, MITA

Donald Tabone – Chief Information Security Officer, Betsson Group

Matthew Yeomans – Director of the Malta Critical Infrastructure Directorate, MHSE

Antoine Sciberras – Chief Officer – Spectrum Management & Technology, MCA

Ian Gauci – Interviewer – Managing Partner of GTG Advocates

Lisa Forte – A Cyber Security Expert, internationally recognised speaker, one of the Top 100 Women in Tech

Abstract: You discover your organisation has fallen victim to a cyber attack. Data is gone. Systems are down. Nothing works. Rumours are spreading. Even the media are speculating what has happened. The decisions you make in a crisis are significant and, as human beings, we don’t make great decisions in stressful situations. In this session the audience will be asked to make some critical decisions as we play out a particularly bad cyber attack!

Sponsored by Computime and GO Business in partnership with CyberSift

Chelsea Jarvie – An award-winning cyber security leader, international keynote speaker, frequently featured on the BBC for her security insights.

Abstract: A good security culture is at the heart of any cyber resilient organisation. This talk will explore the practical strategies that organisations can use to break down silos, enhance collaboration and strengthen defences with a minimal budget.

Sponsored by Fonicom, CY4 and EY

Christophe Vandeplas – Founder of the MISP Threat Sharing platform and freelance cyber security consultant

Andrew Tabona – Senior Vice President of Cyber Threat Management & Incident Response at a global Fortune 500 financial services firm

Jean-Marie Mifsud – Chief Innovation Technology Officer, MDIA

Roderick Lia – Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager, MITA

Karl Sammut – Panel Moderator – Business lawyer specialising in technology, data protection, gaming and intellectual property

Greg Van Der Gaast – Named one of the World’s Top 5 most infamous hackers, best-selling author of “Rethinking Infosec”, Chief Technologist Officer at the World’s largest VAR, CDW and former FBI most wanted who hacked into a nuclear weapon facility.

Abstract: Taking a look at the fundamental reasons why security is struggling to keep up with the growing number of threats and vulnerabilities, as well as what concepts from other more mature industries can be applied to reverse the tide.

Sponsored by Servizz Pubbliku, ICT Solutions and ESET

Greg Williams – Deputy Global Editor of WIRED magazine, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED UK and Emerging Trends Analyst

Abstract: This talk will investigate how AI advancements will fuel business growth and governmental inefficiencies while simultaneously creating new economic and geopolitical challenges.

Sponsored by PwC Digital Services

Brian Gatt – National Counter Terrorism Coordinator

Dimitrios Patsos – Microsoft CISSP, CISM, CDPSE, CCSK Senior Specialist, Security Specialist Technology Unit

Neville Galea Roberts – Malta’s Cyber Issues and Hybrid Threats Attaché in Brussels, MFET

Sam McAlister – A speaker, EMMY nominated executive producer, BAFTA nominated ex BBC interviews producer and Visiting Fellow at LSE

Abstract: Sam McAlister is a speaker, EMMY nominated executive producer, BAFTA nominated ex BBC interviews producer and Visiting Fellow at LSE who has negotiated with everyone from Buckingham Palace to The White House, Tesla to Facebook. Exclusives include, most famously, that BBC interview with HRH Prince Andrew — but also Sheryl Sandberg, Prime Minister Trudeau, President Clinton, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Elon Musk, Prince Albert of Monaco, Stormy Daniels, Julian Assange, Trevor Noah, Amy Schumer and Eric Schmidt. Join Sam as she gives a backstage pass to the extraordinary efforts that go into convincing a Prince to face the world’s media, and the fundamental lessons that we all need to know about communication, negotiation, crisis management and dealing with the media. Explore how these tactics and techniques can be taken on board within the sphere of cybersecurity when you are trying to convince the CFO to fund a cybersecurity project, informing authorities and media of a national cyber crisis situation, or being part of a crisis management board.

Sponsored by DILIGEX – Thomas Murray