Lars Brückner is the Director of the NEC Europe EU Public Affairs Office in Brussels. Before joining NEC Europe in 2001, Lars worked as a University Researcher in Political Sciences in the United Kingdom. He is a Board Member and the Vice-Chairman of multi-sectorial industry association the Japan Business Council in Europe. In JBCE he is also a vice-chair of …
Afonso Ferreira
Afonso Ferreira, PhD, is senior researcher and Head of European Digital Matters at the French CNRS. Afonso leads his laboratory, the Institut de Recherches en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), in three European projects at the intersection of digital technologies, policy and regulation, and foresight, in the areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Afonso has published more than 150 papers at …
Dr. Svetla Nikova (Chair)
Research Expert, COSIC research group, Department of Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven Board responsibilities: Marketing and communication, knowledge institutions activities and issues. Dr. Svetla Nikova is currently a Research Expert in the research group COSIC at the Electrical Eng. Dept. of KU Leuven, Belgium. Prior to that she was assistant professor in University of Twente, NL (2008-2012). Svetla’s Ph.D. degree is …
Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg
Deutsche Telekom Chair (formerly T-Mobile Chair) for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security at Goethe University, Frankfurt Board responsibilities: Knowledge Institutions activities and issues, citizen and consumer interests and impacts Kai has been at Goethe University since 2002, before which he was with the System Security Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, focussing on “Personal Security Devices and Privacy Technologies “, such …
Antonio Skarmeta
Full Professor, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Murcia Dr. Antonio F. Skarmeta received a M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Granada and B.S. (Hons.) and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Murcia. In 2009 he was appointed Full Professor. Antonio has worked on different research projects in the national and international …
Stefan Bumerl
Founder and Managing Director, CRYPTAS Stefan is founder and managing director of CRYPTAS it-Security GmbH and is recognized as an innovator in the field of user-centric identities in high-scaling market oriented systems. For more than ten years CRYPTAS achieved to enter the European market by developing, researching and implementing eID solutions for internationally operating customers. After finishing his education, Stefan started …
Riccardo Masucci
Director of Security and Technology Policy, Intel Corporation Riccardo is a public policy professional with 13+ year-experience in European and International Government Affairs, shaping legislative processes and advising policymakers. He currently leads Intel’s advocacy on global privacy policy and is also responsible for cybersecurity policies in EMEA. He is a capable networker and a consensus builder in different languages, with …
Mark Miller
Mark Miller is the Chief Executive of CONCEPTIVITY, a Swiss security think tank, specialising in supply chain security and cybersecurity issues. He is also the Vice Chairman of the European Organisation for Security (EOS) Board of Directors and the Vice Chairman of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) Board of Directors. Mr. Miller is also the Chairman of the Security …