Galina Antova is the Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Claroty. Prior to co-founding the company, she was the Global Head of Industrial Security Services at Siemens overseeing the development of its portfolio of services that protect industrial customers against cyber-attacks. While at Siemens, she was also responsible for leading the Cyber Security Practice and the Cyber Security Operations Center providing managed security services for industrial control systems operators. Previously, Galina was with IBM in Canada in various roles in the Provisioning and Cloud Solutions business. She holds a BS in Computer Science from York University in Toronto, and an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gerhard Kafka is a free-lance journalist and contributor at Smart Industry.

Glenn is an experienced network architect and technology leader, specialising in networking, cloud, security and automation. He is an expert in emerging trends and the development of innovative and bespoke solutions. His knowledge and skill set have made him the lead on a wealth of complex and high-profile projects.

I’m a seasoned software technical leader and cybersecurity researcher with over 18 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, secure software development, and network security. My expertise spans identity and access management, intrusion detection and prevention, and FedRAMP compliance.
Currently, I’m contributing to global security initiatives at Cisco Systems, where I’ve had the opportunity to design and implement cutting-edge security solutions that drive operational excellence. Beyond my professional role, I actively write about cybersecurity and conduct research in computer network security, continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and resilience in the digital landscape.

Guillaume Garbey serves as the Regional Sales Manager France for Netskope

Gunangad Singh Maini is an expert in energy management and smart cities with over 13 years’ experience in strategic planning, project management and digital transformation for flagship projects such as the world’s tallest tower and largest airport and gas plant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and an MBA from University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. For further information, contact gunsingh@gmail.com.

Gurdeep Singh, CISSP, CISM, is a senior cybersecurity professional specializing in audit readiness, risk management, and AI-enabled compliance. He helps global organizations strengthen ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST programs through automation and continuous assurance frameworks that bridge governance, technology, and business risk management.

With over 20 years ofexperience in telecoms, Guy Miller is the CEO ofwholesale-onlyfull fibre networkoperator, MS3 Networks. MS3offers ultrafast broadband to customersacross the North of England,improving choice and affordability throughits network of internet service provider (ISP) partnerships.

Hagai Galili is the Chief Operating Officer at SIGA, a global leader in OT cybersecurity. Drawing on a strong background in engineering, operations, and leadership, he specializes in scaling organizations, building operational excellence, and delivering cutting-edge cyber solutions to protect critical infrastructure. At SIGA, he has shaped company strategy, led global product deployments, established customer success frameworks, and driven partnerships that strengthened the company’s market position.

With previous senior roles in the industrial infrastructures sectors, Hagai brings expertise in project management, systems integration, regulatory compliance, and process design. He is highly skilled in organizational growth, cross-functional team leadership, and aligning technology with business outcomes. Hagai holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. Recognized for his strategic vision, adaptability, and interpersonal strengths, he is passionate about spearheading innovation, building resilient organizations, and bridging the gap between technology and business

Hami Bour is a research scientist at Innovation and Advanced Research Department in R&D organization of Rakuten Mobile. Her current research interests are cloud native security, 5G/6G networks, network security and anomaly detection, IoT and blockchain.

Experienced security professional in the field of telecommunications. Fortunate to have been involved in both in3GPP standards development as well as in building real-world mobile networks from scratch. Currently focussed oncore network security, roaming security and fraud prevention.

Harsh Behl is Director of Product Management (DFIR) at Exterro. Harsh brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and technical skill sets, steering the vision and execution of our marketing-leading Digital Forensics and Incident Response technologies.

His Excellency Mr. AlJarwan is an outstanding professional, influencer, and world changer with more than 40 years of experience in the field of tolerance and peace, he spends his course life in promoting peace and tolerance at all levels, national and international. In addition to performing his job at an exemplary level, he demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to the Arab community as well as to the world.
He takes it upon himself to provide exceptional support and service to Arab nation specifically and to the world, representing his own country “United Arab of Emirates”.
He distinguishes quickly the needs and moves efficiently to provide key information, recommendations, or direction during his presidency to the Arab Parliament and the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace; Where he contributed a lot to the fields of peace, tolerance and security; in addition to his clear vision in making the world a more peaceful place.
Mr. AlJarwan is a Tolerance Advocator and Peace Builder, a visionary, a world changer, a man of impact and a great Emirati role model.
He is recognized continuously by Presidents of many countries and international entities for his great achievements regarding human rights, tolerance, peace, security, sustainable development, and women and youth rights; some of the awards and honors he received are:
– Mahathma Gandhi International Award 2020 to global leaders for spreading peace and international understanding
– Order of the “Service of Russia” first class by Prof. Kamshilov Valery Vasilyevich.
– Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
– Order of Democracy in the Extraordinary Grand Cross degree by the president of Colombia.
– San Juan Medal of Argentina
– Key of Tirana from the Prime minster of Albania Republic
– Good will Ambassador by the republic of Kosovo
– Ambassador of Peace by the President of the Universal Peace Federation
– Medal of the Arab Parliament
– National Order by the President of Djibouti,
– National Order by the President of Comoros
– Military Service Medal from United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
– Leader’s Shield from Sharjah Municipality
– Honors by the Governor of Beirut- Lebanon

He played a very important role with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and formed a joint committee of the Arab Parliament, the Arab League, UNESCO, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and ALEXO.
He is raising the value of tolerance and spreading the culture of peace, fighting discrimination, violence, terrorism and racism, strengthening the principles of tolerance to achieving peace to make the world a little bit better and safer.

Ian co-founded BlueFort Security with David Henderson in 2007 to deliver cyber-security specialist technical expertise and support to businesses that were becoming increasingly at risk from ever-sophisticated cyber attacks. Together the pair have built an award-winning business with a proven track record in delivering complex solutions around remote access, cloud transformation and zero trust application delivery.

Ian has 20 plus years of cyber security technical skills and knowledge which underpin the services and support that BlueFort Security delivers to its customers. Under Ian’s guidance the BlueFort team has secured a wide range of cyber security credentials including Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO27001, ISO9001, as well as a number of vendor-specific accreditations including FireEye partner recognition award 2018, RSA partner of the year 2018, MobileIron outstanding engineer award 2015 and RSA Top partner of the year 2011.

Prior to founding BlueFort Security, Ian held senior technical roles with Armadillo Managed Services and Interop Technologies. He holds a BSC in Computer Science and Management Studies from the University of Leeds.

Dr Ian Oliver is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs working on Trusted and High- integrity Cyber Security applied to 5/6G telecommunications, Edge and IoT devices with particular emphasis on the safety-critical domains, such as future railway and medical systems. He holds a visiting position at Aalto University Neurobiology Dept working on cyber security and medical application as well as lecturing on the subject of medical device cybersecurity. He is the author of the book “Privacy Engineering: A data flow and ontological approach” and holds over 200 patents and academic papers.

Idan Aharoni is the Co-Founder & CEO of threat intelligence provider IntelFinder (intelfinder.io). He is a cyber security and intelligence
veteran, with over 15 years of experience developing and managing cyber intelligence operations. In 2019, Idan received a “Legends of Fraud” award for his role in creating one of the world’s first fraud intelligence services, which monitored the Dark Web on behalf of financial institutions worldwide, as part of his work as Head of Cyber Intelligence at RSA Security.

Ivana Zec is the owner of Visibilio, a digital marketing agency. With over 8 years of dedicated content marketing and PR experience, she has established herself as a seasoned professional in the digital landscape.

Product Manager and Security Awareness Training, VIPRE

Jake joined Volition in 2020 and is responsible for sourcing and providing due diligence on new investment opportunities within growth-stage software and tech-enabled service businesses. Prior to joining Volition, Jake was an investment banking analyst at Cowen and Company, where he worked in Capital Markets, covering technology, healthcare, and SPACs. Jake received his B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Bowdoin College, where he was a Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar.

Jakub Ficner is the Director of Partnership Development atCase IQ, the leading investigative case management software for ethics and compliance incidents within mid-sized and large organizations. Jakub is a passionate and determined team player with experience in prospecting and implementing complex global solutions in a variety of industries. He has experience working in Canada, United States, Germany and India in cross-functional and multi-cultural teams.

Jamal Elemellas is Chief Operating Officer at Focus on Security, the cyber security recruitment agency, where he is responsible for delivering an effective and efficient selection and recruitment service. He has specific expertise in and is adept at designing and delivering secure, scalable and functional ICT services. Jamal has over 19 years’ experience in the field and is an ex CLAS consultant, Cisco and Checkpoint certified practitioner.

Technical Consultant at Vega Project Japan. Involved with product development of digital signage solution and other IT related solutions.