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Soyoung Kim
Cybersecurity Market & Strategy Associate
Cyberoo.AI
Soyoung Kim is a market and strategy associate at Cyberoo.AI, presenting on why Australia's scams prevention framework needs a cyber intelligence mindset.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Soyoung
Kim
Sriram Raghavan
Co-Founder
ERQI
Dr Sriram Raghavan co-founded the Enterprise Risk Quantification Institute, on a panel and presenting on AI's workforce impact and resilient system design.
Building Secure Technology
People, Culture and Workforce
Secure Architecture and System Design
Human–Machine Teaming and Skill Displacement Risk
Breakout
Panel
Sriram
Raghavan
Stacey Edmonds
CEO
Lively, A Learning Agency
Stacey Edmonds is CEO of Lively, A Learning Agency, presenting on why a billion-dollar phishing training industry hasn't moved the dial.
People, Culture and Workforce
Security Culture and Behavioural Change
Breakout
Stacey
Edmonds
Stefanie Luhrs
Partner
Atmos
Stefanie Luhrs is a partner at Atmos advising on cyber incident response, joining a panel on shadow IT, shadow AI and why culture beats controls.
People, Culture and Workforce
Security Culture and Behavioural Change
Panel
Stefanie
Luhrs
Stephanie Schneider
Cyber Threat Intelligence Senior Analyst
LastPass
Stephanie Schneider is a senior cyber threat intelligence analyst at LastPass, presenting on how phishing targeting its customers has evolved.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Stephanie
Schneider
Steve MacDonald
Founder
SMAConsulting
Steve MacDonald founded SMAConsulting and directs Slipstream Cyber, joining a panel on transforming customer and vendor partnership dynamics.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Panel
Steve
MacDonald
Steven Hunwicks
Partner - Cyber Security, Technology & Regulatory
Thomsons
Steven Hunwicks is a partner at Thomsons specialising in cyber risk and data privacy law, presenting on why your best offence is a good defence.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Breakout
Steven
Hunwicks
Suelette Dreyfus
Senior Lecturer
University of Melbourne
Dr Suelette Dreyfus is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, presenting on what AI whistleblowing cases reveal about oversight gaps.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Suelette
Dreyfus
Susan McGinty
CEO & Founder
The Asstembly
Dr Susan McGinty is CEO and founder of The Asstembly, leading a workshop on intentional inclusion strategies for building high-impact cyber teams.
Running Secure Operations
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Workshop
Susan
McGinty
Swapnil Jain
Chief Security Advisor
CyberNinja Consulting Pty Ltd
Swapnil Jain is chief security advisor at CyberNinja Consulting, presenting across two breakout sessions on AI governance gaps and SaaS AI attack surfaces.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Swapnil
Jain
Thirumalai Natarajan Muthiah
Senior Manager
Mandiant, Part of Google Cloud
Thirumalai Natarajan is a senior manager at Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, presenting on responding to attacks targeting cloud identity solutions.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Thirumalai Natarajan
Muthiah
Thomas Roccia
Threat Researcher
Security Break
Thomas Roccia is founder of Security Break and a threat researcher, presenting on why your AI threat intelligence is broken and what actually works.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Thomas
Roccia
Thomas Tracey
Client Manager
AON
Thomas Tracey is a client manager at Aon Cyber Solutions Group specialising in cyber risk transfer, joining a panel on lessons from cyber incidents.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Panel
Thomas
Tracey
Tim Dillon
Regional Director Of Delivery
NCC Group
Tim Dillon, Regional Director of Delivery at NCC Group, presents lessons from emulating North Korean cyber tradecraft and how ghost workers get hired.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Social Engineering, Physical and Hardware Attacks
Breakout
Tim
Dillon
Tim Hartman
Head of Sales Engineering Australia and New Zealand
Infoblox
Tim Hartman heads solution architecture for Infoblox across Australia and New Zealand, presenting on using DNS as a trust foundation for autonomous AI.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Tim
Hartman
Timothy Bednall
Associate Professor
Swinbourne University of Technology
Dr Timothy Bednall is an associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology, joining a panel on where AI should be refused in cyber security.
Hacking, Red Teaming
Operational Limits and Failure Modes of AI-Assisted Security
Panel
Timothy
Bednall
Timothy McIntosh
Generative AI & Cyber Security Research Strategist
Cyberoo.AI
Tim McIntosh is a generative AI and cyber security research strategist at Cyberoo.AI, presenting across three breakout sessions on generative AI threats.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Hacking, Red Teaming
AI/ML and Emerging Attack Surfaces
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Timothy
McIntosh
Tom Hosking
Manager - Cyber and Technology
Willis
Tom Hosking is a senior cyber and privacy lawyer at Willis, leading a workshop on designing an effective cyber insurance program for SMEs.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Workshop
Tom
Hosking
Tommy Viljoen
Director
Viljoen Advisory
Tommy Viljoen is director of Viljoen Advisory and a former Deloitte partner, presenting on making global cyber security board reporting make the grade.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Breakout
Tommy
Viljoen
Tonee Marqus
Cyber Security Consultant
Cythera
Tonee Marqus is a penetration tester and cyber security consultant at Cythera, presenting on national security, geopolitics and cyber conflict.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Breakout
Tonee
Marqus
Tony Kitzelmann
Head of Technology Strategy, Assurance & Cyber
Airservices Australia
Tony Kitzelmann heads technology strategy, assurance and cyber at Airservices Australia, leading a workshop on sector-wide critical infrastructure response.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Workshop
Tony
Kitzelmann
Trent Bartels
Security Operations Consultant / Firefighter
Brennan I.T / CFA
Trent Bartels is a security operations consultant at Brennan I.T and CFA firefighter, presenting on the parallels between firefighting and cyber response.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Trent
Bartels
Trevor Lau
Senior Security Lead
Telstra
Trevor Lau is a senior security lead at Telstra, joining think tanks on security culture, supply chain threats and DevSecOps human risk.
Building Secure Technology
People, Culture and Workforce
Supply Chain, Dependency and Provenance Risk
Human Risk, Judgement and Decision-Making Under Pressure
Think Tank
Trevor
Lau
Trill White
Independant Researcher
Deakin University
Trill White is a cyber security researcher at nbn specialising in lattice-based cryptography, presenting on moving from curves to lattices in 2026.
Building Secure Technology
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Cryptographic Transition Planning
Breakout
Trill
White
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