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Keynote & Featured Speakers

Keren Elazari, conference speaker, in a black blazer over a DEF CON T-shirt

Keren Elazari

The Friendly Hacker
Freaky Clown, conference speaker, holding an orange laptop in the venue

Freaky Clown

Ethical Hacker, Author, and Co-Founder of Cygenta
Geoff White, conference speaker, wearing round glasses and a navy blazer over a white shirt

Geoff White

Investigative Journalist and Podcast Creator
Jen Easterly, conference speaker, in a black jacket against a deep blue backdrop

Jen Easterly

CEO of RSAC; Former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

From inventing the World Wide Web to reimagining the future of data, privacy and the internet.
Kath Koschel, conference speaker, in a navy shirt smiling by a marina

Kath Koschel

Inspirational Survivor and Founder of The Kindness Factory
Tracy Hall, conference speaker, blonde woman in a black halter top with arms crossed

Tracy Hall

Author & Scam Prevention Advocate
Jason Clinton, conference speaker

Jason Clinton

Deputy CISO Anthropic
Tane Hunter, Founder, Scientist, Author, Former Cancer Researcher

Tane Hunter

Founder, Scientist, Author, Former Cancer Researcher
Mark Vos, Cybersecurity Leader, AI Safety Researcher, Author

Mark Vos

Cybersecurity Leader, AI Safety Researcher, Author
Rae Johnston, conference speaker, smiling with long dark hair and an orange knit top
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Rae Johnston

Multi-Award Winning STEM Journalist and Broadcaster

World-Class Speakers

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Lilith La Rose, security and DevOps engineer at Cosive, presents on why hostile tools aren't a badge of honour and what UX should mean for security engineers.

Lilith La Rose

Security / DevOps Engineer
Cosive
Lilith La Rose, security and DevOps engineer at Cosive, presents on why hostile tools aren't a badge of honour and what UX should mean for security engineers.
Hacking, Red Teaming
Tool Development, Bug Bounty and Vulnerability Research
Breakout
Lilith
La Rose
Lina Condon is security architecture and engineering manager at SAPOL, presenting on what GDPR reveals about power and privacy in Australia.

Lina Condon

Security Architecture and Engineering Manager
SAPOL
Lina Condon is security architecture and engineering manager at SAPOL, presenting on what GDPR reveals about power and privacy in Australia.
Law, Policy and Global Power
Privacy, Surveillance and Civil Liberties
Think Tank
Lina
Condon
Lloyd Peacock, cyber technical leader at onedot61, leading a workshop on post-quantum cryptography and why qubits in the mirror are closer than they appear.

Lloyd Peacock

Consultant
onedot61
Lloyd Peacock, cyber technical leader at onedot61, leading a workshop on post-quantum cryptography and why qubits in the mirror are closer than they appear.
Building Secure Technology
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Cryptographic Transition Planning
Workshop
Lloyd
Peacock
Louay Ghashash, founder of Spartans Security and a practising vCISO, joins a think tank on what boards didn't know and wished they'd asked after an incident.

Louay Ghashash

Managing Director
Spartans Sec Pty Ltd
Louay Ghashash, founder of Spartans Security and a practising vCISO, joins a think tank on what boards didn't know and wished they'd asked after an incident.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Think Tank
Louay
Ghashash
Louisa Vogelenzang, head of cyber security for APJ at Dayforce, joins a panel and presents on customer-vendor partnerships and sales as a CISO superpower.

Louisa Vogelenzang

Head of Cyber Security APJ
Dayforce
Louisa Vogelenzang, head of cyber security for APJ at Dayforce, joins a panel and presents on customer-vendor partnerships and sales as a CISO superpower.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Breakout
Panel
Louisa
Vogelenzang
Lumify Work lead instructor Louis Cremen teaches top security certifications and ISO 27001, co-leading the Chatham House governance self-check workshop.

Louis Cremen

Lead Cyber Instructor
Lumify Work
Lumify Work lead instructor Louis Cremen teaches top security certifications and ISO 27001, co-leading the Chatham House governance self-check workshop.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Workshop
Louis
Cremen
Malak Youssef, who leads AI and automation at DXC Technology, presents on building trust with agentic AI through a CISO and engineer's shared view of the SOC.

Malak Youssef

Cyber Security Engineer - Automation and AI
DXC Technology
Malak Youssef, who leads AI and automation at DXC Technology, presents on building trust with agentic AI through a CISO and engineer's shared view of the SOC.
Running Secure Operations
Security Operations Centres and Continuous Monitoring
Breakout
Malak
Youssef
Malcolm Shore, AI security instructor at ALC/Thales and former GCSB information security director, leading a workshop on building an AI red teaming tool.

Malcolm Shore

Instructor
ALC/Thales
Malcolm Shore, AI security instructor at ALC/Thales and former GCSB information security director, leading a workshop on building an AI red teaming tool.
Building Secure Technology
Autonomous and AI-Enabled Systems Security
Workshop
Malcolm
Shore
Mandy Andress, CISO at Elastic with a career leading security at MassMutual and TiVo, presents on achieving machine-speed defence in the modern SOC.

Mandy Andress

CISO
Elastic
Mandy Andress, CISO at Elastic with a career leading security at MassMutual and TiVo, presents on achieving machine-speed defence in the modern SOC.
Running Secure Operations
Security Operations Centres and Continuous Monitoring
Breakout
Mandy
Andress
Maple Fox, a Melbourne-based security engineer specialising in cloud and Zero Trust automation, joins a think tank on building scalable cloud foundations.

Maple Fox

Security Engineer
Maple Fox & Co
Maple Fox, a Melbourne-based security engineer specialising in cloud and Zero Trust automation, joins a think tank on building scalable cloud foundations.
Building Secure Technology
Secure Architecture and System Design
Think Tank
Maple
Fox
Martin Barnier, principal security architect at Lumaris Consulting, presents on securing the physical foundation of Australia's AI data centre boom.

Martin Barnier

Principal Security Architect
Lumaris Consulting
Martin Barnier, principal security architect at Lumaris Consulting, presents on securing the physical foundation of Australia's AI data centre boom.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Martin
Barnier
Maryam Shoraka is a cyber security leader specialising in OT resilience, sharing how growing up under Iran's surveillance state shaped her threat modelling.

Maryam Shoraka

Australian CISO Advisory Board Member
Corinium Global Intelligence
Maryam Shoraka is a cyber security leader specialising in OT resilience, sharing how growing up under Iran's surveillance state shaped her threat modelling.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Law, Policy and Global Power
Crisis Leadership and Executive Response
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Breakout
Panel
Maryam
Shoraka
Mary George, a cyber security PhD candidate and educator at La Trobe University, presents on what works in building sustainable cyber security career pathways.

Mary George

PhD Cyber Security Candidate
La Trobe University
Mary George, a cyber security PhD candidate and educator at La Trobe University, presents on what works in building sustainable cyber security career pathways.
People, Culture and Workforce
Workforce Pathways, Skills and Career Sustainability
Breakout
Mary
George
Matt Berry, field CTO at Abnormal AI specialising in behavioural AI detection, presents an aviation lens on the human factor in cyber security.

Matt Berry

Field CTO
Abnormal AI
Matt Berry, field CTO at Abnormal AI specialising in behavioural AI detection, presents an aviation lens on the human factor in cyber security.
People, Culture and Workforce
Human Risk, Judgement and Decision-Making Under Pressure
Breakout
Matt
Berry
Matthew Westwood-Hill, Cognisn founder and DFIR practitioner researching AI tooling, leads a workshop on MCP tool responses and presents on browser extensions.

Matthew Westwood-Hill

CISO
Cognisn
Matthew Westwood-Hill, Cognisn founder and DFIR practitioner researching AI tooling, leads a workshop on MCP tool responses and presents on browser extensions.
Running Secure Operations
Hacking, Red Teaming
Operational Limits and Failure Modes of AI-Assisted Security
Initial Access and Exploitation
Workshop
Breakout
Matthew
Westwood-Hill
Matt Miller, CEO and fractional CISO at Insicon Cyber, presents on why Australian and New Zealand boards still get cyber wrong and what it's costing them.

Matt Miller

CEO and Fractional CISO
Insicon Cyber
Matt Miller, CEO and fractional CISO at Insicon Cyber, presents on why Australian and New Zealand boards still get cyber wrong and what it's costing them.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Breakout
Matt
Miller
Mayur Kriplani, a senior strategic advisor within Mandiant at Google, presents on empowering the enterprise through continuous, validated defence.

Mayur Kriplani

Senior Strategic Security Advisor
Google
Mayur Kriplani, a senior strategic advisor within Mandiant at Google, presents on empowering the enterprise through continuous, validated defence.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Breakout
Mayur
Kriplani
Meg Tapia, managing director of Novexus and a former diplomat specialising in disinformation, presents on the invisible attack surface of information warfare.

Meg Tapia

Managing Director
Novexus Pty Ltd
Meg Tapia, managing director of Novexus and a former diplomat specialising in disinformation, presents on the invisible attack surface of information warfare.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Breakout
Meg
Tapia
Melissa Clare, senior legal counsel at CyberCX on AI governance and data security, joins two panels on age-verification compliance and director duties.

Melissa Clare

Senior Legal Counsel
CyberCX
Melissa Clare, senior legal counsel at CyberCX on AI governance and data security, joins two panels on age-verification compliance and director duties.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Law, Policy and Global Power
Cyber Law, Regulation and Compliance
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Panel
Melissa
Clare
Melissa Egan, a cyber threat intelligence specialist at Atlassian, presents on engineering the AI-driven CTI pipeline to scale intelligence operations.

Melissa Egan

Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
Atlassian
Melissa Egan, a cyber threat intelligence specialist at Atlassian, presents on engineering the AI-driven CTI pipeline to scale intelligence operations.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Melissa
Egan
Melissa Tan, partner and head of cyber insurance at Lander & Rogers, joins a panel on navigating cyber insurance through wars, systemic events and AI.

Melissa Tan

Partner
Lander & Rogers
Melissa Tan, partner and head of cyber insurance at Lander & Rogers, joins a panel on navigating cyber insurance through wars, systemic events and AI.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Panel
Melissa
Tan
OpusV founder Michael Carmody has secured 40-plus grid-connected critical infrastructure assets, arguing his side in the unrehearsed Oxford-style OT debate.

Michael Carmody

Solution Architect
OpusV Tech Group
OpusV founder Michael Carmody has secured 40-plus grid-connected critical infrastructure assets, arguing his side in the unrehearsed Oxford-style OT debate.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Panel
Michael
Carmody
Michael Collins, founder of Cyber Cognition and a systems thinking authority, leads a workshop on strategic thinking frameworks for leaders facing uncertainty.

Michael Collins

Cyber Security Advisor
Cyber Cognition Pty Ltd
Michael Collins, founder of Cyber Cognition and a systems thinking authority, leads a workshop on strategic thinking frameworks for leaders facing uncertainty.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Executive Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Workshop
Michael
Collins
Michael Fitzgerald, chief information officer at BildGroup specialising in AI governance, presents on the shadow AI crisis that nobody wants to own.

Michael Fitzgerald

Chief Information Officer
BildGroup
Michael Fitzgerald, chief information officer at BildGroup specialising in AI governance, presents on the shadow AI crisis that nobody wants to own.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Michael
Fitzgerald

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