Security & Safety

Mr. Erik Akerboom
National Coordinator for Counterterrorism : NCTb

Erik Akerboom (b. 1961) began his career at the Police College in Apeldoorn, and went on to study political science at the VU University in Amsterdam.

Mr. Adjiedj Bakas
Trendwatcher : Trend Office BAKAS

Mr. Christophe Bianco
General Manager of EMEA : Qualys

Mr. Mario Campolargo
Director DG Information Society and Media "Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures" : European Commission

Mario Campolargo is the Director of the "Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures" Directorate of DG-INFSO in charge of Future and Emerging Technologies, ICT based infrastructures for science as well as ICT trust and security, experimental facilities and experimentally driven research for Future Internet.

Mr. H. Bryan Cunningham
Data Privacy and Security Lawyer : Morgan & Cunningham LLC

Bryan Cunningham is a data privacy and information security expert, counseling clients, including Fortune 500 and multinational entities, as a principal in the Denver, Colorado law firm of Morgan & Cunningham, LLC.

Mrs. Antonella Finocchi
Vice President of Public Sector and Public Security Expert : Capgemini Italy

Antonella has 25 years of experience in the ICT field with a specialization in Public Sector and Public Security environment.

Mr. Peter M. German MA, LL.B., LL.M.
Assistant Commissioner : Royal Canadian Mounted Police

A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 29 years, Assistant Commissioner German has worked on uniform and plainclothes duties across Canada.

Mr. Dr. Gus Hosein
Visiting Senior Fellow : The London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr Gus Hosein is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mr. Ron Louwerse
Director Security, Safety & Environment Schiphol : Schiphol Group

Since 2008 Mr. Ron Louwerse is Director Safety, Security & Environment at Schiphol Group.

Mr. Carel Mackenbach
Media strategist, co-founder : Digidentity

As one of the first e-commerce consultants Carel has 15 years of experience in internet technologies, both in the Public and Private Sector, both as entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

Mr. John S. Solomon
Director of Threat Finance Research : World-Check

John S. Solomon is Director of Threat Finance Research at World-Check. He joined the company in 2006, and led the effort to build the leading open source intelligence database on terrorism and its financing.

Mr. Dr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi
CEO : Netherlands Forensic Institute

Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi is chief executive officer of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). The NFI is one of the leading forensic service providers in the world.The NFI conducts technical scientific analysis to help solve crimes.

Mr. Rob van Gijzel
Mayor of Eindhoven :

Mr. José Luis Angoso
Director of Innovation Indra

Naval Engineer and MBA at Madrid Polytechnic University with more than 25 years of experience in the ICT multinational sector (Indra, Cisco, Getronics, Wang, Olivetti).

Mr. Richard Barrett
Al Qaida Taliban Monitoring Team United Nations

Since March 2004 Richard Barrett has been the Coordinator of a New York-based Team appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to advise the Security Council on the effective development and implementation of a sanctions regime aimed at individuals and groups associated with Al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Mr. Kim Cameron
Chief Architect of Identity Microsoft

Kim Cameron is Chief Architect of Identity in the Identity and Security division, where he works on establishing a user-centric identity architecture for the Internet, and ensuring Active Directory, Federation Services, Identity Lifecycle Manager, CardSpace and Microsoft’s other identity products become its leading implementations.

Mr. Philippe Courtot
Chairman and CEO Qualys

Philippe Courtot is the chairman and CEO of Qualys, Inc. a leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions - delivered as a service.

Mr. Prof. Dr. Rob de Wijk
CEO The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

In 2007 Dr. Rob de Wijk assumed the position of Director of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.

Mr. Dr. Zeno J.M.H. Geradts Ph.D.
Forensic scientist Image Analysis and Biometrics and R&D coordinator Digital evidence and Biometrics Netherlands Forensic Institute

Zeno Geradts works since 1991 at the Netherlands Forensic Institute as a forensic scientist. He is expert witness in image analysis and biometrics as well as R&D coordinator in digital evidence.

Mr. Robert Hayes
Director The Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments

Robert Hayes is a Senior Fellow of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments; a small group established to give high level support and advice to governments on the threats and opportunities posed by emerging technologies.

Mr. Chet Hosmer
Sr. Vice President Cyber Security Devision Allen Corporation / WetStone

Chet Hosmer is the Sr. Vice President and Chief Scientist and founder of WetStone Technologies, Inc., WetStone subsidiary of Allen Corporation of America.

Mr. Clark MacFarlane
Managing Director, IT Solutions and Services, North West Europe Siemens

Clark became Managing Director of Siemens IT Solutions and Services for Great Britain and Ireland on 1 October 2007, the latest role in his career with Siemens that stretches back over 12 years.

Mr. Bruce Schneier
CTO and founder Counterpane BT Global Services

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, referred to by The Economist as a "security guru." He is the author of nine books -- including the best sellers Beyond Fear, Secrets and Lies, and Applied Cryptography.

Mr. Juri Stetsenko
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

Mr. Drs. Christian van 't Hof
Senior Researcher Technology Assessment Rathenau Instituut

Christian van 't Hof is a senior researcher at the Rathenau Institute, the Dutch office of Technology Assessment.

Mr. Hans van Grieken
Corporate Innovation Officer Capgemini

Drs. Hans van Grieken is a Vice President at Capgemini and part of the company’s international innovation network which mission is to be a source of new knowledge and insights for management in the future.