Sadie Creese is a Professor of Cyber Security in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. She teaches threat detection, risk assessment and operational aspects of security. Her current research portfolio includes threat modelling and detection, visual analytics for cybersecurity, risk propagation logics and communication, resilience strategies, privacy, vulnerability of distributed ledgers, and understanding cyber-harm. She is Principal Investigator on the AXIS Insurance Company sponsored project “Analysing Cyber Value-at-Risk” focused on developing a method for predicting potential harms arising from cyber-attacks. She is a co-Investigator on the PETRAS EPSRC sponsored Internet of Things Research Hub project “Cyber Risk Assessment for Coupled Systems” which is developing a new risk assessment method aimed at helping organisations prepare for the threats and vulnerabilities we will face as the Internet of Things evolves. She was the founding Director of the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) at the Oxford Martin School where she continues to serve as a Director conducting research into what constitutes national cybersecurity capacity, working with countries and international organisations around the world. She was the founding Director of Oxford’s Cybersecurity network launched in 2008 and now called CyberSecurity@Oxford, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on Cyber Security. Sadie is a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.

Michael Matheson MSP is the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, and a Member of the Scottish Parliament. He studied at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh where he obtained a BSc in Occupational Therapy. He also holds a BA and a Diploma in Applied Social Sciences from the Open University.

Prior to becoming an MSP Michael practised as a Community Occupational Therapist with Stirling Council, Central Regional Council, and Highland Regional Council. He was elected as the MSP for Falkirk West following the May 2007 elections. Before that he was a Regional MSP for Central Scotland from 1999-2007. Before being appointed Cabinet Secretary for Justice he was the Minister for Public Health. Michael was Vice Convenor of the European and External Relations Committee. He also sat on the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, and previously served on the Justice and Enterprise and Culture Committees. He was re-elected at the May 5, 2011 election, and thereafter appointed Minister for Public Health.

Dr. Cyril Onwubiko is a Senior Member IEEE, Distinguished Speaker (DVP), & Board of Governor IEEE Computer Society, Past Secretary, IEEE United Kingdom and Ireland, Past Founding Chair, IEEE United Kingdom and Ireland Blockchain Group. As an active IEEE member for over 15 years, he has served in several other roles: Executive Member of the IEEE UK and Ireland Computer Society Chapter, Member of the European Public Policy Committee (EPPC) Working Group on ICT, responsible to the IEEE Board of Directors for the coordination of public policy activities, Reviewer to the IEEE Security & Privacy, IEEE Intelligence & Security Informatics (ISI), Young Professionals, Women in Engineering etc. He is also a Trustee, Board Member and Volunteer to other Charity organisations.

Cyril has over 20 years of experience in Enterprise Security Architecture, Cyber Situational Awareness, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain. Currently, he is Director, Enterprise Security Architecture at Pearson Plc, the world’s learning company. He is also Director, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain & Cyber Security at Research Series Limited, where he directs strategy and governance in AI, Blockchain & Cyber Security. Prior to Pearson Plc, he had worked in the Financial Services, Telecommunication, Health, Government and Public Services Sectors.

He holds a PhD in Computer Network Security from Kingston University, London, UK; MSc in Internet Engineering, and BSc, first class honours, in Computer Science & Mathematics. He has authored and edited several books (8) and published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in leading and prestigious academic journals and conferences. He is the Editor of the Cyber Science series, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Cyber Situational Awareness (IJCSA), and Founder of the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Innovation and Collaboration (C-MRiC), a not for profit and nongovernmental organisation dedicated to the advancement of outstanding research and innovation through collaboration (https://www.c-mric.com). For more information, please visit https://www.c-mric.com/cyril

Jens Myrup Pedersen is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. After finishing his M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer science he did his PhD in the field of network planning, and through close collaboration with Danish ISPs the work developed into focusing on cyber security. Today his research is focusing mainly on security from a network point of view, and includes network-based detection of malicious activity using e.g. machine learning and DNS traffic analysis – still carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners. Together with his students he has been exploring the security weaknesses of a number of embedded and IoT devices, including demonstration of poor security in state-of-the art Industry 4.0 production lines.  He is an active player in the development of cyber security educations in Denmark, and is currently leading the work of establishing a Danish National Training Platform. He has a strong interest in internationalisation of education and promotion of collaboration between students across countries and disciplines – an interest that has led to coordination of two Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships. In addition to his employment at Aalborg University he works as external lecturer at Riga Technical University, Latvia, he is board member in companies related to energy and infrastructure, and he also sits on the board of the Society of Telecommunications within the Danish Society of Engineers.