Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert. He has worked at F-Secure since 1991. Mr. Hypponen has written on his research for the New York Times, Wired and Scientific American and he appears frequently on international TV.

Emmanuel Kessler is Head of Team Prevention and Outreach at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). EC3 was set up by Europol to strengthen the law enforcement response to cybercrime in the EU and thus to help protect European citizens, businesses and governments.

Tobias Schroedel is an IT specialist and has worked for T-Systems as a consultant for almost 14 years in the area of IT-security. Before this, he was responsible for the development of logistics solutions at UPS. He is a certified trainer for IT-specialists.

Ann Mennens is manager of the European Commission’s Cyber Aware Programme, aimed at raising the cyber awareness. From 2011 to 2016, she managed the Belgian Cybercrime Centre of Excellence for Training, Research and Education at KU Leuven.

Professor Bart Baesens is a professor of Big Data & Analytics at KU Leuven and at the University of Southampton. He has done extensive research on big data & analytics and he was also named one of the World’s top educators in Data Science by CDO magazine in 2021.

Eddy Willems is a cyber security expert from Belgium. Currently he is a board member of 3 security organizations and the resident Security Evangelist at G DATA CyberDefense AG. Eddy is a known speaker and is giving lectures worldwide for a very diverse audience.