Speakers

Andrew Lee

VP of Government Affairs, ESET

Andrew Lee

VP of Government Affairs, ESET

Andrew Lee is the VP of Government Affairs, and Global CTI Strategist at ESET. Andrew combines a unique blend of corporate management and security expertise. He formerly served as CEO of ESET North America, the CTO of K7 Computing, and prior to that as ESET’s Chief Research Officer. Andrew has written extensively on cybersecurity topics and presented as a speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious cybersecurity conferences, as well as serving as ...

Ľudovít Ódor

MEP, Vice-Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, former PM of The Slovak Republic

Ľudovít Ódor

MEP, Vice-Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, former PM of The Slovak Republic

First ever Prime Minister of a technocratic caretaker government in modern Slovak history. Prior to his appointment he served as a Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (2018 – 2023). Between 2006 and 2010 he was a member of the Bank Board and Executive Director responsible for research at the National Bank of Slovakia. Ódor also worked as an advisor to the Prime Minister, and as a Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Re ...

Aernout Reijmer

Senior Director Security, ASML

Aernout Reijmer

Senior Director Security, ASML

Aernout Reijmer, Chief Security Officer, ASML. As CISO at ASML, Aernout implemented significant security capabilities for ASML (including a 10-fold increase in investments and even more for the organization) in the domain of Information, IT, Human, and Physical Security. Executed for 8 consecutive years the Security Roadmap, running a portfolio of security projects, working away a historic backlog, and achieving a decent maturity level. Spearheaded SI ...

Dave Maasland

CEO, ESET Netherlands

Dave Maasland

CEO, ESET Netherlands

Dave Maasland is the CEO of ESET Netherlands, one of the largest IT security companies in the country, and the ESET brand has a global presence. As a cybersecurity expert, he speaks about the risks but especially the opportunities offered by the digital world. Driven by his passion for IT and technology, he aims to inspire people and dispel fears caused by a lack of knowledge. Maasland: "We want to help individuals and businesses move forward, ma ...

Jose Carlos Delgado

Policy Officer, EEAS

Jose Carlos Delgado

Policy Officer, EEAS

Jose Carlos Delgado is part of the Hybrid and Cyber Division of the External Action Service (EEAS) as Policy Officer since September 2024. Before joining EEAS, he was the Cyber attaché and delegate to the Horizontal Working Party for Cyber Issues of the Council (HWPCI) for the Spanish Permanent Representation to the European Union. As part of that role, he led negotiations representing Spain at attaché level, including chairing the HWPCI during the Sp ...

Julia Schuetze

Founder of Cyber Policy Haus

Julia Schuetze

Founder of Cyber Policy Haus

Julia Schuetze is the founder of Cyber Policy Haus and a seasoned facilitator and cyber policy analyst based from Gent, Belgium. She serves as an external affiliate researcher at the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy at the University of Cincinnati. As the Project Director for Cybersecurity Policy and Resilience at Berlin-based think tank Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (now Interface), she managed international, multi-stakeholder projects funded by th ...

Matías Porolli

Malware Researcher, ESET

Matías Porolli

Malware Researcher, ESET

Mattias Parolli was born and raised in Argentina, Matias is a malware researcher on the ESET Threat Intelligence team in Canada. He divides his time between tracking APT groups and reverse engineering their malware. Before moving to Canada, he worked for ESET in their Buenos Aires office. His interests include studying exploitation in the Windows environment, crackmes, CTFs and C programming. ...

Mihai Lupascu

Director at Agency for Cyber Security, Moldova

Mihai Lupascu

Director at Agency for Cyber Security, Moldova

Mihai Lupașcu, Director of the Agency for Cybersecurity of Moldova is an IT and cybersecurity engineer with extensive experience across private, public, and non-governmental sectors. Since 2024, he has served as the Director of the Agency for Cybersecurity of Moldova. Previously, he led digital transformation efforts as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization. Before assuming this role at the ministry, Mihai lived ...

Nazar Tymoshyk

CERT Ukraine

Nazar Tymoshyk

CERT Ukraine

Nazar Tymoshyk is a Ph.D. and a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 22 years of experience in enterprise security. He specializes in 24x7 SOC / MDR, Ransomware investigations, Threat Hunting, Incident Response and post-breach recovery, blue- and purple-teaming. As CERT UA member, he specialized in intrusion research, and threat hunting, tracking adversary behaviors, and analyzing operations of Russian APTs. ...

Naďa Kovalčíková

Senior Analyst, EUISS

Naďa Kovalčíková

Senior Analyst, EUISS

Nad’a Kovalčíková is a Senior Analyst in charge of the Transnational Security portfolio at the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and a project Director of the multi-million, EU-funded initiative “Countering Foreign Interference (CFI). A project to strengthen EU CSDP capacities against foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)”. She is a member of the ESPAS foresight Steering Group; a member of the Advisory Board for the TEPSA pr ...

Nina Hyvärinen

CEO and Founder, NHM Global Oy

Nina Hyvärinen

CEO and Founder, NHM Global Oy

Nina Hyvärinen is a seasoned expert in EU affairs and security and technology policy. She has experience in the public sector (Cabinet of European Commissioner, Prime Minister’s Office) and the private sector (e.g., F-Secure). Past years Ms. Hyvärinen has focused on security and technology (including cyber security, AI and mobile communications). She has her own consulting company, NMH Global, and she is a Senior Advisor at Rud Pedersen Public Affairs ...

Ondrej Kubovič

Security Awareness Specialist, ESET

Ondrej Kubovič

Security Awareness Specialist, ESET

Ondrej Kubovič joined ESET as Security Awareness Specialist in 2015 and has been presenting findings of ESET research in European media as well as at various international and regional IT security conferences. He had previously worked as a journalist focusing on security and cybersecurity topics. ...

Pablo Fernandez

Chief of SOC international deployment, CCN-CNI, Spain

Pablo Fernandez

Chief of SOC international deployment, CCN-CNI, Spain

Pablo Fernández holds two MSc degrees and is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 15 years of experience in enterprise security across both the public and private sectors. Throughout his career, he has held various roles encompassing management, policy development, and technical aspects of cybersecurity operations. He is currently leading innovative national and international projects on IOC (Indicators of Compromise) sharing in the Nationa ...

Rita Jonušaitė

Senior Manager for Cyber & Cloud, Digital Europe

Rita Jonušaitė

Senior Manager for Cyber & Cloud, Digital Europe

Rita Jonušaitė has been in Brussels since 2017, working at Flint Global advising clients on EU policy and regulatory developments, with a particular focus on digital technology. Rita also led the policy and advocacy activities of a Brussels-based NGO working on tackling disinformation, with a specific focus on hybrid-attacks, platform regulation, and media policy. She previously gained Brussels public affairs experience in another European NGO. Before ...

Roberto Cascella

CTO of ECSO

Roberto Cascella

CTO of ECSO

Roberto Cascella works as Chief Technology Officer at the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). He also coordinates the two technical ECSO WGs with a high impact on the European cybersecurity strategy focused on the definition of the cybersecurity R&I roadmap for trusted and resilient technologies, and the establishment of trusted supply chains at EU level. He represents ECSO in different committees, including the SCCG established under the ...

Silja-Madli Ossip

Policy Officer, EU CyberNet

Silja-Madli Ossip

Policy Officer, EU CyberNet

Silja-Madli Ossip works as a Policy Officer for EU CyberNet at the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) and is responsible for outreach, partnerships, and community building to expand the European stakeholder community and map the EU's cyber capacity-building projects globally. Prior to working for EU CyberNet, Silja-Madli held several positions focused on digital and cyber policies at the Estonian National Cyber Security Centre and at the ...

Taco Mulder

CISO Federal Public Administration

Taco Mulder

CISO Federal Public Administration

Taco Mulder, CISO Federal Public Administration. With an international background in profit and not for profit organizations, Taco has acquired a good basis for operating in a multicultural environment. In addition to his formal assignment as CISO, where he supports the federal administration with the NIS2 implementation, Taco is an active mentor in the Women4Cyber program. ...

Andrea Leone

Team Leader Digital Economy, Digital Transformation Unit, Directorate General for International Partnerships, EU Commission

Andrea Leone

Team Leader Digital Economy, Digital Transformation Unit, Directorate General for International Partnerships, EU Commission

Jamila Boutemeur

ENISA

Jamila Boutemeur

ENISA

Jamila Boutemeur is a Senior CTI analyst and vulnerability manager at ENISA. She’s been involved in CTI for the last 7 years, including in the private industry, public administrations and international organizations, with a specific focus on State-aligned cyber offensive activities and proliferation in the cyber domain. ...

Noortje Henrichs

Team Manager CTI, National Cybersecurity Centre, Netherlands

Noortje Henrichs

Team Manager CTI, National Cybersecurity Centre, Netherlands

Raphael Wosolsobe

CERT-EU

Raphael Wosolsobe

CERT-EU

Raphael Wosolsobe is a cyber threat intelligence specialist focusing on nation-state research and analysis, and data automation. With six years overall cybersecurity experience including roles in red teaming, incident response, and security engineering, Raphael has moved to working full-time on CTI projects four years ago and is currently working with CERT-EU. Previously, Raphael has been with different consultancies delivering projects to EU governme ...

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