Hadas Cassorla, JD, MBA, CISSP, CIPT has a lot of letters after her name, but the three letters she cares the most about are Y-E-S. Marrying her business, legal, IT and improv backgrounds, she helps organizations build strong, actionable and implementable security programs by getting buy-in from the boardroom to the basement. Her focus is on helping companies enable scaled, thoughtful security. She has built corporate security offices from ground-up and help develop them into departments of Security as a Service. When not managing security, Hadas works as an improvisational actor and corporate trainer, teaching companies how to get to “yes” and stay on course in a fast-changing world where the unexpected happens every day.

Hadas Cassorla, JD, MBA, CISSP, CIPT has a lot of letters after her name, but the three letters she cares the most about are Y-E-S. Marrying her business, legal, IT and improv backgrounds, she helps organizations build strong, actionable and implemen... Show more

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News California. Based in California’s State Capitol, Julie's reporting combines watchdog journalism with solutions-focused storytelling to expose systemic failures, hold the powerful accountable, spur legislative reforms, increase transparency and drive change.

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News California. Based in California’s State Capitol, Julie's reporting combines watchdog journalism with solutions-focused storytelling to expose systemic failures, hold the... Show more

Taylor Giorno covers lobbying and influence for NOTUS. She previously covered business and lobbying for The Hill and money in politics for OpenSecrets. An Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) member, Taylor has helped train fellow journalists to track dark money in elections and foreign influence operations.

Taylor Giorno covers lobbying and influence for NOTUS. She previously covered business and lobbying for The Hill and money in politics for OpenSecrets. An Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) member, Taylor has helped train fellow journalists to... Show more

Sreedhar Ailu is a software quality practitioner specializing in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) governance, release readiness oversight, and quality risk management for large-scale regulated enterprise systems. With more than 13 years of experience, he has led and supported acceptance testing, deployment governance, and release decision-making across complex multi-vendor healthcare and public-sector technology programs.

His work focuses on the often-overlooked gap between successful testing and true production readiness. Drawing from real-world experience in highly regulated environments, he explores challenges related to regulatory interpretation alignment, testability coverage, release governance, and operational risk. His interests center on helping organizations make more informed release decisions when dependencies, integrations, and compliance requirements introduce hidden risk.

Sreedhar is an accepted speaker at CAST 2026 and an accepted author at PNSQC 2026. He actively contributes to the software quality community through practitioner research, conference participation, peer review, and knowledge sharing. His current areas of exploration include release readiness metrics, regulatory interpretation alignment, testability coverage, quality risk management, and governance approaches that improve confidence in enterprise software delivery.

When not working on quality and governance challenges, he enjoys mentoring practitioners, studying software delivery patterns, and contributing to discussions that advance the practice of software quality engineering.

Sreedhar Ailu is a software quality practitioner specializing in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) governance, release readiness oversight, and quality risk management for large-scale regulated enterprise systems. With more than 13 years of experience, h... Show more

Tony Iovino is currently a Fellow with the EveryLibrary Institute. He was the Assistant Director for the Oceanside Library from 2015 to 2025. Prior to that, he was the head of litigation and managing partner for a law firm he started in 1986. Tony received his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond, his JD from St. John's University School of Law, and his MLIS from the University of Kentucky.

In his role at Oceanside, Tony transformed the Library by dramatically increasing its outreach into the community, increasing program attendance 81% without a single extra dollar, markedly increasing circulation, and ultimately shepherding a $40 million renovation of the Library facility.

Tony is a published author and poet. He served on the Oceanside School District Board of Education and has served as a director and attorney for dozens of non-profit and public boards. He has helped over a dozen libraries and systems on a pro bono basis and has spoken nationally and regionally on library topics.

Tony Iovino is currently a Fellow with the EveryLibrary Institute. He was the Assistant Director for the Oceanside Library from 2015 to 2025. Prior to that, he was the head of litigation and managing partner for a law firm he started in 1986. Tony re... Show more

Data Engineer with 4+ years of experience at AWS building scalable data platforms, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native analytics solutions. Proven track record of designing and automating data workflows using AWS Glue, Redshift, Lambda, and Airflow, improving pipeline efficiency by up to 80% and data accuracy by 20%. Experienced in building distributed data systems handling 100K+ to multi-million record datasets across 100+ AWS services, enabling reliable enterprise reporting and financial forecasting. Strong expertise in Python, SQL, and AWS data services with focus on data modeling, pipeline orchestration, and production-grade architecture. Proven success delivering scalable data solutions through cross-functional collaboration across engineering, finance, and product teams.

Data Engineer with 4+ years of experience at AWS building scalable data platforms, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native analytics solutions. Proven track record of designing and automating data workflows using AWS Glue, Redshift, Lambda, and Airflow, impr... Show more

Mcs Jorge Bastidas Sepúlveda

Cofundador y COO en Bezerion -Magister en Ciberseguridad UAI | Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence | Analista Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia | Ciberinteligencia | DPO | Relaciones Exteriores - Seguridad y Defensa

Actualmente con 8 Años de experiencia en entidades publicas y privadas en áreas de la computación ,Técnico en electrónica, Ingeniero en informática, Analista de Inteligencia y Ciberseguridad.

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Mcs Jorge Bastidas Sepúlveda Cofundador y COO en Bezerion -Magister en Ciberseguridad UAI | Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence | Analista Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia | Ciberinteligencia | DPO | Relaciones Exteriores - Seguridad y Defensa A... Show more

Steven France brings 25 years of public school education at the high school and adult education levels. He began his career as a high school English and Leadership teacher in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District prior to his 2005 appointment as Vice Principal within the same district. In 2007, Steven became Associate Principal in the Acalanes Union High School District and in 2012, was promoted to Coordinator of Acalanes Center for Independent Study and Student Services. Since 2015, Steven France has served as Director of the Del Valle Education Center, overseeing adult education, School Attendance Review Board (SARB), Home and Hospital Instruction, and various credit recovery options.

Professionally, Steven participated in the 2012 - 2013 ACSA Pupil Services Academy and since 2018, continues as the Director of the Northern California ACSA Pupil Services Academy. Since 2017, Steven France has been a member of Pupil Services Coalition in Sacramento, served as a Board Member of the California School Psychologist Foundation in 2019, and is an active member of the California Association of Pupil Personnel Administrators (CAPPA) serving as Chairperson 2016 - 2018, 2019 - 2020, and is currently Co-Chairperson since 2022. In the fall of 2022, Steven was appointed to the Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board and remains an active Board Member representing the K-12 Education and Training Seat.

Steven France earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, Hayward and also attended Point Loma Nazarene University in 2013 to earn his Child Welfare and Attendance Certificate.

Steven France brings 25 years of public school education at the high school and adult education levels. He began his career as a high school English and Leadership teacher in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District prior to his 2005 appointment as Vic... Show more

Eli W Garmann trives aller best akkurat der den perfekte teorien frontkolliderer med virkeligheten. Som strategisk rådgiver og cand.jur. i Teniro, har hun bred erfaring med å undervise og rådgi virksomheter i tunge rammeverk som NIS2, DORA og kompleks risikostyring. Hun vet med andre ord nøyaktig hvordan den feilfrie beredskapsplanen ser ut på papiret.

Men Eli brenner aller mest for det som skjer når papiret brenner. Hun er kjent for sin evne til å bygge bro mellom serverrommet, styrerommet og lovverket, og gjør tung juss og compliance både forståelig og underholdende. Når hun står på scenen, kan du forvente deg færre tørre paragrafer og mer praktisk virkelighet – levert med glimt i øyet og sylskarpe strategiske råd.

Eli W Garmann trives aller best akkurat der den perfekte teorien frontkolliderer med virkeligheten. Som strategisk rådgiver og cand.jur. i Teniro, har hun bred erfaring med å undervise og rådgi virksomheter i tunge rammeverk som NIS2, DORA og komplek... Show more

I am Shaker Sangam, Founder & CEO, of The Centaurus.io I have been an entrepreneur for over 22 years in Commercial retail establishments and Investing & Trading. My educational background is Law, Business, Information technology, and I am self-taught in many ways. My innovative side motivates me to part-take in simplifying the Blockchain trading ecosystem experience. And to be part of revolution of Blockchain technology’s transformation.

I am Shaker Sangam, Founder & CEO, of The Centaurus.io I have been an entrepreneur for over 22 years in Commercial retail establishments and Investing & Trading. My educational background is Law, Business, Information technology, and I am self-taugh... Show more

Maathangi Mohan is the Data Programs and Partnerships Lead at datocracy. She started her career as a decision scientist building analytics tools for Fortune 500 companies, and has spent the last several years asking what it would take to bring that same rigour to AI governance and capacity building in public institutions across the Global Majority. Today she leads AI and data literacy programs with government ministries, universities, and civil society organisations across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Pacific.

Most recently, she designed and facilitated the Responsible AI and Governance curriculum for Africa AI Literacy Week in 2025, engaging researchers and practitioners across Africa. She has also led research supporting data governance and digital education regulatory frameworks at the regional level in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Her work sits at the intersection of practical AI governance, institutional capacity building, and inclusive development, focused on equipping practitioners to govern the technologies they use, rather than simply use them.

Maathangi Mohan is the Data Programs and Partnerships Lead at datocracy. She started her career as a decision scientist building analytics tools for Fortune 500 companies, and has spent the last several years asking what it would take to bring that s... Show more

Xavier Cardona is a highly experienced trainer on fatherhood engagement, domestic violence, and men and trauma, and a facilitator of Nurturing fathers’ groups and support groups for fathers. He has participated in over 50 training events for child welfare staff in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Texas, Kansas, and Florida. He also has provided specialized training on fatherhood and domestic violence for child welfare staff (Department of Children & Families—DCF) in Massachusetts.

Xavier Cardona is a highly experienced trainer on fatherhood engagement, domestic violence, and men and trauma, and a facilitator of Nurturing fathers’ groups and support groups for fathers. He has participated in over 50 training events for child w... Show more

Amy didn't plan a career in compliance-it found her after her own personal information was compromised in a data breach. Seeing how overwhelming that experience was inspired her to help healthcare practices become proactive instead of reactive-and fueled her mission to help them avoid the same stress and disruption.
For more than ten years, Amy has helped organizations simplify HIPAA, strengthen cybersecurity, and build confident teams. As CEO of Copper Penny Consulting, she translates complicated regulations into practical, engaging education that sticks.
Amy's goal is simple: protect practices, protect patients, and prevent the next breach.

Amy didn't plan a career in compliance-it found her after her own personal information was compromised in a data breach. Seeing how overwhelming that experience was inspired her to help healthcare practices become proactive instead of reactive-and fu... Show more

Adeboro Odunlami is a lawyer and digital rights consultant with a special interest in technology trust and safety policy.

She serves as Executive Director of the Digital Initiative for Innovation and Development (DIID), a pan-African organisation promoting public-interest digital transformation, human rights safeguards, and democratic accountability. She also coordinates the African Internet Rights Alliance, supporting leading civil society organisations in advancing internet freedom and responsible platform governance.

She is the co-founder of Lawbrella; Nigeria tool that offers comprehensive legal support to victims of Image-Based Sexual Abuse in Nigeria and the Nigerian Research Consultant for the Freedom on the Net Report by Freedom House. (2022-2024). She also publishes regular policy commentary on online safety for children on ‘Minor Safety’

She has worked on a range of Internet rights and policy issues including data governance, digital inclusion, and platform accountability. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow, Internet Society Fellow and Mastercard Foundation Scholar at the Blavatnik School of Government (University of Oxford)

Adeboro Odunlami is a lawyer and digital rights consultant with a special interest in technology trust and safety policy. She serves as Executive Director of the Digital Initiative for Innovation and Development (DIID), a pan-African organisation... Show more

For 25+ years, my mission has been clear: to protect organizations from increasingly complex threats. Spanning law enforcement, defense, consulting, and the financial sector, my career is built on turning uncertainty into strategic advantage.

As a proven outlier in the intelligence field, I empower boards and executive leadership to make confident decisions. Over the past decade, my core focus has been at the intersection of intelligence, corporate security, and financial crime prevention.

For 25+ years, my mission has been clear: to protect organizations from increasingly complex threats. Spanning law enforcement, defense, consulting, and the financial sector, my career is built on turning uncertainty into strategic advantage. As a... Show more

Kaja jobber som rådgiver i Knowit Cybersecurity & Law, med fagområdene informasjonssikkerhet, risiko og personvern. Hun har 7 års erfaring som konsulent og 2 år i offentlig sektor.

Kaja har et tydelig fokus på samspillet mellom mennesker, organisasjon og teknologi. Gjennom roller som informasjonssikkerhetsleder (CISO), risk manager og personvernombud har hun opparbeidet seg erfaring med å skape forståelse for risiko på tvers av fagmiljøer og ledelsesnivåer.

Kaja jobber som rådgiver i Knowit Cybersecurity & Law, med fagområdene informasjonssikkerhet, risiko og personvern. Hun har 7 års erfaring som konsulent og 2 år i offentlig sektor. Kaja har et tydelig fokus på samspillet mellom mennesker, organis... Show more

Rådgiver innen informasjonssikkerhet og etterlevelse, med fokus på risikostyring og praktisk implementering av ISO/IEC 27001 frem til sertifisering. Holder kurs i ISA/IEC 62443 for operasjonell teknologi og jobber for å gjøre sikkerhet forståelig, praktisk og faktisk nyttig.

Rådgiver innen informasjonssikkerhet og etterlevelse, med fokus på risikostyring og praktisk implementering av ISO/IEC 27001 frem til sertifisering. Holder kurs i ISA/IEC 62443 for operasjonell teknologi og jobber for å gjøre sikkerhet forståelig, pr... Show more

Seit 2019-heute: Juristische Assistenz Uni Stuttgart, ISW
Seit 2021-heute: Selbstständig, Tätigkeit in Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften
2022-2025: Wissenschaftsmanagerin Uni Stuttgart Agility Lab
2022: Ausbildung Agile Coach
2018: Master of Laws, LL.M.

Seit 2019-heute: Juristische Assistenz Uni Stuttgart, ISW Seit 2021-heute: Selbstständig, Tätigkeit in Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften 2022-2025: Wissenschaftsmanagerin Uni Stuttgart Agility Lab 2022: Ausbildung Agile Coach 2018: Master of Laws... Show more

With more than 30 years of experience in security and technology leadership, Craig Williams is a trusted expert in building, governing, and optimizing secure digital environments. His career spans enterprise security strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance, with deep specialization in HIPAA, PCI, NIST, ISO, and GDPR frameworks. Recognized as an industry leader in AI Governance, Craig helps organizations adopt artificial intelligence responsibly by establishing ethical, compliant, and transparent guardrails. Known for his practical, business‑aligned approach to protecting data and enabling innovation, he has guided numerous organizations through complex compliance landscapes while implementing scalable, resilient security programs. Craig continues to champion best practices that ensure organizations remain secure, compliant, and future‑ready.

With more than 30 years of experience in security and technology leadership, Craig Williams is a trusted expert in building, governing, and optimizing secure digital environments. His career spans enterprise security strategy, risk management, and re... Show more

Helena Secaf dos Santos is a lawyer and researcher with experience in privacy, data protection, and digital regulation. She holds a Master’s degree in Law and Development from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito SP), supported by the Mario Henrique Simonsen Teaching and Research Scholarship. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the same institution, with partial support from the Sr. Luiz Simões Lopes Merit Scholarship. Currently, she serves as Research Coordinator at InternetLab and Data Protection Officer (DPO).

Helena Secaf dos Santos is a lawyer and researcher with experience in privacy, data protection, and digital regulation. She holds a Master’s degree in Law and Development from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito SP), supported by the Mario Henrique ... Show more

Verónica Analía Recchia is an Argentine lawyer and psychologist, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology (UBA) and instructor at the Centro de e-Learning, UTN FRBA, where she teaches leadership, cognition, and applied decision-making in high-pressure environments.

Her research combines cognitive science, ethics, organizational psychology and AI-driven decision architectures. She is the author of Agilidad y Talento. Egoísmo y Altruismo del Poder (A pesar de la Mente Click) and is currently developing her new book MenteClick.IA (La continuidad de la especie) — ISBN 978-631-01-1706-5 — on artificial intelligence, evolutionary continuity and human-machine alterity.

She is a co-founder of EIA LATAM (Ethics of Artificial Intelligence), an emerging collaborative initiative focused on cognitive sovereignty, AI ethics, and human–machine coexistence. The project is currently developing the EIA Manifesto.

Her work examines how intuitive cognition and structured algorithmic systems can coexist to preserve human judgment, ethical direction, and political responsibility within accelerated technological ecosystems.

Verónica Analía Recchia is an Argentine lawyer and psychologist, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology (UBA) and instructor at the Centro de e-Learning, UTN FRBA, where she teaches leadership, cognition, and applied decision-making in high-pressure e... Show more

Inger is an interaction designer, developer and e-government specialist with experience across privacy-by-design, user-centered development, and legal technology. After several years of working as an IT-consultant, she is stepping into the role of product manager and domain advisor for Team Dolly, where she oversees the development of synthetic data solutions that enable safer, more efficient innovation across Nav's systems.

Inger is an interaction designer, developer and e-government specialist with experience across privacy-by-design, user-centered development, and legal technology. After several years of working as an IT-consultant, she is stepping into the role of pr... Show more

An independent OSS consultant with over 14  years’ experience, she is an expert in the concept of OSPOs, and specializes in defining OSPO strategy, governance, OSPO roles, and stakeholder processes. She has led OSS license scanning, risk analysis, while collaborating across legal, quality, infrastructure, information security, and development functions aligning with OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230. Expert in empowering organizations with mature OSS compliance frameworks, and compliance.

An independent OSS consultant with over 14  years’ experience, she is an expert in the concept of OSPOs, and specializes in defining OSPO strategy, governance, OSPO roles, and stakeholder processes. She has led OSS license scanning, risk analysis, w... Show more

Dr. Richard Huot is the founder of Beachside Dental Consultants, Inc., and started his consulting firm in 2004. Rick is also the Chief Business Development Officer for Velmeni, an AI assisted diagnostic software for dental practices. www.velmeni.com/about
As a Key Opinion Leader, he has lectured at many meetings on topics such as leadership issues, career transitioning, financial planning, and buying/selling dental practices. His articles have been featured in Becker’s Dental Review, Dental Products Report, Dental Economics, Dentistry Today, Dental Practice Report, ADA News, AGD Impact, and other state dental journals.
Dr. Huot retired from the USAF Reserve Dental Corps, after 30 years of military duty and was a private practice owner from 1985 to 2008. Rick still practices clinical dentistry today on a per diem basis, while doing concurrent consulting for the same practices.
He served on the Florida Dental Association Board of Trustees and as ADA Vice President for two years, and was Chair of the AGD Council on Legislative and Government Affairs.
Rick earned his dental degree from Northwestern University, and graduated from the College of Financial Planning (CFP) in 1996, and is a graduate of the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) program at the American College of Financial Services. Dr. Huot completed his term as Chair of the ADA Council on Member’s Insurance and Retirement Plans in 2023.

Dr. Richard Huot is the founder of Beachside Dental Consultants, Inc., and started his consulting firm in 2004. Rick is also the Chief Business Development Officer for Velmeni, an AI assisted diagnostic software for dental practices. www.velmeni.com/... Show more

Seasoned General Counsel, expert in quickly getting to the core of where the legal function can be improved and leveraged to deliver maximum value creation, decreasing cost, minimizing risk, and increasing efficiency and ROI.
Proven track record of delivering pragmatic, business-focused, legal risk frameworks across jurisdictions (30+ countries in EMEA) and industries (including heavily regulated sectors such as finance, life sciences, mobility and FMCG), after being blue-chip, magic circle law firm trained.

Seasoned General Counsel, expert in quickly getting to the core of where the legal function can be improved and leveraged to deliver maximum value creation, decreasing cost, minimizing risk, and increasing efficiency and ROI. Proven track record of... Show more

Fotios Stathopoulos is a technical leader and applied AI engineer with nearly two decades of experience building large-scale cloud and data systems in highly regulated environments. He has worked extensively across cloud architecture, big data platforms, and machine learning, with a strong focus on taking complex systems from prototype to reliable production.

In recent years, his work has centered on AI-assisted decision systems for insurance underwriting and risk assessment, where explainability, governance, and fail-safe design are critical. He leads applied AI development at Infoset, designing and operating production systems that combine cloud-native architectures with LLM-based reasoning on AWS, while meeting strict operational and compliance requirements.

Fotios Stathopoulos is a technical leader and applied AI engineer with nearly two decades of experience building large-scale cloud and data systems in highly regulated environments. He has worked extensively across cloud architecture, big data platfo... Show more

Avvocato iscritta all'Albo di Milano dal 2007, contitolare dello Studio Legale Triberti Castellani. Membro della Task Force AI Liability della Commissione Europea (CEPS) e Consigliere di Amm. di Infratel Italia (MIMIT). Professore a contratto presso Università di Verona, Politecnico di Milano e Universidade Federal da Bahia. Tra le sue pubblicazioni, L'IA oltre le 4 leggi della robotica (Goware, 2020). Paper accettato a WE ROBOT 2026, Berlino. Ad AI Conf presenta un framework sulla responsabilità indiretta dei fornitori di sistemi agentici, tra licensing, data governance e standard of care con il CTO di AI.ANIMA.

Avvocato iscritta all'Albo di Milano dal 2007, contitolare dello Studio Legale Triberti Castellani. Membro della Task Force AI Liability della Commissione Europea (CEPS) e Consigliere di Amm. di Infratel Italia (MIMIT). Professore a contratto presso ... Show more

Yael Sarabia lidera la estrategia de Open Banking en Syncfy, donde está revolucionando la forma en que las empresas gestionan sus finanzas a través de la conectividad de datos. Su trayectoria es un cruce poco común de disciplinas: abogada de formación, tecnóloga por pasión y estratega comercial por experiencia. Esta visión 360° le ha permitido impulsar soluciones de alto impacto tanto para marcas globales como para causas sociales, demostrando que la tecnología solo es poderosa cuando sirve a un propósito humano.

Yael Sarabia lidera la estrategia de Open Banking en Syncfy, donde está revolucionando la forma en que las empresas gestionan sus finanzas a través de la conectividad de datos. Su trayectoria es un cruce poco común de disciplinas: abogada de formació... Show more

Munish Walther-Puri (he/him) is the former and first Director of Cyber Risk for New York City Cyber Command. He also teaches on cyber resiliency and critical infrastructure at NYU Center for Global Affairs and Columbia SIPA.

Previously, he worked at a dark web monitoring company, advised startups, and consulted independently on technology and intelligence analysis. Munish is a CFR member and Fletcher Political Risk Group advisor. He is an ally for the #ShareTheMicInCyber campaign and an Eagle Scout.

Munish Walther-Puri (he/him) is the former and first Director of Cyber Risk for New York City Cyber Command. He also teaches on cyber resiliency and critical infrastructure at NYU Center for Global Affairs and Columbia SIPA. Previously, he worked ... Show more

Tonje Østgård er utdannet kriminolog og lektor fra Universitetet i Oslo. Hun har jobbet med sikkerhetsfaget siden 2017, da hun ble ansatt i Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet. Siden februar 2022 har hun jobbet med personellsikkerhet i DNB.

Tonje Østgård er utdannet kriminolog og lektor fra Universitetet i Oslo. Hun har jobbet med sikkerhetsfaget siden 2017, da hun ble ansatt i Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet. Siden februar 2022 har hun jobbet med personellsikkerhet i DNB. Show more