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Nigel Smart
ProfessorKU LeuvenSmart received a BSc degree in mathematics from the University of Reading in 1989 and his PhD degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1992. Smart proceeded to work as a research fellow at the University of Kent, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Cardiff University until 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he was a lecturer at the University of Kent, and then spent three years at Hewlett-Packard from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2017 he was at the University of Bristol, where he founded the cryptology research group. From 2018 he has been based in the COSIC group at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Smart held a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (2008-2013), and two ERC Advanced Grant (2011-2016 and 2016-2021). He was a director of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (2012-2014), and was elected Vice President for the period 2014-2016. In 2016 he was named as a Fellow of the IACR.
Smart carries out research on a wide variety of topics in cryptography. Smart is known for his work in elliptic curve cryptography. He has also worked on pairing-based cryptography contributing a number of algorithms such as the SK-KEM and the Ate-pairing. His work with Gentry and Halevi on performing the first large calculation using Fully Homomorphic Encryption won the IBM Pat Goldberg Best Paper Award for 2012. In the last decade he has worked on making secure multiparty computation practical.
In addition to his three years at HP Laboratories, Smart was a founder of the startup Identum, which was bought by Trend Micro in 2008. In 2013 he formed, with Yehuda Lindell, Unbound Security, a company deploying products based on multi-party computations. He is also the co-founder, along with Kenny Paterson, of the Real World Cryptography conference series.
Joanne Biggadike
Deputy Head of Data UKDUAL GroupAntonio Rocha
Data Protection ExpertCouncil of EuropeJohn Bowman
Chief Privacy Office - AI Ethics Market Strategy LeadIBMJohn Bowman, joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 with a primary mission to deliver client success and drive growth in IBM, including advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, a Business Unit of IBM Consulting, having joined the company in 2014. John’s client engagements included managing privacy change programmes, preparing applications for Binding Corporate Rules, helping organisations prepare for regulatory audits, and advising on issues of risk, compliance, and public policy. Prior to joining Promontory, John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy. In this role, he served as the UK government’s lead negotiator on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). John served on the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) European Advisory Board 2019-2020 and has over 25 articles published on privacy-related topics.
Iker Perez Lopez
Principal Research ScientistFeaturespaceMark Medum Bundgaard
Chief Product OfficerPartisiaJoerg Steinhaus
Head of Data PrivacyGothaer InsurancesJovan Powar
Privacy and Security ResearcherAlan Turing InstituteJovan is a security and privacy researcher with the Alan Turing Institute’s FAIR programme, working on foundational and practical concerns around the responsible adoption of AI and PETs in the financial services industry. In his PhD (pending examination) at the University of Cambridge he worked on risk management frameworks for data privacy and socio-technical system modelling for data governance projects.
Elli Papageorgiou
Senior Counsel, Privacy and Data ProtectionMastercardElli is a privacy and data protection professional working in the technology and payments industry, with a strong academic background. She has been advising on various privacy topics including biometric authentication, digital identity, data analytics and anonymization. Currently working with Mastercard's Data and Services business unit providing privacy by design advice on innovative data solutions. Admitted to practice law in New York and Athens, Greece.
Cédric Wahl
Co-Founder and CTOSecretariumAn ambitious forward-thinker, Cédric has been working in the convergence space of Applied Maths, Distributed Computing and Finance for the last 25 years. Backed by a strong academic background in Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, he has built and led the exploit of large, distributed risk management compute systems for some of the most complex financial derivatives.
Leveraging his knowledge of cryptography and investment banking privacy issues, Cédric then moved onto founding Société Générale’s Blockchain Lab in 2015.
Now Co-Founder and CTO of Secretarium; a deep-tech trustless network start-up, committed to reshaping data ownership for the Web by providing privacy-preserving smart contract apps secured by PETs, he is driven by the desire to create a future where everyone controls their own data and can demonstrate honesty.
Emilio Tropea
Global Open Innovation and Venture Manager, CRIFAnonosNick New
FounderOptalysysFounded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.
Dr. June Brawner
Senior Policy Adviser for Data and Digital TechnologiesThe Royal SocietyDr. June Brawner is a policy advisor at The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. She leads the Society’s work on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) within the Data and AI policy team, which is developing policy and promoting debate that helps the UK safely and rapidly realise the growing benefits of data science and digital technologies.
June’s career in academic and policy research spans the US, UK, and Central / Eastern Europe, with a focus on environmental data for policymaking. Prior to her current role she worked as a research consultant and has previously completed fellowships with the Fulbright Commission and Columbia University’s Council for European Studies.
As an anthropologist, June is especially interested in the ‘social life’ of data: the cultural and political factors that hinder or promote the equitable use of data for research, innovation, and decision-making. To this end, she sees upholding the right to privacy as a key technical and social challenge in using data for societal benefit.
Dr Ismini Psychoula
Senior Technical Advisor – Machine Learning, PETs, & Trustworthy AIOFCOMDr. Ismini Psychoula is a Senior Technology Advisor at Ofcom where she works on multidisciplinary projects that integrate Machine Learning, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Trustworthy AI in the context of online safety.
Prior to her current role she worked as a Research Scientist in industry, leading privacy-preserving machine learning and explainable AI projects. Her expertise in artificial intelligence, privacy, and data governance, has led her to gain experience in variety of sectors such as healthcare, internet of things, finance, cybersecurity, and online safety.
In addition to her role at Ofcom, Ismini is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL where she collaborates in research work related to federated learning, differential privacy, natural language processing, synthetic data, and responsible AI.
Paul Comerford
Principal Technology Policy AdvisorICOPaul Comerford is a Principal Technology Adviser within the Technology and Innovation directorate at the ICO. Paul previously worked in academia as a lecturer, holding Computer Networks and Cyber security positions at several universities. Since joining the ICO in 2018, Paul is a lead on the development of UK GDPR guidance on anonymisation, pseudonymisation and also ICO PETs guidance published in September 2023.
Pavle Avramović
Emerging Tech & ResearchFinancial Conduct AuthorityPavle leads the Emerging Technologies Hub at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). He focuses on providing insights and thought leadership on how emerging technologies could impact financial services markets, consumers and regulators. His areas of focus include quantum computing, privacy enhancing technologies, synthetic data and distributed ledger technologies.
Previously he was closely involved in FCA’s efforts across RegTech and SupTech, including the TechSprint work programme. He also leads the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) Horizon Scanning Workstream and is a member of the World Economic Forum Quantum Security Working Group.
He holds a MSc in Digital Innovation and Information Systems from the London School of Economics and is an Industrial Fellow at the University of East London. He has co-authored papers for the Harvard Data Science Review, Alan Turing Institute and other organisations, including presenting at major conferences and research seminars.Steven Prestidge
Chief Commercial & Innovation OfficerAnonosAn astute problem solver, Steve is a seasoned business and technology executive who finds smart solutions for the data challenges facing forward-thinking global enterprises. His experience in digital technologies spans more than 20 years and includes successfully guiding clients to use their data for advanced analytics, monetization and cloud processing.
As Chief Commercial & Innovation Officer at Anonos, Steve works closely with a global team to expand partnerships with systems integrators and professional services firms. He works directly with commercial organizations to discover opportunities locked within data assets and utilize them fully without compromising security, privacy, accuracy or speed.
Prior to joining Anonos, Steve held global executive and commercial leadership roles at Dell, Getty Images and most recently Data Republic.
Steve holds a higher national diploma from the United Kingdom’s Evesham College.
Steve is based in Los Angeles, California.
Omar Ali Fdal
Chief Data Scientist & Head of Privacy ResearchAnonosOmar has a passion for creating products that unlock the value of data and address the challenges organizations face in managing and using data at enterprise scale.
As a former engineer, Omar saw the opportunity to help organizations utilize more data without breaching privacy regulations, and co-founded Statice in 2018, a Berlin-based state-of-the-art data privacy technology company. With the company’s other co-founders, Mikhail Dyakov and Sebastian Weyer, they focused on delivering software that helps enterprises generate privacy-preserving synthetic data compliant for any type of data integration, processing and dissemination. The company was acquired by Anonos in October 2022. Following the acquisition, Omar joined the Anonos executive leadership team as Chief Data Scientist & Head of Privacy Research. Omar drives research and development of technology innovation to help organizations uncover the answers to the burning data privacy questions to support their business objectives.
Prior to co-founding Statice, Omar worked as a research engineer in the field of search and data mining for several companies, such as the Amadeus IT Group, based in France. He also co-founded Hupp, an urban mobility startup in southern France.
Omar speaks six languages fluently. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and has studied at IMT Atlantique in France (formerly Télécom Bretagne) and Uppsala University in Sweden.
Omar is based in Berlin, Germany.
Enrico Bagli
Data Science and Innovation ManagerCRIFBringing a decade of experience in data-driven innovation, I specialize in steering projects at the crossroads of data science and finance. My commitment is to amplify the impact of digital transformation while exploring cutting-edge technologies. My primary objective is to assist my company and its customers in navigating the era of the AI revolution successfully.
David Pollington
Head of ResearchBloc VenturesAmir Tabakovic
Independent Advisor and LecturerMobey ForumAmir Tabakovic is an independent advisor and lecturer in Switzerland and Spain with the objective of closing the gap between privacy and data-driven innovation.
His business experience includes an executive role at the machine learning pioneer BigML and a digital innovation leadership position at one of the top Swiss retail banks.
Amir is an honorary lifetime member and former member of the board at global digital financial services industry association, Mobey Forum where he is currently chairing the Expert Group on Data Privacy in the Age of AI."Mike Dewar
Vice President Data ScienceMastercardDr Michael Dewar is a VP of Data Science in the Crypto and Security Innovation team within Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. Dr Dewar has a PhD in complex systems from the University of Sheffield, held postdoctoral positions at Edinburgh and Columbia Universities, and has published widely in the fields of mathematical modelling and machine learning.
Before joining Mastercard, Dr Dewar has held data scientist positions at the social media company bit.ly, and in the R&D Lab at the New York Times. During his time at Mastercard, Dr Dewar and his team have been responsible for creating large-scale financial crime products used by the top UK banks, including the Trace Money Mules, Consumer Fraud Risk and Corporate Fraud Risk products.
Lawrence Lundy-Bryan
Partner, ResearchLunar VenturesLawrence is a deep tech researcher and investor. He is a Partner for Research at Lunar Ventures, a deep tech venture fund where he focuses on horizon scanning. He developed stateofthefuture.xyz, a deep tech tracker, monitoring over 100+ technologies, and writes weekly stateofthefuture.substack.com. He published an investment thesis on privacy-enhancing technologies in 2021. He has previously advised the UK Government, EU Commission, and World Economic Forum on emerging technologies.
Elea Himmelsbach
Senior ConsultantODIKurt Nielsen
CEOPartisiaKurt is the CEO and co-founder of Partisia, a global leader in applied Secure Multi-Party Computation across applications and platforms. He holds a PhD in Economics and a part-time position as Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen. As an experienced entrepreneur he has turned advanced cryptography solutions into innovative high-tech businesses for over 15 years e.g. as co-founder of Partisia, Sepior, and Partisia Blockchain.
Benjamin Nolan
VP Sales - Global Advisory PartnerAnonosKevin Ball
Product ManagerPwC GermanyPhillip May
Group Data Protection OfficerHastings DirectJessica Tay
Head of ComplianceLifebit.aiMarilia Aires
DPOGeoff Smith
Privacy Director/Global DPOBooking Finantial ServicesGeoff is currently the Data Protection Officer for Booking Holdings Financial Services building Fintech capability within one of the words largest Online Travel Agencies. His operational experience spans across multiple sectors including Banking, Insurance, Travel, Hospitality, Public Sector, E-commerce and Energy both domestically and globally at FTSE100 and Fortune 250 companies. Geoff is Visiting Professor at Loughborough University where he lectures on Data Ethics & Trust, including topics such as digital leadership, ethical frameworks, and decentralised technologies. He is an advocate for human centred design and is currently involved in a number of projects focused on empowerment tech.