Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux
Laboratory for Data Security, C4DT Academic Director, EPFL

Jean-Pierre Hubaux is a full professor at EPFL and head of the Laboratory for Data Security. Through his research, he contributes to laying the foundations and developing the tools for protecting privacy in today’s hyper-connected world. He has pioneered the areas of privacy and security in mobile/wireless networks and in personalized health. He is the academic director of the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT). He leads the  Data Protection in Personalized Health (DPPH) project funded by the ETH Council and is a co-chair of the Data Security Work Stream of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). He is a Fellow of both IEEE (2008) and ACM (2010). He is among the most cited researchers in privacy protection and in information security.

Prof. Adrian Perrig
Full Professor, Network Security Group, ETH Zurich

Adrian Perrig is a Swiss computer science researcher and professor at ETH Zurich, leading the Network Security research group. His research focuses on networking and systems security, and specifically on the design of a secure next-generation internet architecture with a particular focus on the design, development, and deployment of the SCION Internet architecture. SCION (Scalability, Control, and Isolation On Next-Generation Networks) is a proposed Future Internet architecture that aims to offer high availability and efficient point-to-point packet delivery, even in the presence of actively malicious network operators and devices.

Prof. Gregory J. Falco
Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory research institute, Orbital Security Alliance

Gregory Falco has been at the forefront of critical infrastructure and space system security in both industry and academia for the past decade. His research entitled Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems was highly influential in the recent Space Policy Directive-5, which shared the same title. Prof. Falco led a research team selected as the inaugural university cohort tasked with improving automatic hazard detection and avoidance for Space Force’s Hyperspace Challenge and collaborates closely with NASA JPL on cubesat cybersecurity research. He has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 for his inventions and contributions to critical infrastructure cyber security. Falco has been published in Science for his work on cyber risk. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Assured Autonomy and the Civil and Systems Engineering Department. Prof. Falco serves on the Leadership Council for the Maine Spaceport Complex, as an advisor to the Space Generation Advisory Council’s Security Project Group, as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Space Systems Critical Infrastructure Working Group and on the board of directors for bluShift – the bio-fueled uber of smallsat launch. He is also a Cyber Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, Research Affiliate at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Falco completed his postdoc at Stanford University, PhD at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, master’s degree at Columbia University and bachelor’s degree at Cornell University.

Prof. Stefan Pickl
Universität der Bundeswehr München

Stefan Pickl studied mathematics, theoretical electrical engineering and philosophy at the TU Darmstadt (diploma 1993, ERASMUS scholarship at EPFL Lausanne), 1998 PhD (TU Darmstadt), 2004 call to the C4 professorship for operations research at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich and 2004/05 habilitation (University of Cologne). From 2000-2005, Mr. Pickl was a research assistant and project manager at the Center for Applied Informatics Cologne (ZAIK), where he was mainly responsible for “Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Resource Conflicts – Analysis of Complex Systems”. Since July 2005 he officially holds the chair for Operations Research at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.

Dr. Vincent Lenders
Director of the Cyber-Defence Campus, armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T)

Vincent Lenders is the Director of the Cyber-Defence Campus and head of the Cyber Security and Data Science Department at armasuisse Science and Technology. He is also the cofounder and chairman of the executive boards at the OpenSky Network and Electrosense associations. He graduated with a MSc and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich and was also Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University. He has led during eight years the Swiss military research program on “Cyberspace and Information” and he was Industrial Director of the Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (ZISC) at ETH Zurich from 2012 to 2016. His research work has appeared in more than 120 publications at peer-reviewed international conferences and journals and has received various best paper awards.

Dr. Stefan Brem
Chief Risk Officer and Head of Risk Analysis and Research Coordination at Federal Office for Civil Protection

Since 2007, Dr. Stefan Brem leads the section Risk Analysis and Research Coordination at the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP). In October 2020, he additionally became the Chief Risk Officer of the FOCP covering also the strategic risk management responsibility. His section is responsible for the implementation of the national strategy on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and the realization of risk and vulnerability assessments in critical sub-sectors based on the national strategy on the protection of Switzerland against cyber risks. In his responsibility, the section conducts a national disaster risk assessment covering an all-hazard approach including a comprehensive hazard catalogue, hazard files, impact and risk diagrams. It supports the Cantons (constituent states) with their civil protection related risk assessments and preparedness planning.

Daniel Caduff
Head of the ICT Division at the Federal Office for National Economic Supply

Daniel Caduff studied political science, sociology and international law at the University of Zurich. During his studies he worked for a large Swiss internet provider. After several years in the IT service- and consulting industry, he joined the Federal Office for National Economic Supply FONES in 2014 as project manager for the National Strategy for the protection of Switzerland against cyber risks NCS. Since 2016, Daniel Caduff has been deputy head of the ICT Division at FONES. His work focuses on the development of ICT minimum standards for the operators of critical infrastructures, as well as on the development of further preventive and reactive measures at national level to improve the resilience of ICT infrastructure and services.

Bernd König
CISO at German Armed Forces and Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Fortinet

Bernd König has a 38 years IT Security History. Lt. Col. retd in German Armed Forces in the field of electronic warfare he was also the CISO of BWI Systems in the years 2007 to 2010, responsible for the Data Centers of German Armed Forces inside of HERKULES. With a long career in the field of IT security at Siemens, T-Systems International, Telekom Security and Akamai, he is now Senior Cyber Security Strategist D-A-CH at Fortinet. He holds a university degree in Pedagogy and is a certified IT expert with CISSP, CRISC and CEH Certifications.

Erik Dinkel
CISO at University Hospital Zurich

Erik Dinkel started at the University Hospital Zürich (USZ) as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in June 2018. Before he worked for more than 10 years at Credit Suisse as Risk Manager and Head of the Access Governance Center. Erik has a master’s degree in political science from the University Zurich and a CAS in Business Administration as well as a CAS in Information Security and a BSI certification as Information Security Officer.

Ivo Maritz
CISO at BKW Energie AG, MSF Partners

Ivo Maritz studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich and was subsequently assistant for computer science and then deputy head of the newly established IT Services at the University of Bern. After working for a major Swiss bank, he spent eleven years in various IT management positions for a large, globally active pharmaceutical group in Basel. Afterwards he was CTO/COO of a provider of telecom services for the business. Before Ivo Maritz joined BKW in 2014, he headed the ICT infrastructure organisation of a globally active industrial group. At BKW, as CIO he headed the Information & Communications Technology business unit with 160 employees and managed the company’s digital transformation. Since the beginning of 2017 he has been CSO/CISO, primarily managing BKW’s cyber security efforts. After his retirement from BKW by the end of 2020, Ivo is now working as a Senior Advisor with MSF Partners.

Franco Monti
Co-owner and co-founder of Monti Stampa Furrer & Partners

Franco Monti is co-owner and co-founder of Monti Stampa Furrer & Partners, MSFPartners.com in short, a Swiss OT cyber security boutique with offices in Switzerland and Dubai. He can draw on many years of experience in protection for critical infrastructures (IT & OT/ICS) in the energy and manufacturing sector. Over this period, he has accumulated a wealth of expertise in developing OT cyber security strategies and drawing up complex OT cyber security programmes. He takes responsibility for Swiss and international OT projects that focus on setting up security operations centres, introducing OT incident management and protecting IT and OT infrastructures in a holistic way. Recently he acted as the CISO of a large international manufacturing company where he was as well hardening OT in plants with his international team. Franco has graduated in engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and in business administration at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).

Dr. Vittorio Rosato
Head of the Laboratory for the Analysis and Protection of Critical Infrastructures, ENEA Casaccia Research Centre

Dr Vittorio Rosato is head of the Laboratory for Analysis and Protection of Critical Infrastructure at ENEA, Casaccia Research Centre (Rome, Italy). ENEA is the second largest research Institution in Italy. The APIC Laboratory is contained in the Dept. of Energy Technologies of ENEA which is committed in R&D in the different areas, from energy production (by fossil, nuclear and renewable sources), distribution, storage, dispatching and in the domain of physical and cyber protection of technological assets. APIC activities are mainly related to modelling of system of (inter)-dependent technological networks under constraints and perturbations (due to external events such as natural events, cyber attacks). He has contributed to the establishment of the EISAC.it where he currently holds the position of Managing Director. He is a Condensed Matter Physicists and holds PhD from University of Nancy (France) and BSc Degree at the University of Pisa (Italy). He has been working as Research Associate at UCW Aberystwyth (UK) and at CEA Saclay Nuclear Research Centre (France).

Dr. Alexandre Vautravers
Security Expert, Senior Security Advisor, State of Geneva

Since 2015, Alexandre Vautravers has been a senior advisor at the Department of Security (DSES) of the State of Geneva. Colonel of the General Staff and deputy commander of the 1^st Mechanized Brigade, Alexandre Vautravers has been editor-in-chief of the Revue militaire suisse (RMS+) since it celebrated its 150^th anniversary of uninterrupted publication in 2006. Alexandre Vautravers created and coordinated the CAS / MAS program in Global Security and Conflict Resolution at the University of Geneva, after having taught at several universities in Accrah, Beijing, London, Oxford and Tehran. He has been teaching International Relations in Geneva since 2006. Doctor of History as well as in Economic Sciences, his fields of research and publication are international relations and security issues, the evolution of armed conflict, the evolution of technology and the arms industry.

Dr. Alina Matyukhina
Cybersecurity Manager, Siemens

Alina Matyukhina is a cybersecurity manager at Siemens Smart Infrastructure Global HQ. She is responsible for ensuring that products for smart buildings and critical infrastructure meet the required cybersecurity level. Previously, she has worked as a cybersecurity researcher at the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity and EPFL. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science for her work in software security and data privacy. Alina is active in the cybersecurity industry, serving as a Chair of “Smart Infrastructure” working group at Swiss Cyber Forum and cybersecurity expert at digitalswitzerland to improve the digital safety and security of society and economy in Switzerland and globally.

Veit Hailperin
Security Expert, AdNovum

Veit Hailperin studied computer science and psychology at the University of Freiburg. He then worked as a security consultant and researcher for two security companies, with clients covering a broad spectrum – from non-profit organizations and government agencies to banks and insurance companies. His research interests focused on network and application layer security. He presented his findings at the Area41, Hack in Paris, and Security Fest conferences, among others. At AdNovum, he is both a security expert in the Technology & Innovation unit and a professional coach. He was project lead and initiator of AdNovum’s cloud-first collaboration platform and currently leads the self-sovereign identity Incubator project.

Dr. Alain Mermoud
General chair, Scientific Project Manager at the Cyber-Defence Campus, armasuisse Science and Technology (S+T)

Alain Mermoud is the Head of Technology Monitoring and Forecasting at the CYD Campus. His main research interests are in the area of emerging technologies, disruptive innovations, (cyber) threat intelligence and the economics of (cyber) security. In 2019, he earned his PhD in Information Systems from HEC Lausanne. His PhD research focused on security information sharing and cooperation in the context of critical infrastructure protection. Prior to that, he worked 5+ years in the banking industry and as lecturer at ETH Zurich. He earned his MSc in Business Administration and his BSc in Information Science from the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland and obtained a MBA in Strategic Management and Business Intelligence from the Ecole de Guerre Economique in Paris. He also holds a militia Intelligence Officer position in the Military Intelligence Service of the Swiss Armed Forces with the rank of Major on active-duty.

Dr. Dimitri Percia David
Program chair, EPFL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Geneva

Dimitri Percia David is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva and an EPFL Cyber-Defence Campus Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow. His research topics are related to technology forecasting and market monitoring for cyberdefence. By adopting an econophysics approach, he analyses collective intelligence networks and cascading processes in complex systems in order to investigate and model the production-capability networks, the innovation structures and dynamics underlying the hype cycle of technologies. Prior to his current job, Dimitri was a researcher and scientific collaborator at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich, and a data analyst responsible of market-prices forecasting for a commodity trading company. Dimitri holds a PhD degree in Information Systems from HEC Lausanne. His PhD research focused on the economics of information-systems defense capability: material-, human-, and knowledge-resources acquisition for critical infrastructures.

Dr. Thomas Maillart
General co-chair, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Geneva

Thomas Maillart aims to investigate, model and enhance human collective intelligence, through better understanding of incentives, structures and dynamics of social interactions online and in the physical world. In particular, Thomas is interested in the danger and opportunities arising from the fast expanding cyberspace. He holds a Master from EPFL (2005) and a PhD from ETH Zurich (2011). At ETH Zurich, Thomas received the Zurich Dissertation Prize in 2012 for his pioneering work on cyber risk and spent 2 years researching at the ETH Zurich Center for Law and Economics. Before joining the University of Geneva, he was a post-doctoral researcher at UC Berkeley until 2016. He co-founded a cybersecurity startup in 2005, and has consulted on cybersecurity for various governmental and private organizations.

MSc David Baschung
Session chair for industrial/practical experience reports, Cyberdefence Researcher at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich

David Baschung is a scientific collaborator at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich where he is researching in the field of the economics of Cybersecurity. Prior of joining the Department of Defense Economics he was working 10+ years as a project manager and consultant in the financial and healthcare industry focusing on information security. David holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Product Development, Micro- & Nanotechnology,) from ETH Zürich.

MSc Kilian Cuche
Publicity, communication and sponsorship chair, Cyberdefence Instructor at the DDPS

Kilian Cuche holds a BSc in Information Science and a MSc in Business Administration in Information Systems Management from the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. In 2018, he started his career as a university trainee at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich. Kilian was also a scientific collaborator focusing on critical infrastructure protection and the publication of the “The Security of Critical Infrastructures” book by Springer. Then, he worked as project collaborator in cyberdefence management and worked on the modelling of the Swiss cyber ecosystem in order to improve the efficiency of the Swiss cyberdefence. Now he is cyberdefence instructor at the DDPS dealing with cybersecurity awareness and training. Kilian is also a board member and digital strategist at Swissintell, the Swiss association for Competitive Intelligence.