Dr. BRYSON PAYNE

Director of the Center, TEDx speaker, Author, Professor | Center for Cyber Operations Education at the University of North Georgia (US)

Bio coming soon.

MASSIMO MERCATI

Head of ESA Security Office | European Space Agency (IT)

Bio coming soon.

ERIK BLOMBERG

Head of Security & Risk | Handelsbanken (SE)

Erik Blomberg is a Senior Vice President and head of Security & risk (CSO) in Handelsbanken. He is a security thought leader with an emphasis on threat intelligence, business alignment,  security & risk governance and operational resilience. Erik has 30+ years in the IT-industry. First, six years as a consultant in Capgemini, before moving to Handelsbanken where he has had different management positions, mainly supporting Handelsbanken’s international foot-print. Erik has had the position as CISO and now CSO since 2016, roles that are constantly evolving.

MERLE MAIGRE

Senior Expert on Cyber Security | e-Governance Academy (EE)

In 2017 to 2018, Maigre served as the Director of NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, which is a multinational hub of cyber defense expertise for NATO.
Between 2012 and 2017, Maigre worked as the Security Policy Adviser to Estonian Presidents Kersti Kaljulaid and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, being the President’s chief advisor on domestic and international security issues, including cyber defence. 

From 2010-2012 Merle Maigre was at NATO HQ in the Policy Planning Unit of the Private Office of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Merle has been decorated with the Estonian Defence Forces distinguished service medal (2018) and the Order of Merit of the Estonian Ministry of Defence (2018), the Dutch Commander of the Order of Oragne-Nassau (2018), the Order of Merit of Poland (2014), and the Commander of the Order of Lion of Finland (2014).