Starting 8AM EET - Helsinki Time

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8:00

We open the doors - Welcome!

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8:00

CEO Briefing - Invite-only

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9:00 

Opening Remarks by our Moderators

Peter Nyman & Jesse Kamras

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9:10 KEYNOTE

Fast, Focused, and Responsible​

Gary Foote, CIO – GM Performance Power Units | BCS Fellow | 5 × CIO 100 Honouree (UK)​

​Gary brings a unique perspective on what it means to build a future-fit business — one that can perform under pressure, adapt with speed, align innovation with purpose, and stay secure in an increasingly complex digital landscape.​

• How motorsport teams from Formula 1 to Rally push the limits of data driven decision making and real time operations

• How high-pressure environments show what’s possible when data, automation, and human precision combine to deliver performance at speed

• How cybersecurity resilience underpins operations, performance, and competitive advantage in a digital first world

• Why sustainability and ESG are now core to high‑performance organizations

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9:50

Human-in-the-Loop – Powering Cyber Compliance with AI​

Ismo Paananen, CEO and co-founder, Cyberday

The labour-intensive nature of cyber compliance creates a compelling case for AI adoption.

• How NIS2, DORA and CRA together with ISO 27001 introduce a new level of compliance complexity

• The evolving role of AI in modern security teams when building and governing compliance​​​

• How to manage the inherent risks of AI use while still capturing its benefits

• Finding a fast track to measurable AI powered results without compromising quality or trust

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10:10

Networking Break​

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10:40 KEYNOTE

Inside The Blackmail Factory – How a Cybercrime Operation Functions​

Geoff White, Investigative Journalist & Cybercrime Expert​

• Author and investigative journalist Geoff White (The Lazarus Heist) has spent more than a decade investigating the inner workings of organised cybercrime gangs.
  In this gripping presentation he will take you inside the operations of one of the world’s most effective hacking groups, and explore the key lessons every organisation needs to learn to stay safe, and recover if the worst happens.

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11:15

Situational Awareness and Threat Intelligence as Decision-Making Support​

• Measuring and reporting on cyber resilience

• Acceptance of risk levels: What is “sufficient” protection?

• Situational awareness as the foundation of leadership – without a shared picture, there is no manageability​

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11:35

Lunch Break & Networking

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12:35

Zero Trust – Securing the Age of Hybrid Threats​

• AI and automation as enablers of the Zero Trust model

• Identity, continuous authentication, and securing multi-cloud environments

• Practical lessons and case studies from leading organizations
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12:55

Securing the Ecosystem Is a Company’s Promise to Customers: Third-Party Risk Management in Practice​

• Ecosystem thinking: a partner is not just a provider, but a risk

• How to audit and anticipate the impacts of third parties?

• Real-time risk management as collaboration, not control

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13:15

When Trust Breaks: Supply Chain Risks and Responsibility​

• Contractual liabilities and unexpected vulnerabilities

• How to build sustainable, transparent supply chains?

• Resilience when influence is limited

• Managing third-party impacts on risks, brand, and responsibility

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13:35

Networking Break​​

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14:05

Cyber Resilience as the Guarantee of Business Continuity

• Cyber resilience as a strategic asset for business survival

• Anticipating and absorbing shocks – not just recovering from them

• Resilience metrics that matter

• From rapid crisis response to a culture of long-term preparedness​

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14:25

Real-World Ransomware Gang Behaviour and Cyber Resilience Trends

James Blake, CCISO EMBA GCIH CCSK CISSP CISM ITIL-F VP Global Cyber Resiliency Strategy & Consulting Services, Cohesity

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14:45 KEYNOTE

Agentic AI Making Million Dollar Decisions

Monica Verma, Hacker, CISO, Founder & CEO, Top 3 CISO in EMEA, Multiple Award-Winner Security Leader and Top-50 Women in Tech​

• AI is already making million-dollar decisions without human oversight. Are you ready for that reality?

• Agentic AI is reshaping business and security faster than we realize

• Trust, ethics, and governance are under growing threat as we lose control over the systems making critical choices

• The question isn’t whether to use agentic AI — it’s how to govern something we can’t fully control

• Cybercriminals are already harnessing AI. Is your organization resilient enough to keep up?

• Resilient businesses and societies won’t emerge by accident. What will it take to build them in an AI-driven world?

• Discover what the AI-powered future holds, from autonomous decision-making to the complex challenges of ethics and governance

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15:20

Closing Summary by our Moderators 

Jesse Kamras & Peter Nyman

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15:25-16:00 

Networking

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Please note that the program is subject to change.

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