Advisory Board Member
Greg Austin
Biography
Prof. Greg Austin
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Austin is a Professor in the UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australia. He concurrently serves as a Professorial Fellow with the East West Institute (EWI), with offices in New York, Palo Alto, Brussels and Moscow. He is Australia’s leading research scholar on international security aspects of cyber space affairs. He:
• leads a Research Group on Cyber War and Peace at a World Top 50 university• leads international research projects on cyber security policy
• set up Australia’s first Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy (which has few peers anywhere in the world); and he teaches four subjects in this degree
• is a member of the Cyber Security Advisory Council for the Australian state of New South Wales
• Published two books on cyber policy on China (2014 and 2018), one of a tiny group of scholars to do so
• published five other books on Asian security affairs (four are on China), each with a strong interdisciplinary focus, and one additional edited volume on energy security
• has research interests in cyber strategy and diplomacy, security policies of China and Russia, countering violent extremism, and national security ethics
• has held seven university appointments, all in world class universities or departments: War Studies at King’s College (Senior Visiting Fellow), Peace Studies at Bradford (Associate Professor), International Relations at ANU in Australia (Fellow)
• has held posts in Australian security policy as Ministerial adviser, parliamentary committee secretary, international intelligence liaison officer and intelligence analyst
Advisory Board Member
Ali M. Al-Khouri
Biography
Dr. Ali M. Al-Khouri
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Ali Mohammed Al-Khouri is the Advisor of the Arab Economic Unity Council and Chairman of the Arab Federation for Digital Economy in the Arab League. He is also a senior government official in the United Arab Emirates. With a total experience of over 27 years, he participated in the implementation of many mission-critical and strategic initiatives in the public sector.
Dr. Al-Khouri is recognized both nationally and internationally as think-tank, and for his management expertise and technical knowledge, having developed different intellectual methodologies and frameworks to support various fields of practice.
He has recently appeared as world’s 100 most influential people in digital government, and came in 23rd position, as the only Arab figure to appear in the list that was published by “Apolitical”, funded by European Commission and World Economic Forum along with other international organizations including governments. He also won “Most Influential Personality in Digital Identity World in a Decade” award in the 10th international conference for Identity in 2011 that was held in Italy and supported by the European Commission.
Dr. Al-Khouri played a key role in transformation initiatives in the UAE and in the implementation of national digital agenda, where he headed the Emirates Identity Authority, a federal entity responsible for running sophisticated infrastructure to support national e-government initiatives and digital economy. He was able to transform the authority into a world-class organization that resulted in receiving several local and international awards including the UN Award for Public Sector, and the best government Authority in the UAE Federal Government for two consecutive cycles 2012 and 2014.
He also served as an advisor to many national and international organizations and participated in the development of many international reports for United Nations, World Economic Forum, European Commission, and the Arab League. He is also a member in many advisory boards of international institutions and international task forces interested in the development of knowledge societies.
He has published over 100+ management books and scientific research articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Al Khouri is a Professor and Fellow of the British Institute of Technology in London, UK. He attained his higher education from top UK universities, where he received his B.Sc. (Hons.) in 'Business Information Technology Management' from Manchester University, M.Sc. in 'Information Management' from Lancaster University, and an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from Warwick University in the field of 'Strategic and Large Government Projects Management'.
Advisory Board Member
John M. Nomikos
Biography
Prof. John M. Nomikos
Advisory Board Member
Prof. John M. Nomikos is the Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies, Chairman, European Intelligence Academy (EIA) and Founding Editor, Journal of European and American Intelligence Studies (JEAIS)- (former Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence (JMBI). He is a Professor in the Webster University (Athens Campus). He is Member of the Advisory Board for the Master Security Studies and Information Analysis (MASIS) at the American University in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a Fellow in the International Association for Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals (IACSPSEA). He was Adjunct Professor (2005-2007) at the Department of International Relations in the University of Indianapolis (Athens Camus).He earned his Bachelor Degree in Sociology at the Northeast Louisiana University in 1987, his Masters Degree in European Integration and Cooperation at the University of Hull, 1991, and his Doctorate Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Washington International University in 2001. In 2016, he earned a Certificate in Critical Thinking and Effective Writing from Globalytica LLC, USA. He specializes on transatlantic intelligence studies, intelligence reform, national security architecture and cybersecurity strategy. He has done research and studied in various research institutions in USA, UK, Norway, Finland, Germany and Israel.
John M. Nomikos directed the Greek team in a consortium of five countries (Northern Ireland-UK, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, and Israel) and completed successfully a two year (2009-2011) European Union-FP7 research project titled: SAFE COMMS on “Counter-terrorism Crisis Communication Strategies for Recovery and Continuity.” He participated as Greek Expert on the European Union Project titled TRANSVERSAL BRIDGE (HOME 2012/ISEC/AG/4000004378) on “The Emerging Threat of Transversal Terrorist Alliances and the Radicalization of the European Union Social Climate.” The Project started on January 2014 and completed on April 2016, managed by AGENFOR organization in Italy. He is a Certified Master Antiterrorism Specialist (CMAS).
He is a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (IJIC); Editorial Advisory Board for the Spanish Journal of Intelligence Studies (Inteligencia Y Seguridad: Revista De Analisis Y Prospectiva); Editorial Board of the Journal of Intelligence Studies (JIS); International Editorial Board of the Bulgarian Military History Journal (Voenen Zhurnal); the Advisory Board for the Police, Practice and Research Journal (PPR); Editorial Board of the European Journal of Intelligence Studies (EJIS); Editorial Board of the Journal for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (JIPSS); Editorial Board of the Journal of Military and Strategic Affairs; International Advisory Board for the World Security Network Foundation (WSN); Editorial Board of the International Journal of Intelligence Ethics (IJIE), Editorial Board of the Geopolitics, Geostrategy, International and European Policy in Civitas Gentium Journal. He is also a Member of the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE), the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP), International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA), International Counter-Terrorism Academic Community (ICTAC), International Counter-Terrorism and Critical Incident Network (CTCIN) and International Counterterrorism Officers Association (ICTOA).
Advisory Board Member
Nazli Choucri
Biography
Prof. Nazli Choucri
Advisory Board Member
Nazli Choucri is a Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Institute for Science and Data (IDSS) and holds a Senior Faculty position at the Center or International Studies (CIS). Her research focuses on dynamics of transformation and change in international relations, with special attention to growth and expansion– in "real" and cyber systems. Her work, including policy analysis, is largely multi-method and multi-disciplinary, as reflected in 12 books and over 120 articles. Her most recent book, International relations in the Cyber Age: The Co-Evolution Dilemma, is co-authored with David D. Clark.
Prof. Choucri holds the first patent in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at MIT, for an interactive knowledge management and networking system devoted to the complexity of sustainability, the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD). A customized application to the cyber domain, Cyber System for Strategy and Decision (CSSD) is under construction. She directed MIT’s Middle East Program for several years, and served as Associate Director of Technology and Development Program over its long duration at MIT.As Principal Investigator and Director of a multi-disciplinary MIT-Harvard research collaboration on Explorations in Cyber International Relations (ECIR), she worked with a joint team to develop theories and methods for
linking cyberspace and international relations into an integrated framework for education, research, and policy. ECIR-continued focuses on Cyber-IR building upon earlier foundations to strengthen the new directions of inquiry in international relations. Prof. Choucri is the founding Editor of the MIT Press Series on Global Accord: Strategies for Sustainability. She served on the Editorial Board of the American Political Science Review and, earlier as General Editor of the International Political Science Review.
Advisory Board Member
Troels O. Jorgensen
Biography
Troels Oerting Jorgensen
Advisory Board Member
Throughout career, has been working with governments and corporations to advise on how they react to the increasing international cyber threats, and worked closely with law enforcement, intelligence services and cyber security businesses. Formerly: with the Danish National Police, first as Director, Head of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and then as Director of Operations, Danish Security Intelligence Service; Deputy Head, ICT Department and Deputy Head, OC Department, Europol, EU’s Police Agency; Head of European Cybercrime Centre and Head of Europol Counter Terrorist and Financial Intelligence Centre. 2015-18, Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Barclays. Chaired the EU Financial Cybercrime Coalition, of which most banks are partners, and has very strong experience in cyber security. Since 2018, Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum.
Founder & CEO
Muhammad Khurram Khan
Biography
Prof. Muhammad Khurram Khan
Founder & CEO
Muhammad Khurram Khan is currently working as a Professor of Cybersecurity at the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is one of the founding members of CoEIA and has served as Manager R&D from March 2009 until March 2012. He, along with his team, developed and successfully managed Cybersecurity research program at CoEIA, which turned the center as one of the best centers of excellence in Saudi Arabia and in the region. He is founder and CEO of the ‘Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research’ (https://www.gfcyber.org), an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan cybersecurity think-tank registered in Washington D.C.
Prof. Khurram is the Editor-in-Chief of a well-reputed International journal ‘Telecommunication Systems’ published by Springer-Nature for over 26 years with its recent impact factor of 1.707 (JCR 2019). He is the Founding Editor of ‘Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology (BUJICT)’. Furthermore, he is the editor of several international journals, including, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Journal of Network & Computer Applications (Elsevier), IEEE Access, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, PLOS ONE, Electronic Commerce Research, IET Wireless Sensor Systems, Journal of Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing, and International Journal of Biometrics, etc. He has also played role of the guest editor of several international journals of IEEE, Springer, Wiley, Elsevier Science, and Hindawi. Moreover, he is one of the organizing chairs of more than 5 dozen international conferences and member of technical committees of more than 10 dozen international conferences. In addition, he is an active reviewer of many international journals as well as research foundations of Switzerland, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Czech Republic.
Prof. Khurram is an honorary Professor at IIIRC, Shenzhen Graduate School, China and an adjunct professor at Fujian University of Technology, China. He has secured an outstanding leadership award at IEEE international conference on Networks and Systems Security 2009, Australia. He has been included in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2010 edition. Besides, he has received certificate of appreciation for outstanding contributions in ‘Biometrics & Information Security Research’ at AIT international Conference, June 2010 at Japan. He has been awarded a Gold Medal for the ‘Best Invention & Innovation Award’ at 10th Malaysian Technology Expo 2011, Malaysia. Moreover, in April 2013, his invention has got a Bronze Medal at '41st International Exhibition of Inventions' at Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, he was awarded best paper award from the Journal of Network & Computer Applications (Elsevier) in Dec. 2015. Prof. Khurram is the recipient of King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence (Research Productivity) in May 2015. He is also a recipient of King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence (Inventions, Innovations, and Technology Licensing) in May 2016.
He has published more than 360 papers in the journals and conferences of international repute. In addition, he is an inventor of 10 US/PCT patents. He has edited 9 books/proceedings published by Springer-Verlag, Taylor & Francis and IEEE. He has secured several national and international competitive research grants with an amount of over USD 2.5 Million in the domain of Cybersecurity. Prof. Khurram has played a leading role in developing 'BS Cybersecurity Degree Program' and 'Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity' at King Saud University. In 2019, he has played an instrumental role as a cybersecurity subject expert for a USD 6 Million series B investment in a South Korean startup ‘SecuLetter’, which has received a corporate valuation of USD 36 Million.
His research areas of interest are Cybersecurity, digital authentication, IoT security, biometrics, multimedia security, cloud computing security, cyber policy, and technological innovation management. He is a fellow of the IET (UK), fellow of the BCS (UK), fellow of the FTRA (Korea), senior member of the IEEE (USA), senior member of the IACSIT (Singapore), member of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society, member of the IEEE Communications Society, member of the IEEE Computers Society, member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Security & Privacy, member of the IEEE IoT Community, member of the IEEE Smart Cities Community, and member of the IEEE Cybersecurity Community. He is also the Vice Chair of IEEE Communications Society Saudi Chapter. He is a distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE (CESoC). His research has been cited over 10,500 times with h-index 55 (Google Scholar).
His personal homepage can be visited at http://www.professorkhurram.com
Experts
Senior Policy Analyst
Jarno Limnell
Biography
Prof. Jarno Limnell
Senior Policy Analyst
Jarno Limnéll is Professor of Cybersecurity at Aalto University, Finland, and an adjunct professor in three other Finnish universities. He also works as CEO in a private company. He has been working with security issues for over 20 years, and has a profound understanding of the global threat landscape, combined with the courage to address the most complex issues. Professor Limnéll has published a comprehensive list of works on security issues. His areas of interests are Cybersecurity leadership, cyberwarfare, hybrid warfare, election security, cyber-politics, IoT security etc.
Policy Analyst
James Shires
Biography
Dr. James Shires
Policy Analyst
Dr. James Shires is a Cyber Policy Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is also a research fellow with the Cyber Security Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA. His research examines cybersecurity in the Middle East, focusing on the interaction between threats to individuals, states and organizations, new regional dynamics, and the development of cybersecurity expertise. He holds an MSc from Birkbeck College, University of London, and a BA from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Senior Policy Analyst
Tan Youzhi
Biography
Dr. Tan Youzhi
Senior Policy Analyst
Dr. Tan Youzhi is a Senior Cyber Policy Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is also a Professor at School of International Relations at University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, People's Republic of China. In addition, he is the Director for both the Department of International Political Economy and the Department of Diplomacy. His research interests mainly include public diplomacy, cybersecurity and global governance of cyberspace. He has published two monographs and dozens of research papers in the aforementioned academic fields.
Technology Analyst
Joshua Chambers
Biography
Joshua Chambers
Technology Analyst
Joshua Chambers is a Cyber Technology Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is the Founder of GovInsider, a publication that shares stories about government innovation in Asia Pacific. They run large-scale summits with the United Nations to train developing government officials, and have a scholarship named in honour of the organisation by University College London.
Chambers was also appointed Lead Consultant, Public Sector, by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) to research innovation in China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. He is a weekly radio commentator for Singapore Press Holdings Radio and an Expert Advisor to the League of Arab States on digital economy.
Senior Policy Analyst
Vladimer Svanadze
Biography
Dr. Vladimer Svanadze
Senior Policy Analyst
Dr. Vladimer Svanadze is a Senior Cyber Policy Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is currently working as a the Head of Information Security Operations Center iSOC at MZE Ltd Georgia. At the same time, Dr. Vladimer Svanadze is founder and the acting Chairman of the Board at the “Internet Development Initiative IDI”, which is a Non-Commercial and as Non-governmental organization and was established in 2015 to engage in solution of obstacles related to the Internet Development, to pursue Cyber Security and elaboration of Information and Communication Technology as its core competency.
Dr. Svanadze is also Invited Lecturer at the University of Georgia, where he established the Center for study and Research of Internet especially for students. Also he is managing a process of creation of the MA in Cyber Security at the University of Georgia.
In 2015-2016 he was the Consultant of “LEPL Cyber Security Bureau” under the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. Dr. Svanadze was a main participant in process of develop of “LEPL Cyber Security Bureau” at the MoD of Georgia. On his initiative, was established a first library of Cybersecurity at the National Defence Academy at the MoD of Georgia.
Dr. Svanadze is one of the main author of Cyber Security Strategy and Action Plan of Georgia for 2016-2018. He was as a main adviser at the State Security and Crisis Management Council at the Prime Minister of Georgia; Recommendations in the process of preparation of the Strategy; Preparation of the final version of the Strategy.
Dr. Svanadze is a member of the Adviser Committee of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC), which was established by the Officials of the EU in 2016. He was as a Focal Point on the Plenary Session of Cybersecurity at the EuroDIG 2017 in Tallinn. In 2016 the first ever Internet governance forum in Georgia GeoIGF was initiated by Dr. Svanadze. One of the main idea of the event was to discuss the public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet. At the same time, he is Initiator and organizer of the first annual conference in Cyber Security field in Georgia “International Festival of Cyber Security”. Dr. Svanadze was one of the first who provided special study courses and trainings for awareness in Cyber Security. With support of ICANN, he organized trainings for Law Enforcement Agencies LAE of Georgia in area of Cyber Security, and Cyber Crime. Dr. Svanadze established a special study courses for school in Cyber Security, which include Threats in Cyber Space for children, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Hygiene, Strategy, Policies, and etc.
Dr. Svanadze studies Cyber Security Policy, Strategy and best experience since 2011. He is an author of numerous articles and works, including the first Georgian language book in Cyber Security "Cyber Defence: Main Players of Cyberspace. Police, Strategy and new Challenges of Cybersecurity, 2016".
Senior Policy Analyst
Geert Mareels
Biography
Geert Mareels
Senior Policy Analyst
Geert Mareels is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He holds master degrees in Administrative Management and in Political Science. He was chief of staff to 3 different ministers from 1995 till 2004. From 1 October 2004 till April 2016, he led CORVE, the eGovernment service of the Flemish Region in Belgium. They built the “MAGDA” platform for sharing data across all government agencies on the Flemish and city level and with Federal data. He is now head of division and building the Digital Archives of the Flemish public sector. He is chairing the Smart cities competition for Flemish cities since 2015. He was invited as expert for the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission to evaluate possible new projects. He is also chairing the Flemish Privacy Commission. He was project coordinator of three EU projects: “Citadel on the Move” that aims to facilitate the use of Mobile apps by all municipalities, and “Open TransportNet” that focuses on making GI Data more accessible and useable for business innovators and public sector stakeholders alike. Polivisu is aiming to facilitate the use of geographical data in policy making. In his spare time, he wrote a novel and is member of the board of editors of a magazine on political and social topics.
Senior Policy Analyst
Hafiz Malik
Biography
Hafiz Malik, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
Hafiz Malik is Associate Processor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at University of Michigan – Dearborn. His research in the areas of automotive cybersecurity, IoT security, sensor security, multimedia forensics, steganography/steganalysis, information hiding, pattern recognition, and information fusion is funded by the National Science Foundation, National Academies, Ford Motor Company, and other agencies. He has published more than 70 papers in leading journals, conferences, and workshops. He is a founding member of the Cybersecurity Center for Research, Education, and Outreach at the UM-Dearborn. He is also serving a member of Scientific and Industrial Advisory Board (SIAB) of the National Center of Cyber Security Pakistan. He is a member, M-City (The M-City is University of Michigan research center aims to bring stakeholder to develop the foundation for an ecosystem of connected and automated vehicles) Working Group on Cybersecurity, since 2015. He is a member of Working He is a member of Working Group for IEEE Project 1912 - Standard for Privacy and Security Architecture for Consumer Wireless Devices.
He is on the Review Board Committee of IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications (MMTC). He organized Special Track on Doctoral Dissertation in Multimedia, in the 6th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM) 2006. He is also organizing a special session on “Data Mining in Industrial Applications” within the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI) 2013. He has served as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2014 – 2018; Associate Editor for the Springer Journal on Signal Image and Video Processing, 2013 – 2017; and Guest Editor, The Scientific World Journal - Special Issue: “Security of Information and Networks," Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 150640, Hindawi Publishing. He served as vice chair of IEEE SEM, Chapter 16: Computational Intelligence since 2011 - 2017. He gave an invited talk entitled “Audio Forensics: Trends and Challenges” in the IEEE Workshop on Multimedia Security held with IEEE International Conference on Audio, Speech, and Signal Processing 2016 on March 20, 2016 at the Shenzhen University, China. He presented a Workshop on “Authentication Using Acoustical Environment” during Audio Engineering Society (AES) Int. Conf. on Audio Forensics, Arlington, VA, June 15 – 17, 2017. He is also serving on several technical program committees including the IEEE AVSS, Fake Multimedia, ICME, ICIP, MINES, ISPA, CCNC, ICASSP, and ICC.
Further information about his research can be found at http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~hafiz/
Senior Policy Analyst
Sascha Dov Bachmann
Biography
Dr. Sascha Dov Bachmann
Senior Policy Analyst
Dr. Sascha is a senior policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He led the preparation for Bournemouth University’s law submission for UoA 18 for the upcoming U.K. Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise (ERA equivalent) and he is the Director of the Centre of Conflict, Rule of Law and Society (CROLS). In 2016, he was appointed an extraordinary Associate Professor (Docent) in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm in recognition of his academic contributions to Military Studies. He is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University (RSA).
He has been working closely with international organizations and defense stakeholders alongside academia across the globe including NATO, US CENTCOM, the Japanese DoD, the Austrian Ministry of Defence, Israel, Australia, the French Republic, the European Union, the Swedish Defence University, the Royal Danish Defence College, the South African military, the Royal Dutch Army, the Korean Judge Advocate to name just some on the subjects of Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Cyber & InfoOps, Terrorism Finance and International Law.
His research (more than 80 outputs) is interdisciplinary and discusses topical issues arising from new Security Challenges of the 21st Century such as Hybrid Warfare, Information Operations, the use of Lawfare, Cyber enhanced Hybrid Warfare alongside other law topics such as International Criminal Justice, HumRts Litigation etc.
He contributes to NATO’s Legal Advisor Web with his publications being used as NATO reference documents (LAWFAS) by SHAPE and as scientific contributor.
Senior Policy Analyst
Mustafa Afyonluoğlu
Biography
Mustafa Afyonluoğlu
Senior Policy Analyst
Mustafa Afyonluoğlu is a senior policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He (graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, 1992) completed 1st Masters Degree from same department (1996), 2nd in “Cyber Law” (Bilgi University, 2012) and 3rd in “Good Governance” (Bogazici University, 2016). His academic studies continues in law (Anadolu University) and Social Policy (Yale University). His doctoral study is about National e-Government Personal Data Privacy Framework and Anonymization. He has worked in several managerial positions in the public and private sector and is project manager for more than 70 national and international projects during last 28 years.
Afyonluoglu was e-Transformation Department Manager and e-Government Consultant in TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey) and PM e-Government Expert and Head of e-Government Advisory Group on Prime Ministry Office between 2010 and 2015. He managed many big-scale e-Government projects with national awards such as Online Vehicle Registration, e-Tax in Municipalities, Children’s Follow-Up Center, e-Transformation of National Public Procurement Center (DMO) and Turkey Immigration General Directorate e-Creation Project (on behalf of International Organization of Migration). All those projects are selected as Turkey’s Prioritized e-Government Projects by Prime Ministry. He has taken part in e-Europe+, e-Transformation Turkey, Electronic Commerce Coordination Committee (ETKK) and Turkish ICT Institution (BTK) e-Signature working groups.
He has management board membership of many NGOs and has been voluntarily contributing to the workgroups in many areas such as National Government Data Center, e-Government Superstructure, Public Sector Cloud Computing, Vision 2023, e-Services on Public Agencies, Virtualization, Informatics Ethics, Cyber Law working group. He was a jury member of e-Turkey Awards in Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in 2014 & 2015. He was an instructor on TOBB ETU University and THK University master program, in e-Government and e-Transformation area between 2013 and 2015. He was coordinator of Turkey's 2016-2019 National e-Government Strategy and Action Plan and was Cyber Security and e-Governance external expert in Presidency (State Audit Board) between 2016-2017. He is EU Key Expert for “EU Single Contact Points (PSC) Action Plan" (2006/123/EC) and “EU National Assistance Center (NAC) Action Plan“ (2013/55/EU) for Turkey. He is consultant of Ministry of Customs and Trade and responsible from “National Points of Single Contact for Business” & “Retail IT System”.
National Informatics Legislation, Cyber Security and e-Government libraries can be accessed from daily updated website “http://afyonluoglu.org” that contains more than 5.000 national and international reports with more that 450 million visits in 600 days.
Policy Analyst
Ayse Kok
Biography
Dr. Ayse Kok
Policy Analyst
Dr. Ayse Kok is a policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. She has over 8 years of experience in the field of social, mobile and digital technologies both from both a professional and a researcher perspective. She participated in various projects in partnership with international organizations such as UN, NATO and the EU. She also acted as an adjunct faculty member in her home town Turkey. She attended various international conferences as a speaker and published over 80 articles in both peer-reviewed journals and academic books. She is also the author of 3 books in the field of tech & policy. She completed her masters and doctorate degrees at both University of Oxford (UK) and University of Cambridge (UK). Currently, she lives with her family in Silicon Valley and works at Google in Mountain View.
Senior Policy Analyst
Candice Tran Dai
Biography
Candice Tran Dai
Senior Policy Analyst
Candice Tran Dai is a senior policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. Working both for the private and the public sectors, Candice favors a cross-disciplinary and multi-level approach to Cyberspace.
She works as a Senior Consultant in cyber strategy and cyber risks management, helping the corporate sector to enhance its cyber security posture. She is also the Vice-president and the Head of the Cyberspace Program at Asia Center, a Paris-based think tank, where her academic research focuses on cyber issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
Candice holds an M.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Chinese Language and Culture from the French National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures, a Certificate in Digital Security from the French National Institute for Higher Studies in Security and Justice and a Certificate in Cyber Security from the DiploFoundation.
Policy Analyst
Abdelouahid Derhab
Biography
Abdelouahid Derhab
Policy Analyst
Dr. Abdelouahid Derhab is a policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He received the Engineer's, MSc, and PhD degrees in computer science from University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boummediene (USTHB), Algiers, in 2001, 2003, and 2007, respectively. He was a computer science engineer and a full-time researcher at CERIST research center in Algeria from 2002 to 2012. He was an Assistant Professor at King Saud University from 2012 to 2018. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (COEIA), King Saud University. He is also the information security manager and member of the Information Security Management System Steering Committee of the center. His research interests are: malware analysis, network security, intrusion detection, mobile security, Internet of things, smart grid, blockchain, and cyber security policies. He served as a lead guest editor and on the editorial board of some peer-reviewed journals. He also served as workshop chair, technical committee chair, and reviewer for many journals and international conferences. He is the author of more than 90 papers in different peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He contributed in developing "BS Cyber security Degree Program" and "Higher Diploma in Cyber security" at King Saud University. He also delivered many training courses, lectures, and awareness sessions in the field of cybersecurity such as network security, application security, information security management and auditing, and cybersecurity standards.
Policy Analyst
Jason R.C. Nurse
Biography
Jason R.C. Nurse
Policy Analyst
Dr Jason R.C. Nurse is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is also an Asst. Prof. in Cyber Security at the University of Kent, UK, and a Visiting Academic in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, UK. His research focuses on the interaction between users, organisations and governments, and aspects of cyber security, online privacy and trust. This considers the full spectrum of technologies in use today as well as those that may emerge in future environments and contexts. Topics central to his research include cybercrime, identity risk, psychological aspects of cyber security, internet of things, cyber insurance and fake news. He has published over 80 articles on these topics, and presented at a range of prestigious events throughout his career. For further information about his research or to engage with him directly, please visit https://twitter.com/jasonnurse.
Senior Policy Analyst
Thomas J. Holt
Biography
Thomas J. Holt
Senior Policy Analyst
Dr. Thomas J. Holt is a senior policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is a criminologist, whose research focuses on cybercrime, cybersecurity, and policy responses to deviance on and off-line. His research focuses on the human factor in cybercrime, considering offender behavior as well as victim characteristics using data generated from surveys and online data sources. Dr. Holt's work has been published in a range of scholarly outlets, such as the British Journal of Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Deviant Behavior, and the Journal of Criminal Justice, as well as multiple books, including Cybercrime in Progress (Routledge) and Data Thieves in Action (Palgrave). He has also presented at computer security and hacking conferences around the world. .
Senior Policy Analyst
Oriane Barat-Ginies
Biography
Oriane Barat-Ginies
Senior Policy Analyst
Dr. Oriane Barat-Ginies a senior policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. She is a French lawyer with fifteen years’ experience in IT security and legal sector. She holds a Ph.D on international law and cybersecurity and a Master Degree in IT and cyber criminality. She has worked throughout the world assisting governments and private sector entities with legal reforms, legislative drafting and developing cybersecurity policies. She is currently Legal Counsel specialized in Anti-piracy issues in an International broadcasting Company. Previously she worked 4 years as legal consultant to the Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) in charge of Smart Nation Project, E-commerce and Telecom Law revision as well as Data Privacy. She has also worked on cybersecurity business development for Thales and spent many years at the French Ministry of Defense collaborating with NATO Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence in Estonia.
She is law teacher, project manager, trainer and certified institutional development professional. She is an author of two legal textbooks and numerous legal articles specialized in cybersecurity and Middle East region and also affiliated as a researcher at the Chartered Institute of National Defense.
Policy Analyst
Piret Pernik
Biography
Piret Pernik
Policy Analyst
Piret Pernik is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. She is a Researcher of Cyber Security at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia. Between 2013-2018 she worked as a Research Fellow in Cyber Security at the International Centre for Defense and Security (ICDS), Tallinn. She has researched, published and taught on a variety of cyber security subjects, including cyber security strategies, policies, and frameworks, military aspects such as the development of cyber commands, as well as nation-state cyberoperations. She has widely published on topics such as Russia’s cyber activities, cyber security collaboration of the EU and NATO, and political influence operations in the cyberspace. Before joining the ICDS she worked for many years at the Estonian Ministry of Defense focusing on defense policy planning. Between 2009-2012 she was an adviser to the National Defense Committee of the Estonian Parliament. Her publications are available at the ICDS website http://www.icds.ee.
Technology Analyst
Marc Ribes
Biography
Marc Ribes
Technology Analyst
Marc Ribes is a Technology Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. Over the last 20 years, Marc has been been involved at different levels in the digital and strategic transformation of public and private entities. In the public sector, he has covered different fields ranging from telecommunications to on-line services and citizen relationship management. He has focused this experience on developing strategies for ICT and e-Government, together with the conditions of their success, with a track record in 7 countries (Europe, North Africa, Middle East). In the private sector, as an international business developer, he has developed innovative approaches in new public sector-related domains like open data or citizen's journey. His present role as a consultant in transformation management aims at defining and deploying change strategies to adapt the organizations to new and rapidly evolving environments.
Policy Analyst
Andrew Futter
Biography
Andrew Futter
Policy Analyst
Dr Andrew Futter is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is an Associate Professor of International Politics and Director of Research for Politics and International Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.
He is the author of numerous books and papers on the challenges posed by new technologies to international security, particularly nuclear weapons. His most recent book, “Hacking the Bomb” investigates the cyber challenge to nuclear weapons. He was previously a Visiting Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and the James Martin Centre for International Studies in California, USA.
Policy Analyst
Luigi Martino
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Luigi Martino
Policy Analyst
Luigi Martino is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies & Research. He is head of the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies, a specialized observatory of the CSSII at the Department of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy. Currently, Luigi is an adjunct professor of ICT Policies and Cyber Security at the University of Florence and he is a Ph.D. Candidate in Human Rights and Global Politics in the School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna, Pisa with a Research Project on “Improving Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure in Italy: The Public-Private Partnership Model Against Cyber Attacks”. Luigi is Visiting Research Fellow at the UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP).
He is a Consultant of Italian MoFA on “cyber issues” and he was a member of the Delegation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the G7 Ise-Shima Cyber Group. He holds MA in IR with a focus on the Strategic Relevance of Cyberspace and the Risks of Cyber Warfare.
He is a member of the Research Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and member of the experts group ENISA for the implementation of the European Directive NIS. Since 2017, he is a member of the Forum for Cyber Expertise, representing the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies.
He is an author of many publications in Italian, English and Spanish on cyber security, cyber warfare, cyber intelligence, cyber diplomacy, artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons systems and data mining. In 2019, Luigi was selected, as Italian representative, for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) the prestigious program sponsored by the US Department of State.
Policy Analyst
Leandros A. Maglaras
Biography
Leandros A. Maglaras
Policy Analyst
Leandros Maglaras, is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He received the B.Sc. degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998, M.Sc. in Industrial Production and Management from the University of Thessaly in 2004 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from University of Volos, in 2008 and 2014 respectively. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at the De Montfort University, the U.K. and the Director of the National Cyber Security Authority of Greece.
Policy Analyst
Mariarosaria Taddeo
Biography
Mariarosaria Taddeo
Policy Analyst
Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo is a policy analyst at GFCyber. She is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK, where she is the Deputy Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, and is Faculty Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Her recent work focuses mainly on the ethical analysis of Artificial Intelligence, cyber security, cyber conflicts, and ethics of digital innovation. Her area of expertise is Philosophy and Ethics of Information, although she has worked on issues concerning Epistemology, Logic, and Philosophy of AI. In 2018, ORBIT listed her among the 100 experts working on AI in world. In the same year, she has been listed among the top 50 most inspiring Italian women working in digital technologies. Dr Taddeo has been awarded The Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy; and the World Technology Award for Ethics acknowledging the originality and her research on the ethics of cyber conflicts, and the social impact of the work that she developed in this area. Since 2016, Taddeo serves as Editor-in-Chief of Minds & Machines (SpringerNature) and of Philosophical Studies Series (SpringerNature).
Policy Analyst
Luka Ivezic
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Luka Ivezic
Policy Analyst
Luka Ivezic is a Cyber Policy Analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. He is also a frequent contributor to 5G.Security and co-author of Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. His research focus is on the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitical implications of emerging technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). He has spent the last 5 years living in 7 different countries in Asia, North America and Europe, giving him a uniquely international perspective on his topic of research. He holds an MA in International Conflict Studies from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and a BSc in International Business and Politics from Copenhagen Business School.
Senior Policy Analyst
Nir Kshetri
Biography
Nir Kshetri
Senior Policy Analyst
Nir Kshetri is Professor at University of North Carolina-Greensboro and a research fellow at Kobe University. He has authored nine books, one of which has been selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine. He has also published about 150 articles in various journals. Nir has been quoted/interviewed and/or his work has been featured by hundreds of media outlets worldwide such as Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Scientific American, Bloomberg TV, CBS News, TV Mundo (Peru), ABF TV (Brazil), Fortune, Time, Christian Science Monitor, SF Gate, U.S. News & World Report, Asia Times, Channel News Asia, New York Daily News, New Boston Post, Observer and Salon. His scholarly works and popular press publications have millions of readers worldwide. In 2018, he gave a TED Talk about the potential roles of cryptocurrencies in fighting poverty. Nir is the world’s 2nd most cited and 6th most published author in blockchain research during 2015-2019 based on the analysis of papers published in journals indexed in Web of Science citation database (Central University of Tamil Nadu, 2020). He was the winner of IEEE IT Professional’s Most Popular Paper Award in 2019 and 2018 and Outstanding Contribution in Authorships award in 2019. He also won the Blockchain Connect Conference’s Most Influential Blockchain Research Paper in 2019. Nir was the winner of 2016 Bryan School Senior Research Excellence Award. He was also awarded Pacific Telecommunication Council’s Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize twice (2010 and 2008). He has provided consulting services to Asian Development Bank and various UN agencies. In December 2018, he spoke at the Plenary Session, Digital Technology and Sustainable Development: South-South Cooperation in the Digital World at the Hong Kong Summit of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)and the Finance Center for South-South Cooperation (FCSSC), a special consultative body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Tech Policy Analyst
David Bruno
Biography
David Bruno
Tech Policy Analyst
David Bruno is a tech policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. In addition, as a founder and CEO of a global cyber security firm, David specialises in anti-fraud and anti-corporate espionage systems worldwide. Through his company, Secure Swiss Data (now SafeSwiss®), he provides financial sector solutions for the digital and interactive FINTECH sectors. For 20 years he has worked to provide security protections to the masses and has invested his own money in a free E2EE encrypted email server for the public. He is a contributor and member of Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) advocating for defending digital civil liberties. He is also a contributor to the Northern Policy Institute and educates on the surveillance of email in general and the importance of encryption, especially for vulnerable populations like refugees.
Policy Analyst
Freddy Macho
Biography
Freddy Macho
Policy Analyst
"Freddy Macho is a policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cybernetic Studies and Research. He is a highly experienced professional, expert in Information Security and Cybersecurity, with management and creation of Security Testing, Plan & Design, Security analytics services. Audit, Strategic Security and Data Protection Consulting. Experience of more than 20 years, developed in 15 countries. Management of Multidisciplinary Senior level teams. Creation and development of security research lines in various fields. Creator of strategic alliances both nationally and internationally.
He has performed senior management and leadership roles in various organizations. He is currently working as a Cybersecurity Advisor at the Board level. He works as a Director of the Cybersecurity Committee of an Academic Institution, being the creator of the Cybersecurity career. He performs functions as a collaborator of the WHILOLAB Foundation which aims to safeguard and protect the digital identity of children, adolescents and seniors.
As a cybersecurity researcher he has been the creator of the research line of the IoT Security Institute LATAM, he is a member of the research team of the Cloud Security Alliance in the topics of ICS, IoT, IIoT and Security Incident Management. It has prestigious studies among which is a Master in Cybersecurity, Analysis and Engineering, Master in Industrial Cybersecurity, as well as a Post Degree in Application Development among others.
He has served as presenter and panelist of cybersecurity events at an international level. Among other awards, it has been recognized among the group of Cybersecurity professionals who have generated the most contributions in Latin America. Award for his contributions to Cybersecurity of the Congress of the Republic of Chile. Creator of two Cyber Intelligence Center".
Policy Analyst
Julia Urbina-Pineda
Biography
Julia Urbina-Pineda
Policy Analyst
Julia Urbina-Pineda is a policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies & Research. She has 16 years of experience in Information Security and Cybersecurity and is a creator of the CyberIIoT Concept (Cybersecurity for the Intelligent Internet of Things). Since 2017, she is associated with the Roadmap Group 5G Security for the Future Networks of IEEE. In 2018, she got training by the Organization of American States and SEGOB Mexico at the CyberWomen Challenge. She has a certification in Industrial Cybersecurity by CCI Spain. She designed a diploma in Cybersecurity for the University of Monterrey and conducted Cybersecurity Awareness Workshops for the Nuevo León 4.0 Initiative. She is founding member of the Cybersecurity Innovation Council Mexico organized by the TEC de Monterrey campus Santa Fé.
Recently, Dr. Julia earned SCCIPS Certification and became chairwomen of the IoTSI Mexico Chapter and Director for Industry 4.0 and 5G Security for LATAM at Global IoT Security Institute.
Senior Policy Analyst
Karen Renaud
Biography
Karen Renaud
Senior Policy Analyst
Karen Renaud is a senior policy analyst at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. She is a Scottish Computing Scientist working on all aspects of Human-Centred Security and Privacy, and was one of five UK Cyber Security Fulbright Awardees for 2016/17. She is particularly interested in deploying behavioural science techniques to improve security behaviours, and in encouraging end-user privacy-preserving behaviours. Her research approach is multi-disciplinary, essentially learning from other, more established, fields and harnessing methods and techniques from other disciplines to understand and influence cyber security behaviours.
Policy Analyst
Moonyati Yatid
Biography
Dr. Moonyati Yatid
Policy Analyst
Dr. Moonyati Yatid is a Senior Analyst at Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Her expertise lies in areas related to technology and innovation, with a strong interest in digital society. This includes the nexus between the information disorder, society’s well-being and new enabling technologies vis-a-vis digital privacy concerns. She has presented and published her research findings domestically and internationally. She holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from University of Sydney, Australia with her doctoral research work focusing on human’s mental, physical and social behaviours and their interactions with collaborative software and hardware tools. She obtained her bachelor degree of Engineering in Design and Information Sciences, with a dissertation on integrating culture in designing groupware from Wakayama University, Japan.
Policy Analyst
Robin Smith
Biography
Robin Smith
Policy Analyst
Robin Smith SCISSP is a senior cyber security programme leader in the UK, working across law enforcement, fintech and higher education institutions. Robin has two decades of experience leading security intelligence analysts, with a focus on threat and risk intelligence to aid future planning for law enforcement organisations. He has emerged as a future crime expert, detailing how the design of new offences in a digital world need to be met with policing solutions that are agile and integrated with technical capabilities. Robin is also the founder of the Liquid Cyber Security research cell and is Chief Knowledge Officer for IOT Security Institute’s UK division. He has just completed a feature-length documentary about the ‘immortal technologies’ titled Machina which is being released in 2020 via Amazon Prime.
Policy Analyst
Fiona Carroll
Biography
Fiona Carroll
Policy Analyst
Dr. Fiona Carroll is a policy analyst at Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research. She received a PhD degree in Computing from Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland in 2008. She is currently a senior lecturer with the School of Technologies, Cardiffmet University, Wales, UK. Her research over the past seventeen years has focused on the fast changing relations between humans and digital technologies. It is multi-disciplinary and shows a substantial contribution to scholarship in the fields of Human Computer Interaction. In particular, her interests lie in aesthetic and ethical computing, human dimensions of cyber security, and educational technologies. Her current research explores the aesthetic of cyberspace and how we might design for the immediate informed ‘sense’ that people need to prevent and/ or cope with harm online. As an accomplished academic, she has numerous peer reviewed publications and has partaken in cutting-edge research projects both at national and international levels.
Senior Policy Analyst
Sally Eaves
Biography
Sally Eaves
Senior Policy Analyst
Prof. Sally Eaves has been described as the ‘torchbearer for ethical tech’. She is an international advocate for opening access to opportunity and has founded Aspirational Futures to help skill, empower and support the generation of interdisciplinary talent into careers yet to be conceived, alongside scaling the application of emergent technology as an enabler for business transformation and social good. Sally is also Social Impact lead for the Hult Prize and contributes to parliamentary policy thought leadership. She was an inaugural recipient of the Frontier Technology and Social Impact award, presented at the United Nations in 2018 and is now leading major initiatives in this area, including presenting at Davos and leading events worldwide.
Sally also brings a depth of experience from both Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer roles, as a Professor in Advanced Technologies and as a Global Strategic Advisor. She specialises in the application and integration of Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and associated emergent technologies for business and societal benefit. Sally works globally with bleeding-edge disruptors, governments, academia and leading corporate institutions to apply her expertise for achieving sustainable competitive advantage alongside purpose-driven change.
A member of the Forbes Technology Council, Sally is an award winning international keynote speaker, author and influencer with globally leading rankings across all advanced technology disciplines, digital transformation, future of work and social innovation aligned to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. She has recently been ranked 8th in the World in Blockchain impact and is continually ranked in the top 10 for digital disruption and across frontier technology subjects by leading bodies such as Onalytica.
Senior Policy Fellow
Mark Minevich
Biography
Mark Minevich
Senior Policy Fellow
Mark Minevich is a senior policy fellow at the Global Foundation for Cyber Studies & Research. He is a highly regarded and trusted Digital Cognitive Strategist, Artificial Intelligence expert, Venture Capitalist, and the principal founder and President of Going Global Ventures. Mark was also recently appointed Chair of AI Policy at the International Research Centre for AI, under the auspices of UNESCO. Mark collaborates and advises large global enterprises both in the US and Japan (Hitachi), and is the official AI and Future of Work Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group. Currently, he serves as the strategic advisor and Global ambassador to the CEO and Chairman of New York based IPsoft Inc.
Mark holds the role of senior fellow as part of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. He is an appointed member of the G20/B20’s Digital Task Force, supplementing the group with expert knowledge on digitization, advanced autonomous systems, and the future of AI.
Mark is also the co- founder and Chair of the Digital Pioneers Network and AI Pioneers Circle based in New York, and was appointed as the Global Digital Ambassador to the World Assessment Council in early 2020. Mark is a founding co-host at Digital Pioneers Dialogue Podcast and contributes to a number of publications.
Mark also advises several venture capital groups. Mark is Chief AI Officer to Canadian Growth Investments. He acts as a Fund Adviser to Bootstrap Labs based in San Francisco: a pioneer in the realm of VC funds focused on applied AI, carrying with it a mature fund and portfolio of 24 applied AI companies. Mark is also an Advisor to the AI Capital Venture Fund based in Colorado, which is a dedicated venture and private equity fund geared towards AI companies in the late-seed to growth-stage maturity level.
Mark is also a trusted Adviser and Entrepreneur in Residence for Hanaco Ventures, a global venture fund that focuses on late-stage, pre-IPO Israeli and US companies powered by bold, visionary, and passionate minds. Prior to this position, Mark was the Vice Chair of Ventures and External Affairs, as well as CTO at the Comtrade Group, an international technology conglomerate. He also served as the CTO and Strategy Executive at IBM, and held other management, technology, and strategy roles that entailed formulating investment tactics for Venture Capital Incubation programs.
Mark is also involved in media and journalism, and contributes to a number of publications, including Forbes, Entrepreneur, Observer, TechCrunch, InformationWeek, CIO Magazine and COGNITIVE WORLD. His has been cited and featured in articles and appeared in Newsweek, Inc., CIO Magazine, Hitachi Review/Japan, Telegraph UK, CNBC. His knowledge has been cited and his name has been featured in articles on an international scale.
Forbes named Mark one of the Leaders to Watch in 2017. He has received the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement and the World Trade Leadership Award from the World Trade Centers and World Trade Center’s Association. Mark has served as a venture partner with GVA Capital in Silicon Valley, advising the fund on AI startups. He has also served as venture advisor to Global Emerging Markets, an alternative investment group that manages a diverse set of investment vehicles. Mark was also involved with Research Board, a Gartner company and international think-tank advising CIOs at some of the world’s largest corporations, such as: Deutsche Bank, BTM Corporation, Geotek Communications, Qwest Communications, Comcast, and USWEB/CK
Policy Analyst
Mamuka Kirkitadze
Biography
Mamuka Kirkitadze
Policy Analyst
Mamuka Kirkitadze is Information Officer at Transparency International Georgia. He has four years of working experience in strategic communications in the non-governmental sector. His expertise lies in areas related to technology and national security, information operations, and open-source analysis with a strong interest in cybersecurity.
He obtained a Masters’ Degree in International Relations from Ilia State University and defended a thesis: The Threats Coming from Cyberspace – the modern challenge of the North Atlantic Alliance. During his studies, Mamuka has been awarded a scholarship and spend a fruitful year in Germany at Friedrich Schiller University, where he mainly focused on cybersecurity issues. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the International Black Sea University.
Hence, Mamuka has been attending numerous classes on National Security and Communications. Currently, he’s enrolled in National Security and Public Policy program at Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS). He has attended and participated in numerous training and discussions regarding cybersecurity.
Mamuka has plentiful peer-reviewed publications and has partaken in research projects. His recent expert opinion paper Military Cyber Operations as a Russian Weapon to Change the Political Agenda in European Countries peer-reviewed and published by the GFSIS focuses on Russia’s malign cyber operations in European countries.
Policy Analyst
Fauzia Idrees
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Dr. Fauzia Idrees
Policy Analyst
Dr. Fauzia is CEO of Cynosure Technologies, a tech venture providing IT and cybersecurity services, trainings, consultancy and policy guidelines to Government, military, educational and banking sectors. She has over 24 years of experience of working in the military, industry and academia. Alongside her tech start-up, Fauzia is also the founding President of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (WiSTEM), a not-for-profit organisation offering women and girls opportunities to develop skills in STEM and Cybersecurity. Her research work has been published in various renowned international journals and conference proceedings. She serves as an editorial board and technical committee member of several International scientific journals and conferences. She is on advisory boards of several Cybersecurity and STEM forums.
Fauzia is the recipient of many international awards including the Global Cyber Security Advocate award, UK Alumni Award, UN Commission on the Status of Women award for Science & Technology, ‘Woman to watch in Data Analytics' and MUET Alumni Award for Excellence. Recently, she has also been profiled as '5 to Watch Alumni' of City, University of London and ‘Who’s Who in RPA?’ by Onalytica.
Senior Policy Analyst
Lisa Short
Biography
Prof. Lisa Short
Senior Policy Analyst
Professor Lisa Short is named and recognised as one of the top 50 leaders and influencers in the world to follow for blockchain, crypto and EdTech and 150 in the world in thought leadership. Lisa is a preeminent innovator, systemic change digital technology analyst, strategist and design ecosystem thinker with vast international experience founding and managing multiple companies and significant cutting-edge digital technology, value chain improvement projects, across different segments, and global markets including UK, APAC, Africa, Singapore, Europe and UAE.
As Founder of Mind Shifting, Co-Founder of P&L Digital Edge Ltd [UK and Africa Agri Tech Ltd [UK] and Smart Infrastructure Director at Near Me Now Ltd [Wales] Professor Short is at the driving force of digital technology enabled by resilient, cyber healthy businesses and people. Authoring multiple papers, articles and reports, her current work includes co-authoring books on blockchain enabled ecosystems for African higher and continuing education, and on blockchain, data, AI, privacy and cyber health for business.
Lisa is regularly invited to analyse and resolve some of the most pressing complex and difficult socio-economic challenges. Challenging the state of play and disrupting the norm whilst pragmatically embracing high level uncertainty, threat opportunity risks and the rapidly advancing potential of frontier technology like blockchain keeps Lisa at the forefront of pioneering effective positive change and sustainable exponential growth in product-led, commercially opportunistic, digital transformation. Lisa's nexus is people; democratised value chains; relationship driven economics; SDG impact; sustainable at-scale growth; improved resilient businesses and internationally diversified markets, underpinned by targeted education, data-protection and fit for purpose frontier digital technology including blockchain, DLT and IoT. Augmented by a highly respected international academic and research contribution, this bold, multi-dimensional and courageous approach spotlights perfectly the many applauded, and successful initiatives Lisa has founded, established and leads globally.
Key focus areas include: EdTech, TradeTech, FinTech & Frictionless Capacity, AgriTech, ImpactTech, RegTech, HealthTech, GovTech, Blockchain & DLT Solutions, IoT, AR/VR, AI, Machine Learning, Digital Health, Cyber Security & Resilience, Crypto/Digital Currency Data Journey, Privacy, Edge AI, Ingestion & Oracle Intercession, Cloud & Virtual Economics.
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Amanullah Quadri
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Ibrahim A. Sawaneh
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