Global Cybersecurity Forum 2023
Event Information
Date
1 - 2 November, 2023
Time
09:30 - 17:30
Location
The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
In 2023, the GCF Annual Meeting was convened with the theme Charting Shared Priorities in Cyberspace. It called for action to align the global cyber community on strategic priorities, expand future opportunities, and deepen multi-stakeholder engagement. It featured 150 high-level speakers and gathered attendees from more than 120 countries.
The GCF 2023 helped to define five enduring priorities for collective action:
- Advancing the cyber resilience of critical sectors
- Empowering a safe, sustainable, and inclusive Cyberspace
- Disincentivizing cybercrime
- Harnessing Cyberspace as an engine for growth
- Safeguarding Cyberspace in the era of emerging technologies
Speakers
H.E. Adel Al-Jubeir
Saudi Arabia
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Council of Ministers, and Envoy for Climate Affairs
H.E. Yousef Abdullah Albenyan
Saudi Arabia
Minister of Education
H.E. Shyam Saran
India
Former Foreign Secretary
H.E. Jose Manuel Barroso
Former Prime Minister of Portugal
Former President of the European Commission
H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid
Estonia
Former President
H.E. Dr. Hala Bint Mazyad Altuwaijri
Human Rights Commission, Saudi Arabia
President
Dr. Ali Bin Salim Al Balushi
Electronic Defense Center, Oman
Chief
Felix A. Barrio Juárez
Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE)
Director General
H.E. Eng. Abdulrahman Ali Al-Malki
National Cyber Security Agency, Qatar
President
H.E. Dr. Margarete Schramböck
Austria
Former Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs
Dr. Saad Saleh Alaboodi
Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE)
CEO
Prof. William H. Dutton
Oxford University’s Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre and Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California
Martin Fellow
Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako
Cyber Security Authority, Ghana
Director-General
Dr. Ahmed Abdel Hafez
Egyptian Supreme Cybersecurity Council
Chairman of the Executive Bureau
Lucy Hedges
and TV Presenter
Technology Journalist
Major General Manjeet Singh
National Security Council Secretariat, India
Joint Secretary
Prof. Marco Gercke
Cybercrime Research Institute
Director
Filippo Cassini
Fortinet
Global Technical Officer and SVP, Engineering
Sean Yang
Huawei
Global Cyber Security and Privacy Officer
Akshay Joshi
World Economic Forum (WEF)
Head of Industry and Partnerships, Centre for Cybersecurity
Ir. Dr. Megat Zuhairy bin Megat
National Cyber Security Agency, Malaysia
Chief Executive
Richard Watson
EY
Global Cybersecurity Leader
Major General (rtd.) Eng. Mohammad Abdulaziz Boark...
National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), Kuwait
Chief
Kevin Brown
NCC Group
Chief Operating Officer
Nisha Pilai
Former BBC Presenter
International Moderator
Kenneth Pentimonti
Paladin Capital
Principal and European Manager
Bocar A. BA.
SAMENA Telecommunications Council
Chief Executive Officer
Joy Chik
Microsoft
President, Identity & Network Access
Joshua Kennedy-White
Sirar by STC
Executive Board Member
H.E. Kyriacos Kokkinos
Republic of Cyprus
Former Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
Ben Miller
Dragos, Inc.
Vice President of Threat Operation Services
Christophe BLASSIAU
Schneider Electric
SVP, Cybersecurity & Product Security, Global CISO & CPSO
Jess Garcia
One eSecurity
Founder
Betania Allo
NEOM
Cybersecurity Innovation & Partnerships Manager
Gareth Maclachlan
Trellix
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Network & Email Business
H.E. Massimo Marotti
National Agency for Cybersecurity, Italy
Ambassador
Ahmed Aleisawi
NEOM
Director of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
Dr. Maimoonah Alkhalil
the Family Affairs Council, Saudi Arabia
Secretary General
Ryan Chilcote
Former Bloomberg, CNN, CBS, PBS and Fox News
International Moderator
Dr. Yacine Djemaiel
National Agency for Cybersecurity, Tunisia
CEO
Dr. Almerindo Graziano
CYBER RANGES
CEO
John Defterios
Emerging Markets Editor & Anchor
Former CNN
Dr. Bernd Pichlmayer
Federal Chancellery
Former Cybersecurity Advisor to the Chancellor of Austria
Dr. Cécile Aptel
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Deputy Director
Will Ripley
CNN
Senior International Correspondent
Ken Naumann
NetWitness
CEO
Jane Witherspoon
Euronews
Bureau Chief Middle East
Dan Cîmpean
National Cybersecurity Directorate, Romania
Director
Dr. Yuhyun Park
DQ Institute
Founder
Adam Russell
Oracle
Vice President, Cloud Security
David Chow
Trend Micro
Global Chief Technology Strategy Officer
Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
National Center for Cybersecurity, Bahrain
CEO
Shoaib Yousuf
BCG
Managing Director and Partner
Rudolph Lohmeyer
Kearney and Head, National Transformations Institute
Partner
Peter Sund
Finnish Information Security Cluster (FISC)
CEO
Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham
MC & Media Trainer
International TV Anchor
Faisal J. Abbas
Arab News
Editor-in-Chief
Massimo Marioni
Fortune
Europe Editor
Eng. Walid A. Abukhaled
Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)
CEO
Orhan Osmani
BDT, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Acting Head, Cybersecurity Division (Resilience)
Michael Ruiz
Honeywell
Vice President, General Manager Cyber Innovation,
Margery Kraus
APCO Worldwide
Founder and Executive chairman
Philippe VALLE
Thales
EVP, Digital Identity and Security
Prof. Mary Aiken
Capitol Technology University
Chair of the Cyberpsychology Department
Oliver Väärtnõu
Cybernetica AS
CEO
Dr. Helmut Reisinger
Palo Alto Networks
CEO EMEA & LATAM
Alexandra Topalian
International Moderator
Independent
Amin H. Nasser
Saudi Aramco
President and CEO
Dr. Yazeed Alabdulkarim
Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE)
Chief Scientist, Emerging Technologies
Juliette WilCox CMG
Department for Business and Trade, UK
Cybersecurity Ambassador
Bernardo Pillot
INTERPOL
Assistant Director, Cybercrime Operations
H.E. Eng. Mohamed Ben Amor
Arab ICT Organization
Director-General
Iain Drennan
WeProtect Global Alliance
Executive Director
Dr. Jovan Kurbalija
and Head of Geneva Internet Platform
Director of DiploFoundation
Chante Maurio
UL Solutions Inc.
Vice President and General Manager, Identity Management & Security
Dr. Victoria Baines
Cybersecurity Researcher
Independent
