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