Major General Marcus Thompson was born and raised in country Victoria. On graduation from the Royal Military College in 1988 he was allocated to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. He served in a variety of command, regimental and Special Operations appointments including; Command of the 3rd...

Dr Tobias Feakin is Australia’s inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs. He leads Australia’s Whole of Government international engagement to advance and protect Australia’s national security, foreign policy, economic and trade, and development interests in the internet and in cyberspace.Ambassador...

Stephen is Australia's most authoritative voice on digital disruption, strategy, culture and leadership. He is the former Facebook CEO for Australia and New Zealand, where he guided Facebook’s unprecedented rise from quirky Silicon Valley start up to media and technology titan. Working with...

Jonathon Thorpe joined the Digital Transformation Agency in January 2018 to head the delivery of a whole-of-economy Digital Identity system. Jonathon is currently  Assistant Secretary for--Digital Identity / GovPass for the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) with responsibility for Digital...

Stephen Brady concluded his Australian Public Service career as Australia’s Ambassador to France. During his 36 years of service he was ambassador to twelve European countries, chief of staff to two Governors-General – including Australia’s first woman - and Senior Adviser to Prime Minister John...

Professor Greg Austin is a co-founder of the Social Cyber Institute, a Professorial Fellow with the EastWest Institute based in New York, and a Professor of Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy with the University of New South Wales Canberra. He is a member of the New South Wales government’s...

Regis is a commercially astute leader who is passionate about identity solutions and leading high-performing teams. Throughout his career, Regis has been responsible for the implementation of large scale national identity programs in Australia, India, Albania, and the UAE resulting in tangible...

Kate Carruthers is Chief Data & Insights Officer for UNSW Sydney, and is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science & Engineering. She is a Certified Information Security Manager and is currently undertaking postgraduate studies in cybersecurity. Kate has extensive...

As the Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for Microsoft Asia’s Cybersecurity Security Groups, Abbas Kudrati, leads Microsoft’s initiatives and operations to provide thought leadership, strategic direction on the development of Microsoft security products and services and deep customer and partner...