Agenda
Check out the inspiring keynotes, stage sessions, and more to be delivered during the two days!
The programme is subjet to changes, more information on the sessions and speakers will be added regularly.

Day 1 | Thursday 3rd October 2024
09:00
Welcome & Networking
Welcome to the Women4Cyber Conference 2024!
Here you will have the opportunity to access the latest industry insights brought to you by some of Europe’s leading cybersecurity experts and expand your scope of influence by networking with other like-minded people in cybersecurity.
45 mins
09:45
Opening Remarks
- Anett Mádi-Nátor (President, Women4Cyber Foundation, CEO of CyEx.hu)
- Ilse Parra (President, Women4Cyber The Netherlands)
10 mins
09:55
Opening Keynote I
- Sandra Joyce (VP, Google Threat Intelligence)
20 mins
10:15
Opening Keynote II
- Goncalo Ribeiro (Head of Cyber Intelligence Team, Europol – European Cybercrime Centre)
15 mins
10:30
Panel | The future of AI-powered security operations
- Luigi Lenguito (CEO, BforeAI)
- Kristina Jovanovska (Cyber Defense Group Manager, Avanade / W4C AT)
- Nikola Grover (Senior AI Researcher, Gen)
Moderated by: Luigi Rebuffi (Secretary-General, Women4Cyber Foundation)
45 mins
11:15
Tech talk | How AI Exploits Social Media for Social Engineering
- Meri Roboci – (AI Security Digital Strategist, DWS Group)
15 mins
11:30
Morning Networking Break
30 mins
12:00
Case study on Ransomware | The Melissa Project NL
- Petra Oldengarm (Director, Cyberveilig Nederland)
15 mins
12:15
Panel | Cybercrime: Best practices from public/private collaboration
- Christina Schindlauer (Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist, EUROPOL)
- Matthijs Jaspers (High Tech Crime Unit, Dutch national police )
- Koryak Uzan (Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Prodaft)
Moderated by: Aïda Fraygui (Doctorante en cybercriminalité (Université Paris-Dauphine) / W4C FR)
45 mins
13:00
Lunch Networking Break
75 mins
14:15
Inspirational Talk | SIM Swapping: A Personal Story
- Rebecca Gibergues (Executive Director, FS-ISAC)
15 mins
14:30
Policy talk: CEN CENELEC’s work on diversity and inclusion
- Elena Santiago Cid (Secretary General, CEN CENELEC & Vice-President, Women4Cyber Foundation)
15 mins
14:45
HackShield Demo
- Emily Jacometti (Co-Founder, HackShield)
15 mins
15:00
1st Afternoon Networking Break
30 mins
15:45
Skills talk | Closing the cyber security talent gap – the Cyber Skills Academy call for action
- Tomislava Recheva (Project Manager, European Schoolnet)
15 mins
16:00
Educational talk | The Future of Learning
- Ron Mélotte (Cyber Security Lecturer, Fontys University of Applied Sciences & W4C Mentor)
15 mins
16:15
Inspirational Talk | How to get the Board ‘on board’
- Reshma Pandohi Mishre (Co-Founder and Partner at Modelverse)
15 mins
16:30
2nd Afternoon Networking Break
30 mins
17:00
GFCE’s Women in Cyber Capacity Building Network
- Marjo Baayen (Director of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise)
15 mins
17:15
Road2Cyber Demo
- Arnaud de Vibraye (Manager for Skills & Human Factors, ECSO)
15 mins
17:30
Inspirational talk | Diverse Minds, Dynamic Cybersecurity
- Jennifer Cox (Director for Ireland at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) UK & Ireland)
15 mins
17:45
W4C Recognition Award ceremony
- Remarks by Nina Olesen (COO, Women4Cyber Foundation)
- Award given by Elena Santiago Cid (Secretary General, CEN CENELEC & Vice-President, Women4Cyber Foundation)
15 mins
18:00
Networking Reception
2 hours
Day Two | Friday 4th October 2024
09:00
Welcome & Networking
Get ready for the second day of the Conference and decide on the sessions you will join!
15 mins
9:45
Opening keynote
- Saskia Bruines (Alderman for Finance, Culture, and Economy in The Hague)
10 mins
09:55
Technical Talk | How to Hâck The Hague
- Jeroen Schipper (CISO of the Year in the Netherlands)
- Lillian Knippenberg (Coordinating Information Security Advisor & Deputy CISO, Municipality of The Hague)
20 mins
10:15
Panel | Insights from CISOs on info sharing
- Sabika Ishaq (CISO Grant Thornton / W4C LU)
- Jeroen Schipper (CISO of the Year in the Netherlands)
- Luisella Ten Pierik (CISO Community NL)
Moderated by: Elena Garcia Diez (Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft)
45 mins
11:00
Technical talk | The evolution of the DDoS threat landscape in an era of hybrid conflict
- Octavia de Weerdt (Director General, NBIP)
15 mins
11:15
Morning Networking Break
30 mins
11:45
Inspirational Talk | TBC
- Kimberly Fuqua (Director of Customer Experience, EMEA Region, Microsoft)
15 mins
12:00
Panel | The business case for diversity
- Kimberly Fuqua (Director of Customer Experience, EMEA Region, Microsoft)
- Gerhard Gleitsmann (Head of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Siemens)
- Emmanuelle Luba (Senior Director, Global Channel & Field Marketing, LND CONSULTING SERVICES & Women4Cyber Mentor)
Moderated by: Ilina Georgieva, LL.M. (Specialist Scientist in Governance, TNO Vector)
45 mins
12:45
Closing Remarks
- Anett Mádi-Nátor (President, Women4Cyber Foundation, CEO of CyEx.hu)
- Luigi Rebuffi (Secretary General, ECSO & Women4Cyber Foundation)