Global Speakers

Claire Teo
Account Manager
Darktrace
Topic:
Changing Cyber Landscapes: The Battle Of Algorithms
Claire Teo is an Account Manager at Darktrace. Overseeing the territories of Victoria and Tasmania, Claire works closely with CISOs and IT experts across all industry verticals to understand how Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed to augment and transform their security posture in an ever-changing threat landscape.
Claire holds two degrees: a Bachelor of Information Technology from RMIT University and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science from Griffith University.

John Minasyan
Global Director of Product Management, Cyber Security
Belkin International

Skeeve Stevens
Future Warfare Threat Analyst
Future Sumo
Topic:
Masterclass: Incident Response, Threat Hunting And Digital Forensics
Skeeve Stevens is a network architect and engineer and has designed some of the most cutting-edge network infrastructure in Australia today. He has built over 300 ISPs across 10 countries and has consulted, designed and built critical infrastructure for the state and federal governments of Australia and several other countries in the APAC region.
Skeeve has a unique perspective in network architecture and is also a Futurist; international speaker; writer & author; mentor and advisor to investors, start-ups; ISPs and Datacentre operators in the region.
Skeeve is the founder of Future Sumo (Futurists), VR The World (Virtual Reality), Niisch (Inspiration as a Service) and eintellego Networks (Network Engineering) among other companies. Skeeve is a former Director of the Internet Society and former co-chair of APNIC Policy Committee. He has also represented Australia in Internet Governance issues and policy across the world.

Dovid Clarke
Chief Information Security Officer
MMG Limited (Minerals and Metals Group)

Udaya Wijesinghe
Senior Cyber Security Architect
Optus

Suzanne Dyke
Security As A Service Optimization Lead
Telstra

David Cullen
Principal Advisor
Cyber Incidents and Emergency Management Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria

Dr Michael Brand
Former Chief Data Scientist / Founder
Telstra / Otzma Analytics

Joseph Dalessandro
Head of Security & Technology Audit
Australian Unity

Martin Brown
Information Security Advisor
Innovation & Technology Solutions AUSTRAC, Australian Federal Government

Prof. Greg Adamson
Enterprise Fellow in CyberSecurity
University of Melbourne & Blockchain Expert

Professor Asha Rao
Associate Dean (Mathematical Sciences) /Quantum Cryptography Expert
RMIT University

Dr. Stanley Shanapinda
Research Fellow Optus La Trobe Cyber Security Research Hub
La Trobe University

Nick McKenzie
General Manager, Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officer
National Australia Bank

Matt Hannah
Chief Information Officer
Silk Contract Logistics

Bob Sharon
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Blue IoT

Michael Connory
CEO
Security In Depth

Steven Cvetkovic
Former Chief Information Security Officer
Swinburne University of Technology

Nathaniel Gaffud
Malware Reverse Engineer & Cyber Security Analyst, Cyber Defence
nbn Security Group – Legal and Security Department