Operating at the forefront of the cybersecurity industry, Sarah Armstrong-Smith is the Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft. She has led a long and impactful career, guiding businesses through digital attacks and teaching organisations how to protect their people and data. Sarah’s previous positions include Group Head Business Resilience & Crisis Management at The London Stock Exchange Group and Head Continuity & Resilience, Enterprise & Cyber Security at Fujitsu. Such high-profile roles earned Sarah a place in the Most Influential Women in UK Tech and Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity. In 2022, Sarah released her first book ‘Effective Crisis Management’ which reached number two on the Amazon Best Sellers List. With a new way to share her expertise with a large audience, her leading insight into technology and security is respected by many throughout the industry. Sarah’s latest book ‘Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset’ explores the psychology of cyber warfare and how organisations can defend themselves from attack. The human aspects of cybersecurity have never been more critical.

Nick Leeson is the infamous “rogue trader” who broke Barings Bank. The collapse of the bank in 1995, and Leeson's role in it, remains one of the most spectacular debacles in modern financial history. How could one trader, an ambitious 25 years old investment broker and the son of a plasterer from north London, bring down the banking empire that funded the Napoleonic Wars and counted HM The Queen as a customer? Despite more audacious and larger scale incidents of rogue trading since Barings, Nick Leeson remains the most infamous and high-profile rogue trader and one of the world's most sought-after keynote speakers within the financial sector; speaking on risk management, compliance, corporate responsibility and transparency. Nick Leeson’s personal insight into the economy and world today represent a unique opportunity to meet and question the main protagonist in the most significant financial scandal of the 20th century.

With 15+ years of wrangling high-stakes projects across Cybersecurity, IT, Banking, and even Construction (yes, he's built more than just spreadsheets), Gurps has mastered the art of managing chaos under tight deadlines and tighter budgets. Think of him as the Superman of organisational change—except with fewer robes and more action plans. Gurps is your go-to guru for navigating the wild world of change. Whether you're facing a digital transformation or just trying to keep your team on the same page, his tailor-made, action-packed talks will help you conquer the chaos with confidence and a touch of flair.

Dan Conn likes to sit in the point between cyber security and development and over the past 14 years has worked as an engineer of some sorts in a wide range of businesses from small startups to FTSE-250 companies.

Dan is now a Senior Platform Security Engineer at Trustpilot – helping them become the universal symbol of trust, securely. He also loves to write music and see beautiful views while running, and is currently training to run the Brighton and London Marathons in April (slowly)."