PROSPERO HOUSE, LONDON
12TH MARCH 2026
HEADLINE SPEAKERS JOE TIDY & SARA DAVIES
Joe Tidy is a reporter, presenter, podcaster and author. As the BBC’s first Cyber Correspondent, Joe Tidy is the corporation’s definitive authority on hacking and digital warfare. With over a decade of experience—spanning Sky News and the BBC—Tidy has been on the front lines of every major global cyberattack, reporting across television, radio, and digital platforms. Joe is the author of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos and the presenter of the BBC's Cyber Hack: Evil Corp podcast series. His book of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos: How Teenage Hacker Hijack the Internet is out now and investigates the dark side of teen hacking culture and why we are repeatedly failing as a society to address the growing issue of teen cybercrime. Joe is the BBC’s first ever Cyber Correspondent and the foremost voice in the corporation on cybercrime and hacking. Over the past ten years he has covered all major cyber-attacks for BBC and before that at Sky News working across TV, Radio, social media and news websites. He has made documentaries about cyber security travelling to the US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Germany and Ukraine to track down stories and characters.