Herman Maes

• 15 years in Information Security
• MSc in Engineering
• Senior Application Security Consultant and pen test process coordinator @ Toreon
• Previous roles:
  • IT manager at a bio-engineering company
  • Independent Penetration tester
  • Security Champion and Application Security consultant at a BEL20 company
  • Internal Application Security Analyst and pen test process controller at a “Big-four” consulting company

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Jens Meijen is a founder and managing partner at Umaniq, an AI governance, risk & compliance consultancy, and leads Ulysses AI, a start-up focused on AI prototyping. He is also a doctoral researcher at KU Leuven and a research fellow at the Portulans Institute in Washington DC. Previously, he was a Fulbright Fellow at Stanford University, a Europaeum Scholar in the University of Oxford’s Europaeum network, a Global Policy Fellow at the Institute for Technology and Society in Rio de Janeiro, and an Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader in Morocco.

Prof. Dr. Jos Dumortier is a leading expert with more than 30 years of experience in ICT and data protection law. He has advised numerous European governments and has in-depth knowledge of the legal frameworks governing GDPR compliance. His experience and expertise make him the ideal instructor to make this complex subject accessible and relevant for DPOs and privacy professionals.

Jos Dumortier | Timelex

Valéry Vander Geeten, Head of Legal at the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), will cover the legal aspects of the NIS2 training.

With over eight years of experience at the CCB, where he currently leads the legal department, Valéry has extensive expertise in cybersecurity legislation. He also serves as Belgium’s representative in the NIS Cooperation Group, highlighting his active role in the development and implementation of the NIS2 directive.

Valéry has a background as a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and was also an assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He holds several certifications in information security, including ISO 27005 and GDPR, and has extensive knowledge of IT law and cybersecurity. His unique combination of legal expertise and technical knowledge makes him a key authority in the field.

Valéry Vander Geeten | LinkedIn

• Founder NXTGN
• AI strategie expert

• Counsel Digital & Data Protection, Eubelius cvba
• Docent Data protection UCL School of Management (compliance officers)
• Opleiding DPO, Data Protection Instititute (2016)
• Digital Leadership Programma, Vlerick (2020)

With more than 20 years of hands-on technical and executive leadership experience in IT security architecture & technology, Security Operations Centres, Managed Security Services (MSSP), and Industrial Control security, Gert is convinced that you can make your cybersecurity work for you as a gain instead of a pain.

He has always advocated for IT security solutions that are business-aligned, focused, and cost-effective. Hence, he founded together with Tom Van den Eynde Cybervalue. We are passionate about security solutions that provide value to an organization’s performance, reliability, agility, and its reputation.

Before his current role, Gert was CTO at a dedicated security ‘scale-up’ in London focused on providing Managed Detection and Response services. Before that, Gert acted as Verizon’s Subject Matter Expert in security analytics, SOC, and SCADA/ICS protection and led a global team of Practice Leaders focused on designing and delivering threat management solutions.

With more than 20 years of hands-on technical and executive leadership experience in IT Security Architecture & Technology, Security Operations Centres (SOC), Managed Security Services (MSSP), Information Security Strategy and Governance (CISO), Incident Response and OT Security, Tom is convinced that you can make Cyber Security working for you as a gain instead of a pain.

Prior to his current role as co-founder and managing partner at Cybervalue, Tom was technical operations executive and CISO at a dedicated security ‘scale-up’ in London focused on providing Managed Detection and Response services. Before that, Tom was CISO at Worldline and performed strategic consulting roles at both HPE and IBM. Tom led Verizon’s global consulting practice focused on security analytics, SOC, SCADA/ICS protection and threat management solutions.

• Entrepreneur and innovator in security, privacy, and identity
• Pioneer in Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
• Thought leader in authorizations and access control
• Experienced in various company types, ranging from startups to publicly listed multinationals
• Values transparency, sustainability, knowledge transfer, and digital inclusion

• Over 25 years of experience in IT, mainly information, cloud and cyber security.
• Independent security consultant since 2016
• Training and coaching in information security since 2019

Bart holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from KULeuven, as well as a Ph.D. in Application Security from KULeuven.

He has 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and is working as a Director in the Cyber&Privacy unit at PwC Belgium. He is also co-lead of the OWASP SAMM project.

Christian holds a PhD in Sciences from the University of Brussels and works as an independent consultant, auditor and coach.

Since more than 25 years, he is supporting executives and leaders looking to increase their own resilience as well as the resilience, continuity and sustainability of their enterprises.

He’s been working in very diverse and international environments abroad and in Belgium (BNPParibasFortis, Record Bank / ING, Sibelga, PwC, NMBS, Baloise, Etablissements Français du Sang, Roche pharma, Hamon, …).

Christian’s vision and experience from the field is that best resilient enterprises stay in business and grow by also caring about their people, technologies and environment. Hence the need for a winning sustainability strategy supports fight against climate change and reduction of the environmental footprint.

On a more personal touch, he is the proud father of 2 teen girls, and that’s another strong thrive for developing resilient paths on a daily base and offering his family a better future.

Stephen has some 25 years of experience in IT and 12 years in OT cyber risk management, with experience in business strategy, competitive analysis and cyber risk management. He has been working as an independent consultant for 22 years.

Stefaan’s professional journey started way back in 1988 as an engineer in the R&D unit of Agfa Gevaert. After some intermediate company changes, Stefaan joined IBM in 1997 as Architect for Systems management solutions first, and since 2001 for (cyber)security solutions. In his role as Security Architect, he fulfilled several positions in Benelux, Europe and at global level. Also, he achieved in 2015 his Level 3 Architect Certification (Open Group Distinguished Architect) and since 2021 he is the Benelux Architect Profession leader (across all IT domains).  In his current role as member of a WW team, he assists IBM Clients with security innovative projects.

• University of Ghent
• Active in the field of information security and data protection since 2002
• Security advisor/auditor with broad knowledge of all aspects of information security and with extensive eGov experience (social security, ehealth, military, …) in various roles (security consultant/officer, IT security researcher, CISO/DPO as-a-service)
• Since 2022 Expert Cybersecurity & Certification at the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB).

• Over 30 years of experience in IT, mainly in information security
• Expert Security Consultant at Toreon since 2019
• 8 years at Telenet, the last 4 of which as being responsible for information security (CISO-role)
• 23 years at EDS (later HP) in various technical roles including development, conducting security assessments for international clients, security incident response and forensics and a lot more…
• CISSP since 2008
• ISO27001 Lead Implementer

• PhD in secure software engineering from the KU Leuven
• 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and secure software engineering

• Application Security Expert at Toreon
• Guest lecturer at various colleges
• More than 20 years of experience in programming, testing and security

• Master degree in applied Computer science at the University of Ghent
• 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity and privacy
• Co-founder and CTO at Toreon
• Threat modeling trainer at Black Hat
• Co-founder and chapter leader of OWASP Belgium

• Partner at Qualified Audit Academy
• 20 years of Experience in Audit related to information technology, governance and privacy
• Trainer at Institute of Internal Auditors, UCL, ICHEC, ISACA, IFACI
• Secretary General of DPO-pro (Professional Assocation of DPO’s in Belgium)
• Board Member at Institute of Fraud Auditors

• DPO indépendant au VDAB
• Leader sur l’éthique de l’intelligence artificielle ( Digital Ethicist) et les biais discriminants
• Conseil et expert  en matière de Data Governance , Big Data et stratégie Data
• Mise en place de data roadmap, Corporate Data Model,  programme data governance et de sécurité de l’information
• Papa et sportif, passionné de vin et de lecture

• Managing Partner Data Trust Associates
• Over 10 years of experience in data management (including with Volvo) and 18 years of experience in IT.
• EU-certified Data Protection Officer (certification by the European Institute of Public Administration since 2015)
• Trainer at Vlerick Business School and I.T. Works

• Managing partner and trainer at Data Protection Institute
• Lecturer Information Security at Thomas More Hogeschool Mechelen (since 1999)
• DPO in the healthcare sector
• Member of the Flemish Supervisory Commission (Vlaamse Toezichtcommissie – VTC)
• Active in data protection and information security since 2003

• Industrial Engineer Electronics/ICT
• Active as a blogger online since 2002, always experiencing digital trends himself
• 17 years of IT consultancy and digital agency experience
• Freelance marketing strategist & Privacy officer
• Lecturer at Thomas More and practice assistant at Uhasselt

• Partner with Crowell & Moring LLP
• Experience as a lawyer in Belgium and Spain
• Specialised in privacy and GDPR
• Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
• Former member of the advisory board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

• Managing Director White Wire, founded in 2017
• Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Consultant
• Guest lecturer Information Security at Thomas More University College
• 7 years of data protection experience within the private, public and healthcare sectors

• Managing Partner at Sirius Legal Lawyers, founded in 2010
• 8 years of expertise in data protection and privacy for the media, advertising and entertainment industries
• Member of the Legal Committee of BAM (Belgian Association of Marketing)
• Member of the IP Practice Group of Consulegis, an international network of independent law firms
• Experience as a lecturer of drafting techniques for commercial contracts at VUB (2005-2013)
• Experienced speaker at seminars and various training courses