List of Invited Speakers:


  • Antonio Acin,
    Assistant Professor, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
  • Anne Aldis,
    Head of the Conflict Studies Research Centre at the Defence Academy of the UK
  • Patrick Amon,
    Research Scientist, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Ian Anthony,
    Research Coordinator & Leader, Project on Nonproliferation and Export Control, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden
  • Alyson J. K. Bailes,
    Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden
  • Timothy D. Bloechl,
    Executive Director, Worldwide Public Safety and National Security, Microsoft; former Director, International Information Assurance, US DoD
  • Blaise Bonvin,
    TC Team Consult SA, Switzerland
  • Christian Buchs,
    Professor, Département des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, HEIG-VD, Switzerland
  • Victor Carnivell,
    CEO, WISeKey SA, Spain
  • Maria Livanos Cattaui,
    Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus, Switzerland; Vice-Chairman, International Crisis Group and Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board, Geneva Security Forum
  • Arnold Christe,
    Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Executive Board, Trüb AG, Switzerland
  • Victor-Emmanuel de Sa,
    co-Founder of Geneva Solutions, Geneva
  • Alain Deletroz,
    Vice President (Europe), International Crisis Group, Brussels
  • Nitin Desai,
    Former UN Under Secretary General for Social and Economic Affairs and Chairman of the Internet Governance Group
  • Peter Foot,
    Head of Training and Education, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland
  • Eva Frölich,
    Interim Chair & President of the Public Interest Registry, PIR, Sweden
  • Patrick Gannon,
    President & CEO, OASIS
  • Nicolas Gisin,
    Professor and Leader, Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Ed Girardet,
    Author and Journalist, Switzerland
  • Bruno Giussani,
    European Director, TED and Co-founder, Tinex, Switzerland
  • Robert Hensler,
    State Chancellor of the Republic and Canton of Geneva
  • Mikko H. Hyppönen,
    Chief Research Officer, F-Secure, Helsinki
  • Brian Michael Jenkins,
    Senior Advisor, Rand Corporation, USA
  • George Joffé,
    Independent Consultant and former Deputy Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London
  • Jürgen Junghanns,
    Product Manager Biometrics and Recognition, Interflex Datensysteme GmbH, Germany
  • Jihad el-Khazen,
    Columnist and former Editor-in-Chief, Al Hayat, London, UK
  • Keith Krause,
    Executive Director, Small Arms Survey, HEI, Geneva
  • Lucy P. Marcus,
    CEO, Marcus Venture Consulting, UK
  • Ram Mohan,
    Vice President of Business Operations, Afilias & Member of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
  • Carlos Moreira,
    Co-Founder, Chairman/President, WISeKey SA, Switzerland
  • David Morrison,
    Director of Communications, UNDP, New York, USA
  • Philippe Mottaz,
    Director, World Radio Geneva, Switzerland
  • Philippe Niederhauser,
    Sales Director, Fastcom Technology SA, Switzerland
  • Peter Purdue,
    Dean, Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School
  • Cedric Renouard,
    Cofounder-Director, ilion Security S.A., Network Audit by Ethical Hacking, Switzerland
  • Olivier Ribaux,
    Forensic Science Institute, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Grégoire Ribordy,
    co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, id Quantique, Switzerland
  • Kelly Richdale,
    Vice President International Sales , & Managing Director International Operations, BIOSCRYPT
  • Frank-Jürgen Richter,
    President, HORASIS, Switzerland
  • Rodolfo Rosini,
    Chief Executive Officer, Cellcrypt, London, UK
  • Mike Ryan,
    Director, Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR), WHO, Geneva
  • Abdulaziz Sager,
    Chairman, Gulf Research Centre, Dubai, UAE
  • Ulrich Schneckener,
    Head, Global Issues Group, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany
  • Simon Singh,
    Author, Journalist, TV Producer, UK
  • Daniel Stauffacher,
    CEO, Geneva Security Forum & Former Ambassador of Switzerland
  • Pär Stenbäck,
    Chairman of the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Executive Board Member of the International Crisis Group (ICG)
  • Francois Stieger,
    President and Founder, Securitytech SA, Switzerland
  • Jean-Pierre Therre,
    Chief Security Officer, Banque Pictet & CIE, Switzerland
  • Thomas Tighe,
    CEO, Direct Relief International
  • Frantisek Vrabel,
    Chairman, Founder and CEO, I2s, Czech Republic
  • Michel Warynski,
    Technical Head of Geneva eVoting Project, Chancellerie d'Etat, Geneva
  • Sundeep Waslekar,
    President, Strategic Foresight Group, India
  • Scott Weber,
    Director General, Interpeace - International Peacebuilding Alliance, Geneva
  • Gerold H. Werner,
    Max-Consult AG, Switzerland
  • Stefan Wolff,
    Professor of Political Science School of Politics and International Relations University of Nottingham, UK
  • Houlin Zhao,
    Deputy Secretary-General, ITU, Geneva
  • Randall Zindler,
    Chief Executive Officer, Medair, Switzerland