Chris Hobbs, Software Safety Specialist, BlackBerry QNX

Chris Hobbs, Software Safety Specialist, BlackBerry QNX

Chris Hobbs is the author of the definitive book on functional safety, Embedded Software Development for Safety-Critical Systems, and as a kernel developer and functional safety course instructor at BlackBerry QNX, he has advised some of…

Fatih Abdel Kareim, Senior Asset Manager

Fatih Abdel Kareim, Senior Asset Manager

Fatih is a Senior Asset Manager and leads the implementation of new technologies in power stations and Marubeni Asset Management. He has expertise in power stations, transmission and distribution (SCADA), and has been Involved in the…

Arlen Nipper, President and CTO

Arlen Nipper, President and CTO

Arlen Nipper brings over 42 years of experience in the SCADA industry to Cirrus Link as President and CTO. He was one of the early architects of pervasive computing and the Internet of Things and co-invented…

Dominik Obermaier, CTO

Dominik Obermaier, CTO

Dominik Obermaier is the CTO at HiveMQ. He is the lead architect of the HiveMQ Enterprise MQTT Broker, which is used in the largest commercial IoT deployments in the world with multiple millions of connected devices.…

Megan Samford, VP, Chief Product Security Officer

Megan Samford, VP, Chief Product Security Officer

Megan Samford, VP, Chief Product Security Officer for Energy Management at Schneider Electric, is a security executive with focus on industrial control systems security, critical infrastructure protection, and risk analysis. In her role at Schneider Electric,…

Vasanth Krishnan, Senior Analyst

Vasanth Krishnan, Senior Analyst

Vasanth is a Senior Analyst for Frost & Sullivan’s Global Industrial and Energy practice. Based in Chennai, India, Vasanth’s consulting experience covers a wide range of topics including power generation, transmission and distribution, retail and e-mobility.…

Bryan Owen, PE

Bryan Owen, PE

Bryan Owen is Security Architect at OSIsoft LLC, makers of the PI System and LF Edge Foundation member fostering IIOT innovation. Bryan is an ambassador for advancing state of the art practices for industrial software security…

Patrick Miller, Managing Partner

Patrick Miller, Managing Partner

Patrick Miller has dedicated his career to the protection and defense of critical infrastructures as a trusted independent security and regulatory advisor. He is the CEO of Ampere Industrial Security as well as the US. Coordinator…

Tomas Edström

Tomas Edström

Tomas Edström has been with Valmet for more than 22 years. Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet’s strong technology offering…