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Jame Cavero, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, has founded numerous successful companies like Dyrecto, mentorDay, and Gestboes. With a portfolio of over 200 startups, he has helped raise more than €2 billion in funding. He has mentored over 1,250 entrepreneurs and written several books, including a guide on accelerating cybersecurity startups.

Jaime Loureiro Acuña, Telecommunication Engineer from UVIGO (2009), holds Master's degrees in Signal Processing (2010) and Cybersecurity (2021). Since 2016, he leads the data security tech line at Gradiant, specializing in cryptography and digital identity. He has played a key role in transforming technologies like Novawallet and SafeGate into products. He also coordinates Horizon Europe projects and contributes to security committees.

Javier López is Professor at the University of Malaga, and Director of the NICS Lab Research Group. He focuses his research activity mainly in the areas of Network Security Services and Protocols and Protection of Critical Infrastructures,areas in which he has leaded more than fifty research projects, including fifteen projects funded by the European Commission.

Javier Zubieta holds a degree in Computer Science from Universidad Politécnica of Madrid and is a Private Security Director accredited by the Spanish State Secretariat for Security. With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Javier is currently the Marketing and Communications Director of Secure e-Solutions at GMV and President of the Cybersecurity Commission at AMETIC.

Joana Candina is an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company and is core member of the Cyber and Digital practices in Europe. She started working in consulting since she finished university in 2013.

Her work with McKinsey has addressed topics like cybersecurity strategy, approach for quantification of cyber risks from a business perspective, cyber maturity assessment, analyses of core critical systems within the business value chain and IT Transformations

Dr. Joanna Świątkowska is the Deputy Secretary General at the European Cyber Security Organisation - ECSO. Previously, she served as the Director in the Supply Chain Cyber and Information Security team at UBS. She was the initiator and Programme Director of the European Cybersecurity Forum – CYBERSEC. In recognition of her contributions, she was named one of the 100 Eastern Europe’s emerging technology stars by the Financial Times & New Europe 100 for 2017, and was also included in the Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity by the Women in Tech summit for 2019.

PhD in Intelligent Systems in Engineering

Master in management of information systems and communications from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

With more than 15 years of experience in the management of information systems, innovation and modernisation.

Graduate in Information Sciences, Journalism branch, from the Complutense University of Madrid. Since 1992 he has been director of the Spanish magazine SIC (www.revistasic.com) and co-president of Securmática (www.securmatica.com), of the monographic series Espacio TiSEC, IdentiSIC, Responses SIC and ÁgoraSIC-Centro de Conocimiento en Cibersecurity. De la Peña has participated in numerous national and international courses, conferences and seminars on information security, privacy, system security control and auditing, and as a professor in several specialized master's degrees. Currently, he participates, representing Ediciones CODA (parent of SIC Magazine), in the National Cybersecurity Forum. In 2020 he received the National Award from the National Cryptology Center-CCN for professional career.

José Luis Bezares del Cueto, currently holds the position of Deputy Director General of Cybersecurity in the State Secretariat for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence. He holds a degree in Physical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and is a civil servant in the category of Technologies and Communications. He is an expert in ICT and cybersecurity in IoT environments with an extensive career of over 30 years in both the public and private sectors.