Prof. Yaron Oz is the Yuval Neeman Chair Professor in Physics and the Director of the Center for Quantum Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University.
Biography
He completed summa cum laude his two B.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and physics in 1987, his M.Sc. degree in 1989, and his Ph.D. degree in 1991 in physics at the Technion.
He served as a Research Officer in IDF during 1990-1995.
Prof. Oz has been a Research Fellow at UC Berkeley during 1996-1998 and a Faculty Member at CERN during 1998-2002.
In 2001 he joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University as Professor. Recipient of the Alon Fellowship, he became incumbent of the Sackler Chair for Young Distinguished Scientists.
He served as head of the School during 2006-2011 and thereafter as Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences. Between August 2015 and September 2020, he served as Rector of Tel Aviv University.
His fields of research include high energy particle physics, quantum field theories and
supersymmetry, classical and quantum gravity and superstrings. Currently, Oz has published more than 160 scientific articles. He has been the recipient of numerous competitive research grants, including the Quantum Universe I-Core Center and the ISF Center of Excellence.
Prof. Oz has been the president of the Israel Physics Society in the years 2013-2016; he is the
scientific director of the Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) and a scientific editor of the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP).
He is head of the National Committee of Pure and Applied Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences; and is a member of the National Committee of High Energy Physics.
He is the recipient of the Alexander Von Humboldt prize, an external scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam and Hannover) and a member of the Max Planck Society. Prof. Oz has been an invited visiting professor in numerous universities and research institutions and is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Dr. Mendel was the General Manager Cybersecurity COE at Intel. He is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur; He has been the CEO and Co-Founder of SCsquare Ltd., where he founded a business enabler for advanced cybersecurity technologies. Dr. Mendel holds 16 approved patents in the area of cybersecurity.

His career in cybersecurity over the past 20 years is a unique mixture of broad practical experience and research expertise. His practice included extensive involvement in cybersecurity offensive projects, research and development, business development and product management. Proven worldwide track records in secure operating systems, digital rights management (DRM), security certification (CC, FIPS, EMV), penetration test, reverses engineering, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT security and Smart Grid cybersecurity.

His academic research topics includes: economic perspective of cybersecurity attacks, Quantum, Blockchain technology with a special focus on cybersecurity attacks, privacy issues and business continuation under cyber-attack.

Guy-philippe is a lecturer at Ecole de Guerre Economique (School of Economique warfare) in Paris on cyberpower. He is also an advisor to PwC and to VC fund ExponCapital on cybersecurity matters. Guy-philippe also runs strategic and prospective serious games for corporate clients and public institutions. Besides his research and consulting activities, Guy-philippe is also a published fiction writer - his debut novel, "Babel Minute Zero", a cyber-conflict scenario, having gained a specific audience among national security circles in France, United States and Israel. 

Dr Abed is a medical doctor and healthcare cybersecurity/national security expert. His primary fields of specialisation are cyber-warfare and crime targeting hospitals and safety critical infrastructure. Based in London, Dr Abed is a Partner and Director of Cybersecurity Services at the clinical security advisory and technology services organisation, The AbedGraham Group, and holds additional independent expert roles and accreditations for the European Commission, World Health Organisation and UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Academically, he holds degrees in Medicine (St.George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London), Management (U. of Cambridge) and Software and Systems Security (U. of Oxford).

An experienced senior manager with extensive knowledge of the maritime and logistics industry
 
 

Paul Gardner, from Brisbane, Australia, leads a team of Financial Crime Detection and Analytics experts in Suncorp Bank, where he is responsible for protecting customers by devising and delivering tactical and strategic solutions to combat financial crime threats. Paul has extensive knowledge and experience in the financial crime sector including deploying forensics and advanced analytics to deal with complex financial crime threats.

Ted Crooks was in AI before AI was in fraud management. Ted was the original product manager for Fal- con, the first commercial machine-learning success and a pioneer of AI-based fraud detection. Later, he was FICO’s VP Global Fraud Solutions; co-founder of AI and risk-management startups; inventor of 12 patents; author of three technical books; and today, he consults for payment networks, processors, banks and fraud-system vendors.

Dan is a New York and Israeli attorney and an acknowledged international leader in the field of data protection and cyber laws. He holds an LLM degree from UC Berkeley and the Tel Aviv University (summa cum laude) and he is a certified privacy professional (CIPP/E; CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP). In 2013, Dan has founded Or-Hof Law, a law and technology boutique practice which has gained a leader and elite rankings in cyber laws and privacy, by law ranking guides. In 2020 Dan was also formed Strand Advisory, an international privacy and cyber security consulting firm and he currently serves as the firm’s CEO. Dan has founded and he is the current chair of the Israeli Data Protection Professionals Forum (IDPF). He serves as a member of the Privacy Protection Public Council and advises the Israeli government and Knesset on privacy bills and regulations, and contributed to the legislation processes of various laws, including in relation to credit reports, biometric data and health information. Dan has also formed and was the first chair of the IAPP KnowledgeNet Tel Aviv chapter. Dan lectures at the Tel Aviv University, including at the Data Protection Officers course (the law faculty’s Institute of Legal Arts), and Data Protection and Privacy in the Digital Age at the interdisciplinary cyber studies program. Dan has authored guides on data protection and privacy regulation, as well as numerous guidance and analysis papers on data protection issues and he is a frequent speaker and commentator.

Shahar Geiger Maor is a security professional with deep understanding of cyber challenges and wide experience that varies from financial to private sectors. In his current role, Shahar is the CISO of Fiverr, an online marketplace for freelancers.

In his previous roles, Shahar had led processes which helped high-tech companies prepare for future challenges, specifically, by promoting cross company security and compliance. Shahar is also very active with community work as board member at the Israeli chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance and author of various security guidelines and publications.

His research interests include risk analysis and decision analysis. He is President of Collier Research Systems, a consultancy providing decision making and analytics services. He is a Fellow of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems at University of Virginia, a Visiting Scholar of the NSF-funded Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust (CHEST), and is co-lead of the Risk Management Framework subgroup of SAE International’s G32 Committee.

His prior work experience includes the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, where he was a member of the Risk and Decision Science Team. He earned his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from University of Virginia, a Master of Engineering Management from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University. He is managing editor of the journal Environment Systems and Decisions.

Bill has been with The Boeing Company for thirty six years. Upon graduation from Washington State University with a degree in electrical engineering he started his career in 1985 as an electrical component engineer. Bill has supported many key Boeing programs including F-22, Teledesic, and the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program. In late 2002 Bill joined Boeing Research and Technology and began to support industry activities including the SAE and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Bill is currently the Chairman of several SAE committee’s including SAE G-32 committee responsible for the publication of JA 7496.

Matthew Jablonski is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Information Technology with a research focus on safety and security of cyber-physical systems.

He specializes in problems that require the combination of complex knowledge structures with sophisticated data driven approaches. He is particularly interested in the monitoring, forecasting, and risk assessment of emerging technologies associated with microelectronics. He led the TAME Forum working group on Hardware Assurance, Weaknesses, Collaboration and Sharing. He is an active participant in the SAE G32 Hardware Assurance effort

Over 20 years of experience advising clients on custom commercial insurance programs, with focus on cyber insurance, technology risk, and protecting long term success for clients through risk management and insurance. Co-lead for SAE G-32 Risk Management Framework subcommittee. Recently published in Environment Systems and Decisions “Enterprise risk management optimization (ERMO)”.