Since April 2023, Ahoefa Agbessi-Awussi has been in charge of Cegid's information security management system, overseeing ISO 27001 certification in France. Previously, she worked for five years at Inetum as Quality Assurance, Security and Compliance Manager, managing internal audits and compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and HDS standards. Fun fact: after a career change, she switched from teaching and research in food biotechnology to cybersecurity. She is a certified ISO 9001 Auditor (quality management system), ISO 27001 Lead Implementor, PRINCE2 Practitioner (project management) and Risk Manager.

With over two decades of expertise in IT environment management and cybersecurity, Regis Alix has been actively involved in numerous projects focusing on identity management and governance (IAM/IAG), Active Directory protection and resilience, privileged account management (PAM), directory administration and more. His involvement extends to organizations of various sizes, highlighting a comprehensive understanding of diverse cybersecurity initiatives.

Christophe Auberger holds a Master's degree in IT and Telecom. After several years in countermeasures and secrecy protection in the French Navy (DPSD), he took over responsibility for support at Altis Informatique. He then managed pre-sales and consulting for the Information Systems Governance BU at Arche Communications. In the 2000s, he co-founded the first French MSSP (monDSI.com), which later became part of the RISC group. He then joined Fortinet as head of pre-sales, before moving on to technical management in France, where he worked as an expert with major customers and managed relations with institutions and influential groups. In 2023, he founded Dianoia Conseil, a consultancy specializing in the definition of cyber strategies and the implementation of cyber crisis management units.

With over twenty years' experience in IT, Tony Audoin started out at Avanquest France as a sales engineer, managing partners. He then joined Sellbytel as an account manager, helping medium-sized companies find the right technology solutions for Microsoft. In 2010, he joined Kaspersky, first as Inside Sales Corporate and then, for over eleven years, as Distribution Partner Account Manager. Today, he is Head of Channel for France, and continues to develop and animate the network of distribution partnerships with passion.

Dr. Yosra Barbier is passionate about cybersecurity, its emerging and innovative concepts and solutions. She is determined to build a solid expertise and career, and to pass on her knowledge to the next generation and to those retraining in this exciting field. She began devoting her academic and professional life to this world in 2009. Today, she is Regional Head of Information Security for Western Europe at Allianz Partners. She has also held the position of CISO for an AssurTech software publisher and Security Manager at Orange Cyberdefense. She has achieved several recognized cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer. She was named one of the "40 under 40" in Top Cyber News magazine, and holds the positions of mentor and secretary of the Cercle des Femmes en Cybersécurité (CEFCYS). She was also a finalist for the European Women in Cybersecurity Day 2021.

Julien Bernet is the Head of Security for Witekio and has over 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity field.After completing his PhD in computer science, he worked for various software and hardware security labs with a focus on embedded devices and smart cards.Thanks to his work as a security consultant he has firsthand experience of security evaluations across a range of industries and technologies.In his role as the Head of Security for Witekio, Julien is in charge of the development and evaluation of the company’s internal security framework and defining the security architecture for customer developments.

Jonathan Caille is a technical manager specializing in cybersecurity. He currently holds the position of Technical Manager at Sopra Steria, where he plays a key role in the Command & Control product team, securing projects and providing solutions for major projects related to cyber incident detection and response activities. Previously, Jonathan was Delivery Manager at Navblue (Airbus), where he led several software development teams in the aeronautical field. He has also worked for Orange, managing HR software development projects, and at Atos, where he supervised projects for La Poste and Orange in Morocco, as well as participating in pre-sales initiatives. His career began as a software developer for EDF, where he worked on backend development and the implementation of application monitoring tools. Jonathan holds several certifications, including Leading SAFe Certification, Microsoft SC900 Certification and Azure AI Fundamentals Certification. His core competencies include Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, generative AI tools and Azure OpenAI.

As part of the industrial cybersecurity center of expertise, Vincent Chartier supports Orange Cyberdefense customers in framing and implementing their cyber IoT projects, according to their maturity, with a hands-on approach.

Charles de La Gardette is cybersecurity manager at Qualys, where he leads teams specializing in vulnerability management, protection of on-premise and cloud IT infrastructures, and Cyber risk mitigation. He plays a crucial role in the implementation of innovative 100% cloud solutions to improve corporate security and compliance.

Jean-Luc Decolle is an electromechanical engineer from Arts & Métiers. After twenty years spent exclusively in industry (including Motorola, Legrand, Air Liquide) automating test equipment, deploying production control software solutions, and ensuring the operational outfits of international infrastructures, Jean-Luc pursued his career by joining STMicroelectronics in 2011. He was IT Director for ST's Manufacturing solutions, before taking over as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2016. In 2022, he was appointed Director of Services and Security, where he is responsible for managing IT solutions and operations, including the Group's Security Operations Center (SOC), within the Digital Transformation and Information Technology and Corporate Development department. In 2023, Jean-Luc is also certified by Stanford University in "Sustainability Strategies".

Sébastien Defrance has been working in IT security for over twenty years, including fourteen years with Idnomic - Eviden.
Technical manager of various electronic certification products, he is now technical manager of the Zero-Touch-Onboarding solution at Eviden.

Trained as a telecom and network engineer, Renaud began his career in the robotics sector as a technical project manager, before moving into sales. After five years with Witekio as a sales engineer, Renaud became the company's European sales manager. His team's mission is to help Witekio's customers meet new technological challenges that are transforming their organizational paradigms, customer relations and the user experience of their products.

An expert in IT security, Paul Dominjon's mission is to draw up a strategic plan to promote Microsoft's cybersecurity solutions (threat prevention, data protection, security supervision, along with risk management and operational security) to professionals. A graduate in computer science from Grenoble University and ESSEC Business School, with a specialization in strategic marketing, Paul Dominjon benefits from twenty-five years' experience in technology services companies. Before joining Microsoft France in 2018, Paul Dominjon spent 13 years at Symantec and previously held sales positions at Veritas Technologies and GE Capital. As Director of Cybersecurity Solutions, Paul Dominjon coordinates the marketing, sales and after-sales teams for Microsoft's cybersecurity solutions, as well as promoting Microsoft's Zero Trust vision for integrated and effective protection of organizations.

With over 15 years' experience with network equipment manufacturers and then with the operator Bouygues Telecom, he is currently Senior Pre-Sales Engineer at Varonis. His expertise focuses on data protection, where he provides innovative, secure solutions to meet the new challenges of the move to the Cloud.

Pierre Gal has been supporting equipment manufacturers at Witekio for 19 years. He started out as an embedded software developer, before becoming Solution Director, defining the best technical solution for their innovative products. He now heads up The Embedded Kit (Witekio) product brand, which aims to provide OEMs with all the tools and knowledge they need to build, connect, test and secure their embedded systems without vendor dependency.

After graduating from computer programming school, Gautier Virol trained as a journalist at CELSA before joining L'Usine Digitale, then the Innovation department of L'Usine Nouvelle, where he wrote about scientific research and technological innovation in industry. Specializing in quantum computing, he became head of the Innovation department, then of the Web division of L'Usine Nouvelle in 2023.

Graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lille, Jérémy GOMA is an experienced Information Security Officer at Decathlon Digital, overseeing the cybersecurity of connected sports products and its ecosystem. He has a strong background in IoT product management, having developed smartwatches and GPS trackers for Smartmabike. He has also supported innovation projects at IoT Valley, a french startup incubator.

With six years' experience in cybersecurity, Eddy Huynh is an expert in the offensive side of the cyber field, thanks in particular to his skills in intrusion testing (IT, IoT, OT) and several participations in Red Team exercises. At the same time, he has a keen interest in the design of secure architectures, whether system or network-oriented.

Florent Kirchner is the Head of the French Cybersecurity Strategy: within the Prime Minister’s services, he is tasked with planning and coordinating investments nation-wide and in connexion with European initiatives. In practice, this means – among other things – funding research, innovation, operations, incubators, commons, ecosystems, and training with the aim to building a better, more trustworthy digital future. This is part of the France2030 plan, a 54B€ investment effort overall. He holds a Masters degree from Ecole Normale Supérieure and a Ph.D from Ecole Polytechnique, both in computer science and formal methods. He worked with terrific people at NASA, SRI International, Inria, and CEA; managed one of the largest teams of applied research in software and systems engineering, and was Strategic Director for the SPARTA EU pilot program. He had the privilege of becoming an auditor at IHEDN, in the session "souveraineté numérique et cybersécurité". Florent Kirchner is passionate about supporting cyber-diversity in all its forms, setting up unexpected collaborations, and exploring emerging trends as well as timeless patterns.

Laurent Ladreyt recently took up the position of Sales Engineer France at Mimecast. Previously, he worked for end customers, mainly in industry, in positions such as systems and network administrator, IT manager, Local CISO, as well as in Cybersecurity/SOC teams.

Bastien Laforet is currently Vice-President of Digital Quality and Operations within the Volvo Group (which brings together several brands, including Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta... to name but a few). After seven years with Sogeti/Capgemini, Bastien Laforet joined the Volvo Group in 2006 and held a number of manufacturing-related positions, supporting local delivery teams and the Volvo Group in their IT quality journey. This experience led him to work in the Group's various factories to implement lean manufacturing within local IT teams, from Curitiba in Brazil to Ageo in Japan. Based in Lyon, with teams spread across eight countries, Bastien has made a move to connect IT security and quality in 2019, focusing mainly on the 'non-standard': all the connected tools that cannot be managed in a fleet and are specific to the Volvo Group's core business. In 2021, this new area gave rise to the Quality & Security entity, which Bastien headed up and which, in addition to these two areas, brought together all the cross-functional processes (asset management, request management, vulnerability management, etc.). The last change came in July 2024, when the Quality & Security entity became Digital Quality & Ops. This new entity covers the fields of OT, IT and IOT as a whole, and aims to support the Group in securing and managing the lifecycle of everything with an IP address in the Volvo domain.

After seven years' experience in IT, as a Network Performance Engineer, Louis Lambertod now supports Nozomi Networks customers in managing their cybersecurity issues in the IoT world.

Nolwenn Le Ster is a graduate engineer from IMT Atlantique. For the past 20 years, she has been involved in transformations within organizations such as Capgemini, where she headed up cybersecurity activities in France until 2024. Currently President of Numeum's Cybersecurity Commission, independent expert for France 2030 and member of the ITM Board of Directors, Nolwenn Le Ster is convinced that a commitment to cybersecurity is meaningful. She is mobilizing the industry around the Cyber4Tomorrow initiative, promoted by Numeum and Campus Cyber.

A cybersecurity expert with over 15 years' experience, Alexandre Marguerite is co-founder of Devensys Cybersecurity. Trained as an engineer with a Master of Science in computer science, he holds CISSP, CEH and CHFI certifications. Specialized in risk analysis, security auditing and pentesting, he is also an EC-Council and ISC2 certified trainer.

Jean-Christophe MARPEAU, specialist in cybersecurity and complex systems engineering, is in charge of the deployment of CAP'TRONIC in the Grand Est region.
Its interventions are aimed at companies wishing to improve their production lines and take the path of industry 4.0 (data architecture and mapping, instrumentation of the production tool, industrial cybersecurity, etc.) and SMEs wishing to innovate at through the implementation of on-board electronic systems
In particular, he participated in the drafting of a guide on Industrial Cybersecurity "Guide to the implementation of the IEC 62443 standard For the use of industrial operators and equipment suppliers for industry" (CETIM No.: 9Q441 )

A cybersecurity player for 25 years, Mikael Masson has developed his expertise through various engineering and innovation positions with French distributors and ESNs. A former Senior SE at Fortinet (2004-2008), he co-founded and managed Cyberprotect until its sale to Adista in 2022. Today, Mikael is CEO of Dream On Technology, co-created with Cédric Matharan, where he leads the development of PanicSafe, an innovative crisis management solution. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science/Organization and Protection of Enterprise Information Systems.

Stéphane MOCANU has been a researcher at the Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory in the joint Inria CTRL-A team (https://team.inria.fr/ctrl-a/) since 2016 and a lecturer at Grenoble-INP. A mechanical engineer with a doctorate in automatic control, he obtained his habilitation to direct research in computer science in 2018. Since 2016, he has been conducting research into the cybersecurity of industrial systems, focusing primarily on intrusion detection, but also on risk assessment and resilience in the face of attacks. References: articles ( https://scholar.google.fr/citations?hl=fr&user=ODxp0gEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate ), Inria Academy trainer ( https://www.inria-academy.fr/session-de-formation-la-cybersecurite-des-systemes-de-controle-industriel/ ), IEC 62443 standard expert, member of the France 2030 PEPR Cybersecurity SuperviZ project ( https://www.pepr-cybersecurite.fr/projet/superviz/ ).

Eric Sivertson is an entrepreneur and engineer with over 30 years' experience in developing technologies to enhance trust and security in embedded systems, wireless connectivity and reconfigurable, high-performance computing. He is currently Vice President of Lattice Semiconductor's security business. He focuses on developing Lattice's activities in this fast-growing market, as well as supporting the development of cutting-edge solutions within the organization. Prior to joining Lattice, he founded his own security and consulting company, supporting numerous Silicon Valley start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. An electrical engineer with a degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, he has also worked for Kontron, Xilinx and Thales.

Cédric Sroussi's mission is to help TD Synnex Advanced Solutions customers respond technically to the challenges they may encounter in their business. To do this, he provides a comprehensive and competitive service offering based on TD Synnex's technological pillars (Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data, Networking). Cédric also supervises the group's pre-sales engineers, who hold over 250 certifications and are the driving force behind their customers' technological transformation, a pillar of the Advanced Solutions value proposition.

Joining Metsys in 2020, Hervé Thibault supports the company in its technical strategy and is involved in major customer transformation projects, particularly in the area of cybersecurity. A keen technology enthusiast, Hervé is a speaker at Microsoft events (TechDays, ITCamp, TechNet, Ignite Tour, Microsoft Experiences, IdentityDays), MVP (Most Valuable Professional) on SCCM/Enterprise Mobility (from 2008 to 2014) and a member of the Microsoft Regional Director program since 2015.

Guillaume Tourne is in charge of technology strategy for Microsoft's Cybersecurity solutions for partners. His role is to align partner technology roadmaps with Microsoft's cloud strategy, and to build new, market-ready solutions with partners. In addition to his partner-focused expertise, Guillaume has over ten years' experience in consulting.

A network security engineer for over 25 years and founder of the Artica open source project at the same time, David Touzeau joined Kaspersky in 2004 as a pre-sales engineer, Linux expert and brand development specialist. As founder of Artica Tech, he strengthened his skills in software development, particularly in network security, Python and DevOps. Previously, he contributed to business development at Trend Micro and StationSoft, demonstrating his expertise in strategic consulting and sales management.

Philippe Wieczorek has been Director of Innovation at Minalogic for twelve years. Before joining Minalogic, he was General Secretary of the Management Committee of HP's international sites in France, and held various R&D, Marketing and Business Development positions at HP, as well as at Capgemini, starting his career in SMEs and start-ups. His areas of expertise are software publishing, particularly in the fields of networks and telecommunications, and artificial intelligence. Philippe holds around twenty industrial patents.