After almost two decades of leading digital transformation and building technology solutions at scale, I've embarked on a new mission: making AI a force for good by making it accessible to anyone ready to build, learn, and grow.

David is the Director of Architecture for NewDay, and the founder of Electric Head Software. Focusing on iterative software delivery, developer mentoring and cultural change - mostly working with London-based organisations.

He speaks about software design, culture, and ethics in technology - rounded out by an assortment of talks about software that probably doesn't need to exist but makes the world a little more fun. David has previously served as the chief coding technical architect for JustGiving and helped market-leading organisations including JUST-EAT, Trainline and Vodafone improve their technical capabilities.

David is a Microsoft MVP, has been part of the OpenUK Honours list for open-source advocacy, and is a twice bestselling author of children's books about programming.

You can find his open-source projects on NuGet, npm and GitHub, follow him on Twitter @david_whitney, or check out his technical blog at http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk/Blog.

http://www.electricheadsoftware.com 
http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk 

Elise is a frontend developer in Variant and has been involved in a diverse range of projects for nine years. As a consultant, she has worked in and out of various teams, experiencing a wide range of team compositions.

She has a special interest and passion for accessibility.

She enjoys sharing insights about observations in the industry, and in 2022, she was the "Voice of the Year" in kode24, an online newspaper for Norwegian developers.

Erlend has worked as a developer and security consultant for over 20 years, trying to build and break many different types of systems. He spends some of his free time on security research and open source tools, and is the main author behind retire.js - a free and open source scanner for JavaScript. He is also the chapter leader of the Norwegian OWASP chapter.

Gary Lopez is the Founder of Tinycode, a venture-backed startup helping organizations build and deploy safe and secure AI systems. Gary spent four years at Microsoft, most recently serving as a Principal Offensive AI Scientist. On the AI Red Team, he created PyRIT (Python Risk Identification Toolkit)—an open-source tool now widely used across industry for AI security assessment. During his tenure, he helped lead dozens of red teaming operations and spearheaded work on catastrophic AI risks, including chemical and biological threats. Gary actively contributes to the community by training professionals at Black Hat and publishing research on AI security. Before Microsoft, he worked at Booz Allen Hamilton identifying and remediating zero-day vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure systems.

Guilherme "Gui" Ferreira is a Minimalist Software Craftsman, passionate about simplicity and continuous learning. 
He is a Microsoft MVP, Tech Speaker, YouTuber, Dometrain Author, and .NET content creator.

I've been working professionally with C# and .NET since 2007, and become quite good at it. I like Azure, SQL server, Minimal APIs and the challenge of keeping it simple. Since 2025 I've let AI do the coding. It's a wild ride and I would like to share it!

Kasimir Schulz, Director of Security Research at HiddenLayer, is a leading expert in uncovering zero-day exploits and supply chain vulnerabilities in AI. His work has been featured in Forbes, BleepingComputer, and Dark Reading, and he has spoken at conferences such as FS-ISAC and Black Hat. Kasimir leads the development of advanced tools for automating vulnerability detection and implementing large-scale patches, fortifying systems against supply chain attacks. His dedication to proactive defense measures sets a new standard in cybersecurity resilience.

Kenneth Yeung is a Senior Security Researcher at HiddenLayer, specializing in adversarial machine learning and AI security. He is known for identifying LLM vulnerabilities in AI systems like Google Gemini, has been featured in publications like Forbes and DarkReading, and has spoken at conferences such as OWASP Global AppSec. Kenneth is a top finisher in global AI security competitions such as HackAPrompt 2023 and Dreadnode's Man vs Machine CTF, and is actively researching the defense of generative AI models.

Kevin DeRudder is a full stack web developer with a deep passion for ASP.NET and building modern, interactive web applications.

With years of experience in web development and .NET, he helps developers simplify their web apps while keeping them fast, maintainable. As a conference organizer and speaker, Kevin loves sharing practical insights on web development and fostering learning communities. When he’s not coding or speaking, he’s busy running Techorama and other developer events.

Maddy Montaquila (formerly Leger) is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft and the product lead for Aspire. She’s been building dev tools at Microsoft since 2018 - before Aspire, she worked across the .NET stack and brought .NET MAUI to life. Maddy has been obsessed with making developers’ lives easier ever since her first dev tools internship, where she realized it perfectly combined her tech background with her passion for product development.

These days, she’s focused on making modern distributed app development suck a whole lot less. Maddy’s an experienced speaker who’s presented everywhere from local user groups to major keynotes, known for bringing great energy and a genuine love for dev tools to every talk.

You can find her on Bluesky and GitHub at @maddymontaquila!

Nick is a Content Creator focusing on C# & .NET and an Author and Founder of the educational platform Dometrain.

I’m a low-ego leader, biased towards action, and passionate about building and scaling high-performing engineering teams across startups, scaleups, and enterprise organizations.

I focus on creating environments where teams thrive through clarity, competence, and autonomy.

With 25+ years of experience across North America and Europe, I’ve led and coached hundreds of engineers and contributed to the growth of three unicorns, including two successful exits.

💥 Impact-driven leader focused on people, technology, and product
🚀 Advocate for AI, Agile, Lean, DevOps, and SRE practices that enable high-performing teams
🧙‍♂️ 15+ years in leadership roles across blue-chip companies, startups, and scaleups (200+ engineers)
🖥️ Software engineering background

I’m also an international speaker, community co-founder, and podcast co-host, actively sharing insights on leadership, engineering culture, and scaling organizations.

Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry, both on the hardware and software sides, development, and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013, and was on the board of directors of Telerik, which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014. Today, he is a consultant and advisor to several successful technology firms and hosts three podcasts: .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) for .NET developers, RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com) for IT Professionals, and Windows Weekly (https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly).

Victoria Westerhoff is a Principal AI Security Researcher at Microsoft, where she leads operations for Microsoft's AI Red Team—the group responsible for adversarially testing high-risk generative AI systems, Copilots, agents, and frontier models before they ship. Tori’s team of white-hat hackers works across security, responsible AI, societal, and frontier AI harm domains, helping identify vulnerabilities ranging from traditional cyber risks to emerging challenges such as autonomous behavior, social engineering, and misuse of advanced AI systems.

With a background spanning cognitive neuroscience, national security consulting, strategy, and AI, Tori brings an interdisciplinary perspective to AI security. In addition to standing up the frontier and emerging risks AI Red Team functions, she has contributed to industry initiatives including the MITRE ATLAS framework, Microsoft's open-source PyRIT red teaming toolkit, and Frontier Governance Framework while collaborating with government, academic, and industry partners on frontier AI evaluation and governance.

A recognized thought leader in AI safety and security, Tori has spoken at conferences and institutions including Black Hat USA, RSAC, Microsoft Build, Princeton, MIT, ISU, Georgetown CSET, and international AI Safety Institute forums. She was named one of the Top 100 Women in AI and is a frequent commentator on podcasts and international reporting on the future of AI security, adversarial testing, and responsible AI deployment.


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