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.

Amit Grinvald is a keynote speaker, moderator, and communication strategist who works with leaders and experts across corporate, startup, and investor environments to communicate complex ideas with clarity and conviction in high-stakes situations.

Over the past decade, he has worked with a range of high-achieving professionals from Fortune 500 executives and award-winning founders to Olympic medalists and aerospace engineers. His clients include leaders from organisations such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, Deloitte, Capgemini, Red Hat, Rolls-Royce, and Johnson & Johnson.

His work in the venture ecosystem spans both founder and investor perspectives. As a mentor with Google for Startups and the Startup World Cup, he has supported companies through €60M+ fundraising rounds.

Amit regularly hosts and leads conversations at international conferences, including TED, SXSW London, and South Summit. He is also the founder and long-time lead organiser of TEDxUNYP, one of Europe's most recognised TEDx events, with multiple TED Editor's Picks and several talks ranked among the global Top 100.

His sessions are practical, interactive, and built for the room in front of him, whether that room is full of engineers, executives, or first-time speakers. Attendees leave with tools they can use in their very next meeting, pitch, or presentation.

Christian is a freelance fullstack developer and Microsoft MVP writing code in languages like Java, Kotlin, Typescript and Javascript. He's been working as a software engineer since over a decade. He loves learning from others and sharing his knowledge.

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.

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At age 9 little David found an old book called "Electronic Computational Machines" at the library and, after reading it in a single weekend, decided that this was what he wanted to do with his life. Three years later he finally got to touch a computer for the first time and discovered that it was totally worth the wait. One thing led to another and now he’s a software engineer at Meta. David is a software developer with over 25 years of industry experience, speaker, trainer, blogger and co-author of “Pro Couchbase Server”. He specializes in large-scale distributed system architecture.

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.

Gadi Evron is Founder and CEO at Knostic, an AI agent security company, CISO-in-Residence for AI at CSA, and chairs the [un]prompted conference. Previously, he founded Cymmetria (acquired), was the Israeli National Digital Authority CISO, founded the Israeli CERT, and headed PwC's Cyber Security Center of Excellence. 

He wrote the post-mortem analysis of the "First Internet War" (Estonia 2007), founded some of the first information-sharing groups (TH-Research, 1997, DA/MWP, 2004), wrote APT reports (Rocket Kitten - 2014, Patchwork - 2016), and the first paper on DNS DDoS Amplification Attacks (2006). Gadi has written two books on cybersecurity, is a frequent contributor to industry publications, and speaker at industry events, from Black Hat (2008, 2015) to Davos (2019) and CISO360 (2022).

Gary Lopez is the founder and CEO of Tinycode, a venture-backed AI safety and security platform that red teams and secures AI systems end to end.

Gary spent four years at Microsoft, most recently as Principal Offensive AI Scientist on the AI Red Team. He created PyRIT, the Python Risk Identification Tool for generative AI, which Microsoft released under an MIT license and later integrated into Azure AI Foundry as the engine behind its AI Red Teaming Agent. Microsoft's AI Red Team has used PyRIT internally for years, including work on Copilot and the Phi-3 model release.

At Microsoft he lead dozens of red teaming operations and led the team's work on catastrophic AI risks, including chemical and biological threats.

Gary has spoken at conferences including Black Hat, RSAC, and CAMLIS. 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!

Ioana Amarande is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in a forward-deployed role with some of the company’s largest enterprise customers. Working directly alongside customer engineering teams, she designs and builds production-ready AI solutions while providing practical security and architecture guidance.

With a background in mathematics and cryptography, Ioana developed software for high-assurance systems in defense and healthcare before joining Microsoft. Her current work with enterprise customers has broadened her perspective on applying strong engineering fundamentals to build AI solutions that are secure, reliable, and ready for production in large-scale and highly regulated environments.

Passionate about making security an enabler rather than a barrier, Ioana helps teams understand risks and translate them into pragmatic engineering decisions. She focuses on making security easier to discuss, adopt, and embed throughout the development process.

Joona is a seasoned hacker with over two decades of experience in the fields of software development and information security. He is recognized for his significant contributions to the open-source community, notably his work on acme-dns, ffuf, and certbot.

During days he works to secure hundreds of applications as the Head of Security Testing at Visma

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.

Dr. Kyle Kotowick is the founder of a Canadian consulting and development firm focusing on cloud infrastructure, security, and Internet-of-Things implementations for high-growth clients. He completed his Ph.D. in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, joint with the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has served as a consultant, systems architect, and developer for global firms, startups, and universities; as a project lead for military medical and communication technology; and as a researcher for military navigation systems and for life support systems in space. He specializes in working with both startups and enterprise clients to define requirements and explore possible solutions, as well as in leading the development of project architecture, cloud services, and back-end software.

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.

Philippe De Ryck specializes in making web security accessible to developers and architects, leveraging his Ph.D. from KU Leuven to inform his comprehensive understanding of security challenges. As the founder of Pragmatic Web Security, he provides practical security training and consulting services to organizations worldwide. 

His online course platform offers a self-paced approach to learning about security. Philippe also actively helps shape OAuth 2.0 best practices as the co-author of the best practices for browser-based apps specification. 

Philippe is recognized as a Google Developer Expert, acknowledging his contributions to web application and API security. He also organizes SecAppDev, an annual week-long application security course in Belgium.

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).

STÖK operates at the crossroads of cybersecurity & creativity. With Swedish roots, STÖK has carved out a distinctive niche as a creative, hacker, keynote speaker and cybersecurity professional. His curiosity and dedication to sharing what he learned shines through his robust online community. His creative presentation style and hacker insights have graced the main stages of globally recognized cybersecurity events such as Black Hat USA, DEF CON, Securityfest, SEC-T, Disobey, and EKO PARTY, further establishing his influence in the community.

Diving into cybersecurity in the early '90s, STÖK has pioneered a holistic approach, harmonizing defensive strategies with an aggressive hacker's mindset. However, his expertise extends beyond the digital frontier, incorporating a keen understanding of human psychology, marketing, fashion, and effective communication, reflecting his multifaceted interests and talents.
STÖK embodies a lifestyle where technology meets creativity, adopting a positive, forward-thinking stance on security and life. His ethos, captured in the empowering slogans "HACKERS GONNA HACK. CREATORS GONNA CREATE. GOOD VIBES ONLY," strikes a chord with his audience, injecting a vibrant, optimistic outlook into the complex cybersecurity landscape.

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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