Swiss Night at RSA 2023 - Swissnex in San Francisco

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Swiss Cyber Night at RSA is back!

2023 is set to be pivotal for digital technologies, presenting significant opportunities as well as potential risks. On one hand, we are seeing tremendous advances reaching the masses, like generative AI such as ChatGPT.

On the other hand, the global discussions around the regulations of technology and the volatile global geopolitical environments might impact technologies in an unprecedented way.

Many unknowns are ahead of us, not only when considering the impact that technology will have, but how it will benefit society and build trust.

In this complex environment, what’s next for cybersecurity? How can we ensure that we develop sustainable and resilient digital solutions with trust at their core? Join us for an interactive exchange with food and drinks as we explore the future of cybersecurity and how it relates to a changing society.

We are inviting a diverse range of speakers offering different perspectives on the future, and how to strengthen trust in digital technologies.

Speakers

Bio

Joel Parish
LLM Security Applications, OpenAI
Joel Parish works on security applications of large language models at OpenAI. Prior to joining OpenAI, Joel spent ten years at Apple working on projects including security engineering on Apple Pay, multi-factor authentication for AppleID and developing machine learning for detection and response. In his free time, Joel enjoys tracking missile proliferation around the world using Google Earth and other open sources.
Bio

Lennig Pedron
CEO Trust Valley Initiative
Lennig Pedron has expertise in cybersecurity and emerging technologies applied to the digital trust economy. She works in particular for the EPFL Innovation Park Foundation and is CEO of the Swiss initiative Trust Valley, the center of excellence in digital trust and cybersecurity. She is co-founder and president of the NGO iCON, representing an international community of over 100 digital trust experts. Lennig Pedron represents iCON at the Council of Europe. She has been Data Protection expert for the Swiss Confederation.

She provides advice and training to different audiences such as the police, prosecutors or banks. She has been a judge for the 9/12 geopolitical challenge of the GCSP for 4 years and she has spoken at the Forum of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Lennig Pedron is the co-author of the book “The Fundamentals of Cyber Crisis Management” published by Ellipses in June 2022.
Bio

Tal Kollender
CEO and co-founder, Gytpol
Tal is the CEO and co-founder of Gytpol. In her teenage years she was a professional hacker, always on the hunt to crack open what seemed impossible, always on the lookout for IT challenges.

As part of her army service, she was recruited to the Israel Air-Force having her sights set on becoming a fighter pilot. Later, the IDF re-assigned her to the IT Corp Cyber Security-Systems Division, where she served as an ICT cyber specialist.

Her professional career took her to Dell EMC where she was Cyber expert & System Security Architect before creating Gytpol with her co-founders.
Bio

Vidya Raman
Partner, Sorenson Ventures
Vidya Raman joined Sorenson Ventures in 2019 from Cloudera, where she led the ML platform, the fastest-growing product line in the company’s history at the time. There, she was responsible for making ML at scale a reality for customers spanning industries such as autonomous driving, biotech, banking, and government. Before that, she led engineering and product teams at venture-backed enterprise startups, including eMeter (Sequoia-funded, acquired by Siemens) and Silver Spring Networks (Kleiner funded, IPO exit).

Working with companies in their earliest stages is her passion. She believes that the opportunity to have the most meaningful and direct impact is at that stage.