Keynote speakers

Dr. Jacques Bus
Secretary General
Digital Enlightenment Forum

Jacques Bus was born in the Netherlands in 1947, and received his PhD in Science and Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. He worked as a researcher for 12 years and subsequently as research programme manager for 5 years at the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam (NL). In 1988 he joined the European Commission and has worked in leading positions in various parts of the Research programmes ESPRIT and IST, including IT Infrastructure, Programme Management,...
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Dr. Nigel Cameron
CEO
Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET)

Nigel is President and CEO of Washington DC’s first independent think tank on science and technology policy - or the lack thereof - at the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies. (C PET) where, in short, he stirs the hornet's nest to get people thinking! Until 2008, he was Research Professor and Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society. In 2003 he co-founded the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human...
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Kim Cameron
Creator of the Laws of Identity and Microsoft Identity Architect
Microsoft

Kim joined Microsoft in 1999 when it bought the ZOOMIT Corporation . As VP of Technology at ZOOMIT , he had invented metadirectory technology and built the first shipping product. Before that he led ZOOMIT’s development team in producing a range of SMTP, X.400, X.500, and PKI products. Kim grew up in Canada, attending King’s College at Dalhousie University and l’Université de Montréal. He has won a number of industry awards, including Digital Identity...
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André Durand
Founder & CEO
Ping Identity

Andre Durand is a twelve year veteran of the enterprise software industry, a recognized leader in the identity industry and a pioneer behind the concepts of the digital identity network. In addition to his role as CEO of Ping Identity, Mr. Durand co-founded and co-chairs Digital ID World , the official identity industry conference and magazine. Prior to Ping Identity, Mr. Durand founded Jabber, Inc. , a leading global provider of in instant messaging and presence management platforms...
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Prof. Dr. Eberhard von Faber
Security Strategy and Executive Consulting
T-Systems

Prof. Dr. Eberhard von Faber studied electrical engineering and got a doctor degree in the field of semiconductor physics. More than 18 years ago, he started his career as developer for security products. Then he moved to debis Systemhaus where he worked in various fields of security engineering and consulting. Former Head of the Evaluation Facility, he became responsible for security strategy and portfolio of T-Systems. Nowadays his workspace is Security Strategy and Executive Consulting....
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Dr. Waldemar Grudzien
Head of Department Retail Banking and Banking Technology
Association of German Banks

Mr Grudzien studied electrical engineering at Berlin Technical University and business studies at the Berlin School of Economics. He holds a doctorate in the former subject. After working as a process engineer at Berlin’s water company and at Berlin Technical University’s Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management, Mr Grudzien joined the Association of German Banks in October 2001. He works in the Retail Banking and Banking Technology Department, where he is responsible...
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Berthold Kerl
Managing Director, Head of Information & Technology Risk Governance
Deutsche Bank AG

Berthold Kerl studied economics and computer science in Nürnberg. Since then he has worked in the IT Industry for more than 20 years in a variety of different roles. In the first half of his career Berthold worked at CSC leading the SAP consulting practice for financial services industry. After joining Deutsche Bank in 2002 he has been working in various leadership roles covering the entire software development lifecycle as well as Sourcing/Outsourcing, IT Strategy and IT Governance....
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Ralf Knöringer
Manager Business Unit IAM
Atos IT Solutions and Services GmbH

Mr. Knöringer has more than 15 years practical experience within the international security market place. His special focus areas are Identity & Access Management, Provisioning & Directory solutions. With his comprehensive knowledge of the Security market place, technology trends and international customer projects Mr. Knöringer is the management contact for Siemens key customers and strategic partners interested in secure user management, entitlement and access...
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Martin Kuppinger
KuppingerCole

Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior to KuppingerCole, Martin wrote more than 50 IT-related books and is known as a widely-read columnist and author of technical articles and reviews in some of the most prestigious IT magazines in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is also a well-established speaker and moderator at seminars and...
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Dr. Laurent Liscia
Executive Director
OASIS

Laurent Liscia, Ph.D., Executive Director at OASIS, provides leadership, operational oversight, and strategic vision for the consortium. He represents OASIS in the international arena, serving as an advocate for open standards in matters of policy and adoption. Laurent also develops new opportunities to extend the breadth and depth of future OASIS work. Prior to joining OASIS, he co-founded several Web-related companies, including Traackr and Webmotion. Laurent served as a Media...
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Dr. Barbara Mandl
Senior Manager
Daimler AG

Dr. Barbara Mandl is Senior Manager of DAIMLER AG, responsible for the Global Daimler IT-Organization: CoC Identity and Access Management. Dr. Barbara Mandl’s career lead her through various Telecommunication and IT organizations. Among those were leading Management Positions as Chief Engineer at Nortel and at an ASP in Germany. Her career has been focusing on security. She holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics.
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Udi Mokady
Founder, President & CEO
Cyber-Ark

Udi Mokady co-founded Cyber-Ark Software in 1999 and serves as the company's President & CEO. In this role he is responsible for the management, execution, and strategic direction of the company as the market leader in managing and securing Privileged Identities and Highly Sensitive Information. In his previous role as Cyber-Ark's COO, Mokady established Cyber-Ark's headquarters in the US and orchestrated its market expansion, paving the way for the Company to acquire over 1,000...
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Dr. Emilio Mordini
CEO
Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship CSSC

Emilio Mordini is an MD (University of Rome La Sapienza) and MAPhil (Pontifical University S.Thoma). He is a psychoanalyst and founding director of the Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship. He was partner of the Psychoanalytic Institute for Social Research (1986-2001), professor of bioethics in the Medical School of the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1994-2005), member (1994-2000) and secretary (2000-2004) of the Bioethical Commission of the Italian National...
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Shirief Nosseir
Marketing Manager
CA Technologies

Shirief Nosseir is EMEA product marketing director of security management solutions at CA Technologies. With 25 years in the software industry, Shirief’s experience ranges across the fields of security management, service and infrastructure management, application lifecycle management and business intelligence. This allows him to have insightful understanding of how to assist enterprises in developing business-oriented architectures, while melding traditionally disparate technologies...
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Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch
CIO for the Austrian Federal Government
Republic of Austria

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch is member of many professional societies: IEEE, ACM, OCG (member of the board of the Austrian Computer Society), OGI (Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Informatik), ACONET, OeMG (Oesterreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft), GME (Microelectronic society) etc. He was the Austrian representative in IFIP TC6 (Communication) as well as IFIP TC11 (Computer Security). Besides this Reinhard Posch is member of the Working group on Security of payment...
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Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg
T-Mobile Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security
Goethe University in Frankfurt

Kai Rannenberg holds the T-Mobile Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security at the Goethe University in Frankfurt since 2002. Before he worked at Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK focussing on "Personal Security Devices & Privacy Technologies". Kai studied at the TU Berlin and received his PhD at Freiburg University where he then coordinated the interdisciplinary "Kolleg Security in Communication Technology", sponsored by Gottlieb Daimler & Karl Benz Foundation...
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Doc Searls
Berkman Fellow
Harvard Law School

Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal, co-author (with fellow Berkman Fellow David Weinberger and others) of The Cluetrain Manifesto, and one of the world's best-known and widely read bloggers. His work as a journalist, speaker and advocate of the Internet led to a Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award for Best Communicator in 2005. In "The World is Flat", Thomas L. Friedman calls Doc "one of the most respected technology writers in America". Doc's long and varied...
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Jackson Shaw
Active Directory, Identity Management Expert
Quest Software

Jackson Shaw has been involved with directory, meta-directory and security initiatives for almost twenty years. He has spoken at various industry events and writes a popular identity management blog. Jackson oversees product direction, strategy and go-to-market activities for Quest’s suite of Active Directory management products.
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Jim Taylor
VP Identity and Security Management
NetIQ

James (Jim) Taylor is responsible for the overall product strategy, pricing and packaging and future direction for NetIQ's Identity and Security products. Jim has over 20 years of experience in the Identity and Security industry, working in a variety of roles from consulting to quality assurance. Prior to joining Novell, Jim was founder and CEO of Fortefi a company which specialized in Privileged Identity Management. Prior to Fortefi, Jim held positions within product management and sales...
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Peter Weierich
Senior Strategy Consultant
iC Consult GmbH

Peter Weierich, born in 1964, studied Computer Science and Medical Informatics in Erlangen. Since 2011 he is Senior Strategy Consultant at iC Consult GmbH. Before that, he was Head of Marketing and Sales at Völcker Informatik AG.
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