Ms. Neuberger is the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies in the White House.

Ivan John E. Uy is the Secretary for the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Phillippines Government.

Baiba Braže currently serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. 

In August 2023 Dr SOK Siphana was appointed as a Senior Minister in charge of Special Missions (Multilateral Trade and Economic Affairs) as well as the Chairman of Trade Policy Advisory Board.

Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines.

Dr Renato U Solidum, Jr is the current Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Philippines, with eighteen (18) attached agencies including Research and Development (R&am

Monika Koroliovienė is a graduate of Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science and earned MA degree in International Relations and Diplomacy.

Eric Schmidt is an accomplished technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz is appointed as Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) of ASEAN for Political-Security Community beginning mid-February 2024, for a three-year term.

Mr Steven Matainaho is the Secretary for the Papua New Guinea Department of Information Communication Technology.

Arfiya Eri is a member of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament (the Diet), representing the 5th District of Chiba Prefecture (Urayasu City and Ichikawa City, just outside

Anote Tong was the President of the Republic of Kiribati from 2003 to 2016.

Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness, CSC was appointed as Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator (the Coordinator) on 26 February 2024.

Tim Watts is the Federal Member for Gellibrand and has served as the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Albanese Government since 2022.

Navrina Singh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Credo AI, an AI governance platform that empowers organisations to deliver and embed artificial intelligence responsibly by proactively m

Senator James Paterson is a Liberal Senator for Victoria, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Shadow Cabinet Secretary.

Dr José-Marie Griffiths is President of Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.

Dr Andrew Charlton is an economist, business owner and former senior economic advisor.

Akiko Murakami is the Executive Director of the Japan AI Safety Institute (AISI) since 2024 and also serves as the Chief Data Officer at Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

Dr Yuh-Jye Lee is a distinguished computer scientist currently serving as the Senior Advisor to the National Security Council, Taiwan, a position he has held since May 20, 2024.

Dr Pete Shadbolt is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of PsiQuantum, a quantum computing company on a mission to build the world’s first commercially useful quantum computer and deploy it to

Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, also known as Mimee, is the CEO and Co-founder of Techsauce, a leading technology and innovation ecosystem builder in Southeast Asia.

Lord Fakafanua embarked early on his political career. At age 24 he became one of the youngest Members of Parliament in Tongan history.

Urvashi Aneja is a researcher, policy analyst and entrepreneur whose work seeks to drive an equitable and just distribution of technology gains.

ADM Rogers is a native of Chicago and attended Auburn University, graduating in 1981 and receiving his commission via the Naval Reserve Officer

Dani Alexander is the Chief Executive Officer of the UNSW Energy Institute. She is a passionate advocate for reshaping our energy system to be clean, affordable, reliable and equitable.

James Appathurai was appointed to this post in September 2021.

Mihoko Matsubara is Chief Cybersecurity Strategist of NTT Corporation, Tokyo, being responsible for cybersecurity thought leadership.

Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant is an internationally recognised cybersecurity mentor, who has till recently tenanted the prestigious appointment of National Cyber Security Coordinator in the National

Liesyl Franz is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.

Connor Leahy is the Chief Executive Officer of AI start-up, Conjecture, working on solving the problems of AI control.

Brendan was appointed as Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology in May 2023.

Professor Beth Webster is Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.

Based in Melbourne, Kate is a policy expert at Microsoft working on a range of tech policy issues including AI.

Mr. Tanaka has served as Vice Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) between July 2019 and July 2021.

An experienced leader and policymaker, Abraham M. Denmark is an expert in the geopolitical dynamics of the Indo-Pacific, U.S.

Matthew Chang is the Executive Director of the Singapore National Centre for Engineering Biology and concurrently serves as the Director of the Singapore Consortium for Synthetic Biology, the Wilma

President & CEO, Kitamura Economic Security Inc.

Dr. Soichi Noguchi graduated from the Graduate School of University of Tokyo in 1991. His first spaceflight was STS-114 on the space shuttle Discovery in 2005.

Hugh Durrant-Whyte is the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer.  

Jonathan is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Nuix, an ASX-listed global company and a leading provider of investigative analytics and intelligence software with a vision of being a Force fo

Kanishk is a Management Consultant specialising in areas of Government Affairs and Public Policy.

Charles Ross leads Economist Impact’s Asia-Pacific policy and insights team--the research arm of The Economist Group--and oversees the regions technology and innovation practice.

Alex Capri is a Research Fellow at the Hinrich Foundation, based in Singapore, where he also teaches at the National University of Singapore in the Business School and at the Lee Kuan Yew School of

Jason Healey is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs specializing in cyber risk and conflict and a part-time senior strategist at the Natio