Principal Consultant, EMEA Government Team
Mandiant Intelligence at Google Cloud
AI in the Trenches: Enhancing Cyber Security with Artificial Intelligence
As part of the government team, James assists client governments across the EMEA region with translating their intent and objectives on national cyber security into practical strategies to deliver change in their approach to governance and leadership of their nation’s cyber security.
Mr. Reynolds-Brown joined Mandiant with 18 years of experience working for the UK Government. His national security background includes working closely with UK and coalition military forces in conflict zones, delivering transformational intelligence support to central government departments, and working in multinational organizations and environments.
From 2017 to 2024 Mr. Reynolds-Brown represented the UK in NATO on cyber defense. His broad range of responsibilities included delivering UK cyber policy in NATO, working closely with other Allies to enhance alliance-wide cyber resilience, leading cyber elements of NATO’s top-level crisis management exercises and enhancing how NATO exercises cyber more broadly, and providing leadership on new policy initiatives to enhance the overall approach to cyberspace in NATO.
SOC Manager
Santa Monica Networks
Cyber Fusion Center as a Shield for Your Business Resilience
Dovilė Kėrienė - SOC Manager at JSC Santa Monica Networks, believes that in the cyber world, all starts and ends with a human, decisions made in certain moments, and the actions made dealing with consequences.
During her IT career Dovilė participated in major projects, which were foundation and starting point for Lithuanian digital services which today are actively used by every citizen.
Dovilė owns a PhD in Information Technologies and EMBA, which makes her a good mediator between business and service delivery sides and helps her better understand how the value-driven service should be delivered to the client.
Dovilė also actively practices Kyokushin karate. It helps to deal with everyday challenges, as karate is about discipline, respect, and self-improvement, and in technique, as in the cyber world, it's about balance between offense and defense.
Classical Scholar, Politician, Writer
Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, Senior Research Fellow at the Baltic Institute of Advanced Technologies, Associate Professor at Vilnius University
Conspiracy Theories: why do they harm Western democracy, but make Russia stronger?
Educated as a Classicist and taught at Vilnius and Cambridge Universities. Served as a Member of Parliament for three consecutive terms and was a Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. Was one of the architects of the Lithuanian higher education reform, author of strategy for relations with diaspora, as well as a consistent supporter of fight for democracy and human rights in Russia, Belarus, China, and Hong Kong.
Writes and publishes essays and scholarly articles on topics ranging from Classics and architecture to political philosophy and current affairs. His first novel, “Moneta & labirintas” (The Coin and the Labyrinth), an intellectual spy thriller, was published last year and was awarded prestigious Book of the Year Award. Served as a Private in the Lithuanian Army Volunteer Corps. Has been decorated with the Presidential Order of Excellence of Georgia and received Friendship Medal of Diplomacy of Taiwan. In 2024 was declared by the Russian MFA to be one of the top-5 enemies of Russia in Lithuania. His hobbies are travelling, horse-riding, croquet, and Baroque.
Partner and Head of Data Protection, Cyber Security & Compliance Team at Ellex Valiunas
Bridging the Divide: Integrating Legal Frameworks with Cybersecurity Strategies
Migle, a Partner at Law Firm Ellex, is an expert in navigating complex data protection and compliance challenges, with a particular focus on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She adeptly guides multinational clients through intricate privacy matters and collaborates with global law firms on expansive GDPR projects. Her work bridges the gap between legal frameworks and cybersecurity, providing strategic insights to enhance data protection and compliance in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
CoFounder of Mailerlite, IT Governor at Governance department at Office of the Government
How to centralize decentralized public IT sector without centralizing it
Created Mailerlite startup and exited. Now making Lithuania public IT sector most efficient in the world.
Inga Langaite is the former CEO of Unicorns Lithuania, a leading organization representing Lithuania’s tech startups and scale-ups. During her tenure, she spearheaded key initiatives to cultivate local talent, attract top professionals from abroad, inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, and drive greater participation in the startup sector. Her leadership was crucial in advocating to decision-makers the strategic importance of the tech industry for Lithuania's economic future. As a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship and technology, Inga has worked closely with government, investors, and the private sector to position Lithuania as a key hub for high-growth tech companies in Europe.
Previously, Inga tackled various challenges in the tech industry and also launched and managed the donation portal aukok.lt.