RISK & CONTROLS | CYBER SECURITY | INTELLIGENCE & COUNTER INTELLIGENCE | ELECTRONICS | ANALYTICS | TECHNICAL DESIGN
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ADVANCEMENTS & APPLICATIONS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION & HIGH SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS
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ADVANCEMENTS & APPLICATIONS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION & HIGH SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS
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NEXT EPISODE
National Security Applications and Advancements in Robotics and AI
REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS ON THE
PRIVATE SECURITY SECTOR IN A PHASE OF MULTI-REGION CONFLICT
- 📅Wednesday 18 June 2025
- ⏰5:30pm - 8:30pm AEST
Keynote Speaker:
Drone and Satellite Swarm Applications: AI-powered drone and satellite swarms delivering real-time insights for mission-critical applications
Preetham Akula
Founder and CEO, Akula Tech
Akula Tech
Founded in 2022, Akula Tech is an Australian sovereign industry leader in AI-powered space and defence technology. The company is revolutionising satellite systems through AI-powered, software-defined smart satellites that process data directly in orbit, delivering real-time insights for disaster response, security, and environmental monitoring. Its innovations include reconfigurable satellites and autonomous swarming capabilities, enhancing adaptability and mission efficiency. Akula Tech has drastically reduced satellite production timelines from years to months—bringing faster, more responsive solutions to complex global challenges. The company’s vision is to become a billion-dollar enterprise within five to eight years, shaping the future of sovereign space capability.
PANEL AND TECHNICAL INSIGHT SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
Professor Sissel Haugdal Jore
Societal Security & Risk Management, University of Stavanger, Norway
Special Virtual Episodes with ISACA Leaders
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In association with
Sponsored by
- Hear from cybersecurity & ISACA leaders from the United States, Australia & New Zealand
STATE OF CYBER (Part 1)
Maintaining readiness in a complex threat environment
- 📅 Date: Monday 14 April 2025
- ⏰ Time: 1:00pm AEST / 11am AWST
Meet the Speakers
Jamie Norton
ISACA Board Member
Chirag Joshi
Sydney Chapter
Board Member
Abby Zhang
Auckland Chapter
Board Member
Jason Wood
Auckland Chapter former President
Bharat Bajaj
ISACA Melbourne
Board Director
Reshma Devi
Melbourne Chapter Board Member
STATE OF PRIVACY
- 📅 Date: Tuesday 15 April 2025
- ⏰ Time: 9:00am AEST / 7am AWST
Meet the Speakers
Safia Kazi
ISACA HQ
Jo Stewart-Rattray
ISACA Oceania Ambassador
STATE OF TRUST
Security, compliance, and the future of trust
- 📅 Date: Tuesday 15 April 2025
- ⏰ Time: 1:00pm AEST / 11am AWST
Meet the Speakers
Jamie Norton
ISACA Board Member
Jason Wood
Auckland Chapter former President
Reshma Devi
Melbourne Chapter Board Member
Evan Rowse
Vanta
STATE OF CYBER (Part 2)
- 📅 Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025
- ⏰ Time: 1:00pm AEST / 11am AWST
Meet the Speakers
Zeynep Soylu
Sydney Chapter President
Chirag Joshi
Sydney Chapter
Board Member
Abby Zhang
Auckland Chapter
Board Member
Bharat Bajaj
ISACA Melbourne
Board Director
Jason Wood
Auckland Chapter former President
State of Trust - Security, compliance & the future of trust
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- Vanta’s trust management platform takes the manual work out of your security and compliance process and replaces it with continuous automation—whether you’re pursuing your first framework or managing a complex program.
- 📅 Date: Tueaday 15 April 2025
- ⏰ Time: 1:00pm AEST / 11am AWST
Partnering with:
Meet the Speakers
Jamie Norton
ISACA Board Member
Jason Wood
Auckland Chapter former President
Reshma Devi
Melbourne Chapter Board Member
Evan Rowse
Vanta
Jamie Norton
ISACA Board Member
Codee is a seasoned security management professional known for his expertise in merging security and urban design principles to create secure and inviting built environments. Certified in Security Management by ASIS International and holding a Master of Science and First Class Honours degree in security management, Codee is a respected figure in the field.
His extensive experience includes managing crime, counter-terrorism, and cyber risks across government, infrastructure, arts and culture, and commercial sectors. Codee is particularly focussed on built environment strategy, public security, urban design, and security planning. Codee excels in navigating the complex security regulatory environment for corporate entities, state infrastructure projects, and public spaces, guiding projects through the design process from business case through to operations effectively.
- This session will focus on gaining insights in the latest developments and capabilities for establishing and maintaining situational awareness across the maritime domain, with a focus on security, sustainability and space-earth observation.
- 📅 Date: Wednesday 12 March 2025
- ⏰ Time: 7pm AEDT / 4pm AWST
Meet the expert panel:
Thomas Southall
Committee Manager
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARINE AIDS TO NAVIGATION (IALA)
Dr Carl Seubert
Chief Research Officer
SMARTSAT CRC
Clément Galic
CEO & Co-Founder
UNSEENLABS
Kevin Jones
CTO & VP Product
CATALYST (PCI GEOMATICS)
- In today’s security world, there are numerous security solutions that can limit access to company data and IT resources and lock down access. However, when it comes to using AI apps and their back-end models, the answer is not so simple. In this session we take a deep-dive into the challenge that Cisco saw looming on the horizon years ago and has culminated in a brand-new solution called Cisco AI Defence.
- 📅 Date: Monday 24 March 2025
- ⏰ Time: 12:00pm AEDT / 9am AWST
Session sponsor
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Carl Solder
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER - CISCO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Carl Solder currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Australia & New Zealand (ANZ).
Prior to this role, Carl was Cisco’s Vice President of Engineering for the Enterprise Networking and Cloud Engineering organisation at Cisco HQ in San Jose, California. In this role he was responsible for Technical Strategy for the Enterprise Network and Cloud portfolio. His portfolio included the Catalyst Routing, Switching and Wireless platforms, the Intent Based Networking Software Innovations around Automation, Assurance, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence as well as the Policy, Identity and Segmentation Software
solutions that include Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE).
Through his time at Cisco, Carl has also held various Engineering leadership roles in Cisco HQ San Jose and served as a Distinguished Engineer working on early developments in the area of Mass Scale Data Centre Architectures, OpenFlow and Software Defined
Networking.
With more than 35 years of technical, business and sales leadership experience in the ICT industry, Carl has a diverse ICT background that provides great insight into emerging market transitions.
David Siroky
AI ARCHITECTURE LEAD - CISCO SYSTEMS
David Siroky is the AI Architecture Lead at Cisco Systems, having held various leadership roles across the Asia Pacific. He focuses on solution architecture, collaborating with data scientists to support organizations in delivering their AI projects. His work spans diverse customers in the Asia Pacific & Japan region.
Prior to Cisco, David worked at Dell Technologies and Microsoft in Seattle, contributing to software development projects. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and business, blending technical and strategic expertise.
David is a proud father of a 17-year-old girl, an avid reader, fitness enthusiast, skier and passionate about diversity & STEM.
Chris Cubbage
Director - MYSECURITY MEDIA | MODERATOR
Chris Cubbage is a technology journalist, licensed security professional and certified information systems auditor (CISA).
