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“Humanity faces many uncertainties in the upcoming years due to swift technological advancements.”
Future X - A Shift in The Technology Paradigm, a student-led conference that will feature a Holographic presentation, discussing how technology is disrupting the following industries in a session of parallel tracks:
Cybersecurity: Is Our Privacy Dead?
As our internet presence grows every day, so do the threats of cyberattacks. What is the future of cybersecurity in the face of rapidly changing computing technology?
Finance: The End of Brick-and-Mortar Banks?
The rise of fintech has revolutionised how consumers view banking and financial services. How are banking apps challenging traditional banks and who will reign supreme in the end?
Healthcare: Life On The Bleeding Edge
Cutting edge innovations have helped vastly improve healthcare in terms of accessibility, affordability, and accountability. What will they think of next and how will this transform the healthcare industry?
The Speakers
Zoë Rose
Cyber Security Consultant at Baringa Partners
Zoë Rose is a highly regarded hands-on cyber security specialist, who helps her clients better identify and manage their vulnerabilities and embed effective cyber resilience across their organisation. Whilst retaining deep technical expertise, Zoë has developed extensive experience in designing and executing cyber security awareness programmes to help people become more aware of cyber threats. Zoë is a Cisco Champion, Tech Field Day delegate, and certified Splunk Architect, who frequently speaks at conferences and is quoted in the media, and most recently featured in Vogue Magazine.
Keynote
Jon Geater
Chief Technology Officer at Jitsuin
Jon Geater is a seasoned cybersecurity expert and technologist with many years of experience at the forefront of global technology development and standardisation. His career spans leading multi-million dollar R&D budgets in global organisations and founding start-ups: both important environments to develop and grow new technology. In all work his goal is to bring a viewpoint of real world security and engineering to new technologies in order to help us get to large scale industrialization faster and realise the safer, more efficient, greener, cleaner world we all want to live in.
Finance
Filip Jakubowski-Drzewiecki
Uzair Qidwai
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Information Security Officer at Loot Financial Services
Filip is a passionate engineer and manager with experience in leading development teams and software architecture who is keen to both learn and share the experience. He co-founded the fintech startup, Loot Financial Services, in 2015 and has worked with Google Launchpad Program mentoring startups in different parts of the World. He is often looking forward, keen to explore areas of the shared and distributed economy, and addressing financial inclusion and inequality.
Strategy & Business Development Manager at Atlas City
Uzair is an results driven and award-winning business leader with over 10 years of leadership experience, managing cross-functional teams of 100+ employees in high pressure and competitive environments, both in the corporate and start-up world, with experience in cities like New York, London and Toronto.
Carolina Abenante
Founder, Executive Vice-Chairperson, CSO and GC at NYIAX
In her role at NYIAX, Carolina Abenante leads the company's funding, business strategy, legal and investor relations. Ms. Abenante has been in the New York City tech and advertising scene since 1999, when she was the first Director of Corporate Development for Juno Online Services, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and domestic and international strategic partnerships. She went on to become the Sr. Director of Business Development and was part of the founding digital advertising tech and advertising team for Reed Elsevier Ltd in the US for over 500 publications, websites and technology platforms (NYSE and LSE listed). She sits on various New Jersey Bar and ABA committees (Tax and Media). She is also a Certified Privacy Officer (CIPP).
Cybersecurity
Wim Remes
Owner and Principal Consultant at Wire Security
Wim Remes is the owner of and principal consultant at Wire Security, a Belgian boutique information security consulting company. Having worked for over 15 years helping customers with complex privacy and security challenges, Wim likes to think that there is joy in trying to make the world a better place. He enjoys tackling wicked problems and sometimes shares his perspective to audiences around the world.
Sharka Pekarova
Penetration Tester
Sharka is an ethical hacker and penetration tester with a passion for social engineering. She breaks into networks as well as into buildings by hacking people. During her rich career, she has had the opportunity to work on both the defensive and (currently) offensive ends of the cyber security spectrum. This experience lets her understand the challenges teams face when trying to secure their networks. Apart from research, she is involved in the cyber community. She co-founded Infosec Hoppers, a group that helps other women in the cyber industry.
Timothy Rees
Director of Cyber Risk Solutions at Willis Towers Watson
Tim is responsible for developing Willis Towers Watson’s integrated cyber risk approach in the U.K. He leads the client outreach strategy and engagements across the full range of people, capital and technology cyber risk solutions. Previously, Tim worked for Blackdot Solutions where he was responsible for client engagement across multiple markets — notably the legal and U.S. sectors — as well as the development of the investigative software to better suit clients’ evolving requirements. He has delivered multiple projects for the EU and UN and other organizations in Africa, the Americas and the Middle East. Previously, he served as an officer in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps with deployments in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and subsequently, U.K. Special Forces.
Healthcare
Dr. Myra Malik
Locum Consultant Anaesthetist at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Dr. Myra Malik completed her training in Anaesthetics at the Imperial School of Anaesthesia, London Deanery in 2017 and a Masters in International Health Management with distinction at Imperial College Business School in 2015. She feels that in the current times, being a good clinician alone is insufficient in being a good doctor. She is an advisor to the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, which allows her great opportunities to assist clinicians in developing the key leadership and management skills the NHS so urgently needs.
Dr. Surbhi Gupta
Director of Intellectual Property at Precision Robotics
Dr. Vaibhav Joshi
Chief Data Officer at Virgin Care
Dr. Surbhi Gupta was instrumental in setting up Precision Robotics, a company spun out of Imperial College London that develops medical robots for precision surgery, and raising investment as a senior executive at the technology transfer arm of the university. Gupta was responsible for managing and commercialising the medtech IP portfolio. She has led on several licensing deals and spinout company formation such as Cardian, VODCA and Accunea. She has served as non-executive board director for Imperial spinouts such as Orthonika, providing strategic direction and IP expertise to these companies.
Dr. Vaibhav Joshi (VJ) is a double alumnus of Imperial College, a medic, a Founding Fellow of the UK’s Faculty of Clinical Informatics, a reviewer for the NHS Digital Academy and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. An Emergency Physician by background, he has held several senior management positions within the NHS and private healthcare sectors. He has a keen interest in healthcare analytics informing decision making.
The Venue
Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, Ayrton Rd, Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
Agenda
10:30
Registration and Welcome Reception
11:00
Welcome Remarks
11:20
Keynote by Zoë Rose
11:50
Lunch
Commencement of Parallel Tracks
Finance
Cyber Security
Healthcare
12:50
Filip Jakubowski-Drzewiecki
Fintech's Revolution Against Global Inequalities
Timothy Rees
Robots in the OR -
The Future of Surgery
Dr. Surbhi Gupta
13:25
Disrupt or be Disrupted
Uzair Qidwai
Distributed Healthcare
Dr. Vaibhav Joshi
Human Factor in Cyber Security
Sharka Pekarova
13:55
Carolina Abenante
Privacy in a Cyber Reality
Wim Remes
Dr. Myra Malik
Conclusion of Parallel Tracks
14:25
Coffee and Tea Break
14:45
Keynote by Jon Geater
15:15
Discussion Panel: Is Digital Transformation Dehumanising Society?
16:00
Networking Reception
Panelist - Wim Remes, Surbhi Gupta, Carolina Abenante, Filip Jakubowski-Drzewiecki
Moderator - Jon Geater
Leading in a Digital Age - Preparing the Healthcare Workforce