CyberSec 2023, Manchester

Missed EPN Live? / Check out a video from this years event

alt
alt
alt

WELCOME! / Network & Learn with the CIO Community

The modern IT leader must navigate an ever-changing ever-growing minefield to be ahead of the curve. To deliver business value & reinforce an organisation’s posture, the CIO, CTO, CDO & CISO must have an impenetrable partnership alongside the full board. No challenge is too big or too small for the IT professional including; the new opportunities in technology, overcoming cumbersome infrastructure, an increasing IT skill shortage, the acceleration of cyberattacks, steep rises in data & the possibilities of what can come of it. With many organisations experiencing mergers, demergers, or acquisitions, complexity is exponentially obscuring your path to growth.

This April, senior IT thought-leaders will gather for the unmissable opportunity to benchmark your progress & sense-check your strategies. Join us to listen, learn & share your experiences & solve the most pertinent challenges of today.

200
Thought Leaders on Site

30 +
Solutions on Show

57%

of IT leaders have been given extra budget to cope with the post-Covid WFH scenario

71%

of IT leaders prefer physical events to virtual events

42%

of IT leaders identify data security as a top priority

CONSTRUCT A PERSONALISED AGENDA

With EPN Live, you create your own interactive agenda, having complete control over the day from start to finish.

Choose between:

  • Plenary Speeches. Discover the strategies of the industry’s top IT leaders. Find the answers to your own questions using Sli.do & the roaming mics.
  • Roundtable Discussions. These interactive discussions enable you to get involved with the debate. Share your experiences, gain feedback, & learn from the leading experts of the industry.
  • Vendor Meetings. Make the most of your day with personal 121 pre-determined meetings based on your business needs
  • Open Networking Area. Join informal networking to get time with your peers.
  • Advanced Technology Expo. Discover the latest technologies transforming the IT environment.
  • Product Demos. See tech in action so you can unlock product potential

Who Should Attend?

FIELD

IT Security, 50%
IT, 20%
Technology, 15%
Data, 10%
Governance, 5%

SENIORITY

C-Level, 60%
Directors/VP, 25%
Project Leads, 15%

  • WFH & Hybrid
  • Digital Transformation
  • Cloud
  • Collaboration
  • Security
  • Tooling
  • Leadership

“Great discussions with other like-minded experts” – EAO

“A super opportunity to take a step back, reflect, see & learn things from other industries.” – IQVIA

“The room was truly world class. You could not imagine a better group to discuss what we discussed” – RightCrowd

EPN CyberSec at a Glance / Top 3 reasons you should attend

1: Save time & money by meeting your peers & discovering new technologies all in one place

2: Take part in dynamic discussions, tailored to you and your specific business concerns

3: 10+ hours of networking opportunities. Coordinate meetings, share your experiences, listen to talks.

You have full control of your agenda.

Expert Insights

20 + technology leaders will be delivering data, debate & discussions. Learn from the mistakes & successes of experts from some of the UK’s largest organisations…

Exclusive Features

A new awards show, match-made meetings, a full day of interactive roundtables, complimentary access to co-located events, and much more to take advantage of…

Like-minded Senior Peers

Meet with CIOs, CISO, CDOs, & CTOs to share experiences & get tangible take-home lessons, in both formal & informal networking opportunities…

New Technologies

Join the expo to see the latest technologies that can transform your business. Product demos available to discover what can work for you…

JUST SOME OF OUR CONFIRMED VENDORS...

Speakers & Roundtable Leaders

Neil Ralph

Neil Ralph

Health Education England

Edward Conway

Edward Conway

Mental Health Innovations UK

Nick McQuire

Nick McQuire

Microsoft

Jane Deal

Jane Deal

The Law Society

Cary Vidal

Cary Vidal

Zero

Rob Wraith

Rob Wraith

NCG

Aaron Perrott

Aaron Perrott

KTSL

Mark Avery

Mark Avery

KTSL

Nathalie Vafiadis

Nathalie Vafiadis

BT Consumer Brands (BT, EE & Plusnet)

Andy Haigh

Andy Haigh

DXC Technology

Attiq Qureshi

Attiq Qureshi

Manchester United

Stuart Robertson

Stuart Robertson

Phoenix Group

Steve Trippier

Steve Trippier

Anglian Water Services

YOUR PLENARY AGENDA

OPENING KEYNOTE

A new era on and off the pitch – How to deliver a customer experience to 1.1 billon fans and follows

Andy Haigh, VP and General Manager, DXC

Attiq Qureshi, Chief Digital Information Officer, Manchester United

With 1.1. billon fans and followers globally and such a diverse base how do you maintain connections and engagement in a highly competitive entertainment market? In this session you will hear from Attiq Qureshi CDIO at Manchester United and Andy Haigh UK Industry General Manager at DXC as they discuss what it takes to keep a global sporting brand at the forefront of a fan engagement technology:

  • How to best use data and digital to drive fan interaction
  • Explore what are the key capabilities and skills needed to keep products top of the apps league table
  • How to plan for the future as while keeping a focus on the present
  • What are the parallels and learnings customer centric business

OPENING KEYNOTE

The Future of Cloud: Gaining a Foothold Today for Tomorrow’s Technologies

Nick McQuire, Director, Product Development, Strategy & Technologies, Microsoft

  • An overview of the 4 key pillars shaping the cloud 
  • Tomorrow’s cloud structure & capabilities: A 3 – 5 year horizon 
  • How tech will be prepped for changing standards  
  • How to manage costs vs. the nature of the cloud as it continues to evolve 

CLOSING KEYNOTE

Dawn of the Digital Workplace: Excellence in transformation  

Led by Jane Deal, CIO, The Law Society (Project of the Year Winner for their Digital Workplace Programme) 

  • What is the ideal infrastructure & tools for a seamless digital environment? 
  • How to handle cultural development & upheaval after the fact of digital environmental change 
  • The role of IT in organisation change & transformation 

PANEL DISCUSSION

AI, ML, XR & what next?: Staying ahead of the trends in advancing technology & preparing to capitalise on their commercial benefits 

Panellists:

Stuart Robertson, Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Team Leader, Phoenix Group

Neil Ralph, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning, Directorate of Digital Innovation & Transformation, Health Education England, NHS

Edward Conway, Director, Security & IT, Mental Health Innovations UK 

  • How can you gain a deeper understanding of what’s next in advanced technologies & prepare for innovation, including AI, ML & XR? 
  • How to prove the added value of new technology before & after adoption? 
  • How do you enable seamless tech adoption experiences at scale? 

YOUR INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Digital transformation in today’s world

Nathalie Vafiadis, CIO, BT Consumer Brands

Scenario-planning & best practice in incubating & scaling technology 

Led by Nick McQuire, Director, Product Development, Strategy & Technologies, Microsoft 

  • Which scenarios are the ones to watch? 
  • Creating agile strategies to be able to pivot successfully, when emerging trends have disrupted the status quo 
  • How best to balance product innovation against long-term strategic goals, while keeping the lights on 

To what extent should your business be a data-driven organisation? 

Led by Neil Ralph, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning, Directorate of Digital Innovation & Transformation, Health Education England, NHS 

  • Understanding whether your data team is a service organisation for business requests or whether it is a strategic partner championing the voice of the data 
  • How to balance design-led product development with data-driven strategy 
  • CDO, CDIO, CTO, CIO & more. How important is technology, process & people to a successful data organisation? 

Capitalising on technology capabilities to bridge gaps in workforce knowledge, skills & business experiences 

Led by Rob Wraith, Head of Learning Technology & Digital Learning, NCG 

  • How best to ease the disruption of adopting new technology 
  • Understanding & adapting tech capabilities to enhance workforce accessibility & needs, including overcoming challenges in multicultural & multiregional organisations 
  • How you can use learning technology to be a driver of cultural change 

It’s OK to not be OK – Wellbeing in Cyber Security 

Led by Steve Trippier, CISO, Anglian Water Services 

  • What makes cyber security such a stressful environment to work in – and what you should do about it? 
  • Personal experiences of the impact of working in cyber and lessons that are worth sharing  
  • What a good environment looks like and why it is worth the effort to create it

What could your top-down infrastructure look like to minimise risk & maximise security control? 

Led by Edward Conway, Director, Security & IT, Mental Health Innovations UK 

  • Leading in legacy: Case Study in the approach to security considerations when formulating IT infrastructure from the ground-up 
  • Security by design: Best tools & strategies for exceeding governmental standards 
  • How can we enable architect best practices to mirror security best practices without sacrificing agility? 
  • When prioritising resources, how can we take a security-minded approach? 

Risk & resolution in cloud security: Understanding security best practice & how to stay ahead of its evolving technology

Led by Stuart Robertson, Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Team Leader, Phoenix Group

  • How to best incorporate security concerns in the selection & streamlining of your cloud services 
  • Simplifying IAM in cloud services & how to be ahead of future data privacy regulatory advancements 
  • How much can we truly trust resilience in the cloud? What can we do to mitigate its risks?  

Excellence in the cultivation of a security-mined workforce 

Led by Cary Vidal, Director, Security & IT, Zego

  • Exploring effective training programmes & innovative solutions to educate the workforce 
  • How to respond & nurture staff when security protocols get broken 
  • How is automation changing the ways employees appreciate risk & what this means for your security awareness initiatives? 

ITSM and SecOps

Led by Aaron Perrott, CTO, KTSL and Marc Avery, CISO, Cyber Chain Alliance  

The benefits that ITIL provides in implementing and managing Information Security within an organisation.  We’ll talk about the challenges it presents, the processes you can follow and the benefits it brings; in particular, covering the implementation, governance, continuous improvement and the key response actions. 

The Modern Workplace  – Reinventing the workplace experience with DXC

Led by Andy Haigh, VP and General Manager, DXC

  • Put the employee experience first to achieve new levels of productivity 
  • Increase engagement and collaboration with data driven business incentives  
  • Making remote work work for your business by enabling employees to complete tasks, resolve issues and answer questions quickly and easily

Unpacking modern network security

Led by Steve Patton, VP of Sales, EMEA, Stamus Networks

  • What your network traffic can tell you about your security posture
  • Expanding network visibility for security
  • How network detection can compliment your endpoint detection
  • Acronym soup: What’s next after IDS, NSM, and NDR?
  • Critical requirements for network detection and response

LIVE ON STAGE PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS & TALKS

Real-Time Threat Monitoring and Incident Response: A Managed Detection & Response Demonstration with Fortra’s Alert Logic  

Nicholas Laing, Professional Sales Engineer, Fortra’s Alert Logic 

Josh Davies, Principal Technical Marketing Manager, Fortra’s Alert Logic 

In this Managed Detection & Response (MDR) demonstration, Fortra’s Alert Logic showcases their advanced security capabilities for identifying and responding to potential threats in real-time. The demo features a comprehensive overview of Alert Logic’s MDR platform, which integrates machine learning and human expertise to provide 24/7 threat monitoring and incident response services.

Through a series of simulated attacks, the demo illustrates how the platform detects and responds to threats, including identifying malware, investigating suspicious activity, and providing actionable insights to mitigate risk. The demo also showcases Alert Logic’s advanced reporting and analytics features, which provide detailed insights into security incidents and help organizations improve their overall security posture. 

Cybereason XDR Demo: From Cross-Machine to Cross-Technology Correlation

Pavel Mucha – Principal Sales Engineer, Cybereason 

YOUR TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Are you looking to showcase what you have on offer? Connect with the leading decision-makers in IT through thought-leadership, brand awareness, & personal 1-on-1 time. Build your trust & demonstrate your value at EPN IT Vision 2022.

Sponsorship packages can be tailored-made to meet your requirements. Contact the sponsorship team to find out how you can utilise your opportunity to meet the CIO community.

  • ITSM
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Communications
  • API
  • IOT
  • Remote IT
  • CRM & ERP
  • DevOps
  • Network Infrastructure
  • 3rd Party Risk
  • Cloud Management
  • Data Management
  • AI & Automation
  • Mobile & Applications
  • Monitoring & Reporting
  • Security

TITANIUM

  • Exhibition Space in Tier 1 Area
  • Product Demo/ Keynote Speech
  • 5 x 121 meetings in the build up and over the course of the day
  • Co-branding on All Literature
  • Priority networking
  • Bespoke Thought Leadership Dinner the night before

PLATINUM

  • Exhibition Space in Tier 1 Area
  • Product Demo/ Keynote Speech
  • 5 x 121 meetings in the build up and over the course of the day
  • Co-branding on All Literature
  • Priority networking
  • Host a Roundtable

GOLD

  • Exhibition Space in Tier 1 Area
  • Product Demo
  • 5 x 121 Meetings in the build up and over the course of the day
  • Co-Branding on All Literature
  • Priority Networking

SILVER

  • Exhibition space in Tier 2 Area
  • 3 x 121 Meetings in the build-up and over the course of the day
  • Co-Branding on Some Literature, Networking Sponsorship

BRONZE

  • Exhibition space in Tier 3 Area
  • Co-Branding on Some Literature
  • Networking Sponsorship

ENTRY-LEVEL SPONSORS

  • Branded Table in the Coffee Area
  • Networking Sponsorship

Take Part in the Expo / Top 3 ways you can gain exposure

1: Meet the decision-makers of corporate technology. Get to know the people who create digital success.

2: Save time & money by touching- base with your existing clients, making new contacts, & showcasing your expertise all in one place.

3: We know the power of face-to-face business networking. You should be part of the conversation.

Thought-Leadership

Position yourself among the leading experts of IT development & application. Let the IT community know that you are integral expert in the conversation.

Brand Visibility

Get your foot in the door as IT leaders seek for new applications & technologies by showing the solution is out there… they just need to know what it is.

Demonstrating Value

Take part in the Product Demonstrations & showcase your capabilities, so that your potential clients can learn that you are right for them

Maintain Relationships

With f2f being too long missed, reconnect with your existing clients & show that you are ready & wanting more.