Dr Melanie Garson is the Cyber Policy & Tech Geopolitics Lead at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Her work focuses on cyber policy, the geopolitics of AI, computing, quantum and the internet, the rise of tech companies as geopolitical actors, and data governance, as well as the intersection of disruptive tech, foreign policy, defence, and diplomacy.

Dr. Garson is also an Associate Professor of International Conflict Resolution & International Security in the Department of Political Science at University College London, where she teaches about new and emerging technologies and the future of conflict in the digital age. She also teaches courses on international negotiation and tech diplomacy. Dr. Garson presents regularly at international conferences on the implications of cyber, AI and emerging technologies, geopolitics, and foreign policy, and also provides commentary in podcasts, webinars, and at major media outlets including BBC, Sky, CNN, Fox News, France 24, and Deutsche Welle.

Dr. Garson is an accredited mediator and has worked as a solicitor in the International Disputes department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

She received her PhD from University College London and holds a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Medford, MA).

Prof. Amit Daniely is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a (part time) research scientist at Google, Tel-Aviv.

Prior to that, from 2015 until 2017, Prof. Daniely was a research scientist at Google, Mountain-View.

He did his Ph.D. at the Math Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His advisors were Prof. Nati Linial and Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz. The focus of his research is the foundation of machine learning.

Gila Gamliel is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party, and as Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology.
Gamliel is the first woman to serve as the chairperson of The Israeli Student Union, and served as a member of the World Economic Forum.
During her first term in the Knesset starting in 2003, she chaired the committee of the Status of Women, and in March 2005 was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture.
In April 2009, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Gamliel as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, with the portfolio of the Advancement of Young People, Students, and Women.
In 2013, Gamliel was appointed as the Coalition Coordinator in the Finance Committee and was one of the leaders of The Centralization Law.
After the 2015 elections, Gamliel was appointed Minister for Senior Citizens in the new government. Her ministry was then reconstituted as the Ministry for Social Equality in August 2015.
In May 2020, Gamliel was appointed as Minister for Environmental Protection, and led significant programs in dealing with the climate changes.
In 2023 Gamliel served as the Minister of Intelligence, the first female in the position and a participant in the Security Cabinet of the government.
In March 2024, Gamliel was appointed as the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology.
Gamliel is married, with two daughters, and lives in Tel Aviv.
 

Erez Korn is a seasoned technology leader at AT&T with 30+ years of expertise in software engineering, product innovation, and public speaking across diverse business domains. Since 2023, Erez has spearheaded product technology innovation for generative AI in AT&T Israel.

Beyond the tech realm, Erez enjoys quality moments with his family, lively discussions on legal intricacies with his wife, and early dives into emerging technologies.

Dr. Mendel was the General Manager Cybersecurity COE at Intel. He is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur. He has been the CEO and Co-Founder of SCsquare Ltd., where he founded a business enabler for advanced cybersecurity technologies. Dr. Mendel holds 16 approved patents in the area of cybersecurity. His career in cybersecurity over the past 20 years is a unique mixture of broad practical experience and research expertise. His practice included extensive involvement in cybersecurity offensive projects, research and development, business development and product management. Proven worldwide track records in secure operating systems, digital rights management (DRM), security certification (CC, FIPS, EMV), penetration test, reverses engineering, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT security and Smart Grid cybersecurity.

His academic research topics includes: economic perspective of cybersecurity attacks, Quantum, Blockchain technology with a special focus on cybersecurity attacks, privacy issues and business continuation under cyber-attack.

Yotam leads the vulnerability research team at Rezilion, focusing on research around vulnerability validation, mitigation, and remediation.

Prior to Rezilion, Yotam filled several roles at PayPal Security organization, dealing with vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and insider threat. Additionally, Yotam is also a member of the EPSS SIG, takes part in several OpenSSF working groups around open-source security as well as several CISA work streams around SBOM and VEX.

He is passionate about Cyber Security and Machine Learning and is especially intrigued by the intersection between the domains, whether it be using ML in order to help solve Cyber Security challenges or exploring the challenges in securing ML applications.

Noga is a tech lead data scientist and a researcher at Trusteer (IBM security), bringing expertise in both data science and software engineering. She is specializing in applying machine learning models to detect fraud and anomalies within the cybersecurity realm.

Noga has an M.Sc. in Information and Software System Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.

Dr. Barak Or is an entrepreneur, researcher, and lecturer specializing in artificial intelligence and sensor data fusion. He has authored numerous articles and holds several patents in these fields.

Dr. Or earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, as well as a B.A. in Economics and Management (with honors), all from the Technion. He obtained his Ph.D. in machine learning with a focus on inertial navigation from the University of Haifa.

He has founded startups and teaches courses in artificial intelligence. He currently serves as the Academic Director of Deep Learning at the Google-Reichman Tech School, acts as a consultant to the Defence Industries, and is the founder and owner of MetaOr AI, a company dedicated to innovation and services in artificial intelligence.

Recipient of the Gemunder prize for “Space Defense Related Technologies”.

Dr. Guy Shtar is a leading AI researcher specializing in drug knowledge discovery, currently serving as a Senior Staff Machine Learning Expert at Intuit. With over 15 years of experience, his work integrates AI into biomedical applications, focusing on drug safety, interactions, and discovery.

Guy's notable publications include research on predicting drug interactions using neural networks and multimodal machine learning models. His latest innovative research includes discovering the anti-cancer activity of an existing antibiotic using AI and demonstrating the results in the lab. He has transitioned innovative AI solutions from research to production at Salesforce and Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs.

Guy has extensive experience in AI across various domains, including geographic and positioning systems, healthcare, fraud and security, and fintech.

Today, at Intuit, he is researching in the field of adversarial machine learning, especially in generative AI.

Guy has authored over twelve manuscripts and holds ten patents.

Dr. Nir Shlezinger is an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Ben-Gurion University, Israel. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in 2011, 2013, and 2017, respectively, from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, all in electrical and computer engineering. From 2017 to 2019 he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Technion, and from 2019 to 2020 he was a postdoctoral researcher in Weizmann Institute of Science, where he was awarded the FGS prize for outstanding achievements in postdoctoral research. His research interests lie in the intersection of signal processing, machine learning, communications, and information theory.

Dr. Mahmood Sharif is a senior lecturer at the Blavatnik School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University, where he directs the privacy, learning, usability, and security (PLUS) group---a research group primarily working at the intersections of computer security and privacy with machine learning, specifically adversarial machine learning, and with human factors. Dr. Mahmood obtained his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was affiliated with the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. Before joining Tel Aviv University, Mahmood was a postdoctoral researcher in the VMware Research Group and a principal research engineer in the NortonLifeLock Research Group. His awards include an Intel Rising Star Faculty award, the Maof prize for excellent new faculty, and a Symantec Research Labs Fellowship.

Itay is a PhD student at the Technion, advised by Yonatan Belinkov and Gabriel Stanovsky. They specialize in analyzing language models to uncover flaws and human-like behaviors, focusing on decision-making processes and real-world application challenges.

Previously, Itay worked at Meta AI research on machine translation models and completed an M.Sc. at Tel Aviv University with Omer Levy, exploring spelling information in matrix embeddings.

Nir Yanovsky Dagan heads the Innovation, Data and Artificial Intelligence Unit of Israel National Digital Agency. In this role, He initiates national data and AI projects, promotes joint ventures of the Israeli industry, academia and the government for the benefit of Israel’s Data and AI ecosystem, and directs the governmental Knowledge and Information Center for emergency situations, which delivers interdisciplinary updates to decision makers near real time.
Prior to the establishment of the Israeli National Digital Agency, Nir led the implementation of the Digital Health Program in the Ministry of Health.  In this position he was responsible for initiating and promoting innovative solutions in the health system, including a national platform for Big-Data research, a national engine for Data De-Identification, and the National Initiative for Personalized Medicine.
Nir served as an intelligence officer in the 8200 Unit of the IDF. After his military service, he worked as a product manager and intelligence consultant to intelligence organizations, at the Cyber and Intelligence Division of NICE Systems. 
 

Moshe is the managing principal of Maccabee Ventures, a NYC based, early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to investing in exceptional entrepreneurs and outstanding teams in North America and Israel.

Dedicated to educating the next generation of financial professionals with moral clarity, Moshe developed and teaches a year-long Angel and Venture Capital Investing curriculum at Yeshiva University, Sy Syms School of Business. Moshe is a third generation Senior Living owner/operator having served as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) and VP of Business Development & Acquisitions at The Kensington Group. Moshe is the managing member of BFI, LLC, a family office.

Beyond his professional commitments, Moshe serves on nonprofit boards and committees, including Project Extreme, The Manhattan Jewish Experience, AARP AgeTech Collaborative, AIPAC Venture Tech, UJA’s Tech and Venture Capital Council, and the Caring Department’s Aging Subcommittee.

Moshe earned his B.A. from Yeshiva University, MSW from Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Applied Behavioral Analysis certification from UNT and a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.

Moshe is also FINRA Series 7 and 63 certified.