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Resilience in the Exponential Age

Whitehall, London
June 3rd - 4th 2026

The Summit

We have entered an exponential age - where technologies like AI, quantum computing, and synthetic media are evolving faster than the ability of societies, institutions, and leaders to adapt, creating an “exponential gap” that challenges the very foundations of resilience. This accelerating change is reshaping geopolitics, competition, and risk itself.

For cyber leaders, the implications are profound. As the speed and scale of technological advancement multiply in an exponential age, so too do the velocity and sophistication of threats. Traditional approaches to security and governance are being outpaced. Resilience must therefore become dynamic - a capability that learns, adapts, and strengthens under stress - and become exponential itself.

Next year, the fifth annual edition of the COMPASS summit will explore how to lead and invest for resilience in this new era of exponential change. It will bring together leaders from business, government, and technology to ask: how can organisations and institutions not just withstand disruption, but harness it - turning resilience into a strategic advantage in the age of acceleration?

 

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Welcome Networking Reception at Café Ciel at The OWO

Welcome Reception

Day One: Cyber in the Macro

Welcome and Resilience in an Expontential Age

Rossa Shanks, ISTARI and Jason Mallinder, ISTARI

Welcome to the Exponential Age

Azeem Azhar, Author and Entrepreneur

The New Geopolitical Operating System

Gordon Corera, Author and Journalist

Leadership in a Non-Linear World

Gordon Corera, Author and Journalist
Azeem Azhar, Author and Entrepreneur
Tom Glocer, Director, Morgan Stanley
TS Anil, CEO, Monzo
KC Yeoh, COO of Temasek

BREAK

The Tipping Point: Cyber at Exponential Speed

Gordon Corera, Author and Journalist
Richard Horne, CEO, NCSC
Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director, NSA
Eva Chen, CEO, TrendMicro
Christopher Ahlberg, Founder, Recorded Future

From Signals to Shockwaves: Three Technologies Redefining Cyber Risk

Rachel Laursen, Partner, ISTARI
Mark Carney, Founer Quantum Village (Quantum)
Henry Comfort, CEO Geordie AI (Agentic AI)
Tom Garnett, Refute (Synthetic Media)

LUNCH

Agentic AI Delivers Exponential Opportunity and Risk

Eva Chen, Trendmicro

No Safe Mode: Governance at Machine Speed

Ramy Houssaini, Cloudflare
Lisa Einstein, former Chief AI Officer, CISA
Jonathan Lloyd White, CISO, Bupa
Jonathan Dambrot, Cranium

BREAK

Plotting Security Coordinates in a Generative Computing Paradigm

Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade

Zero Hour: 2030 Simulation

Dr. Lucas Kello, ISTARI and Ilia Rabinovich. Sygnia

Day One: Dinner Gathering at Banqueting House

Gala Dinner

Banqueting House, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ER

Day Two: Cyber Leadership

NATO’s Critical Cyber Mission: Protecting a Billion People Online

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, Inaugural Chief Information Officer, NATO

Held to Ransomware: Lessons from the Blackouts

Oli Newbury, Halycon
Gary Hayslip, former Group CISO Softbank Investment Advisers, Halcyon
Ffion Flockhart, Partner, AO Shearman
Kelly Butler, Managing Director, Head of Cyber - UK, Marsh Speciality, Marsh
Ashish Shrestha, Former CISO of Jaguar Land Rover

BREAK

Follow the Money: Funding the Frontier

Roland Cloutier, former CSO TikTok & ByteDance & Executive Board, Cranium
Nazo Moosa, Paladin Capital
Grace Cassey, 1011
Liran Grinberg, Team8

Community Session

1. Lucas Kello, ISTARI and Tom Glocer, Morgan Stanley
2. Jason Mallinder and Oli Newbury, Halycon
3. Jo De Vliegher, ISTARI and Guy Segal, Sygnia
4. Dr. Yash Sharma, ISTARI and Jonathan Dambrot, Cranium
5. Sam Weeks & BUPA

LUNCH

Community Session

1. Lucas Kello, ISTARI and Tom Glocer, Morgan Stanley
2. Jason Mallinder and Oli Newbury, Halycon
3. Jo De Vliegher, ISTARI and Guy Segal, Sygnia
4. Dr. Yash Sharma, ISTARI and Jonathan Dambrot, Cranium
5. Sam Weeks & BUPA

From CISO to Chief Resilience Officer

Dr. Henry Widera, Egon Zehnder
Phil Venables, Ballistic Ventures

Summit Closing

Rossa Shanks, ISTARI

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Speakers

Roland Cloutier

Roland Cloutier

Former CSO TikTok & ByteDance, Executive Board, Cranium

Ashish Shrestha

Ashish Shrestha

Former CISO of Jaguar Land Rover

Gary Hayslip

Gary Hayslip

Former Group CISO Softbank Investment Advisers, Halcyon

Azeem Azhar

Azeem Azhar

Founder & CEO, Exponential View, Author and Entrepreneur

Phil Venables

Phil Venables

Founder, Ballistic Ventures

Chris Inglis

Chris Inglis

FORMER US NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR NSA

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer

Inaugural Chief Information Officer, NATO

Lisa Einstein

Lisa Einstein

Former Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, CISA

Eva Chen

Eva Chen

CEO, Trend Micro

Christopher Ahlberg

Christopher Ahlberg

Founder & CEO, Recorded Future

Rossa Shanks

Rossa Shanks

Chief Executive Officer

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Dr. Yashovardhan Sharma

Dr. Yashovardhan Sharma

Advisory Innovation Lead at ISTARI

Guy Segal

Guy Segal

Chief Executive Officer at Sygnia

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Jonathan Lloyd White

Jonathan Lloyd White

Group CISO at BUPA

Rachel Laursen

Rachel Laursen

Partner, Advisory

Gordon Corera

Gordon Corera

Author and Security Correspondent, BBC

Jonathan Dambrot

Jonathan Dambrot

CEO, Cranium

Oli Newbury

Oli Newbury

Chief Strategy Officer Partner, Halcyon

Ramy Houssaini

Ramy Houssaini

Chief Cyber Solutions Officer, Cloudflare

Grace Cassy

Grace Cassy

Partner, 1011

Nazo Moosa

Nazo Moosa

Partner, Paladin Capital Group

Liran Grinberg

Liran Grinberg

Co-Founder, Team8

Tom Garnett

Tom Garnett

Founder & CEO, Refute

Ffion Flockhart

Ffion Flockhart

Partner, A&O Shearman

Kelly Butler

Kelly Butler

Managing Director, Head of Cyber - UK, Marsh Speciality, Marsh

Dr. Lucas Kello

Dr. Lucas Kello

Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Oxford & Strategic Advisor, ISTARI

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Henry Widera

Henry Widera

Executive Search & Leadership Advisor, Egon Zehnder

Tom Glocer

Tom Glocer

Chairman

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Jason Mallinder

Jason Mallinder

Head of Academy & Client Partner

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Jo De Vliegher

Jo De Vliegher

Client Partner, EMEA

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Paul Stokes

Paul Stokes

Prevalent AI

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Accommodation

We have preferred rates at Great Scotland Yard Hotel, Westminster, a 2-minute walk from RUSI. Rooms can be booked via the link HERE.

 

ISTARI has also secured a preferential rate at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster. To access this rate, please use the code COMP26 at online checkout HERE.

 

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