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Power, People & Machines

Whitehall, London
June 3rd - 4th 2025

The Summit

As companies and governments evolve into next generation or AI-first organisations, they face the twin challenge of securing their systems from threats accelerated by machines while empowering their people to feel confident teaming with machines. Against the backdrop of an unpredictable world order where state and non-state actors try to assert power through the infrastructure and supply chains that underpin the AI ecosystem, executive leadership is increasingly being held personally accountable for lapses in cyber governance and oversight. To meet and get ahead of these challenges, a new paradigm is needed to build resilient AI-first organisations.  A paradigm of multi-layered defence in which leadership has the tools and processes to anticipate and adapt to these interconnected challenges.

 

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In its fifth year, the Compass Summit will once again convene its unique community of cyber leaders with experts, academics and innovators to dig deeper into the dynamics and tech that could disrupt AI-first organisations, explore shared experiences of meeting security challenges, and strengthen the foundations of leadership for long term personal and organisational resilience.

 

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Welcome Networking Reception at Café Ciel at The OWO

Welcome Reception

Day One: Cyber Leadership

Day One: Dinner Gathering at Banqueting House

Day Two: Cyber Leadership

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Past Speakers

Joe Sullivan

Joe Sullivan

Former CSO, Uber, and CEO, Ukraine Friends & Joe Sullivan Security

Dr. Simon Learmount

Dr. Simon Learmount

Associate Professor in Corporate Governance, Cambridge Judge Business School

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Marie Yovanovitch

Marie Yovanovitch

Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine

Lucas Kello

Lucas Kello

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

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Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall

Author and Broadcaster

Tom Standage

Tom Standage

Deputy Editor, The Economist and Editor of “The World Ahead"

Georgine Roesle

Georgine Roesle

Consultant, Egon Zehnder

Sezaneh Seymour

Sezaneh Seymour

VP & Head of Regulatory Risk and Policy, Coalition

Edward Chen

Edward Chen

Deputy Chief Executive (National Cyber Resilience) in the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Ciaran Martin

Ciaran Martin

Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government

Shashi Verma

Shashi Verma

Chief Technology Officer, Transport for London

Lindy Cameron

Lindy Cameron

CEO, National Cyber Security Centre

Sir David Omand

Sir David Omand

Former Senior British Civil Servant, Paladin Capital Group Advisor

David Koh

David Koh

Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency (CSA)

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