"PROFESSOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - UNIVERSITY OF LEON MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE HERMES-DIGITAL RIGHTS INSTITUTE."

Mercedes Fuertes

Chairman of the Working Group on Confidence Building Measures (CBM) in Cyberspace of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Attorney advisor to the General Directorate of International Legal Cooperation of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts.

Miriam Bahamonde Blanco

She has been a member of the Public Prosecutor's Office since 2008, where she was a member of the network of specialists in international legal cooperation. She is currently an advisor to the DGCJI of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts. She was part of the Drafting Group of the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention and is currently a member of the T-CY Bureau. Among other international negotiations, she is the representative of Spain in the UN AHC for the elaboration of a convention against cybercrime.

 

Chief Inspector, Chief of Section of Analysis of Encrypted Platforms, National Police.

Mª Dolores González Acuña

She was sworn in as Inspector of National Police since 2005, being her first destination the Provincial Police Station of Malaga where she developed jobs in the Information Brigade and later in the Judicial Police in the fraud section.In 2007 she was assigned to the General Commissariat of Judicial Police developing jobs in the Central Narcotics Brigade.From 2013 she was Head of the Fugitive Group and from 2018 to 2022 she was Liaison Officer in Martinique .In 2023 she was promoted to the category of Chief Inspector taking possession of the position she currently holds.

 

Head of the Inspection Service (e.f.) of the General Council of the Judiciary and Magistrate of the Audiencia Nacional on special service

Mª Dolores Hernández Rueda

Degree in Law and Criminology from the University of Valencia. She joined the judicial career in 1989 and has held various positions, specializing in criminal law. She has been a judge in the National Court and in the special service since February 2023, currently holding the position of Head of the Inspection Service, in functions. University lecturer at the Uned and the University of Valencia, in school of legal practice, law degree (criminal law department) and master's degree in law and procedural guarantees. Lecturer in other institutions and speaker at Bar Associations especially in criminal procedural issues, human trafficking, cybercrime and victim protection. Member of the working group in the Ministry of Justice and the CGPJ on the Draft Bill of Criminal Procedure Law 2020.

 

Prosecutor for international cooperation of the Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid.

Mª Eugenia Hernández Fernández

Prosecutor for 20 years, the last three and a half years in the specialty of international cooperation. From April 2014 to July 2019 I worked as an advisor in the general directorate of international legal cooperation of the ministry of justice where I worked in various international committees such as the committees of the Council of Europe relating to the conventions on combating terrorism and the convention on cybercrime: Budapest Convention.

 

Cybersecurity Policy Officer / Organization of American States (OAS)

Orlando Fabián Garcés Corzo

OAS/CICTE Cybersecurity Policy Officer leading the development and implementation of National Cybersecurity Strategies in Member States. He has worked with the IDB and the EU Cyber4Dev project. With more than 23 years of experience, he is a Civil Engineer with a Master in Economics and Certificates in Cyber Policy from Harvard University, University of Reading, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Florida International University and University of Leon.

 

Director & Founder of VapaSec

Pablo San Emeterio López 

Expert in Cybersecurity, he is a Computer Engineer by the UPM and has a Master in Auditing and Information Security by the UPM, he has different certifications such as CISA or CISM.

He has worked for more than 20 years in different positions related to software development, cybersecurity and R&D&I. His research on the security of instant messaging applications and his work on dynamic application instrumentation techniques stand out. He has been able to present his work at major national and international cybersecurity conferences.

He is currently founder and director of the cybersecurity company VAPASEC. Previously he worked for companies such as Telefónica and Optenet. VAPASEC is a global cybersecurity provider that works to improve and optimize the digital protection of organizations.

 

CEO/Auditor Leader - CS3 GROUP

Pedro Asensio Candel Rodríguez

Cybersecurity professional, known as "s4ur0n" (the all-seeing eye) with more than 25 years of experience. Specialized in Offensive Security (Red Team), Malware, Reversing, Secure Development and Compliance. Currently CEO and Auditor Leader at CS3 GROUP with national and international projects in the telecommunications, aerospace, banking, real estate, insurance and critical infrastructure sectors among others. University lecturer for masters and regular speaker at multiple conferences specialized in cybersecurity worldwide.  

 

Rector de Evidentia University, Florida, USA

Rafael López Pérez

Ph.D. in Psychology. Ph.D. in Economics. Degree in Economics and Business Administration. Degree in Psychology. Degree in Criminology. Rector of Evidentia University of Behavioral & Forensic Sciences, University based in the USA, State of Florida. President of the Behavior & Law Foundation and President of the Scientific Society of Behavioral Economics. 

 

Analyst of digital policy and international agenda, Real Instituto Elcano. Project Lead at Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet, European University Institute (EU agency)

Raquel Jorge

Analyst at the think tank Real Instituto Elcano where she is in charge of the technology and international policy agenda, and Project Lead in the first project on technology foreign policy at the EUI in collaboration with DG CONNECT and the SEAE, she is a former Fulbright scholar in Washington, DC, and has worked as an independent expert for the European Commission, Inter-American Development Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Spain and the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.

 

Full Professor / University of Zaragoza

Ricardo J. Rodríguez

Ricardo J. Rodríguez es Doctor en Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas por la Universidad de Zaragoza desde 2013. Actualmente, trabaja como Profesor Titular en la misma universidad. Sus intereses de investigación incluyen el análisis de sistemas complejos, con especial énfasis en el rendimiento y su seguridad, el forense digital y el análisis de aplicaciones binarias. Participa como ponente habitual y profesor de talleres técnicos en numerosas conferencias de seguridad del sector industrial, como NoConName, Hack.LU, RootedCON, Hack in Paris, MalCON, SSTIC CCN-CERT, o Hack in the Box Amsterdam, entre otras. Lidera una línea de investigación dedicada a seguridad informática en la Universidad de Zaragoza (https://reversea.me).

 

CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE SPECIAL ANTI-DRUG PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

Ros Ana Morán Martínez

Law degree from the University of Oviedo. Joined the Judicial Career (on leave of absence) and the Prosecutor's Career in 1987. Prosecutor for 13 years in the Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona. Prosecutor of the Technical Secretariat of the State Attorney General's Office from November 2000 until May 2011, when he was promoted to the category of Prosecutor of the Chamber, creating the International Judicial Cooperation Unit. She has been a leader and participant in dozens of international projects and has directed the Permanent Secretary of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP). Since May 2022 she is Chief Prosecutor of the Special Anti-Drug Prosecutor's Office. She has been decorated with several honors, including the Legion of Honor of the French Republic and the Medal of the Order of the Belgian Crown.