Prof. Edward Humphreys (Fellow of the BCS - FBCS and Charted IT Professional CITP, and a CISM) is the Director of XiSEC, a UK company providing Information Security Management consultancy services around the world. He has been involved in the field of information security for 35 years. During this time he has worked for major international companies (in Europe, North America and Asia), as well as organisations and institutions such as the European Commission, Council of Europe and the OECD. He is well known and recognised as the “father” of the ISMS family of ISO/IEC standards. He is the chair of the ISO/IEC Working Group responsible for the development of these ISMS standards. He has played a major part in the development of ISMS certification in the UK and around the world. He is the originator of the European accreditation criteria published in EA 7/03 which then became an ISO/IEC standard.

Vincent is the Partner in charge of Ernst & Young's Advisory Services in Hong Kong and China South, where he leads a team of professionals in the provision of IT, risks and business consulting services. Vincent has over twenty years' experience and he specializes in the IT governance, security and privacy. In the late 1990's, he was already an early adopter and advocate of ISO standards in security management, and assisted local and multinational organizations in the early adoption of these standards. In more recent years, Vincent's focus has been on assisting organizations in preparing for regional data privacy compliance in the Asia Pacific region, and also in establishing enterprise IT Governance and privacy management process for organizations to prepare for the adoption of emerging technologies such as cloud and BYOD.

Vincent is currently the Convenor of the Working Group on Cloud Security and Privacy of the Hong Kong SAR Government OGCIO. He is also a Past President of Information System Audit and Control Association (ISACA) China Hong Kong Chapter. Vincent is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA Australia), Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Practicing Accountant (HKICPA), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), as well as Certified in Governance of Enterprise Information Technology (CGEIT).

Mr. Andreas Fuchsberger is the Regional Standards Officer for Central and Eastern Europe in Microsoft’s Corporate Standards Group. He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) of the Engineering Council UK as well as a European Engineer (Eur Ing) of Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingénieurs (FEANI).

He participates in the international standards community, predominantly attending ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 (IT Security Techniques) as a UK NB delegate and ITU-T SG 17 (Security) as an invited expert. Currently for SC 27 he is the editor of 2 international standards on network security and security information and event management (SIEM).

Moreover, he co-chairs the Cloud Security Alliance’s International Standards Council where he is the liaison officer to ITU-T SGs 13 and 17. He also co-chairs CSA’s Open Certification Framework working group. He is a member of (ISC)2 Application Security Advisory Board where he also chairs the International Standards Committee.

Dr Chang is the information technology advisor at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong. Henry advises on privacy policies related to information and communications technologies to the Privacy Commissioner and his office, as well as monitors ICT trends and applications related to personal data protection. He conducts investigations, inspections and compliance checks on complex cases that involve information systems that hold personal data.

Henry is a fellow of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer. He holds a number of IT security certificates such as CISSP and CISM, and in ethical hacking and computer forensic investigation.

Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg holds the Deutsche Telekom Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security at the Goethe University in Frankfurt since 2002. He studied at the TU Berlin and received his PhD at Freiburg University where he then coordinated the interdisciplinary "Kolleg Security in Communication Technology", sponsored by Gottlieb Daimler & Karl Benz Foundation researching Multilateral Security. Since 1991 he has been actively involved in the ISO/IEC standardisation of IT Security and Criteria and has been the convenor of WG5 - Identity management and privacy technologies since March 2007. He served as academic expert to the Management Board of the European Network and Information Security Agency, ENISA from July 2004 to June 2013. He was the chair of IFIP TC-11 "Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems" until July 2013. He has been the chair of the Legal & Security Issues Special Interest Network of the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) since 2003.

Michael Gazeley is the Managing Director and Co-founder of Network Box Corporation Limited. Network Box was founded more than a decade ago, and is one of the world's leading Managed Security Service Providers. The company has won more than 70 national and international awards for its security technology across the globe, including three Gold Awards published out of Silicon Valley.

With more than two decade experience in the field of Information Technology, Michael was recognized by the world-renowned ISC2 (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium), which honored him with its first Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievement Award in 2007.

Michael Leung was appointed Chief Information & Operations Officer of China CITIC Bank International in December 2013. In this capacity, he manages the Bank's information technology and operations towards enhancing service quality and operational efficiency, and at the same time serves as a key member of the Bank's Management Committee looking after a wide range of functions.

Earlier on, Mr Leung was Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Information Officer of China Construction Bank (Asia), senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank, and the head of the Business Research and Development at the Dao Heng Bank [now DBS HK].

Prior to his banking career, Mr Leung was a managing consultant at IBM Consulting Group and PwC Management Consulting Services in Australia and Hong Kong. After obtaining his Master’s degree from Holland, Mr Leung joined the Dutch Philips company in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Michael is a Fellow and President of the HK Computer Society, Vice Chair of the CIO Board, a Fellow of the HK Institute of Directors, an Exco Member of the HK Institute of Bankers, Chair of the IS Departmental Advisory Committee of CityU, Vice Chair of the HK Down Syndrome Association and head of its Finance Committee. Separately, Michael has chaired many QF accreditation panels for the HKCAAVQ in the past years.

Miguel is the head of Epoche and Espri, an IT security evaluation facility. With a background in safety and security certification at the Spanish National Institute of Aerospace Technology, he started his participation in the international WG 3 group in 1999, and has convened the group since May 2009.

Mr. Lim Shih Hsien is currently responsible for the development and implementation of Hong Kong Jockey Club’s information security strategies, and for ensuring the Club’s information security and data privacy policies, standards, guidelines and processes are appropriately enhanced, communicated, and complied with. He is also tasked to identify new technology risks and ensure that effective mitigation measures are implemented.

Shih Hsien started his professional career in the public IT sector in the 1990’s and moved into information security in 2002. He has held positions in IT, information security and strategic information security planning with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore Airlines and Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH).

Prior to joining the HKJC, Shih Hsien was the Director, Identity & Security Services of MOH Holdings P/L. He was responsible for developing the security technical architecture, policies and processes for public healthcare programs, in particular Singapore’s National Electronic Health Record (NEHR).

Mr. Sunny W K Lee is currently the Convenor of Hong Kong Council for Testing & Certification and Vice-President (Administration) at City University of Hong Kong.

He has more than 30 years of experience in business and technology management in Hong Kong and overseas. He was Executive Director, IT of The Hong Kong Jockey Club and Chief Information Officer of Hong Kong and China Gas Limited, with overall responsibility for their IT strategy and innovation.

Prior to that, he was VP and Systems Director of Bank of America in Hong Kong, with a key role in building up IT capabilities to support bank’s business expansion in Asia. He also held key IT positions in the financial, management consulting and manufacturing industries in USA.

Mr. Lee receives recognition of his professional and community contributions, with various awards including Asia CIO Award, China Top CIO Award. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering, from Cornell University of USA.

Mr. Takeshi Chikazawa is the group manager (IT Security Center) of Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), and is also a member of CRYPTREC (Cryptography Research and Evaluation Committees) Advisory Committee. He is responsible for international standardisation works and promotes research and development of information security. He was previously appointed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1986 and was in charge for cryptographic research and international standard for third-generation mobile phone system to 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).