Date:
February 11, 2026,
Time:
13.00 – 16:30 + drinks afterwards
Location:
Auditorium ABN Amro Bank, Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, Amsterdam
Speakers
Martijn Dekker
Chief Information Security Officer at ABN Amro Bank and visiting professor Information Security at the University of Amsterdam, conducting research in the field of information security governance, decision making, security automation and information theory.
Pieter Heiliegers
“Cyber mayor” of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (MRA) and mayor of Uithoorn. He actively fosters public-private cooperation to strengthen digital resilience across the region.
Bibi van den Berg
Professor Cybersecurity Governance at Leiden University and chair of ACCSS, the cybersecurity scientists association of the Netherlands.
Alexander Scholtes
Alderman for the Municipality of Amsterdam, with responsibility for ICT and Amsterdam’s digital city agenda.
Melanie Rieback
Computer scientist and co-founder of Radical Open Security. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Provisional Program
| 15th AMSec Symposium | |
|---|---|
| 13:00 | Coffee and tea |
| 13:30 | Opening by Martijn Dekker (ABN Amro) & Herbert Bos (AMSec) |
| 13:45 | Introduction, Agenda & House Rules |
| 13:50 | Keynote Bibi van den Berg |
| 14:20 | Interview Pieter Heiliegers and Alexander Scholtes by Herbert Bos |
| 14:50 | Break |
| 15:10 | Keynote Daniel Gebler |
| 15:40 | Keynote Melanie Rieback |
| 16:10 | General Q&A and synthesis |
| 16:15 | Essential information, upcoming events & closing remarks |
| 16:30 | 16:30 - Drinks! |


