15th AMSec Symposium (11-2-2026): The State of Cyber Security

Date:
February 11, 2026,
Time:
13.00 – 16:30 + drinks afterwards
Location:

Auditorium ABN Amro Bank, Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, Amsterdam


Please register here 

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.
Daniel Gebler
Co-founder and CTO of the online supermarket Picnic and former researcher at VU Amsterdam, drives the company’s technological innovation. At the conference, he will share how Picnic’s disruptive approach connects with the growing importance of cyber resilience. 
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
13:00Coffee and tea
13:30Opening by Martijn Dekker (ABN Amro) & Herbert Bos (AMSec)
13:45Introduction, Agenda & House Rules
13:50Keynote Bibi van den Berg
14:20Interview Pieter Heiliegers and Alexander Scholtes by Herbert Bos
14:50Break
15:10Keynote Daniel Gebler
15:40Keynote Melanie Rieback
16:10General Q&A and synthesis
16:15Essential information, upcoming events & closing remarks
16:3016:30 - Drinks!

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