Time Table

Dr Ioannis Agrafiotis is an Expert in Capacity Building at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). He is currently responsible for organizing Capture-the-Flag challenges, with particular focus on European and International challenges. Ioannis has an affiliation with the University of Oxford, where he acts as a Senior Researcher in cybersecurity with the Department of Computer Science. In his academic role, he has participated in various projects conducting research in capacity building, risk analysis and resilience in the cyber domain, cyber insurance, and anomaly detection for internal and external threats. Ioannis completed his doctoral studies in Engineering at the University of Warwick (2012, EPSRC-funded). He also holds an MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2008) and a BSc in Applied Informatics from the University of Macedonia in Greece (2006).

Lucy Hindmarsh is a senior policy advisor leading on youth cyber skills at the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s Cyber Directorate. With a focus on building a sustainable and diverse talent pipeline for the UK cyber sector and increasing the uptake of computing related qualifications, Lucy works on UK government initiatives such as the CyberFirst programme and the UK Cyber Team Competition. These programs are pivotal in central to the UK government ambitions to increase the opportunities available for young people across the UK and ensure the benefits of new technology are felt by all.

Jessica Gulick is a recognized cybersecurity practitioner and thought leader with over 25 years of experience in engineering and cybersecurity. She has led cybersecurity teams and contributed as an author on national cyber standards. She is also a VT MBA alumna and entrepreneur, having launched and grown IT and cyber firms. Her current focus is on tackling the cybersecurity talent problem with cyber games. She founded PlayCyber in 2019, a social impact initiative to address workforce challenges with games and epic events to raise funding for important initiatives. In 2021, she founded the U. S. Cyber Games in collaboration with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program and leads efforts to build an inclusive, cyber community that accelerates cyber talent and inspires the workforce of tomorrow. She served on the board of Women's Society of Cyberjutsu for 8 years, and is a member of the BayPath University cybersecurity education board.

Asuka Nakajima is a cyber security researcher and engineer based in Tokyo, Japan. With over a decade of experience in computer security, her expertise includes software security, reverse engineering, and cyber security research and development. She has presented at numerous security conferences and events, such as Black Hat USA/Europe/Asia Briefings, AsiaCCS, ROOTCON, AIS3, and PHDays, and serves on the Review Board for Black Hat USA and Asia.
In addition, Asuka is the founder of CTF for GIRLS, the first infosec community for women in Japan, and also the author of the bestselling book "Cyber Attack" (Bluebacks, 2018). Currently, she works as a Senior Security Research Engineer at Elastic Security, focusing on endpoint security R&D.