Infosecurity Europe 2008 is "Europe’s No. 1 dedicated information security event". Running from 22-24 April 2008 it "addresses today’s strategic and technical issues in an unrivalled education programme and showcases the most diverse range of new and innovative products and services from over 300 of the top suppliers on the show floor."
Guess who’s going to be an exhibitor there… Yup, me! The Information Security Group at Royal Holloway takes an exhibitor’s stand every year at this event, and asks for volunteers from their Masters programme to help man the stall for the event. I was planning to attend the conference anyway, so I thought I might as well spend a few hours of my time praising the virtues of the ISG and the MSc programme. As I said the conference runs over three days, however I will only be on the stand for part of the final day, leaving me plenty of time to wander round still. An added perk of exhibiting is I get an exhibitor’s pass instead of a visitor’s, and hence get to jump the entry queues, etc. Go me.
What I only found out today, and am most exited about, is that Professor Fred Piper, founder, former Director of, consultant and all-round-PR-dude for the ISG, and world renowned expert in Information Security, (and quite a nice chap to have a tea and a chat with) will be there to accept his nomination in the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame. Another nominee in attendance will be Bruce Schneier, another internationally renowned security technologist and author, (whose blog you might have found in the sidebar under Blogroll) whom I will do my damnedest to bump into because I very much agree with his views on security management. There are another couple of folks’ seminars/lectures I want to see, such as those given by David Lacey, Chris Potter, and Geraint Price. More on the Keynote Seminars here, and on the Hall of Fame Keynote here.
So, if for some crazy reason you find yourself at Olympia on 22-24 April I hope to see you!
