Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Arrival: 08:30 - 09:00 (Networking Breakfast & Registration)
Session Times: 9:00 - 15:45 (with networking drinks to follow)
Venue: Royal Armouries Museum Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
Parking: Parking available at CitiPark Leeds Dock.

This year’s Cyber Summit delivers frontline insights, expert speakers and live demonstrations designed to sharpen your organisation’s defences.

Hear directly from cyber specialists, threat responders and industry leaders as they unpack real-world attacks, share the latest threat intelligence and offer practical strategies you can act on.

Places are limited, and this is one event you don’t want to miss if you are serious about staying ahead of today’s cyber threats.

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Mary Aiken

World Leading Cyberpsychologist

Professor Mary Aiken is a world-leading cyberpsychologist, renowned for her expertise in the intersection of technology, human behaviour, cybercrime, online safety and cybersecurity.

Her work has informed international policy and major cybercrime research, including advisory roles with INTERPOL and Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre. Author of the bestselling book *The Cyber Effect*, she inspired the CBS series *CSI: Cyber* and has been inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame.

Headline Speaker:

Tobias Schroedel

Renowned Live Hacker and Cyber Security Expert

Tobias Schroedel is a renowned IT security expert, live hacker and speaker who brings cyber threats to life through engaging live demos and real world attack scenarios. Known for making complex technical risks accessible to any audience, he provides unique insight into cyber criminals, AI, social engineering and the darknet.

A regular expert on German television and author of five books, Tobias combines deep technical expertise with an entertaining and memorable presentation style that reveals how attackers think, operate and exploit technology.

Headline Speaker:

Professor Victoria Baines

Leading Authority on Cyber Crime and AI

Professor Victoria Baines is a leading authority on online trust, safety and cybersecurity, renowned for her expertise in cybercrime, digital ethics, emerging technologies, AI, online harms and the future of cyber security.

Her experience includes senior roles as Facebook's Trust & Safety Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Head of Strategy at Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, where she led cyber threat analysis across the EU. A regular contributor to BBC Newsnight, Radio 4 and Sky News, Victoria has been recognised as one of the top 25 women in cyber security.

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Mary Aiken

World Leading Cyberpsychologist

Cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology at Capitol Technology University, Washington DC, and Professor of Forensic Cyberpsychology at the University of East London.

A world-leading expert on the intersection of technology and human behaviour, Dr Aiken is a member of the INTERPOL Global Cybercrime Expert Group and Europol’s Advisory Group on Research and Development. Her work inspired the CBS series CSI: Cyber, and her book The Cyber Effect became an international bestseller and a Times Book of the Year. She was inducted into the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame in 2017.