Keynote Speakers

IMPORTANT UPDATE
Following the postponement of the original meeting due to the June Red Heat Health Alert, we are please to share the event will now take place on 8 – 9 September 2026 at the University of Bath.

To book your place, please visit the event registration page. Booking will close 17 August 2026.


We are pleased to announce the following Keynote Speakers;

Peter Haigh, Deputy CTO, NCSC

Peter is Deputy CTO at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the UK’s National Technical Authority for Cyber Security. He focuses on ensuring the organisation is technically prepared for the future. Peter oversees the NCSC’s relationships with external research communities, including academia and the UK Telecoms Lab (UKTL). His technical background spans mathematics, cryptography, telecommunications, and AI.

Edith MacArthur, IT Principal Security Architect

Edith MacArthur is an IT Principal Security Architect at a multi-national healthcare insurance company, with over two decades of experience spanning enterprise security architecture, cloud platforms, and information governance across highly regulated sectors. She works closely with architecture, engineering, and product teams to embed security into the full technology lifecycle, from early design through deployment, with a particular focus on AI enabled and data intensive systems.

Edith is a recognised practitioner in secure by design architecture, with deep expertise in AI and machine learning security, cloud security, DevSecOps, and regulatory aligned risk management. Her work focuses on translating business strategy and innovation into practical, scalable security architectures that address confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy risks.

Previously, she led security architecture for global CRM platforms and held senior information protection and governance roles across both public and private sectors.


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