Agenda

As an entrepreneur, Lennig founded her first company at the age of 25. Lennig is the CEO of the Trust Valley, a center of excellence in digital trust and cybersecurity in Switzerland. Co-founder and president of the NGO iCON based in Switzerland, Paris, Brussels, London and Montreal representing an international community of over 100 experts in digital trust, cybersecurity and emerging technologies. Lennig represents iCON at the Council of Europe. She is a independent board member. She provides advices and training to multi audiences at an European level: police, prosecutors, industry, banks, youth generation. She is judge since 4 years of the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge of Atlantic Counsil (annual cyber policy competition for students across the globe). She is a regular speaker at international conferences. Lennig is a mentor for others women and men such as international mentorship program of International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She is the co-author and preface of the book « la gestion de crise cyber » (éditions Ellypses June 2022). 

Lauranne Macherel has experience working in the legal, diplomatic, negotiation and analysis fields for the public and private sectors for over a decade. She worked as a Legal Adviser for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for more than five years. Her main focus was on international public law, in particular international human rights law and counterterrorism issues. She represented Switzerland’s interest and position in multilateral negotiations within the United Nations and worked on many diplomatic initiatives. She held various positions in Beijing and New York. Today, as Deputy Secretary General of the Economy of Trust Foundation, she works closely with various partners to deliver innovative solutions to bringing trust in digital and physical interactions and transactions.  As a strong advocate for diversity, human rights and inclusion, she is convinced that bringing together diverse perspectives and experiences is crucial to creating sustainable, impactful solutions.

András Szörényi is senior policy advisor at Geneva Cities Hub where he works on issues like smart cities, digital transformation, urban health and climate change. Before that he worked in different diplomatic capacities in Brussels, covering EU affairs, Washington D.C. dealing with bilateral relations and in Geneva, working with the United Nations and other International Organizations. He has first-hand experience of negotiating in the European Union and the UN system as well as conceptualizing and implementing diplomatic initiatives on a wide variety of issues.

With a deep knowledge of international relations, he always focuses on new global developments and emerging challenges. He has a broad understanding of the engagement of non-state actors on multi-stakeholder platforms. He has been particularly interested in the increasing influence of non-state actors on the development of international relations since his Ph.D. research. Dr. Szörényi holds a DEA in Comparative Political Sciences from Sciences Po Paris and a Ph.D. in International Economics from Corvinus University, Budapest.

Bahar's first exposure to tech was when she was doing her Masters' project at EPFL. And that is where her journey began. She has been working in the tech industry for 12+ years at leading companies such as Microsoft and Salesforce.
Her technical background allows her to fully comprehend the power of the digital transformational tools that she positions at enterprise companies.
Through her studies and career she noticed how communities & mentorships were important. That is why she was one of the founding members of Girls in Tech Switzerland. Today she is the Partnerships Lead at Women in Tech Switzerland and the founder of Athena Association.