Programme Draft
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Day One March 10th 2026
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| Time | Strategy Stage | Tech Breakout |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Registration | No Session |
| 8:45am | Welcome from Cyber Senate Director, Jamison Nesbitt and introduction to our Chairman, Kevin Wood, Cyber Design Authority, Thales | No Session |
| 9:00am | Managing Cyber Threats in the Age of AI & Quantum Computing | No Session |
| 9:45am | From CyberResilient to Antifragile. How Railway CISO’s Can Orchestrate Complexity
Dimitri van Zantvliet, Directeur Cybersecurity / CISO, Dutch Railway | Nederlandse Spoorwegen |
To be announced |
| 10:15am | Panel: Executive Perspectives – Cyber Risk and Vulnerability Oversight in Rail Operations | No Session |
| 10:45am | Networking Break One Hour | Networking Break One Hour |
| 11:45am | Building Resilient Rail Systems: Leveraging Reference Architecture and IEC 63452 for Cybersecurity | OT Intrusion Detection Systems – The Journey and Lessons Learnt |
| 12:15pm | Building a Cyber Risk Assessment Tool for Rail OT
Arinder Badyal, Head of Information Security , Transport UK Group, Liam Sterling, Head of Information Technology, Angel Trains |
To Be Announced |
| 12:45pm | Digital Risk Assessment in the Engineering Change Process James Woodhouse, Digital Systems Engineer, Angel Trains, Darren Fitzgerald, Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering, RSSB |
To Be Announced |
| 13:15pm | Networking Lunch | Networking Lunch |
| 14:15pm | AI in Rail OT Security: Risks, Opportunities, and the Path Forward | To Be Announced |
| 14:45pm | Inside the Threat: Human Risk, Ransomware, and Intelligence in Rail Cybersecurity
Phil Butterworth, Fraud & Investigations Lead, TransPennine Express |
Bridging IT and OT: Governance and Cybersecurity in a Secure by Design Framework Gertjan Tamis, Enterprise Architect Cybersecurity, NS/Dutch Railways |
| 15:15pm | Networking Break | Networking Break |
| 15:45pm | From multiple ISMS (chaos) to one ISMS (tranquility) | Cyber-Hardening Legacy Signalling & Interlocking Systems: Lessons from Live Rail Projects Francisco Lozano Ovejero, Head of R&D, Enyse |
| 16:15pm | Safe Tracks Ahead: 5 years on, how cybersecurity in rolling stock design has evolved
Bruno Corasolla, Global Head of Digital Train | LoB Vehicles, Hitachi Rail |
To be announced |
| 16:45pm | Regulatory Readiness, GBR Bidding & TOC Cyber Assurance
Marc Silverwood, Onboard Systems Manager,Northern Trains Limited |
To be announced |
| 17:15pm | End of Day One | End of Day One |
Day Two March 11th 2026
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| Time | Strategy Stage | Tech Breakout |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Registration | No Sessions |
| 8:45am | Welcome Back and Overview of “How it works” Day Two | No Sessions |
| 9:00am | Table Top Panel: Incident Response Under Pressure – What Rail Can Learn from Mature OT & Safety-Critical Sectors?
Kenny Holmes, Head of Group Cyber Operations, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
No Sessions |
| 9:45am | Using an AI Toolset to Verify and Assess Cybersecurity Cases Against the New Standard for Rail, IEC 63452
Dr Howard Parkinson, Research Fellow, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield |
Beyond Safety: Addressing the Security Gap in Railway Software Standards
Lucia Capogna, Cyber Security and Software Assurance Team Leader, Systra |
| 10:15am | Cyber Risk or Safety Risk? A Multidisciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity
Jon Torode, Head of Engineering and Asset Performance, RKH Qitarat |
To be announced |
| 10:45am | Networking Break | Networking Break |
| 11:15am | Roundtable Networking Tables
|
No Sessions |
| 12:20pm | Roundtable Outcomes | No Session |
| 13:00pm | Networking Lunch | No Session |
| 14:00pm | NEW FOR 2026! Crisis Lab: Rail Cyber Response Simulation | No Session |
| 15:20pm | Networking Break to Leave | No Session |
| 15:50pm | End of Summit 2026 | End |
