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Perri Adams is a fellow at Dartmouth’s Institute for Security Technology Studies and a former Special Assistant to the Director at DARPA, where she advised on next-generation AI and cybersecurity technologies across the U.S. government. She previously served as a DARPA Program Manager in the Information Innovation Office, where she created the AI Cyber Challenge. Ms. Adams is a frequent speaker and published author on cyber and technology policy, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and a former organizer of the DEFCON Capture the Flag competition.

Juan Andrés is AVP of Research for SentinelLabs and Distinguished Resident Fellow for Threat Intelligence at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Alperovitch Institute. Before joining SentinelOne, JAGS led multiple threat intelligence teams at Google, Chronicle, was a Principal Security Researcher at GReAT focusing on targeted attacks, and worked as Senior Cybersecurity and National Security Advisor to the Government of Ecuador. In 2023, JAGS was presented with a Presidential Volunteer Service Award for furthering U.S. cyber preparedness. His research work is the subject of two permanent exhibits at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.

Chris St. Myers is Director of SentinelLabs, where he leads threat intelligence production and investigations into advanced nation-state and cybercriminal groups worldwide. He’s an accomplished leader with a focus on turning complex threat research into actionable intelligence.

His career spans more than three decades, with senior roles including Head of Threat Research at Stairwell, Research Team Lead at Chronicle (Google Cloud), Manager of Espionage Intelligence at iDefense, and Lead Researcher at Rackspace.

Costin is CEO at TLPBLACK. He specializes in analyzing advanced persistent threats and high-level malware attacks. He led the team that researched the inner workings of Stuxnet, Duqu, Carbanak, Lazarus, BlueNoroff, Moonlight Maze and the Equation Group. Costin has over 24 years of experience in anti-virus technologies and security research. He is a member of the Virus Bulletin Technical Advisory Board, a member of the Computer AntiVirus Researchers’ Organization (CARO) and a reporter for the Wildlist Organization International. Some of his hobbies include chess, photography and Science Fiction literature.

Thomas Rid is Professor of Strategic Studies and founding director of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. From April to July 2022 he also is a Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. Rid is the author of the acclaimed Active Measures, a sweeping history of disinformation. His commentary has appeared in The New York Times and the Washington Post, and he has testified in front of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as well as in the German Bundestag and the UK Parliament.