*The rapid advancement and application of digital technology has improved electric system operations, reliability, and process efficiency. But it carries with it a heavy responsibility. We must now safeguard this increasingly ubiquitous element of the grid from those who would seek to disrupt technology and cause harm.

SMi Group Limited are pleased to announce the 2nd annual European Smart Grid Cyber Security Forum, to be held on March 12th and 13th in London 2012. Following the success of the 2011 event, the Forum will again bring together the most influential European and North American utilities and cyber security authorities, to further develop the international roadmap to securing our energy infrastructure.

*This event will look at how the rapid advancement and application of digital technology has improved electric system operations, reliability, and process efficiency. Utility companies must now safeguard this increasingly ubiquitous element of the grid from those who would seek to disrupt technology and cause harm.

CONFIRMED Department of Homeland Security, Director, NCCIC, Seán McGurk European Commission, Policy Officer, DG Information Society and Media, Alejandro Pinto Enisa, Program Manager Resilience and CIIP Program, Dr. Vangelis Ouzounis Con Edison New York, Smart Grid Project Manager, Patricia Robison National Grid, Digital Risk and Security Director, Dr David King Swissgrid AG, Senior Advisor Operations, Rudolf Baumann EDP Energie SA, Information and Cyber Security Officer, Nuno Emanuel Pereira Sirrix AG security technologies, Project Manager, Michael Gröne GDF Suez, Information Security & Business Continuity, Phillip Jones Scada Hacker, Chief Information Officer, Joel Langill* IoActive, Senior Officer, TBC Institute for Information Security, Executive Director, University of Tulsa, David Greer Alliander, Privacy & Security Officer at Liander, Johan Rambi Queen’s University Belfast, Director of Research, Professor Sakir Sezer NIST, Chief Cyber Security Advisor, William Barker Saudi Aramco, Information Protection Specialist, Saad Alhowaymel Zigbee Alliance, Security Working Group Chair, Robert Cragie Alliander, Senior Consultant Intelligent Netbeheer, Frans Campfens Riscure, Director Embedded Technology, Job de Haas ENA, Senior Cyber Security Consultant, TBC