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Antonella De Bellis

Based in Amsterdam

Senior UX/UI Designer at RIPE NCC, passionate about creating intuitive and user-centered digital experiences. I focus on transforming complex data into clear, accessible interfaces that bring real value to users across the internet community.

Georgios Tsiknakis

Based in Greece

Antonis Chatzivasiliou

Based in Heraklion, Greece

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Crete with a strong research focus on Internet measurements, inter-domain routing, infrastructure deployment, and Autonomous System (AS) relationships. My research delves into the complexities of network topologies and interconnections, aiming to enhance the resilience, stability, and performance of global internet infrastructure. By analyzing the evolution of Internet infrastructures, I contribute to the development of scalable, secure, and efficient communication networks, ensuring reliable data exchange across regions while addressing emerging challenges in Internet governance and infrastructure design.

Katerina Lionta

I'm a master's student in Computer Science at the University of Crete. My research focuses on Internet measurements, with an emphasis on BGP, Internet topology, and network latencies.

Roland Bless

Based in Karlsruhe, Germany

Dr. Roland Bless is Associate Professor and senior researcher at the Institute of Telematics (Chair Prof. Zitterbart) at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany. He studied Computer Science (Diplom-Informatik) at the University of Karlsruhe until 1996 and got his PhD (Dr.-Ing.) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Krüger in the area Quality-of-Service-Management in 2002. In 2009 he finished his Habilitation at the Computer Science Department of Informatics at KIT. Since 1998 he is active in the Internet Standardization and gives lectures at KIT on "Next Generation Internet", and "Network Security". His research interests are Highly Scalable Zero-Touch Routing, Quality-of-Service, Congestion Control, Network Control and Management as well as Quantum Internet. Dr. Bless is member of Gesellschaft für Informatik, ACM SIGCOMM, IEEE ComSoc, and ISOC.

Wido den Hollander

Based in Venlo, Netherlands

I am the CTO of Your.Online, with more than two decades of experience in the hosting industry since 2004. I have deep expertise in networking and protocols like BGP, and I’m passionate about IPv6 and the future of internet connectivity. Beyond software, I have a strong interest in Open Source hardware and believe in the power of knowledge sharing to drive innovation.

Paulius Judickas

Based in Lithuania

Paulius Judickas is the VP of Strategic Alliances at IPXO, where he leverages his extensive expertise in sales to build and maintain key partnerships. His strategic approach is crucial in expanding the company’s reach and maintaining existing alliances. UKNOF/NETUK Program committee member since 2023. One of the founders and board members for BalticNOG. Chairman of the Board for BalticNOG since February 2025.

Olivia Ruimwijk

Based in Amsterdam

Olivia Mijnals-Ruimwijk is a Training Coordinator at the RIPE NCC with over 20 years of experience. She helps to plan and organise training courses across the RIPE NCC service region. Certified in project management by Growth Tribe, Olivia works alongside her team to ensure training sessions run smoothly, supporting RIPE NCC’s mission to strengthen the global Internet community.

Andra Ionescu

Based in Netherlands

I am a research scientist with a background in software engineering. My research is focused on data engineering approaches for creating high-quality training datasets for machine learning models.

Kathleen Moriarty

Kathleen Moriarty, founder of SecurityBiaS is technology strategist and board advisor, working with SaaS providers on security to Build-in at Scale benefiting both the provider and their customer base. Adjunct Professor at Georgetown SCS, teaching Security Architecture and Design and Cyber Threat Intelligence. Formerly as the Chief Technology Officer, Center for Internet Security Kathleen defined and led the technology strategy, integrating emerging technologies working with under resourced organisations. Prior to CIS, Kathleen held a range of positions over 13 years at Dell Technologies, including the Security Innovations Principal in Dell Technologies Office of the CTO and Global Lead Security Architect for EMC Office of the CTO working on ecosystems, standards, risk management and strategy. In her early days with RSA/EMC, she led consulting engagements interfacing with hundreds of organisations on security and risk management, gaining valuable insights, managing risk to business needs. During her tenure in the Dell EMC Office of the CTO, Kathleen had the honor of being appointed and serving two terms as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Security Area Director and as a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group from March 2014-2018. Named in CyberSecurity Ventures, Top 100 Women Fighting Cybercrime. She is a 2020 Tropaia Award Winner, Outstanding Faculty, Georgetown SCS. Keynote speaker, podcast guest, frequent blogger bridging a translation gap for technical content, conference committee member, and quoted on publications such as CNBC and Wired. Kathleen achieved over twenty five years of experience driving positive outcomes across Information Technology Leadership, short and long-term IT Strategy and Vision, Information Security, Risk Management, Incident Handling, Project Management, Large Teams, Process Improvement, and Operations Management in multiple roles with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Hudson Williams, FactSet Research Systems, and PSINet. Kathleen holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as well as, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Siena College. Published Work: - Transforming Information Security: Optimizing Five Concurrent Trends to Reduce Resource Drain, July 2020.