Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Ir. Ford Lumban Gaol, SMIEEE (BINUS University)

Prof. Ford Lumban Gaol is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Bina Nusantara University, where he heads the Doctor of Computer Science Department. He chairs the IEEE Indonesia Section Computer Society and serves as the IAIAI South East Asia Region Director. Prof. Ford has been a Visiting Professor at several Russian universities and AIIT Tokyo. He has delivered keynote speeches at numerous international conferences and received various international grants, including a significant grant from the Japanese National Research and Development Agencies in 2020. With over 380 Scopus-indexed publications, Prof. Ford is a highly esteemed researcher and educator with extensive involvement in professional societies and significant contributions to technology alignment projects in both industry and government.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manmeet Mahinderjit Singh (Programme Manager Research Ecosystem, Development & Innovation) – School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Dr. Manmeet Mahinderjit Singh is a Cybersecurity Associate Professor at University Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang, Malaysia with more than 12 years of experiences.  She graduated from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia with a PhD Degree specializing in Data Security. Her area of expertise is in Cyber Security, Internet of Things Security, Smart devices Security and Mobile Security. She has extensively worked on research projects revolving Mobile devices, Smart cities applications and Smart homes. Her zeal in these areas is well demonstrated in her research projects and grants, lecturing, student’s supervision, and training/consultancy courses. Manmeet holds several grants involving APT-groups, Privacy Risk and Cybersecurity Situational Awareness for Mobile. She has designed a range of cybersecurity training courses and delivered trainings on Emerging technology security, Big Data Security, Mobile Security and Cybersecurity for Managers. She also a Master Trainer for Computational Thinking. She has also authored and co-authored many scientific journals, articles, and even book reviews. Manmeet had also chaired CISO 2024, CyberSecMalaysia 2024 and CISO 2023 Kuala Lumpur, invited speakers and panel moderator for several forum sessions internationally and in Malaysia. Dr Manmeet has been awarded Top 30 Cybersecurity Women ASEAN 2021 and 2022.