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Edna Conway currently serves as Cisco’s Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain, creating clear strategies to deliver secure operating models for the digital economy. She has built new organizations delivering cyber security, compliance, risk management, sustainability and value chain transformation. She drives a comprehensive security architecture across Cisco’s third-party ecosystem.

Digitization is driving each of us across all industries to make dramatic changes to how we approach customers, products, services, and the always-on, real-time information rich marketplace. This digital economy is gender agnostic. And, it is highly dependent on a connected global ecosystem. The message is clear—no one person, enterprise, industry, government or region can stand alone any longer.

Here you can see a full list of the confirmed speakers at Webit.Festival Europe 2018, while here you can get all the information you need about the tickets for the event. Managing supply chain risk requires a comprehensive approach over the complete product or process life cycle, and Cisco is looking at the potential impact of new technologies such as blockchain and the “internet of things” as part of its solution.

“We define the value chain as the end-to-end life cycle for any solution. In order to build trust, you need to understand the risks you are taking, and those risks need to be measured in the language of business.” says Conway

Prior to Cisco, Conway was a partner in an international private legal practice and served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire.

My path to security was built on a foundation of protecting intellectual property; enhanced by a legal background and rich engineering and operational leadership roles afforded to me by Cisco. Each of these opportunities, including leaving a successful legal practice to join Cisco, required faith. Faith in my own ability to learn an entirely new discipline and trust that my colleagues would support me in that effort.

She is recognized domestically (US Presidential Commissions) and globally (NATO) as the developer of architectures delivering value chain security, sustainability and resiliency. Her insight is featured in a range of publications, analyst reports, and case studies, including Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, CIO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Conway is constantly using her expertise to leverage new tools in an ever-expanding digital arsenal. She has turned her attention to the security potential in blockchain. With the ability to track data through networks, blockchain becomes a highly effective digital ledger, or “passport for the data” according to her.

“A chain of custody of your data and your actions across the full spectrum of a life cycle adds a degree of integrity we’ve never had the ability to do easily before”

Recognition of her industry leadership includes membership in the Fortune Most Powerful Women community, and awards including: a Fed 100 Award, Stevie “Maverick of the Year Award,” a Connected World Magazine “Machine to Machine and IOT Trailblazer” Award, an SC Media Reboot Leadership Award, a New Hampshire Tech Professional of the Year 2018 Award, and CSO of the Year Award at RSA.

Cisco announced that it will continue to deepen and widen its focus on driving healthcare initiatives. Cisco's Care-at-a-Distance solution enables remote examination and consultation. Cisco's Connected Health solutions help improve patient education, wellness management, post-discharge follow up, and doctor-to-specialist collaboration. Vishal Gupta, VP Advanced Services, Cisco Systems is amongst the Webit Audience Choice Speakers and he will be speaking  on the hot topic of present and future opportunities of Internet of Things (IoT) at the blue track of the Global Webit Summit. Here is the interview with him about the emotions to be a Webit speaker and the motivation to apply.

_ Are you excited that you are among the winners at audience award to be on the stage of GWC so 10 000 visitors from EMEA and ASIA will be able to hear your thoughts and you will share your experience with them?

V.G.: Yes, I am super excited that I will have the opportunity to share some really exciting thoughts with an amazing audience at Webit that really gets Web and can influence what the next big thing will be.

_ During the contest they were really big names in the digital and tech industry worldwide so what was the feeling to compete?

V.G.: It was a humbling experience to compete with 300+ high quality potential speakers who had submitted their proposal to speak at Webit and it was a great honor to even have the opportunity to apply to be a speaker.

_ What was your motivation to apply for a speaker at Webit and What are your expectations from the 6th Webit Global Congress?

V.G.: My motivation to apply as a speaker was to share and learn in real time as I truly believe that the best days of realizing the potential of web are still ahead of us and I thought that Webit provided the perfect stage for unprecedented global collaboration&gt.

_ We have more than 300 media from all around the world there that are very curious for news and launches so please share with us in before just a part of your topic so to keep it hot..

V.G.: How can Internet of Things truly transform industries like Healthcare, Retail, and Finance and create trillions of dollar in incremental value? What does the hospital room of the Future and a Bank Brach of the future look like which can not only transform the customer experience but also make it more secure and user friendly?

_ Who would you advise to attend Webit Global Congress and why?

V.G.: I would recommend CXOs, Technologists, Entrepreneurs, and Business Development professionals to attend Webit Global Congress which can a "Spa for their mind" and can help forge new thinking and relationships which will be critical for their and their company's next stage of growth. Hurry up and book your ticket for the front line!