Agenda

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By convening global leaders across infrastructure, hyperscalers, utilities, finance, and public-interest sectors, the Forum aims to build a shared sense of accountability and identify cross-sectoral solutions.

Throughout the day, we will explore the following key questions:

-Why must resilience be adaptable as sectors are interdependent?
-Where accountability lies across sectors and how it can be shared?
-The risks of fragmented or siloed approaches.

08:30 – 08:45 | Welcome & Opening Remarks

This session will set urgency and context: resilience is no longer optional, it is foundational to the Internet’s role as core human infrastructure. The speakers will establish the Forum as a place for candid, solution-oriented dialogue and will emphasize the urgency of collective action to enhance resilience in an increasingly interdependent Internet ecosystem.

Key Considerations:

-Why now? The convergence of physical, cross-sectorial and technological risks.
-How the Marconi Society aims to catalyze collaborative solutions.
-A call for openness, candor, and long-term commitment from participants.

Speakers:

John Janowiak, President & CEO, Marconi Society
Vint Cerf, VP/Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

08:45 – 09:15 | Setting the Stage: Activities and Insights from the IR Institute

This segment grounds participants in the IR Institute’s recent work, ensuring a shared evidence base. The objective is to establish a common understanding of the challenges and clarify the need for cross-sectoral responses. The Hyperscalers and Mapping workstreams highlight both systemic vulnerabilities and methodological innovations in visualizing interdependence.

Key questions:

-What early findings from the Hyperscaler Working Group reveal about best practices?
-How mapping exposes invisible dependencies in infrastructure and supply chains?
-Why must resilience frameworks integrate both technical and policy layers

Speakers:

Pablo Hinojosa, Strategic Advisor, Internet Resilience Institute
Ram Mohan, Chief Strategy Officer, Identity Digital
Fiona Alexander, Co-Founder, Salt Point Strategies

09:15 – 10:30 | Session I: “Safeguarding the Digital Future – Sectoral Interdependence and Shared Risk”

Resilience cannot be built in silos. This session explores how networks, energy grids, hyperscalers, transport systems, and content providers are bound together in ways that expose hidden risks. Contributors will discuss lessons from recent disruptions and consider how industries can move from fragmented risk models toward collective preparedness. The conversation will examine the balance between sector-specific responsibility and shared accountability for safeguarding the digital future.

Key questions:

-How can hyperscalers and traditional infrastructure players jointly address resilience at scale?
-Lessons from recent disruptions (i.e., power outages, submarine cable cuts, ransomware). What dependencies between power, cloud, and networks remain hidden or unmanaged?
-What mechanisms (joint risk registries, collective simulations, shared SLAs) can move resilience from individual responsibility to collective preparedness?

Speakers:

Nancy Morgan, Strategic Advisor, The Cantellus Group
David Cross, CISO, Atlassian
Dr. Radia Perlman, Fellow, Dell EMC
John Crain, SVP & Chief Technology Officer, ICANN
Mike Smith, Principal, Utility 2030

10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee & Comfort Break

10:45 – 11:45 | Session II: “Designing Coordinated Solutions: From Dialogue to Action”

With interdependence recognized and with shared risks on the table, this session shifts from diagnosis to solutions. Contributors will explore practical, scalable, and fundable interventions to reduce systemic vulnerabilities across infrastructure layers. The discussion will emphasize how accountability can be designed into partnerships, what conditions enable sustainable collaboration, and how resilience can be measured and tracked over time. Participants will leave with a clearer picture of where collective investment and innovation can make the most impact.

Key questions:

-What interventions could lower systemic risk (e.g., redundancy investments, federated trust frameworks, cross-sector drills)?
-How accountability for resilience can be distributed fairly among public, private, and civic actors?
-Pathways for long-term partnerships: joint financing models, multistakeholder agreements, or regulatory alignment?
-The role of measurement: how to track and benchmark resilience improvements?

Speakers:

Maarten Botterman, GNKS Consult BV
Victor Kuarsingh, Managing VP, Connectivity, Capital One Financial
Paul Vixie, Deputy CISO, AWS
Caleb Queern, Managing Director, Cyber Security, KPMG
Girish Chandran, Corporate CTO ,Viasat

11:45 – 12:00 | Closing Remarks

This session will bring together the threads of the Forum, highlighting both insights and commitments. The session is less about recap and more about energizing participants to carry the work forward.

Key questions:

-What consensus or “no-regrets” actions emerged across sessions?
-How resilience can become an organizing principle, not a reactive measure?
-Next steps: where can participants plug in to the IR Institute’s ongoing workstreams?

Speakers:

Pablo Hinojosa, Strategic Advisor, Internet Resilience Institute
Ram Mohan, Chief Strategy Officer, Identity Digital
Fiona Alexander, Co-Founder, Salt Point Strategies

12:00 – 13:00 | Executive Networking & Lunch

Participants are invited to continue conversations over lunch and explore opportunities for collaboration. Attendees are encouraged to attend the afternoon portion of the Academic Forum.

13:00 – 13:30 | Tour of 3420 Boelter Hall

Visit 3420 Boelter Hall with Marconi Fellow Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, where the first message on the ARPANET—the foundation of today’s internet—was transmitted in 1969. The original IMP No. 1, the world’s first network node (and ancestor of the modern router), is still on display in the room. A rare chance to step inside the birthplace of our connected world.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Support this exclusive convening of global Internet resilience leaders. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Flora Tromelin at ftromelin@marconisociety.org.