Welcome & Introduction to the Programme
Keynote
Results of the National Cyber Study 2026
Benoît Watteyne
Benoît Watteyne
Director Cyber & Privacy
KPMG Belgium
Benoit Watteyne is a Director at KPMG Advisory with over 18 years of experience in Information Security and Data Protection. Benoit is the competence lead of the Cyber Security Services Team of KPMG in Belgium and also serves as Digital Risk Lead for Financial Services. Since joining KPMG in 2007, Benoit has specialised in cyber security, supporting clients in strengthening their cyber resilience, increasing cyber maturity, and improving compliance with regulatory requirements.
Building Sovereign & Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure
Craig McLellan
Craig McLellan
Founder & CEO
ThinkOn
Moderator
Erik Van Zuuren
Erik Van Zuuren
Founder
TrustCore.EU
Erik Van Zuuren is actively engaged in several jobs / activities, including: Founder TrustCore.EU Topic Leader ITSE-S2 “Security Practices” at Solvay Brussels School Security advisor and architect at BNP Paribas Fortis - Global Security Advisor/Expert on Trust/eID/eSig/eSeal/Blockchain at Flemish Government Expert / PM regarding (Qualified) Trust Services related guidelines for ENISA Since January 2015 Erik left a big4 to start up TrustCore.EU and is currently active in the roles mentioned in the list above. Erik has years of experience/expertise in amongst others: Governance/Risk/Compliance, eGovernment/eBusiness/eBanking, Trust Services and Trusted/Trustworthy (eco-)systems, Enterprise (Security) Architectures, Service Oriented Architectures and Cloud Platforms, Information & CyberSecurity (Management) etc. Erik's engagements include activities in public sector (Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Federal ICT Department (Fedict), the eGov & ICT agency of the Flemish Gov, DG Connect, DG Employment, DG RTD, EC-ISA, etc.) as well as activities in a diverse spectrum of private sector organisations (incl. NBB, ING, KBC, Electrabel Suez, Infrabel, DeLijn, BPost, Euroclear). Erik's achievements include being one of the fathers/authors of the blueprint for the Belgian Personal Identity Card Project (BelPIC) and being one of the fathers of key egov-supporting services at the Flemish government (wide range of (trust-)services with respect to e-identification / e-authentication / authorisation / e-signing / stamping, etc). Currently Erik is focusing on Enterprise (Security) Architecture, on the effects/implementation of the eIDAS-Trust Regulation and on the upcoming Payment Services Directive 2.
Panellists
Craig McLellan
Craig McLellan
Founder & CEO
ThinkOn
Cathy Tough
Cathy Tough
Country Manager
SAP Canada
Benoît Watteyne
Benoît Watteyne
Director Cyber & Privacy
KPMG Belgium
Benoit Watteyne is a Director at KPMG Advisory with over 18 years of experience in Information Security and Data Protection. Benoit is the competence lead of the Cyber Security Services Team of KPMG in Belgium and also serves as Digital Risk Lead for Financial Services. Since joining KPMG in 2007, Benoit has specialised in cyber security, supporting clients in strengthening their cyber resilience, increasing cyber maturity, and improving compliance with regulatory requirements.
Cathy Tough
Cathy Tough
Country Manager
SAP Canada