Anja Lange ist eine in Hamburg lebende Moderatorin, die seit mehreren Jahren erfolgreich als freiberufliche Moderatorin tätig ist. Sie absolvierte eine Moderatorenausbildung am Institut für Moderation am SWR/Hochschule der Medien und steht seitdem regelmäßig auf der Bühne oder vor der Kamera. Neben Veranstaltungen moderiert sie auch Konferenzen, Messen und Filmfestivals. Ihre Schwerpunktthemen sind Digitalisierung, IT, Medien und Marketing. Aufgrund längerer Auslandsaufenthalte moderiert sie auch auf Englisch. Ihre zweite Muttersprache ist Niederländisch. Sie hat einen Master-Abschluss in Unternehmenskommunikation.

Duncan Brown is associate vice president, European Security Practice, at IDC EMEA and leads the firm’s security research program in Europe. He specializes in providing strategic advice to his clients, informing and validating their corporate, product, and marketing plans. Brown is an expert in analyzing the security market globally, and his list of security-related clients includes enterprises, central banks, government organizations, and security product suppliers and services providers. Brown’s expertise spans the gamut of security topics including incident response, threat intelligence, and global privacy issues. He established and leads IDC’s coverage of the global impact of the GDPR, the RPEC (ePrivacy Directive update) and NIS Directive on technology companies and their customers. His analysis and opinions are widely sought by industry leaders and investors, while his comments on industry trends and developments frequently appear in the leading business and trade publications.

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As research director for IDC’s European Security practice, Joel Stradling leads the content and analyst team for tracking the European security segment. His main focus area is the integration of network plus security and evolution of network architectures towards software-defined secure access.

Stradling has 20 years of experience as an analyst of international managed enterprise network and IT services. He is a regular speaker at major industry conferences talking about emerging technologies in B2B enterprise network and IT and wholesale carrier-to-carrier services. Joel is a well-known and highly regarded expert in the industry, offering insight and advice to C-level executives on technology competitive landscapes and emerging technologies, such as SD-WAN, 5G, SDN/NFV, and cyber-security.