Speaker – Mr Nicholas Butts
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Speaker – HE Gobind Singh Deo
Speaker – AVM Amorn Chomchoey
Speaker – Mr Miguel Ángel Cañada
Moderator – Dr Tobias Feakin
Speaker – Mr Nicholas Butts
Guest of Honour – Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Moderator – Dr Shashi Jayakumar
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Guest of Honour – Mrs Josephine Teo
Guest of Honour – Mr K Shanmugam
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Speaker – Mr Derek Manky
Speaker – Ms Mihoko Matsubara
Speaker – Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness
Speaker – Dr Soumik Mondal
Speaker – HE Pengiran Dato Shamhary Mustapha
Speaker – Ms Izumi Nakamitsu
Speaker – Mr Charles Ng
Speaker – Mr Norman Ng
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Speaker – Ms Atsuko Okuda
Speaker – Dr Ong Chen Hui
Speaker – Mr Michael Osborne
Speaker – Ms Shariffah Rashidah Syed Othman
Speaker – Dr Giacomo Persi Paoli
Speaker – Dr Jerry Park
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Speaker – Mr Mark du Plessis
Speaker – Ms Helen Popp
Speaker – Ms Therese Quieta
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Speaker – Mr Masao Shino
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Speaker – Ms Kathryn Thornton
Speaker – Mr Stanley Tsang
Speaker – Dr Paul Vixie
Speaker – Mr Andrew Whittaker
Speaker – Dr Yang Yinping
Speaker – Mr Iida Yoichi
Speaker – Ms Loretta Yuen
Speaker – Dr Wang Yunlong
Speaker – Mr Saita Yukio
Speaker – Mr Wong Choon Bong
Speaker – Professor Steven Wong
Speaker – Mr Zhang Weihan
Speaker – Mr Zheng Wei
Moderator – Mr Benjamin Ang
Moderator – Mr Alexander Botting
Moderator – BG Edward Chen
Moderator – Mr Keith Detros
Moderator – Mr Stephen Fogarty
Moderator – Professor Yaacob Ibrahim
Moderator – Ms Anastasiya Kazakova
Moderator – Mr Gaurav Keerthi
Moderator – Mr Ashok Kumar Mirpuri
Moderator – HE Marta Pelechova
Moderator – Mr Paolo Pellegrino
Moderator – Ms Allison Pytlak
Moderator – Mr Vladimir Radunović
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Moderator – Mr Marcus Tan
Mr Nicholas Butts
Director, Global AI and Cybersecurity Policy,
Microsoft
Biography
Nicholas Butts is Director of AI- and Cybersecurity Policy at Microsoft, where he leads global efforts to address the adversarial and offensive use of AI, harness AI for cybersecurity defence, and secure AI systems, models, data, and infrastructure.
Previously, Nicholas held senior commercial roles at one of Europe’s leading AI startups, developing applied AI solutions for government and national security clients.
Outside of Microsoft, Nicholas is a published author and geopolitical analyst. His latest book, Tech Cold War (Lynne Rienner, 2025), explores the intersection of geopolitics, technology, and the implications for private sector actors.