CyberFest 2024
CyberFest 2024: The North East’s Biggest Cyber Security Festival
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Yes, it’s back! Now in its seventh year, CyberFest, the North East’s biggest cyber security festival, will be taking place throughout October, across the North East.
CyberFest invites the cyber business community to come together, to connect, to debate, to explore contemporary issues affecting businesses, to discover new perspectives and to listen and learn.
The aim of CyberFest is to raise awareness of cyber security activities across the region as part of our mission ‘To make the North East the place for cyber security.’
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The festival brings together businesses, academics, universities, students, thought leaders, innovators, artists and cyber enthusiasts. Each year the programme features speaker events, panel debates, networking opportunities and practical workshops. The festival shines a light on the opportunities in the sector, highlights the breadth of cyber security talent across the region and is a space to share new ways of thinking and sector learning throughout the month of October and beyond!
This year’s theme for the CyberFest Community Conference is Looking Up, Looking Out. We’ll be looking beyond the region’s borders and inviting speakers and attendees from around the UK and the globe to connect, collaborate and learn from the cyber security scene in the North East.
Tickets are now live with our inaugural CyberNorth Awards also being open for nominations.
Tickets can be bought for the community conference and the awards night combined or separately. As always an array of fantastic fringe events will be happening throughout the month and all across the region. These will be free to attend.
Get involved! Join us! Come celebrate!
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COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
Date Wednesday 16 October 2024
Time 09.00 – 16.30
Location The Common Room, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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09.00-9.30 |
Registration and Networking |
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Morning Plenary |
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Welcome – Reflections on Activities & Achievements |
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Opportunities for the Region (In association with the regional local authorities) |
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Opportunities & Activities Across the UK (with national cyber security clusters across the country |
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10.45 – 11.15 |
Refreshments and Exhibition |
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Morning Workshops |
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Ecosystem |
Collaboration close to home – how we can connect and collaborate with national partners and businesses |
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Innovation |
Innovating within your business – how can we create a culture of innovation and what support is there |
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Skills |
How can we solve the “experience gap” in cyber security |
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12.00-13.00 |
Lunch and Exhibition |
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Afternoon Plenary |
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International Panel – Discussing trade potential and relationships with representatives from our international counterparts |
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14.30-15.00 |
Refreshments and Exhibition |
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Afternoon Workshops |
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Skills |
What do our cyber leaders of tomorrow need? |
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Innovation |
What does Net Zero mean to the cyber security community and what do we need to achieve it? |
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Ecosystem |
Addressing gender diversity in cyber security – what does it take to be an ally and how to know if you are actually fostering an inclusive culture? |
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15.45 – 16.30 |
Refreshments and Networking |
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CYBERNORTH AWARDS
Date Wednesday 23 October 2024
Time 18.00 – 23.30
Location Tyne Bank Brewery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Nominate / Enter the Awards here
We are delighted to be accepting nominations for the CyberNorth Awards! These awards showcase and celebrate the achievements of individuals and organisations across the cyber security sector in the North East of England.
Categories
- Innovation Award
- Rising Star
- Business or Team of the Year
- Community Champion
Nominations will be shortlisted by our CyberNorth Committee.
Nominations close 18th September 2024 • 5pm
Shortlist announced 1st October 2024
Awards Ceremony 23rd October 2024
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The outline programme for this year’s CyberFest is now available. Over the coming weeks, each event will go live on our events page, with full info and registration details. All dates are provisional at present, other than the Community Conference (16 October) and the CyberNorth Awards (23 October), and are subject to change.
This year, October is CyberFest…
Tuesday 1 October Borders event with ScotlandIS
Wednesday 2 October Schools’ debate supported by NIBE
Thursday 3 October Security for developers NorthIT
Friday 4 October Middle East trade mission planning
Saturday 5 October BSides – Newcastle
Tuesday 8 October CyberCogs: Atom Bank
Net-Defence pizza and beer
StemFest Sunderland day 1
Wednesday 9 October Tech on the Tyne with Reed
StemFest Sunderland day 2
Thursday 10 October Innovation centre pitch event
StemFest Sunderland day 3
Friday 11 October Careers in cyber security with Tech Talent Engine and Sage
Monday 14 October Meet the Buyer – Public Sector
Tuesday 15 October Women in Tech
Wednesday 16 October CyberFest community conference
Friday 18 October OWASP
Monday 21 October Sunderland Business Festival cyber sips with British Esport
Wednesday 23 October CyberFest community awards
Thursday 24 October UKC3 pan cluster meeting
#CyberFest Over the Years
#CyberFest, the North East’s largest cyber security festival has been running every year since 2018. Check out our #CyberFest archive below to find out about past events. Head over to the Youtube page for videos of events from 2020, 2021 and 2022.
