Welcome & Opening Remarks

Executive Director • Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Ambassador Dr. Thomas Greminger is the Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) since 2021. A senior Swiss diplomat, he has held major leadership roles in Swiss foreign policy and multilateral diplomacy, focusing on security, peace and development. Before joining the GCSP, he served as Secretary General of the OSCE from 2017 to 2020, where he supported successive Chairmanships in a highly polarized environment, managed the organisation through the COVID-19 crisis and strengthened dialogue among the 57 participating States. He advanced work on emerging security challenges, including technology, climate security and conflict prevention, and supported OSCE field missions, notably the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. Previously, Ambassador Greminger was Switzerland’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, UN and international organisations in Vienna, playing a central role during the 2014 Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and in shaping the organisation’s response to the crisis in and around Ukraine. He has also held senior positions within the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, overseeing major peacebuilding, human rights and humanitarian programmes. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Zurich, has published extensively on security policy and conflict management, and is fluent in German, English and French. He was born in 1961 and is the father of four daughters.

CEO • Trust Valley

Lennig Pedron has expertise in cybersecurity and emerging technologies applied to the digital trust economy. She works in particular for the EPFL Innovation Park Foundation and is CEO of the Swiss initiative Trust Valley, the center of excellence in digital trust and cybersecurity. She is co-founder and president of the NGO iCON, representing an international community of over 100 digital trust experts. Lennig Pedron represents iCON at the Council of Europe. She has been Data Protection expert for the Swiss Confederation. She provides advice and training to different audiences such as the police, prosecutors or banks. She has been a judge for the 9/12 geopolitical challenge of the GCSP for 4 years and she has spoken at the Forum of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Lennig Pedron is the co-author of the book "The Fundamentals of Cyber ​​Crisis Management" published by Ellipses in June 2022.

Director of Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark • Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Anne-Caroline is the Director of the GCSP’s Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. Anne-Caroline joined the GCSP in September 2003 and has held different positions throughout this time. She spent a number of years working with the Director of Special Programmes on diplomatic activities and training courses abroad. She then worked with the External Relations Team and, as its Manager, was in charge of the Centre’s external communications - GCSP website, media relations and publications. She later joined the Emerging Security Challenges Programme as a Senior Programme Officer responsible for the Security and Law activities of the Centre. Since 2015, Anne-Caroline coordinates the GCSP Global Fellowship Initiative and currently also heads the development of the Creative Spark.

Ambassador and Director of International Relations • Swiss Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM)

Thomas Schneider is Ambassador and Director of International Affairs at the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) in the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC). He is a long-standing expert in digital governance and in the governance of the information and knowledge society and artificial intelligence. He is leading the Swiss delegation in various key international fora in these fields.

General Director • Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG)

Vincent Subilia (born 1975) is General Director of the Chambre de commerce, d’industrie et des services de Genève (CCIG) and a member of the Grand Council of the canton of Geneva. He previously served as Economic Development Officer for the State of Geneva and has held senior roles in international banking and legal services. A qualified lawyer and alumni of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, he also founded the association AGIR to promote Geneva's role on the global stage. In 2025 he was elected President of the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie suisse (CCIS), the national umbrella organisation for Swiss chambers of commerce.