Women4Cyber - Launch event - 24.06.2025
Program
5 pm : Door opening and registration
5.30 pm: Welcome & introduction
6.00 pm: Keynote by Andrea Delannoy - Founder and President of MOD-Elle
6.30 pm: Presentation of Women4Cyber Switzerland by Carine Allaz - Co-Founder and President of the Chapter
7.15 pm: "Women's perspectives on the evolution of Cyber security" - Panel moderated by Anouk Geene - Co-Founder and Vice-President of the Chapter with Lennig Pedron, CEO of Trust Valley, Monica Ratte, Vice Director of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and Joanna Bouckaert, Lead at the World Economic Forum's Center for Cybersecurity.
8.00 pm: Closing
8.15 pm to 10pm: Apero
Location:
unlimitrust campus
Rte des Flumeaux 42
1008 Prilly
Studio (étage -1)
SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
ANDREA DELANNOY
MOD-ELLEA former public finance auditor in her native Romania, Andrea has undergone a metamorphosis since arriving in Switzerland in 2003.
After gaining a MAS in European Politics at the University of Geneva, Andrea joined the non-profit sector, working to support female careers (Board member - OWIT Lake Geneva) and promoting sciences among young girls (co-founder - Expending Your Horizons).
Aware of the particularities of the Swiss job market affecting women, Andrea dedicated 5 years to a career consultancy company, as a business manager, working to support the professional integration of foreigners into the Swiss job market.
A mother of two daughters and passionate about supporting younger generations, Andrea has been mentoring young Master's students at UNIGE for over 12 years (UNI Emploi Mentoring Programme). She’s currently mentoring senior executives supporting them to develop/promote an inclusive leadership ( (via “My mentor is a Woman” programme - Fondation ImpactIA).
Believing strongly in the power of role models, Andrea founded MOD-ELLE in 2017, a Swiss nonprofit organization whose mission is to challenge gender stereotyping in shaping and pursuing youth's career aspirations, working with the education departments and the primary schools.
Building on her experience in career services and engagement to promote gender equality on the Swiss job market, Andrea founded EOS consulting in 2023 to help women turn their career aspirations into concrete actions and to support companies that wish to develop a divers and inclusive culture.
LENNIG PEDRON
TRUST VALLEYLennig Pedron is an accomplished entrepreneur with deep expertise in emerging technologies and cybersecurity, particularly as they apply to the digital trust economy.
She currently serves as the CEO of Trust Valley, a leading center of excellence in the Lake Geneva region dedicated to cybersecurity and digital trust. In this role, she unites public, private, and academic stakeholders to promote and strengthen Switzerland’s digital trust ecosystem.
In addition to her leadership at Trust Valley, Lennig is an independent board member and the co-founder and president of the NGO iCON, which represents an international community of over 100 digital trust experts at the Council of Europe.
Her career also includes significant experience as a data protection specialist for the Swiss Confederation, where she provided guidance and training to a wide range of audiences, including law enforcement, prosecutors, and banks.
Lennig’s commitment to cybersecurity is further evidenced by her role as a judge for the 9/12 geopolitical challenge organized by the GCSP and her contributions to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
In 2022, she co-authored “Les Fondamentaux de la gestion de crise cyber,” a key reference book on cyber crisis management.
In recognition of her substantial contributions to the field, Lennig Pedron was honored with the title of “European Cyber Woman” in 2023 in the Executive Leader category, highlighting her leadership and influence in the industry.
MONICA RATTE
NCSCMonica is Vice Director of the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) in Switzerland and is currently co-leading GovCERT.ch, the swiss national computer emergency response team who is responsible for helping swiss critical infrastructures to prepare and react to cyberincidents.
Monica has extensive experience in cybersecurity, starting in operative incident management within the Swiss military CERT up to focusing on requirements and advice for federal institutions as an Information Security Responsible at the Federal Information Strategy Unit.
Her work in cybersecurity has contributed to enhancing Switzerland’s resilience against cyber threats, especially through her leadership in federal cybersecurity.
Monica holds a Master of Mathematics from the Federal Polytechnical Institute Lausanne (EPFL).
JOANNA BOUCKAERT
World Economic ForumJoanna is a Lead at the World Economic Forum’s Center for Cybersecurity where she is responsible for driving private sector engagement, leading the CISO Community and driving the work on futur technologies, including AI.
Prior to joining the Forum, Joanna worked for 7 years in consulting services where she led a range of projects helping organisations solve their most pressing cybersecurity challenges.
Joanna has extensive experience in cyber risk management and cyber risk governance, as well as across a variety of domains such as cyber incident response, OT security, and network security.
She holds an MSc in Risk Analysis from King’s College London.