Speaker – Ms Kathryn Thornton
Moderator – Ms Veronika Kolek Netolicka
Speaker – Ms Miriam Howe
Speaker – Ms Heli Tiirmaa–Klaar
Guest of Honour – Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
Guest of Honour – Mr Tan Kiat How
Guest of Honour – Mrs Josephine Teo
Guest of Honour – Mr K Shanmugam
Speaker – Mr Mahdi Alaei
Speaker – Ms Mandy Andress
Speaker – Mr Justiin Ang
Speaker – Mr Ang Leong Boon
Speaker – Mr Christopher Anthony
Speaker – Pol Maj Gen Niwate Arpawasin
Speaker – Mr James Babbage
Speaker – Ms Farhanah Bagharib
Speaker – Mr Peter Bailey
Speaker – Mr Vitaly Balashov
Speaker – Ms Tupou’tuah Baravilala
Speaker – Mr Ian Bartlett
Speaker – Mr Filipe Beato
Speaker – HE Artis Bertulis
Speaker – Mr Artis Bertulis
Speaker – Ms Manon Le Blanc
Speaker – Dr Bushra Al Blooshi
Speaker – Mr Doug Browne
Speaker – Mr Nicholas Butts
Speaker – Engr Allan Salim Cabanlong
Speaker – Ms Larissa Schneider Calza
Speaker – Mr Miguel Ángel Cañada
Speaker – Mr Esteban Castaño
Speaker – Mr Ken Chan
Speaker – Mr Chan Tsan
Speaker – Mr Chang Sau Sheong
Speaker – Mr Chen Jixue
Speaker – Dr Yulia Cherdantseva
Speaker – Mr Eugene Chew
Speaker – Mr Raman Jit Singh Chima
Speaker – Ms April Chin
Speaker – AVM Amorn Chomchoey
Speaker – Mr Chua Kuan Seah
Speaker – Mrs Friederike Dahns
Speaker – Mr Dan Yock Hau
Speaker – Dr Tara Maria Davenport
Speaker – HE Gobind Singh Deo
Speaker – Mr Ilya Dreytser
Speaker – Mr David van Duren
Speaker – Mr Andrew Elliot
Speaker – Ms Laura Fifield
Speaker – Mr Ryan Flores
Speaker – Dr Rafael Frankel
Speaker – Mr Roy Friedman
Speaker – Ambassador Burhan Gafoor
Speaker – Mr Edmund Goh
Speaker – Mr Goh Eng Choon
Speaker – Mr Goh Pei Ming
Speaker – Mr Simon Green
Speaker – Mr Sheran Gunasekera
Speaker – Mr Rajiv Gupta
Speaker – Mr Royal Hansen
Speaker – Mr Christian Heggen
Speaker – Mr Enrique Hernandez
Speaker – Mr Marc Henauer
Speaker – Dr Richard Horne
Speaker – Ms Jessica Hunter
Speaker – Ms Pua Hunter
Speaker – Mr Danny Jaspers
Speaker – Mr Neal Jetton
Speaker – Mr Craig Jones
Speaker – HE Mr Veikko Kala
Speaker – Mr Michael Karimian
Speaker – Dr Camino Kavanagh
Speaker – Mr James Kay
Speaker – Mr Daniel Klingele
Speaker – Mr David Koh
Speaker – Mr Jiří Kozák
Speaker – Mr Arthur Langellier
Speaker – Mr Rod Latham
Speaker – Mr Richard LaTulip
Speaker – Mr Eugene Liderman
Speaker – Ms Loke Hui Yi
Speaker – Mr Sebastian Madden
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
Speaker – Mr Ernst Noorman
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
Speaker – Ms Claudia Plattner
Speaker – Mr Mark du Plessis
Speaker – Ms Helen Popp
Speaker – Ms Therese Quieta
Speaker – Ms Meerah Rajavel
Speaker – Dr Ekapong Rimcharone
Speaker – Mr Ghislain de Salins
Speaker – Mr Sven Schleier
Speaker – Dr Vikram Sharma
Speaker – Mr Masao Shino
Speaker – Ms Beatriz Silveira
Speaker – Mr Sim Feng–Ji
Speaker – Mr Alex Stamos
Speaker – Mr Vincent Strubel
Speaker – Mr Tan E Guang Eugene
Speaker – Ms Shamane Tan
Speaker – Dr Tan Teik Guan
Speaker – Mr Teo Xiang Zheng
Speaker – Ms Kathryn Thornton
Speaker – HE Alexandre Vital da Cruz Araújo Tilman
Speaker – Mr Stanley Tsang
Speaker – HE Sergey Vasilievich Vershinin
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 – Dr Tobias Feakin
Moderator – Mr Stephen Fogarty
Moderator – Professor Yaacob Ibrahim
Moderator – Dr Shashi Jayakumar
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
Moderator – Dr Anuradha Rao
Moderator – Mr Ed Ratcliffe
Moderator – Mr Andre Shori
Moderator – Ms Kelly Shortridge
Moderator – Dr Colin Soutar
Moderator – Mr Marcus Tan
Ms Kathryn Thornton
Head of Legal, Asia Pacific and Japan,
Ciena
Australia
Biography
Kathryn Thornton is a leading digital infrastructure and technology lawyer, currently serving as Head of Legal – Asia Pacific and Japan at Ciena. Kathryn has over 15 years’ experience advising major digital infrastructure providers and vendors on strategic projects across APAC, EMEA and the UK. She has been recognised by Legal500 and Chambers Asia Pacific for her strategic insight and commitment to excellence in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector. Prior to joining Ciena, Kathryn held senior legal roles at Herbert Smith Freehills in Singapore and Allen & Overy across London, Myanmar and Sydney. Passionate about advancing the region’s digital resilience and innovation, Kathryn is dedicated to supporting APAC’s cybersecurity and connectivity goals, ensuring national networks remain secure, sustainable, and globally competitive.
Ciena is the global leader in high-speed connectivity, providing optical solutions that underpin subsea cables, terrestrial fiber, and data center connectivity. Its networking systems, components, and automation software are utilized by over 1,700 companies worldwide, including the world’s largest communication service providers, enterprises, governments, and research and education networks.