CyberVerse

Birmingham Tech Week's cyber security day at The Eastside Rooms, billed by the organiser as CyberVerse Unmasked, and pitched at security practitioners, CISOs and public sector teams rather than a general tech audience. Andy Hague of TechWM opens. Dave Palmer, partner at Ten Eleven Ventures and co-founder and chief product officer of Darktrace through its London listing, gives the morning keynote. Rod Latham, Director for Cyber Security and Digital Identity at DCMS, sets out government priorities, and Neil Howells of the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit walks through what actually happens on day zero of a major incident. Sessions cover AI-enabled threats, post-quantum security, critical infrastructure and digital sovereignty. Free. The organiser's page gives registration from 09:00 and the programme 09:30 to 16:00. Entry is by the delegate QR code issued when you register for Birmingham Tech Week. Why go: hearing the Darktrace operator view and the DCMS policy view in one morning is rare. Best for security leads and incident response teams.