Secure Software and Cybersecurity Advances Take Centre Stage at HISC

Posted on August 12, 2024

Two of the UK's leading experts in large-scale high-integrity software systems will deliver the keynote addresses at the High Integrity Software Conference (HISC), held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Wales on October 22, 2024.

The mission of HISC is to share challenges, best practices, and experience between software engineering practitioners. The conference features talks from industrial and academic specialists who disseminate their experience and knowledge of essential techniques and methods applicable across industry sectors.

Paul Butcher is the UK Programme Manager at AdaCore,

“This year, we are delighted to have two highly anticipated keynote speakers with us in the UK: the Ministry of Defence's ‘Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Chief Technologist - Software’ Rob Ashmore and the UKRI Challenge Director for Digital Security by Design and University of Manchester Professor, John Goodacre.”

Rob Ashmore is the UK Ministry of Defence's "Chief Technologist - Software" for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a key component of which is the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). He is also a Dstl Fellow for "Critical Software" at the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), part of the UK Ministry of Defence. His keynote, titled Global Combat Air Programme Software: Challenges and Opportunities, will discuss how much the defence industry is now critically dependent on software.

John Goodacre is a Professor of Computer Architecture at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester in the UK. He previously spent 17 years with Arm Ltd. as the Director of Technology and Systems, where he defined and introduced the first multicore processors and other widely deployed technologies. He is also appointed by the UK government's Research & Innovation agency as the Director of Digital Security by Design.

John's keynote is titled ‘Redesigning Cybersecurity for a Resilient Future’ and discusses the concepts of “cyber security,” "secure by default," and "secure by design." His talk will clarify these terms and review government approaches, and the language changes shaping cybersecurity's future.

You can book your tickets here.