The role of The UK Cyber Security Council (the Council) is to champion the cyber security profession across the UK, provide broad representation for the industry, accelerate awareness and promote excellence in the profession. It will do this by delivering thought leadership, career tools and education resources to the cyber security sector and those seeking to enter the sector.

USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. For over 40 years, it has been the community for engineers, system administrators, scientists, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world. USENIX conferences are the essential meeting grounds for the presentation and discussion of technical advances in all aspects of computing systems.

VDC Research is a renowned authority on the connected world and the business opportunities it creates for technology vendors and their customers. They provide clients with the ultra-reliable market data and expert insights they need to make big decisions about products, markets, channels, and partnerships with confidence.

WebWay is a global alarm transmission service provider who manage the secure delivery of alarms & events to monitoring centres. Its systems are designed to the latest standards and are proven in thousands of implementations. WebWay's new range of signalling products are more powerful, efficient and more feature packed than ever before with Ethernet, WIFI, 2G, 3G, 4G single dual and triple path solutions.

West Midlands Combined Authority has been created to deliver an ambitious plan to drive inclusive economic growth in the West Midlands region and build a healthier, happier, better connected and more prosperous population.

Wi-SUN Alliance is a global non-profit member-based association made up of industry renowned companies. Its mission is to drive the global proliferation of interoperable wireless solutions for use in smart cities, smart grids and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications using open global standards from organizations, such as IEEE802, IETF, TIA, TTC and ETSI.

The World Green Building Council is a global network leading the transformation of the built environment to make it healthier and more sustainable. They catalyse the uptake of sustainable and decarbonised built environments for everyone, everywhere. They work with businesses, organisations and governments to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

ZeroNow was formed to increase the pace and scale of technology innovation, ideas, and investment in school safety designed to bring about real change, now.