Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, and has successfully promoted the use of electronic signatures and electronic businesses throughout Europe and in the United States. Viky was a technical expert for the European Commission during the institution of Regulation 910/2014 (eIDAS) on electronic identity assurance, and for the design and roll-out of European, cross-nation e-procurement platforms and operations. Viky is a member of different high level working groups that were set up by the European Commission and ETSI which aim to align policy and operations around trust identity, digital signatures, trust services, and cross-recognition.
Ram is the Director of Products for eSigner at SSL.com, with more than 15 years of experience in PKI and digital signatures. He has worked closely with various public certification authorities, large enterprises, and government organizations around the world, helping them adopt secure and trusted digital identity and signing solutions. A certified Chief Technology Officer from the National University of Singapore, Ram has held a range of technology leadership roles across the industry. His personal mission is to simplify and demystify PKI and digital signatures so that trust and adoption can grow. His areas of interest also include emerging security technologies and the transition toward post-quantum cryptography.
Kim Nguyen is the Senior Vice President for Innovation at Bundesdruckerei. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and previously served as Managing Director of D-Trust, the qualified trust service provider of the Bundesdruckerei Group. Over the past two decades, he has led the development of secure digital identity and trust infrastructures, including projects related to digital passports, electronic identification, and trusted services.
Working for Adobe Systems since 1998, Andrea Valle is Senior Product Manager in the Document Cloud business unit. He is one of the pioneers of the PDF format developed by Adobe, the de facto worldwide standard for electronic documents.
He has covered multiple roles in pre-sales and business development, supporting many corporate and government organizations to implement major projects on dematerialization and secure document management, focusing on digital signatures, information security and accessibility.
He’s responsible for the design and development of digital signature features in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Sign products and Director of the AATL Trust Program.
He is also involved in standardization activities at organizations like ISO and ETSI, actively contributing to standards like ISO 32000 and ETSI EN 319142 (PAdES).