Speakers
‘Adversarial AI in the Wild: Building Resilient Multi-Agent Systems for Cyber Defence & Critical Infrastructure’
AI systems are rapidly becoming part of cyber defence and critical infrastructure operations, creating new security and governance challenges. This session explores how adversarial behaviours emerge within autonomous multi agent ecosystems and examines the practical controls, resilience strategies, and oversight mechanisms needed to build trustworthy AI in high-risk environments.
Felicia Omoediale-Samuel is an internationally recognised cybersecurity and AI governance leader operating across Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. With more than two decades of experience, she advises organisations on integrating security into AI systems, strengthening enterprise cyber risk frameworks, and governing emerging technologies with executive-level discipline. A researcher–practitioner, she is pursuing a Professional Doctorate at Anglia Ruskin University, focusing on lifecycle-aware AI security and enterprise risk models for toolinvoking agentic systems. Her work bridges academic research and operational implementation, translating complex AI risk into structured governance controls. Her career spans senior roles across public and private sectors, including the Department for Work and Pensions, Next, FedEx and Sky. She is known for aligning cyber investment to business value and embedding risk visibility into AI-enabled transformation. Felicia serves as a Non-Executive Director at Sycom Integrated Solutions and contributes to higher education as an Industry Advisory Board member at the University of Essex and visiting lecturer across UK institutions. She writes for The Executive Magazine and is a member of the ForbesBLK and ForbesWoman communities. Alongside her executive work, she is a committed advocate for early-career professionals, women and young people entering cybersecurity and AI. She mentors emerging leaders, champions cognitive diversity, and promotes structured pathways into secure technology careers. Felicia holds an MSc in Software and Systems Security from the University of Oxford and a BSc in Industrial Mathematics from the University of Benin. She speaks globally on secure AI adoption and the governance responsibilities shaping the future of digital systems.