Archives: Speakers

Nicola Rhone is VP Business Development EMEA at Access Hospitality, where she leads strategy and growth across the accommodation portfolio. With deep experience in hospitality technology, Nicola works closely with hoteliers to help them optimise performance, improve guest engagement, and navigate an increasingly digital and data-driven landscape. She is a trusted industry voice on innovation, revenue optimisation, and the future of hotel technology.

Joe Buck is a Senior Operations Engineer at ThreatSpike, specialising in endpoint security deployment and client implementation. With five years of defensive cybersecurity experience, Joe works directly with clients to deploy monitoring solutions, implement security controls, and provide strategic guidance tailored to their operational needs. He has developed deep expertise in endpoint hardening, with a particular focus on balancing robust security with operational continuity, ensuring defences strengthen without disrupting business performance or usability.

email: Joe.Buck@ThreatSpike.com

Nyah Phengsitthy is a reporter for Bloomberg Law covering the FDA’s oversight of the tobacco and pharmaceutical industry. She closely tracks and writes about regulations, litigation, and policies impacting those industries. She’s a frequent guest on TV and radio, health podcasts, and panels discussing the government’s health care actions. Before joining Bloomberg, she wrote about the impact of COVID-19 on orphanages in Ghana for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She’s a graduate of Elon University.