What a roundtable is

A Stratsec Roundtable is a half-day session for 20 to 30 senior security and risk leaders. Three or four facilitated discussions, each 40 to 50 minutes, built on questions that came out of recent Radar items and horizon reports.

Everything is said under the Chatham House Rule, which means you can use what you hear and you cannot say who said it.

Everyone in the room has had to answer the question on the table, which is the point of getting them into one. Participants are the only people who speak, and Stratsec pays for the room.

What to expect

Format

Half a day, in the morning

Three or four facilitated discussions of 40 to 50 minutes each. Structured conversation with a facilitator keeping it moving. Participants talk more than facilitators do.

The room

20 to 30 senior leaders

CSOs, CROs, CISOs, CTOs and general counsels from organisations with real exposure to the domains we cover. Small enough that every person there gets to say something.

The rule

Chatham House Rule

You can use what you hear and you cannot say who said it. That is what lets someone describe a control that failed, which is usually the most useful thing anybody says all morning.

We book private rooms with a table everybody can sit at, which matters more for a working session than the address does.

Upcoming

We set dates about a quarter ahead, in the cities where enough of the group is already working. Circle members hear first, and confirmed dates appear here once the venue is booked.

Attending

Members of the Stratsec Circle have priority on every roundtable. Everybody else attends by invitation, and there is no ticket to buy.

If you would like to be considered, write to us with your role and the two or three questions you would most want the room to take on.

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