Trust Horizon live: Featuring special guest Nile Rodgers

Partner event: The next wave of cyber disruption.

Cybersecurity is entering a new era: AI is becoming adversarial, sovereignty is fracturing, quantum risk is accelerating and trust is fast becoming the defining pillar of organisational strategy. 

To navigate this shifting terrain, Thales is bringing together senior executives, innovators and CISOs to decode the forces shaping the next five years, followed by a rare creative conversation with legendary musical collaborator Nile Rodgers on adaptability, innovation and seeing around corners.

This high-impact, 90-minute virtual experience blends strategic foresight, cultural insight and executive conversation to give leaders a clear view of what’s coming between 2026 and 2030 - and what they need to do today to stay ahead.

What to expect

Attendees will gain a sharp, executive-level understanding of the five macro trends that will redefine cyber strategy, risk, and resilience through 2030.

They’ll hear directly from Thales senior leaders, debate real-world implications with top CISOs and tap into the creative mindset of Nile Rodgers, exploring how collaboration, timing and trust fuel both iconic music and world-class security.

Agenda

1. The Top 5 Trends Leaders Must Prepare For (2026–2030)

Five Thales senior leaders deliver elevated 5-minute debriefs decoding the forces that will reshape cybersecurity and business strategy:

• AI & bot acceleration: Real-time adaptive threats, offensive AI and bot-driven disruption
• Data sovereignty 2.0: Fragmenting global rules and the next compliance wave
• Identity and trust foundations: Reinventing digital trust, authentication and access
• Cloud-native risks: The new frontier of distributed attack surfaces
• Quantum’s forthcoming disruption: The countdown to crypto-obsolescence
• Outcome: Give CISOs, CIOs and business leaders the clarity to act before adversaries do.

2. Headline feature: Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers - Musician, songwriter, guitarist and record producer and the co-founder of CHIC. Nile Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 750 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide.

A cultural lens on leadership and foresight from one of history’s greatest collaborators. Topics include:

• How partnership shaped iconic work with Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk and Diana Ross
• Innovation as anticipating the beat before the world hears it
• Creativity as a discipline of strategic foresight
• What cyber leaders can learn from producers who combine talent, timing and trust
• Outcome: Inspiration and emotional resonance that anchor the Trust Horizon series.

3. The CISO Roundtable: What it means for us

CISOs debate the implications of the five trends and Nile’s session:

• Which trends will strike first, and hardest
• What’s hype, what’s real and what’s arriving faster than expected
• Today’s biggest organisational vulnerabilities
• How collaboration, leadership and trust build resilience 

4. Live Q&A + Closing Pulse

• Interactive questions, rapid polling, and audience input to shape future editions of the Trust Horizon series.

Event details

• Location: Virtual
• Date:  20th January 2026
• Time: 2:00–3:30 PM GMT
  
• Speakers:
  • Nile Rodgers — legendary producer, guitarist, and creative innovator
  • Todd Moore – Global VP, Encryption Products 
  • Jon-Rav Shende – Thales – CTO Data Security 
  • Jay Thurston – Thales – Field CSO Thales 
  • Tim Ayling – Thales – VP Cyber Solutions Specialist 
  • Tim Chang - Thales – Global VP Application Security Product Management 

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