Speaking & Media
Clear commentary on AI, cyber risk, and national resilience.
Michael Thiessmeier is a two-time Black Hat USA speaker, author of Polymorphic Agentic Cyberdefense, and member of the RAINCLOUD DEFENSE Speakers Bureau. He speaks with executive, technical, policy, investor, and media audiences about agentic AI, cyber defense, critical infrastructure, sovereign AI, cyber diplomacy, and national resilience.
Expertise For Public And Private Audiences
Michael is available for keynotes, panels, media interviews, podcasts, executive briefings, and institutional events focused on artificial intelligence, cyber defense, critical infrastructure, and national resilience.
His perspective is designed to be accessible to non-technical audiences while remaining credible to security, technology, policy, and governance leaders.
Selected Public Appearances
A selection of conference sessions, institutional forums, and media conversations on agentic AI, cyber defense, critical infrastructure, and strategic resilience.
Aerospace & Defense – Deep Tech Summit
Panelist at SFPlayground’s Aerospace & Defense – Deep Tech Summit, held at AngelList during San Francisco Deep Tech Week, for a discussion on AI, autonomy, cyber resilience, dual-use technology, and deployment readiness.
The Age of Autonomous Cyber Conflict: How Agentic AI Will Transform Cybersecurity Over the Next Five Years
A forward-looking session on autonomous cyber operations, guarded agency, and the strategic consequences of machine-speed conflict.
Why AI Agents Need Authority Controls
A media conversation on guarded agency, explicit authority boundaries, and machine-speed cyber defense.
AI for Good Innovation Factory Baltics
Public engagement connecting responsible AI innovation, regional startup ecosystems, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Integrating AI with Cybersecurity Strategy
A panel on how AI will reshape cybersecurity strategy, risk governance, and defensive operations over the next five years.
Speaker Bureau Representation
Michael is represented through the RAINCLOUD DEFENSE Speakers Bureau for select keynotes, executive briefings, institutional engagements, and strategic conversations.
RAINCLOUD DEFENSE Speakers BureauSpeaking Topics
Agentic AI And Autonomous Cyber Conflict
How increasingly autonomous systems alter cyber offense, defense, escalation, and institutional decision-making.
Polymorphic Agentic Cyberdefense
Bounded autonomous adaptation, explicit authority, operational assurance, evidence, and meaningful human control.
AI Governance And Guarded Agency
Governance models that connect machine action to clear authority boundaries, accountability, and human oversight.
Sovereign AI And National Resilience
Secure AI adoption, institutional readiness, cyber resilience, and public-private coordination at national scale.
Critical Infrastructure And Machine-Speed Defense
Preparing essential systems for adaptive threats, cascading risk, and increasingly automated defensive operations.
Cyber Diplomacy And International Cooperation
Cross-border resilience, capacity building, trusted coordination, and public-private cooperation in cyber security.
Executive Accountability For AI And Cyber Risk
How boards and senior leaders can govern AI and cybersecurity as strategic, operational, and resilience priorities.
Formats
Executive-level talks for conferences, leadership programs, industry forums, and strategic events.
Focused discussion on AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure resilience, governance, and emerging technology risk.
Commentary for journalists, producers, podcast hosts, and outlets covering AI, cyber risk, and public-sector resilience.
Private briefings for boards, executives, institutional stakeholders, and cross-functional leadership teams.
For interviews, panels, keynotes, and executive briefings.
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