<strong>Richard Thieme</strong> (www.thiemeworks.com) is an author and professional speaker focused on the deeper implications of technology, religion, and science for twenty-first century life.<br /><br />

Thieme's creative use of the Internet to reach global markets has earned accolades around the world. He is a member of the “cyber avant-garde,” according to CNN … &quot;a prominent American techno-philosopher&quot; according to LAN Magazine (Australia) ... “a father figure for online culture,” according to the (London) Sunday Telegraph ... &quot;a keen observer of hacker attitudes and behaviors&quot; according to/ Le Monde/ (Paris) ... &quot;one of the most creative minds of the digital generation&quot; according to the editors of/ CTHEORY /and /Digital Delirium /and .../ /&quot;an online pundit of hacker culture&quot; according to the L A Times ... and “extremely subtle and deep” according to the Linux Journal.<br /><br />

Thieme has spoken eleven times for Def Con and served as speaker and panelist numerous times for the Black Hat Briefings. He has also spoken for Toor Con, PumpCon, Interz0ne West, SecurityOPUS, Xmas Con (New Orleans 2600), RubiCon, HiverCon (Dublin), ShmooCon, NotaCon and RootFest. He keynoted AUSCERT in Brisbane, Australia in 2005 and 2006 and closed that conference in 2007. He keynoted govcert in The Hague in 2007. He keynoted Wireless Australia 2006 and the ID Management Summit 2006 in Sydney. He keynoted Microsoft Tech Ed in Israel in consecutive years and shared the keynote platform at MIS InfoSecWorld with Bob Woodward and NBC’s Roger Cressey. In 2007 he keynoted conferences in Auckland and Wellington NZ and was invited to return to keynote a security conference in Wellington in 2009. He keynoted IT Defense in Berlin in February 2009. He has been invited in addition to speak in Oslo, London, Riyadh, Dubai, Singapore and Beijing.<br /><br />

At DefCon VIII, he moderated a panel that included the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Dir. of Information and Infrastructure Assurance for DOD, and the Dir. of the Federal Computer Incident Response Team who came to “dialogue” with more than 5000 computer hackers. He was invited to moderate because, according to a National Security Agency officer, “You’re the only one in the room with the acceptance and respect of both the hacking community and the Feds.”

<strong>Richard Thieme</strong> (www.thiemeworks.com) is an author and professional speaker focused on the deeper implications of technology, religion, and science for twenty-first century life.