Speaking
& Media
Bring the regulatory read to your stage, your panel, or your audience.
Rayna Stamboliyska turns EU digital regulation, cybersecurity and geopolitics into something an audience actually leaves with. Keynotes that land, panels that move, interviews that clarify — complex made clear, without dumbing it down. She weaves lived experience with deep expertise in technology and policy-making, in a style that’s personable, authentic, and accessible to any room.
Public
Speaking
Keynotes
A sought-after speaker at conferences, corporate events, and academic forums, Rayna inspires and engages audiences by connecting the technical, the political, and the human — making high-stakes topics legible and actionable.
Facilitation
A champion for the audience: Rayna keeps a panel on the issues the room actually cares about — coordinating content, instigating dialogue, and holding neutrality throughout. Timely, sharp, and genuinely in service of the audience.
Media
Requests
Media
Rayna frequently serves as a media resource, explaining what’s genuinely at stake — not just what’s announced — in press, radio and TV, across English, French and Bulgarian.
Featured in Le Monde · France 24 · France Culture · RFI · Le Nouvel Obs · Le Parisien · RTS (Switzerland)
Rayna created and hosted What the Hack, the SysDig-backed European cybersecurity podcast — real, raw and a little bit rebellious: untold, unfiltered stories from the field.
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Across two seasons, backed by AWS (Season 1), Google Cloud and Predictiv, guests included the likes of Geoff White (investigative journalist), Flick March (Accenture’s EMEA Cyber Strategy Lead), Joe Sullivan (former CISO of Uber and Cloudflare).
Most Requested Topics
- Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Society: the social, ethical, and legal dimensions of AI, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and space exploration.
- EU Cyber Diplomacy and Resilience: the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in the European digital landscape.
- Cybersecurity, Strategic Autonomy, and Data Protection: how these critical aspects interconnect, and what that means for businesses and governments.
- Geopolitics and New Forms of Conflictuality: the global dynamics shaping the cybersecurity landscape, and the role of nation-states within it.
- EU Public Affairs and Policy-Making: how to navigate European policy-making and influence decision-making processes.
What
people say
Rayna was the soul of the morning, bringing clarity, energy and a genuinely strategic perspective to the discussion.
– CIO, European fintech, at a ManageEngine (part of Zoho) invitation-only event
Best facilitator I ever worked with – and I’ve worked with quite a few!
– Dr Ralf Schadowski, ADDAG GmbH
Having Rayna at the conference was an absolute treat, and we are truly thankful for her amazing contribution to the panels! Hope to work with her again in the future 🙂
– Enkela Morina, PECB
At first, I was afraid the topic would be too technical. But Rayna was a great presenter, she made complicated things clear without dumbing them down, and shared her experiences in a way that was very practical and relevant to our workplace.