Ransomware attacks are hitting the headlines — JLR, Marks & Spencer, and countless others. The question isn’t if but when. When the worst happens, how will your board respond under pressure?

Boardroom Breach, an exclusive Birmingham Tech Week fringe event, is your chance to experience the intensity of a live ransomware crisis — and to connect with senior leaders facing the same challenge.

Built on the award-winning Polpeo immersive platform, this is not a tabletop exercise. It’s a fully role-played crisis experience, with international experts in law, technology, communications, and crisis response guiding and challenging your decisions in real time.

What to expect

• Immersive crisis experience — the closest you’ll get to a real ransomware breach without the reputational cost.
• International perspectives — from PrivacyRules, the world’s largest legal and privacy alliance (60+ countries).
• Expert insights — from legal, technical, and crisis response leaders who have advised organisations through real breaches.
• Premium networking — meet and build relationships with a select group of board members, C-suite executives, and senior leaders, over food and drinks.

Proven impact

Boardroom Breach has run at the Privacy Symposium in Venice, one of Europe’s largest privacy conferences, and at client events in Paris and Brussels. Now it comes to Birmingham Tech Week.

Who should attend

• Board members & trustees
• C-suite executives
• Legal counsel & risk officers
• IT & security leaders

Event details

• Date and time : 22nd October, 2025 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
• Location Shakespeare Martineau, No 1. Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6AA