Rob van der Veer has over 33 years of experience in AI and security, from hacker to CEO. He open sourced international standardization of AI security by establishing the OWASP AI Exchange flagship project, feeding right into the AI Act and ISO standards. He is the elected co-editor of the AI Act security standard, contributor to ISO/IEC 27090, the main author of ISO/IEC 5338 on AI system lifecycle, and founding father of OpenCRE.org.  As Chief AI Officer at the Software Improvement Group, Rob advises governments, enterprises, and institutions worldwide. Rob has given over 300 talks, yet he still wonders how to begin each time.