CONVERGENCE 2023

Agenda

 

CONVERGENCE 2023 AGENDA

The overall focus is forward-looking, on what is to come over the next two years, to support driving the European digital identity and cybersecurity community and to provide guidance to the NCCs on what to expect.

THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2023

Theme − Capacity Building

14:00    Welcome

14:05    Opening addresses

• Martin Friedrich Reinhardt, Head of Unit, Affairs of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and for Sports, Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
• David Goodman, Trust in Digital Life

14:30    Skills & education

• Christos Douligeris, Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus Research Centre
• Arnaud de Vibraye, Junior Manager for Skills and Human Factors, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)
• Vasia Liagkou, Assistant Professor, Computer Technology Institute, Patras (CTI)
• Marko Hölbl, Associate Professor and Vice Dean for Research, University of Maribor

Moderator: Kai Rannenberg, Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt

16:00    Coffee break

16:30    Research & innovation

• Arthur van der Wees, Arthur’s Legal B.V.
• Fabio Martinelli, Research Director, Italian National Research Council (CNR)
• Theodora Tsikrika, Senior Researcher, Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)
• Christos Douligeris, Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus Research Centre

Moderator: Evangelos Markatos, Professor Head, Distributed Computing Systems and Cyber Security Research Lab, University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)

18:00    Drinks and snacks

19:00    Evening panel: Challenges Facing the ECCC

• Welcome addresses
  • Martin Friedrich Reinhardt, Head of Unit, Affairs of the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and for Sports, Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
  • Svetla Nikova, Trust in Digital Life chair and Amardeo Sarma, Trust in Digital Life Honorary President and former chair
• Keynote address:
  • Tamara Tafra, Minister Counsellor for Cyber Issues, Hybrid Threats & Disinformation at PermRep of Croatia to the EU
• Panel:
  • Panagiotis Marzelas, European Security and Defence College
  • Claudio Teixeira, BEUC Digital Rights Legal Officer
  • Katarzyna Prusak–Górniak,  Head of Digital Affairs Unit in Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU, Deputy Chair of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre Governing Board
  • Ellen Stassart, Head of the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre (NCC – BE)

Moderator: David Goodman, Trust in Digital Life

20:30 Reception 

FRIDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2023

Theme − Emerging Technologies & Regulations

09:00   Welcome back!

09:05    Opening keynote: An Introduction to the ECCO (European Cybersecurity COmmunity) project

• Roberto Cascella, Head Of Sector – Technology, Supply Chain & Strategic Autonomy, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)

09:30   Looking to the Future

• Jarno Salonen, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Koen Teuven, PhD Student, Eindhoven University of Technology
• Shukun Tokas, Research scientist, SINTEF DIGITAL

Moderator: Afonso Ferreira, Research Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

10:15   Certification and Standards: Policy Tools for Trust

• Lars Bruckner, Director, EU Public Affairs Office, NEC Europe Ltd

10:45    Coffee break

11:15     European Data and Identity Strategies

• Katryna Dow, CEO and Founder, Meeco
• Esther Makaay, Business & eID Analyst/Architect, Signicat
• Muhamed Turkanović, Associate Professor, University of Maribor
• Cristian Lepore, Scientific Researcher, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, IRIT

Moderator: David Goodman, Senior Consultant, Trust in Digital Life

12:15    Lunch

13:15   eIDAS, certificates and cryptographic keys: a matter of trust

• Bart Preneel, Full Professor, KU Leuven
• Thomas Rössler, Executive Vice President Products and Solutions., CRYPTAS it Security GmbH / CEO and Founder PrimeSign GmbH
• Dennis Jackson, Staff Cryptography Engineer, Mozilla
• Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Digital Security Associate Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen

Moderator: Svetla Nikova, Research Manager at COSIC, KU Leuven

14:00    EU Regulations − Future Strategy

• Ioannis Legouras, Director, Helmholtz Brussels Office, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Joanna Świątkowska, COO, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)
• Marco Barros Lourenço, Research and Innovation Team Lead, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

14:30    Closing keynote:

• Bart Preneel, Full Professor, KU Leuven

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