20th-22nd OCTOBER 2026
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Vasyl Ananyev

Vasyl Ananyev

  • Head of Division, Department of Critical infrastructure Protection
  • Administration of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSCIP), Ukraine

    Vasyl Ananyev is a policy and security professional with over 20 years’ experience in military leadership, public health, and international development. He currently serves as Head of Division at the Department of Critical Infrastructure Protection at the Administration of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, having been mobilised from his role as Access Development Director at Novartis. His previous experience includes senior positions with Pfizer and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). His expertise encompasses policy development, cross-cultural leadership and international relations, with a current focus on critical infrastructure protection (resilience).

    Sessions

    • Panel Discussion – Systemic Risk and Uneven Resilience: Confronting Europe’s Next Critical Infrastructure Shock

      Critical Infrastructure Protection in Wartime: Ukraine’s Approach to Integrated Protection and Defence

      In this panel discussion, we will examine Europe’s current preparedness for systemic infrastructure disruption, exploring the persistent resilience gaps across Member States and critical entities, and its fragmented capabilities against the evolving hybrid threat landscape. In this engaging discussion, we will assess how current NIS2 and CER implementation is addressing these challenges, where governments and operators are succeeding and falling short, and what must change to influence future frameworks such as NIS3 and CER2, ensuring more consistent, cross-border, and operationally effective resilience across Europe.

    • Infrastructure Resilience Under Fire: Ukraine Case Study

      Lessons learned from Ukraine – the most advanced real-world laboratory for modern critical infrastructure resilience under sustained attack – where the country is witnessing constant coordinated attacks. Listen to Ukraine’s experts tasked with keeping the lights on and goods moving. It’s the only large-scale, prolonged test of critical infrastructure under continuous cyberattacks, physical strikes (from missiles and drones) and hybrid warfare.