Programme

Planning and preparation is the key to ensuring that CI and venue operators have the right equipment, processes and procedures in place to respond in the event of an emergency. Coordination and information sharing is essential for situational awareness and can improve the planning process. How do we better coordinate and co-operate to enhance protection and resilience.

Markus Epner Head of Academy, F24 AG, Germany

Ivana Cesarec Head of Critical Infrastructure and Cultural Heritage Department, Ministry of the Interior, Civil Protection Directorate, Croatia

J. Javier Larraneta Secretary General, Spanish Technology Platform on Industrial Safety PESI

K. Harald Drager President, The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)

Jaroslav Pejcoch Chairman of the Board T-SOFT, The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)

The energy sector has become the most critical of sectors. Without power, driven by oil, gas and renewable energies, all other CI stops. Recent cyber attacks on the energy sector, as well as natural hazards, from hurricanes in the Gulf to fires in California, gives much room for thought on how we best protect our most vital assets, including IT/OT and SCADA systems. How can we mitigate the impact of an attack or outage on the wider community and society.

Julian Stafford Secretary General, European Utilities Telecoms Council

Ing. Jindrich Sip MBA Head of Business Continuity Management, CEZ, a. s., Czech Republic

Arto Niemi Research Team Leader, DLR, Germany

As we rely more and more heavily on satellites for communications, navigation, observation and security/defence, the requirement to ensure that space based systems are both secure and resilient becomes more urgent. Government networks and systems need to lead security and resilience across agencies and departments for confidence throughout the CI sectors and communities. What impact does the Government, Defence and Space based systems have as a growing role in CI resilience.

Anita Nikova Bundovski Country Director, CIDR/North Macedonia, DAI, North Macedonia

Roya Ayazi Secretary General, Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies (NEREUS)

Eugen-Liviu Militaru Senior Security Officer, the Head of Protective Security and Continuity Sector, The European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)

Ondrej Nekovar CISO, Chief Deception Officer, State Treasury Shared Services Centre, Czech Republic

Communications is key to any community and its infrastructure assets has become increasingly threatened. Without communications, business will be lost, and any emergency coordination would be a disaster. The internet has become a vital part of communications for all. Protection of communication assets and their resilience is vital for businesses, government and all sectors of CI.

Julian Stafford Secretary General, European Utilities Telecoms Council

Jean-Philippe Berillon Group Chief Security Officer, GEOPOST, France

Alexandru Georgescu National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics ICI Bucharest

Securing the digital infrastructure. Information technology is responsible for such a large portion of our workforce, business operations and access to information and data, Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) through cybersecurity and network security, is vital to protect information assets. Recent ransomware attacks and other threats, such as Malware, Stuxnet, etc and the continued cyber threats and intrusions, means we have to be more vigilant to protect our information assets.

Martin Sveda Head of the Private Sector Regulation Unit, National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB), Czech Republic

Dr. Eng Adrian Victor Vevera General Director, National Institute for Research and Development, Informatics ICI Bucharest, Romania

Dr. Sandeep Pirbhulal Senior Research Scientist, Norwegian Computing Centre, Norway

Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Information Security Analyst, Saudi Aramco

The movement of goods and people is vital to a local and national thriving economy. Without a safe, secure and resilient transport network, an economy will crumble. The transport network, from rail, road, air and sea, is at threat from cyber attacks, terrorist threats and natural hazards and its protection and resilience is key for communities and countries to maintain their economies.

Babette Tecklenburg Researcher, German Aerospace Centre- Institute for the protection of maritime infrastructures

Jana Pelešková Chief Commissioner, Police Presidium of the Czech Republic, directorate of traffic police

John Laene Managing Director, RAILPOL

Natasia Kalajdziovski Senior Fusion Threat Intelligence Analyst, SecAlliance, UK

Sectors such as Chemicals, Nuclear and Water/Wastewater are as much at threat from an attack as a threat they pose that could include CBRNE agents in terrorist attacks against CI. The convergence of biological and cyber sector issues also characterises an evolving frontier in health security, and mitigation of such attacks is as much of a consideration as post attack resilience.

Frédéric Petit, Ph.D. Project Officer, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy

Frantisek Paulus Director, Population Protection Institute, Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic

Ing. Tomáš Fojtík Director, T. G. Masaryk Water Management Research Institute

Being prepared for the changing threat environment can benefit greatly in mitigating its impact on infrastructure and the broader community, ensuring resilience, safety and security. How can we counter these emerging physical and cyber threats to minimise loss of service and financial impact?

Amr el Rahwan International Security Expert, TPASCO (Terrorism Prevention & Anti Social Crime Organization), Netherlands

Peter Braun Sales Manager Drone Detection, Telespazio, Germany

Ollie Gagnon Strategic Advisor, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Sarah Jane Prew Aviation Security Consultant, Arup, UK

An insider threat is a perceived danger to your company that originates from individuals who work there, such as current or former employees, contractors, or business partners, who have inside knowledge of the company's security procedures, data, and computer systems. The main objectives of malevolent insider threats are espionage, fraud, intellectual property theft, and sabotage, for monetary, private, or malicious purposes, they wilfully misuse their priviledged access to steal information or damage systems. Here we take a deeper dive into the range of threats and how to mitigate and counter these.

Peter Nilsson Head, AIRPOL

Catherina Piana Secretary General CoESS

Sarah Jane Prew Aviation Security Consultant, Arup, UK

John Donlon QPM SFyL Chairman, International Association of CIP Professionals (IACIPP)

How to we develop and plan the best resilience strategies within our CI community? Through discpline in information sharing and making infrastructure preparedness personal, we can help to build resilience into our infrastructures that benefit the whole community.

Boris Petrenj Senior Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, School of Management, Italy

Marco Buldrini Head of Major Risks Unit, NIER Ingegneria S.p.A., Italy

Stefano A. Fulgi Head of Internal Audit, F.I.S. Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici S.p.A.

A deeper look at the current range of Horizon Europe Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience projects and research programmes across Europe that are designed to enhance critical infrastructures and understandings for adapting policies and adopting best practices.

Dr. Tomas Trpisovsky Manager for European R&D Affaires, IMA s.r.o., Czech Republic

Dipl.-Eng. Roman Schotten Research Assistant, University of Applied Science Magdeburg Stendal

Tim Stelkens-Kobsch Project Manager / Aviation Security Expert, Project SATIE / DLR

Emilia Gugliandolo Senior Researcher, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A, Italy

David Ilja OT Cyber Resilience & Cyber Security Architect, KPCS, Czech Republic