This Symposium will address cybersecurity regulations, laws, treaty conventions and industrial interpretations that have introduced impedance to systematic exchange of cybercrime event data. The one-day workshop will delineate known barriers to systematic data exchange, and identify new ones, and seek practical resolution in all relevant, authoritative venues.
This year´s symposium is organized with the support of FTI Consulting.
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FTI Consulting offices, first floor (Avenue Marnix 23, 1000-Brussels)
If you have any question or are interested on supporting this event, please write to Ani.Gundes@fticonsulting.com
Tuesday, 28 June, Icebreaker Reception will take place at 18:30. (details TBA)
The Cybersecurity programme is available HERE.
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Welcome Words
Julia Harrison, Managing Partner, FTI Consulting
Peter Cassidy, Secretary General, APWG
Keynote speeches:
Francisco Martínez Vázquez, Spanish Secretary of State for Security
Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Kingdom of Belgium
Panel 1: The Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive: operationalising compliance for operators of essential services and industrials
Moderated by Ellen Smith, Former Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice-President, US National Grid
Jakub Boratynski, Head of Unit Trust and Security, Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Joe Weiss, Managing Partner, Applied Control Solutions
Franky Thrasher, Senior Cyber Security Expert & Information Systems Security Officer, ENGIE-Electrabel
Paula Pinho, Head of unit Energy Policy Coordination, DG ENER, European Commission
Q&A
Coffee break
Panel 2: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): identifying compliance solutions
Moderated by Pat Cain, APWG
Demosthenes Ikonomou, Head of the Security & Data Protection Unit, European Network and Information Security Agency
Jordi Kohn, Senior Legal Counsel, Certified Data Privacy Professional, Lecturer, CaixaBan
Achim Klabunde, Head of IT Policy, European Data Protection Superviso
Jan Philip Albrecht, Member of European Parliament (tbc)
Q&A
Networking Lunch
Panel 3: The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Umbrella Agreement: a new framework for Transatlantic data flows and data protection
Moderated by Gary Bahadur, author of the book “Securing the Clicks: Network Security in the Age of Social Media”
Dr. Ralf Sauer, Head of the Data Protection Unit, DG JUST,
European Commission
Philip R. Reitinger, President and CEO, Global Cyber Alliance
Jan Neutze, Director Cybersecurity policy EMEA, Microsoft (tbc)
Representative of Industry, CSO, CCO (tbc)
Q&A
Coffee break
Closing Session
Closing words: Louise Harvey, FTI Consultin
Peter Cassidy, Secretary General, APWG
Radoslav Repa, Digital Single Market, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovakia to the European Union, (tbc)
Addressing operational and compliance
challenges created by new cybersecurity
regulations
Keynote speeches:
Francisco Martínez Vázquez, Spanish Secretary of State for Security
Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Kingdom of Belgium
Matthias Ruete, Director-General, DG Home Affairs, European Commission (tbc)
Keynote speech:
Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner, DG Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, European Commission (tbc)