COcyber Roundtable on Defence-Civilian Synergies in Cybersecurity
This COcyber High-level Dual-use and Synergy Roundtable, hosted by our scientific lead Professor Georges Ataya of Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (ULB), will bring together representatives from EU institutions, NATO, national authorities, industry, research organisations and academia to explore concrete pathways for strengthening civil–defence cooperation in cybersecurity.
The roundtable will focus on identifying strategic synergies between civilian and defence cybersecurity actors, discussing findings from the COcyber Needs Assessment (D2.2), and examining opportunities for skills framework consolidation, including alignment between Belgian CyFun and NIST v2.
It will also showcase ongoing EU research and innovation initiatives, explore dual-use cases and their operational applications, address education, skills development and workforce preparedness, strengthen cooperation on incident management and threat intelligence exchange, and present the COcyber platform, its community and associated analytics tools.
Participants are invited to register via the link below to secure their place.
In-person attendance is limited, and registration is also required for online participation, as only registered participants will receive the access link.
The event is supported by the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch & Registration
Master of Ceremony: Georges Ataya, (Professor & Academic Director, Solvay Brussels School and Vice-President, Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition)
13:00 – 13:10 Welcome & Introduction
Speaker: Georges Ataya (Professor & Academic Director, Solvay Brussels School and Vice-President, Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition)
13:10 – 13:20 Agenda & Objectives of the Day
Speaker: Palina Shauchuk (Research Manager at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management - Université Libre de Bruxelles)
13:20 – 14:20 PANEL 1
Building defence together: Strategic synergies for cyber and capability development
Major General Pierre Ciparisse (Cyber Force Commander Belgian Cyber Command @ Service Général du Renseignement et de la Sécurité)
Col. Davide Dettori (Commander of the Cyber Operations Section Head)
Carlos De Passos (Project Officer Aviation Cyber, European Defence Agency)
Moderator: Mario Beccia (Council of the European Union, Director Cybersecurity and associate, Solvay Lifelong Learning)
14:20 – 15:20 PANEL 2
Synergy in EU Research and Education
Niculae Iancu On-Line (Vice-President of the Board of Directors. Chief Training and Education Officer, Maritime Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, Constanta Maritime University, Romania)
Giuseppe Zuffanti (Coordinator for Cyber issues at European Security and Defence College (ESDC)- ESDC Executive Academic Board Cyber Configuration support - National Expert - Project Manager and Cyber Training Manager-CSDP-Speaker)
Ioannis Askoxylakis (Cybersecurity Policy Officer, Cybersecurity Technology & Capacity Building)
Dirk De Paepe (Senior Cybersecurity Certification Expert at Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium – Involved in the Development of the EU & BE Cybersecurity Certification Scheme)
Moderator: Georges Ataya (Professor & Academic Director, Solvay Brussels School and Vice-President, Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition)
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee Break
15:40 – 16:40 PANEL 3
Industry and defence: turning dual-use technology into operational advantage
Eric Viseur (Head of Security Discipline at Thales Belgium- Solution Engineering Manager)
Cedric Genin (Consulting Director for Aerospace, Defense & Security)
Moderator: Saskia Van Uffelen (Manager Future Workforce & BeTheChange, Agoria)
16:40 – 17:40 Panel 4:
Digital Infrastructure: turning dual-use technology into operational advantage
Julien Blanchez (Digital Sovereignty Solution Lead at Google)
Gaëtan Desclée (Group CEO at Starion Group and Nexova Group)
Moderator: Roberto Cascella (CTO at European Cyber Security Organisation - ECSO)
17:40 – 18:00 Further actions & reporting
Speaker: Georges Ataya (Professor & Academic Director, Solvay Brussels School and Vice-President, Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition)
18:00 – 18:30 Networking reception
Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 0.D
Rue Froissart 36
1040 Etterbeek
Belgium
<p class="address" translate="no"><span class="address-line1">Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 0.D</span><br> <span class="address-line2">Rue Froissart 36</span><br> <span class="postal-code">1040</span> <span class="locality">Etterbeek</span><br> <span class="country">Belgium</span></p>
Albert Borschette Congress Center, Room 0.D Rue Froissart 36
Etterbeek
Belgium
