Keynotes
- Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world – Caroline De Gruyter, Europe correspondent, columnist, lecturer (no presa)
- A new reality – Cyber Survey 2025 Belgium, Benoît Watteyne, Director Cyber & Privacy, KPMG Belgium
Dark Roast Defences Track: Evolving threats: Hybrid warfare & the Power of Disinformation
- Hybrid warfare
Major General Pierre Ciparisse, Belgian Defence Cyber Force (no presa) Panel – The power of disinformation (no presa)
Moderator: Peter Booms, Counsellor Hybrid threats, FIMI, Disinformation, Crisis Management, CSDP) – Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union; Panellists: Dominika Hajdu, Director for Policy & Programming – GLOBSEC ; Beatriz Marin Garcia, Team Leader – Data Analysis – Strategic Communication – European External Action Service (EEAS); Peter Van Aelst, Professor University of Antwerp
- Cyber security: current threats and future actions, Miguel De Bruycker, Manding Director General Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium
Cloud Macchiato Track: Trust in the cloud: security, sovereignty, and risk
- Panel – Cloud security on demand (no presa)
Moderator: Thibaut Roisin, Managing Director Security – Accenture; Panellists: Bart Asnot, North Europe Security Leader – Microsoft; Krystina Vrublevska, Third Party Risk Management/ Cyber Security Analyst – Proximus Ada; Kristof Tuyteleers, CISO DNS Belgium - Panel – Cloud sovereignty: Can Europe rise to the challenge? (no presa) M, Executive Director LSEC.eu; Panellists: Pascal Rogiest, General Manager Clarence; Florence Steenackers, Director Privacy & Data Governance Services Approach Cyber; Pascal Steichen, Chair ECCC Governing Board & CEO Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity; Jelle van den Wyngaard, Researcher Clingendael Institute
Outsourcing third party risk: managing the expanding attack surface
Robin Bruynseels, Senior Cyber Security Analyst & Joris Ignoul, Cybersecurity Consultant – Easi
Café Connect: Practical cybersecurity strategies for SMEs
- Are you aware of your third-party risks? ENISA’s assessment
Stanislas Van Oost, Founder & Managing Director -EASIANCE; GRC Executive Advisor Cyber Security Management Panel: Cybersecurity trickles down: The SME challenge in a critical infrastructure world (no presa)
Moderator: Taco Mulder, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium; Panellists: Dominique Kindt, Founder & CEO WITH BV & Birdseye.digital; Laura Zacchiroli, Manager Cyber Strategy NVISO; Bart Vanden Wyngaerd, Chief Revenue Officer & Partner Pointerpro
Espresso Innovation Track: Next-gen security - Unlocking AI's potential, risks, and real-world applications
- AI in action: From concept to reality
Jan Smedts, Head of Digitaal Vlaanderen (no presa); Anthony Belpaire, Head of AI BNP Paribas Fortis AI’s security & privacy dilemma
Hans Graux, President Flemish Supervisory Committee; Patrick Wheeler, Cybersecurity Architect/Practitioner/Communicator- Security-related AI applications; Philip Struyf, Programme Manager Domain Name Abuse Prevention EURid (no presa); Philippe Massonet, Scientific Officer Cetic
Barista Track: The human behnd the screen
- Human capital in cybersecurity – how to stop wasting it
Prof. Dr. M. Angela Sasse, Ruhr University Bochum The psychology of social engineering: why smart people get hacked
Mark Brown, Founder & CEP Psybersafe- Panel – Mind the gap: How to retain and motivate cybersecurity professionals of all ages (no presa)
Moderator: Saskia Van Uffelen, Manager Future Workforce & BeTheChange Agoria; Panellists: Ann Mennens, Cyber Aware Programme Manager European Commission; Rosanna T. Kurrer, Co-founder & Managing Director CyberWayFinder; Simon Scheirlinckx, Cyber Security Consultant Resilix
Café Secure: Bridging OT and IT
- A practical, risk-based approach to industrial cybersecurity
Stijn Boussemaere, Co-founder Spinae Panel – Evolutions in OT: Increased vulnerabilities, risk and business impact (no presa)
Moderator: Vincent Haerinck, Business Area Lead – OT Security Toreon; Panellists: Dieter Sarrazyn, Industrial Security Advisor & Founder Secudea; Marc Colman, Global IT Infrastructure Manager Deceuninck; Marc Samson, Advisory Board Member ISACA Belgium Chapter; Istvan Végh- Sigurvinsson, Head of Legal and Compliance NOBI Smart Lights.
Quantum Brew Track: Accelerating post-quantum readiness
- How industry leaders are preparing for post-quantum compliance
Sarah Ampe, Senior Consultant Digital Risk EY
Espresso Your Ideas - Lightning talks
- Cyber security and digital inclusion: a vital connection
Ali Chari, Community Lead DigitAll - Your data is out there somewhere … probably having a better time than you
Kameliya Stoeva, Manager Cybersecurity EY Belgium - From console to cyber: Turning gaming into a pathway for cyber defenders
Veerle Peeters, Founder CybHERStrong - The European Commission’s journey on building a digital forensic capacity for Apple mobile devices
David Durvaux, Head of Sector European Commission - Why cyber needs diplomacy
Charlotte Monbailleu, Cyber and digital diplomacy attaché at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU - Hack the bias: Diversity and inclusion as your strongest firewall
Saloua El Boustani, Coordinator Diversity Charter Belgium
