The speakers
1. Cybersecurity During and After the Pandemic
Anton Rog
Head of the National Cyberint Center (CNC)
Mr. Anton ROG is the Head of the National Cyberint Center (CNC) within the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).
Shane Dixon
Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, The Embassy of the United States of America in Romania
Shane Dixon became the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in June 2021. Shane is a Supervisory Special Agent and
Marco Barros Lourenco
Technology Strategist and a Cybersecurity Policy Researcher, ENISA
Marco Barros Lourenco is a technology strategist, futurist, and cybersecurity researcher with more than two decades of experience in international organisations on three different continents.
2. European Cybersecurity Competence Centre
Dan Cîmpean
DNSC Interim Director
Dan accumulated over 20 years of experience in cyber security, risk management in Brussels, Bucharest and internationally.
Luigi Rebuffi
Secretary General and founder of ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation)
Luigi Rebuffi is the Secretary General and founder of ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation) as well as founder and Secretary General of the
Miguel González-Sancho
Head of the Unit "Cybersecurity Technology and Capacity Building" at the European Commission
Miguel González-Sancho is since July 2018 Head of the Unit "Cybersecurity Technology and Capacity Building" at the European Commission, where he has worked
Radu Stănescu
ECCC Governing Board Member for Romania
Radu is ECCC Governing Board Member for Romania, Cybersecurity Consultant with over 15 years of experience in penetration testing
Cristian Pațachia
Development and Innovation Manager, Orange
Mr. Cristian Pațachia-Sultănoiu is an experienced manager with over 20 years of experience in telecom industry, covering an extensive spectrum of technology
3. Cybersecurity, a European and National Priority
Miguel De Bruycker
Managing Director, Centre for Cyber Security Belgium
Miguel De Bruycker studied at the Royal Military School and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. After writing a vision paper on Cyber Defence in 2005
Professor Roberto Baldoni Ph.D
Director, National Cybersecurity Agency of Italy
In August 2021, Roberto Baldoni has been appointed by the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi as
Robert Kosla, Lt.Col. (Ret.)
Director of the Department of Cybersecurity - The Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Graduate of the Faculty of Cybernetics at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. Since 1994 in the Cipher Bureau of the Office of State Protection (UOP).
Leonardo de Vizio
Cybersecurity Policy Officer, Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
Leonardo De Vizio is a policy officer working on cybersecurity & digital privacy policy at the European Commission
4. Effectively Tackling Cybercrime Through Coordinated Efforts
Cătălin Zetu
Head of cyberattacks, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Romania
Catalin ZETU coordinates the Bureau of Investigation of Crimes Against Information Systems within the Romanian Police, with broad responsibilities
Yvonne Serrato
Assistant Legal Attache for Cyber Investigations, The Embassy of the United States of America in Romania
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Yvonne Serrato has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 17 years.
Philipp Amann
Head of Expertise & Stakeholder Management at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)
Philipp is the Head of Expertise & Stakeholder Management at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). EC3 Strategy is responsible for assessing and acting
Virgil Spiridon
Head of Operations of the Cybercrime Programme Office
Virgil Spiridon serves as Head of Operations of the Cybercrime Programme Office based in Bucharest, responsible for managing the cybercrime projects on
Ioan Cosmin Mihai
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)
Ioan-Cosmin MIHAI is a researcher, professor, trainer, and conference speaker, with an experience of more than 15 years in cybercrime and cybersecurity.
5. Technical session I
Dan Demeter
Security Researcher, Kaspersky
Dan graduated from Imperial College London and holds a Master of Engineering in Software Engineering.
Ovidiu Neghină
CyberSecurity Sales Specialist, Cisco România
With over 17 years of experience in IT&C, Ovidiu Neghina has held various technical and sales roles in the Cisco Romania team
Patrik Palm
Ericsson Director Product Security
Patrik Palm is Director, Product Security at the Ericsson CTO Office since June 2018. He has been with Ericsson since 1995
Tudor Cristea
Regional sales Manager, Palo Alto Networks
Tudor joined Palo Alto Networks in 2016 and is now responsible for Cortex sales in Eastern Europe. He is in charge of developing the
Piotr Glaska
Senior Solutions Architect, Infoblox
Piotr Glaska specializes in the use of DNS in cybersecurity systems. Last 4 years he has been researching various malware and APT examples
Mădălin Vasile
System Engineering Manager, Fortinet
Madalin Vasile is a network and security specialist with more than 15 years of relevant experience. He joined Fortinet in 2011 as a
6. Cloud Security
Pierre Gronlier
Chief Technology Officer, GAIA-X
Pierre Gronlier has been working for the last 12 years in IT industry with a particular interest on operationalizing and scaling
Alessandro Lazari
Senior Key Account Manager, F24
Alessandro is a Senior Key Account Manager at F24 AG. He is working as specialist on Critical Infrastructure Protection, Resilience and Cybersecurity, since 2004.
Cristian Săndescu
Chief Executive Officer, CODA Intelligence
Cristi is the founder and CEO of CODA Intelligence a cloud-native attack surface reduction platform designed for MSPs.
Vladimir Ester
CTO, Cluster Power
Mr. Ester has vast experience in IT infrastructure and services for more than 15 years. Before Cluster Power,
Eugen Rusen
Cloud Solution Architect Security & Compliance at Microsoft CEE
Eugen Rusen is Cloud Solution Architect Security & Compliance at Microsoft CEE. He is responsible for building the Security & Compliance practices adoption across CEE partner ecosystem at Microsoft.
7. Democratic Resilience in the Digital Age
Alina Bârgăoanu
Dean of the faculty of communication and public relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest
Alina Bârgăoanu is a Romanian university professor and the dean of the faculty of communication and public relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest
Oana Popescu-Zamfir
Director and founder of GlobalFocus Center
Oana Popescu-Zamfir is director and founder of GlobalFocus Center, an independent foreign policy and strategic analysis think-tank, Europe's Futures
Răzvan Bologa
Professor, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. His research interests include: Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and online learning.
Sebastian Dan Naste
Privacy and Data Protection Analyst, Cullen International
Sebastian-Dan Naste follows EU regulation related to privacy and data protection, as well as national legislative developments covering the digital economy more broadly in Ireland and Romania.
8. Offensive and Defensive Cyber Roles
Simona Hoancă
Business Development Executive, Vector Synergy
Ms. Simona Irina Hoanca is the Business Development Executive on CDeX Cyber Defense Exercise and Training Platform at Vector Synergy.
Carl Taylor
Chief Security Officer, University of Kansas
Mr. Taylor spent 30 years serving the United States as a Military Intelligence Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army, and as a civilian Special Agent / Intelligence Officer with the Department of Defense.
Adrian Badea
Cybersecurity Business Development Manager, S&T
Adrian Badea is a cybersecurity expert, responsible for business development, presales and post sales activities for a wide portfolio of security products and solutions.
Julie Fugett
Chief Information Technology Security Officer for the University of Kansas, USA
Ms. Fugett has worked in the field of information security since 2006 and in information technology since 1997. She has served in a wide-ranging variety of roles including workstation support technician, security analyst, and network security engineer.
Marinel Stănilă
Information Security Advisory Manager, Safetech
Marinel Stanila joined the Safetech Innovations team in 2013, holding various roles over time. In his current position as Information Security Advisory Manager
Pavel Prodaniuc
Managing Partner at Cyber Dacians
Pavel Prodaniuc is managing partener and cybersecurity engineer at Cyber Dacians, a recently established company in Romania.
Aleksei Filippov
Head of Development, Ericsson
Aleksei Filippov is a Head of Development for the Product Security Operations at Ericsson. His team acts as a Program Management unit responsible for driving programs
9. Technical session II
Ioan Costantin
Cyber Security Expert, Orange
Ioan Constantin is an Information Security Professional with 15 years of experience in security-related areas, including Network and End-Point Security, Information Security Compliance and Risk and Resilience Management.
Mihai Sari
Sales Engineer, Trend Micro
Mihai Sari is currently the Sales Engineer at Trend Micro. He is a highly skilled cybersecurity professional with proven success among
Valentin Necoară
Chief Technology Officer, certSIGN
Valentin Necoara, CTO of certSIGN has a BSc in Computer Science and a MSc in Information Security Management. He has over 15 years experience in information security
Bogdan BOTEZATU
Director of Threat Research and Reporting, Bitdefender
Bogdan BOTEZATU is Director of threat research and reporting at Bitdefender. With more than a decade of expertise dedicated to cyber-security
Samuel Fricker
Professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Dr. Samuel Fricker is a full professor of software engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and an assistant professor at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Lucian Nițescu
Senior IT Security Specialist Bit Sentinel
Lucian Nitescu is Senior IT Security Specialist at Bit Sentinel. Lucian is a highly skilled cybersecurity professional holding valuable certifications like OSCP, OSWE, eCPPT v2, eCCPT Gold.