Agenda
CYBER DIPLOMACY AND BEYOND: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE DIGITAL ERA
10:00 – 11:00
Welcoming remarks
ADRIAN VICTOR VEVERA, Ph.D., General Director, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest
Opening remarks
H.E. MIRCEA GEOANĂ, Deputy Secretary General, NATO (video)
Ministerial remarks
VASILE DÎNCU, Chairman of the Committee for European Affairs, Romanian Senate
SEBASTIAN-IOAN BURDUJA, Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (message)
MARIUS POȘA, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization
BOGDAN MARIUS CHIRIȚOIU, President, Competition Council
DAN CÎMPEAN, General Director of the National Directorate for Cyber Security
DRAGOȘ-CRISTIAN VLAD, President, Authority for Digitalization of Romania
Special opening remarks
H.E. HIROSHI UEDA, The Ambassador of Japan in Romania
H.E. REUVEN AZAR, The Ambassador of Israel to Romania
Opening Session Moderator:
CARMEN ELENA CÎRNU, Ph.D., Scientific Director, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest & Coordinator Cyber Diplomacy Center
11:00 – 11:25 Cybersecurity and international security: the evolving cyber threat environment in a landscape of increased competition
Moderator:
BEN ONI ARDELEAN, Ph.D., MP, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament
TURAL MAMMADOV, CISO at State Service of Special Communication and Information Security and Secretary of the Coordination Commission for Information Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan
HIDETOSHI OGAWA, Deputy Head of Mission of Japan to NATO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Senator KENNETH PUGH, Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Senate of Chile (online)
PACHARA NARIPTHAPHAN, Executive Advisor to the Chairman of NBTC National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission Kingdom of Thailand
11:30 – 11:55 Cybercrime and law enforcement: new approaches to transborder cooperation and awareness in a digital world
Moderator:
CĂLIN MIHAI RANGU, CIO Council
EROL OZGUNER, Ph.D., CIO of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Republic of Turkey
FLORIN PANĂ, Head of Department, National CYBERINT Center, Romanian Intelligence Service
BOGDAN VACUSTA, Certified Blockchain / DLT Manager by the Technical University of Munich; Accredited Counter Fraud Manager by the UK Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board
11:55 – 12:10 Networking break
12:10 – 12:35 The future of internet governance: new technologies
in relation to digital authoritarianism
Moderator:
RADU PUCHIU, Lead of the Technology and Society Program at Aspen Romania
GEORGE-CRISTIAN TUŢĂ, Quaestor of the Chamber of Deputies
IURIE ȚURCANU, Former Deputy Prime-minister on Digitalization Government of the Republic of Moldova
VALERIAN VREME, Former Minister of Communications and Information Society
LUCIAN-DANIEL STANCIU-VIZITEU, The Mayor of the Municipality of Bacău
12:40 – 13:05 Cyber-norms and confidence building measures
Moderator:
MARIA MANUELA CATRINA, Deputy Director, Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate
KASHIFU INUWA ABDULLAHI, Director General @ National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA Nigeria (online)
KABDESH ADILETKHAN KANATULY, Head of the Personal Data Protection Department of the Information Security Committee, Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Republic of Kazakhstan
YOSI SHANI, Former Leader of Israel’s National Information Security Agency (NISA)
GABRIELA MATEI, Training team lead, Euro-Atlantic Center for Resilience
ALEXANDRU GEORGESCU, Moderator WG3 on Critical Energy Infrastructures, EDA CF SEDSS
13:05 – 14:00 Networking lunch
14:00 – 14:25 Emerging digital technologies and the impact of fake news
on cyber diplomacy
Moderator:
ELLA CIUPERCĂ, Former Dean of the Faculty of Intelligence Studies, National Intelligence Academy
ALINA BĂRGĂOANU, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
PAVEL POPESCU, Deputy, Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament
CLAUDIA NICOLAE, General Director, AGERPRES
FELIX STAICU, President, Cyber Security Cluster of Excellence CYSCOE
14:30 – 14:55 Comparative models of governance in cooperation on ethical AI- the internationalist and the corporate approach. The role of the community
Moderator:
JASEN TANEV, CyberClub, Bulgarian Cybersecurity Community
MARIUS BOSTAN, Former Minister of Communications and Information Society of Romania
ANDREI AVADANEI, CEO, BitSentinel
DRAGOȘ PREDA, Former State Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Information Society
CAROLA FREY, Expert, Euro-Atlantic Center for Resilience
15:00 – 15:25 The making of the cyber diplomat: how to train
diplomats and experts to engage in cyber diplomacy
Moderator:
ADRIAN BRÎNCOVEANU, Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
EYUP KUNTAY TURMUS, SPS Advisor and Programme Manager, SPS ESCD NATO
ALEXANDRU MIHAI GHIGIU, President of the National Administration Institute & Vice Rector of National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
15:25 – 15:40 Networking coffee break
15:40 – 16:05 Digital economy: opportunities and challenges for international trade
Moderator:
MONICA GHEORGHIȚĂ, Former State Secretary for Bilateral Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania
SELESTINE GERVAS KAKELE, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology, Republic of Tanzania
MOHAMMED JELLOUL, President of Provincial Council, Berkane Region, Kingdom of Morocco
OANA SILVIA ȚOIU, Member of the Romanian Parliament
THOMAS HANSON, Commercial Officer Romania & Moldova, United States Embassy in Romania
16:10 – 16:35 Cyber diplomacy in the regional security context
Moderator:
CRISTIAN DAVID, Chairman of the Institute for Freedom and Democracy
IGOR MUNTEANU, Former Ambassador of Moldova to the United States of America
CAGATAY KARABAT, Executive Director of the Public Certification Authority of Turkey
DAN DUNGACIU, Coordinator of the International Relations Department, Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations, Romanian Academy
Closing remarks
See you on April 25th
The access to the event is by invite only.
Organisers
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Location
Palace of Parliament
2-4 Izvor Street
Bucharest, Romania
