Speakers

Marco Casanova
Lecturer for Reputation, Branding and Stakeholdermanagement
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Business School
Institute for Competitiveness and Communication

Stefan Lang
Professor for Earth observation at the Department of Geoinformatics, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Digital and Analytical Sciences at the University of Salzburg

Samuele Dominioni
Researcher
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Giacomo Persi Paolo
Head of the Security and Technology Programme
UNIDIR

Pavlina Pavlova
CyberPeace Institute

Anja Klauzer
SBA Research

Matthias C. Kettemann
Head
Department of Theory and Future of Law, University of Innsbruck

Astrid Bötticher
Research Associate at the University of Jena in the project Freedom Spaces and Freedom Safeguards in the Digital State

Karoline Edtstadler
Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution
at the Federal Chancellery of Austria

Michael Strassnig
Programme Manager at the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
Founding Member of the Plattform Registerforschung, Austria

Francesca Soro
Cyber Security Expert
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Adrian Efros
Minister of Interior of the Republic of Moldova

Roland Derler
Managing Director
Kompetenzzentrum Digitale Wasserwirtschaft

Guilherme Canela Godoi
Chief of the Section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Johanna Ullrich
Key Researcher
SBA Research, Austria

Trent D. Nelson
Senior Information and Computer Security Officer
IAEA

Florian Hoefle

Cyril Gout
Director, Operational Support and Analysis (OSA)
INTERPOL

Walter Fraissler
VERBUND

Veronika Nowak
SBA Research

Suzette Kahlert
Researcher
European New School of Digital Studies

Sergiu Strungaru
Head of Directorate-General for information and operational records
Information technologies service, Ministry of internal affairs of the Republic of Moldova

Peter Kahlert
Researcher
European New School of Digital Studies

Monica M. Ender
University Innsbruck

Daniel Lowe
Programme Management Officer, Cyber and New Technologies Unit
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre

Mira L. Wolf-Bauwens
Research Scientist, Responsible Quantum Computing Lead, Responsible & Inclusive Technology
IBM Research Europe

Andreas Papp
Peace Tech Consultant, Austria

Arantxa Ortiz
PhD candidate in Anthropology
Brandeis University

Georgios Kolliarakis
German Council on Foreign Relations
Advisor for Research Strategy Technology, Security, Defence
Senior Fellow Alfred von Oppenheim Centre on the Future of Europe

Babar Khan Akhunzada
Founder & CEO
SecurityWall

Erich Moechl
Independent investigative IT-journalist & researcher

Bertrand de La Chapelle
Chief Vision Officer, Datasphere Initiative
Executive Director, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network

Katja Mayer
Elise Richter Fellow, Science and Technology Studies
University of Vienna

Alexander Janda
Secretary General
Competence Center Secure Austria (KSÖ)

Ruth Linden
Policy advisor, Europol Innovation Lab & EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security

Verena Krawarik
Corporate Unit Innovation Mangement and Head of APA-medialab

Reinhard Marak
Chief Executive Officer
Austrian Defence and Security Industry Group of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Ann-Charlotte Nygård
Policy Coordinator Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)

Nathan Coyle
Senior Peace Tech Advisor
Austrian Center for Peace, United Kingdom

Ye Liu
Expert in Innovation Policy and Ecosystem Governance
President of CE Institute of Innovation and Development Governance

Cristina Fraile
Ambassador of Spain to Austria

Crenguta Leaua
Director
The Swiss Institute for Alternative Thinking, Switzerland

Gerhard Maynhardt
Head of Counterterrorism and Organized Crime Branch, Security Policy Directorate
Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria

Hubert Tardieu
Independent Director
Gaia-X

Klaus Iro
EEAS, EU Delegation to the OSCE, Austria

Yvonne Kummer
Scientific Researcher
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Production and Logistics

Claudia Reinprecht
Head of Department for Telecommunications, Digital and Tech Diplomacy
Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

Joshua Slater

George E. Riekeles
Associate Director and Head of the Europe’s Political Economy Programme
European Policy Centre

Christiane Wendehorst
Professor of Civil Law
University of Vienna

Manfred Pinnegger
former Advisor at the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine
CEO INSIRIMA, Austria

Albina Yakubova
Project Coordinator
OSCE Transnational Treats Department /Border Security and Management Unit

Quentin Brot
Head of Research Projects Laboratory
French National Firefighter Officers Academy

Bjørn Berge
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Hanna Wilhelmer
National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCC-AT), Federal Chancellery of Austria

Maurizio Gazzola
Head of Technology
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism

Joachim Allgaier
Professor for Communication and Digital Society at the Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences of Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Philipe Reinisch
Founder
SILKROAD 4.0

Natascha Totzler
Managing Partner
nexyo

Roland Sommer
Managing Director
Austrian Platform Industry 4.0

Wolfgang Rosenkranz
Team Leader
Austrian Energy CERT

Martin Boyer
Senior Research Engineer
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Michael Seidl
Scientist
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Center for Digital Safety & Security
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Christoph Schmittner
Scientist
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Olle Ytterberg
Senior Advisor
Combitech

Patrick Drews
Deputy Head of Division for Federal and State Government projects at accellonet GmbH & PhD student at University of Wuppertal

Lars von Dassen
Executive Director
World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS)

Florian Wagner
Consultant
MSG Plaut

Lydia Lindner
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

Remi Gelmini
Head of Research Projects Laboratory
French National Firefighter Officers Academy

Ludmyla Rabchynska
Executive Consultant
CGI

Charlotte Rösener
Head of Mission Critical Services
Frequentis

Guodong Wang
CEO
Nanjing Coovally Computing Technology

Matthias von Arx
Cyber Defense Technology Evangelist
Trend Micro

Senadin Alisic
Strategic Advisor
Combitech

Ouissal Harize
Senior Editor
Misbar Fact-Checking Platform

Katarina Petersen
Senior Research Consultant
Public Safety Communication Europe

Ioannis Panolias
National Cybersecurity Authority, Department of Strategic Planning, Greece

Harold Linke
CEO
HALITECH GmbH, Germany

Christine Bradley
Chief, Countering Terrorist Travel Section
United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)

Misha Glenny
Rector
Institute for Human Sciences (IWM)

Jozef Kubinec
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
Public procurement department & iProcureNet project

Georg Neubauer
Senior Scientist
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Center for Digital Safety & Security

Alexander Schindler
Senior Scientist
Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT

Tünde Fülöp
COO | Senior Expert
Research Institute AG & Co KG

Christian Rupp
former Federal Executive Secretary
eGov Austria
Board Member of the Nationale eGovernment Competence Centre

Hans-Wilhelm Dünn
President Cyber Security Council Germany e.V.
Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland e.V.

Álvaro Acevedo
Programme Manager
World Institute for Nuclear Security

Roger von Laufenberg
Managing Director
VICESSE

Bernhard Strobl
Digital identity management
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Florian Tursky
State Secretary for Digitalization
Austrian Federal Ministry for Finance

Ross King
Head of Competence Unit Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Austrian Institute of Technology

Philipp Agathonos
Head of Unit, Civilian Crisis Management, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Chair of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)

Philipp Amann
Group Chief Information Security Officer
Austrian Post (Post AG)

Mario Drobics
Head of the competence unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies at AIT

Donald Dudenhoeffer
Cyber Security Research Engineer. Security & Communication Technologies
Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT

Eric Eifert
Cyber Security Research Engineer
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Raffi Gregorian
Director and Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General at United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)

Dominika Hajdu
Director of the Centre Democracy and Resilience
GLOBSEC, Bratislava

Ralph Hammer
Director of the Staff Department for Security Research and Technology Transfer at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Finance (BMF)

Anahid Jalali
Data Scientist, Center for Digital Safety & Security
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (The Hague) and the Institut für Höhe Studies / Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna)

Jeannette Klonk
National Contact Point Civil Security for Society (NCP)

Helmut Leopold
Initiator IDSF, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Margherita Natali
Programme Officer to the Countering Terrorist Travel Section
United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism

Karl Nehammer
Federal Chancellor at Republic of Austria

Josef Schröfl
Deputy Director
CoI on Strategy and Defense
Hybrid CoE – The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats