Agenda

Morning

8:30 am Registration of participants and welcome coffee

9:30 am

Welcome greetings and introduction: Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Institutional greetings

Message from:

• Lorenzo Fontana, President of the Chamber of Deputies

Speech:

• Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Message from:

• Guido Crosetto, Minister of Defence

Speech:  The challenge of artificial intelligence for cybersecurity: opportunities and risks

• Bruno Frattasi, Director General, National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN)

Message from:

• Alfredo Mantovano, Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and delegated authority for the security of the Republic

Speech:  Cyber and AI: the new revolution

• Giovanni Gagliano, Lieutenant General, Head of 6th Division, ITC, Cyber and Telecommunications, Defence General Staff

Speech: AI-Cyber-War: defence and response in partnership with strategic companies in Aerospace, Defence and Intelligence

• Alessandra Guidi, Deputy Director, Department of Security Intelligence, DIS

Speech: Regulatory and supervisory challenges in AI and Cybersecurity

• Felix A.Barrio, General Director, Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute

Speech: Wiretapping in the digital age

• Vittorio Rizzi, Deputy Director General of Public Security

Speech:

• Paolo Aceto, Lieutenant General, Head of 3rd Division, Carabinieri General Command

Speech:

• Alessandra Gallone, Senator, Advisor to the Minister of University and Research

11:10 am Coffee Break

Challenge Panel: AI Act and the accredited cybersecurity certification of ICT products

• Brando Benifei, Head of Delegation of Partito Democratico, European Parliament
• Filippo Trifiletti, Director General, Accredia

Speech: The best way to govern AI by balancing ethical principles and the right to innovation

• Philip Larrey, Rev., Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College

Speech: Crypto-assets and economic and financial crimes

• Antonio Mancazzo, Brigadier General, Commander, Special Unit Data Protection and Fraud Technology, Guardia di Finanza

Interview with:

• Ivano Gabrielli, Director, Postal and Communications Police Service

Video Speech: Cyber AI and military applications

• Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Undersecretary of State for Defence

1:00 pm Closing remarks and Light Lunch

Afternoon

2:15 pm

Continuation: Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Challenge Panel: AI Act, NIS2 and Italy’s cyber resilience. The role of the Parliament

• Enzo Amich, Transport, Post and TLC Commission, Chamber of Deputies
• Andrea Casu, Transport, Post and TLC Commission, Chamber of Deputies
• Alessandro Colucci, President, Parliamentary Intergroup for Technological and Cyber Security, Italy
• Giulia Pastorella, Transport, Post and TLC Commission, Chamber of Deputies
• Marco Pellegrini, Copasir and Defence Commission, Chamber of Deputies

Speech: Critical Infrastructures: the case of water resources

• Roger Cataldi, CISO & Group Security IT Policy – CyberSecurity & Cyber Defence Threat Center, Almaviva

Challenge Panel: Safe, secure and reliable AI, based on ethical principles and new secure by design standards

• Marco Conti, Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Telematics (IIT), CNR
• Beatrice Covassi, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, European Parliament
• Roberto Pignani, General Director, Cybertech (Gruppo Engineering)
• Yuri Rassega, Chief Information Security Officer, Enel Group – President, ASSOCISO

Speech: Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Financing the technologies that will define the future

• AgostinoScornajenchi, CEO, CDP Venture Capital

Speech: Navigating the Future: Balancing Risks and Rewards of AI

• Andrea Boggio, Manager, Security Competence Center, Kyndryl

Speech: Artificial intelligence and mad cow syndrome. Alarmism or Panacea?

• Giuseppe Mocerino, President, Netgroup

Challenge panel: International cooperation to explore the benefits and mitigate the cyber risks of artificial intelligence

Chaired and moderated by: Michele Colajanni, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna

• Alfredo Nunzi, Head of Department Institutional and Legal Affairs, Europol
• Massimiliano Signoretti,Lieutenant Colonel, Italian Air Force, Legal Advisor, Cyberspace Operations Command (COR), Defence General Staff
• Paul Tortora, Director, Naval Academy Center for Cyber Security Studies, United States Naval Academy

Speech: Micro and macro security trends in Italy and worldwide

• Alessandro Livrea, Country Manager Italy, Akamai

Speech: Artificial Intelligence: threat and tool for cybersecurity

• Claudio Contini, CEO and President, DigitalPlatforms

Challenge Panel: Healthcare in the grips of cyber criminals. How to secure health data?

Moderated by: Felicia Pelagalli, Director of Culture and Lecturer in Ethics and Interpretation of Complex Data at the Master in Big Data at “La Sapienza” University of Rome

• Giovanni Arcuri, Chief Technology & Innovation officer, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
• Giuseppe Bianchi, Professor, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome, Director of the National Laboratory “Network Assurance & Monitoring” (CNIT)
• Luca Foresti, CEO, Centro Medico Santagostino

Speech: Analysis of the criticalities associated with integrating third-party AI in companies

• Marco Tulliani, Partner, Intellera Consulting

Intervento: Human Machine Teaming: Why the human element will always be indispensable in Cybersecurity

• Paolo Cecchi,Country Manager Italy, SentinelOne

Challenge Panel: University research for cybersecurity. SERICS projects within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Chaired and moderated by: Alessandro Armando, Professor, University of Genoa

• Michele Colajanni, Professore, University of Bologna
• Rocco De Nicola, Rector, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
• Antonio Iannuzzi, Professor, “Roma Tre” University
• Pierangela Samarati, Professor, University of Milan

6.30 pm Closing remarks

Morning

8:30 am Registration of participants and welcome coffee

9:30 am

Welcome greetings: 

• Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Speech:

• Edmondo Cirielli, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MAECI

Video speech:

• Nathaniel C. Fick, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Remote Speech:

• Lorena Boix Alonso, Director for digital society, innovation and cybersecurity, DG Connect, European Commission

Speech: The Perfect Storm: Generative AI and CI Attacks

• Laura Galante, Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center & the IC Cyber Executive, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Challenge Panel: National Security in the Space Domain

Moderated by: Andrea Bettini, Journalist, RaiNews24

• Lorenzo Chessa,Italian Space Agency Security Directorate
• Luca Monaco, Brigadier General (Italian Army), Commander of the Space Operations Command
• Massimo Panzeri, Senior System Security Engineer, European Space Agency (ESA)
• Andrea Salpietro, Chief Security Officer, Telespazio

Speech: We’re going to Space. Who’s coming?

• Letizia Davoli, Astrophysicist and space journalist

Remote Speech: The asymmetric relationship between cyber security and the latest frontier technologies

• Marco Molinaro, Security Lead for Italy, Central Europe and Greece, Accenture

Speech:

• Alessio Fasano,Country Manager, Skybox Security

Speech: Complexity and trends of attacks on Italian businesses in the AI era: how to be protected by increasing visibility and speed of response

• Luca Nilo Livrieri, Director, Sales Engineering Southern Europe, CrowdStrike

11:10 am Coffee Break

Speech: A new era of Advanced Persistent Cybercrime: what cybersecurity for the challenges of 2024?

• Massimo Palermo, VP & Country Manager, Italy and Malta, Fortinet

Speech: Electromedical protection, specificity and maximisation of IT/OT infrastructure resilience

• Nicola Mugnato, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Gyala Cyber Security

Challenge Panel: NIS2 Directive. The business point of view

Chaired and moderated by: Stefano Mele, Partner – Head of the Cybersecurity & Space Law Department, Gianni & Origoni

• Andrea Chittaro, Executive Director Global Security & Cyber Defence, Snam
• Elisa Liberale, Head of Legal, Microsoft Italy
• Alessandro Manfredini, President, AIPSA – Director of Group Security & Cyber Defense, A2A Group

Speech:

• Pier Luigi Dal Pino, Senior Regional Director, Government Affairs Western Europe

Speech:

• Eugenio Santagata, Chief Public Affairs & Security Officer, TIM – Chairman & CEO, Telsy

Speech: Cybersecurity and AI to support the competitiveness of countries. The goals of the G7 under the Italian presidency

• Alessio Butti, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Technological Innovation and Digital Transition

1:00 pm Closing remarks and Light Lunch

Afternoon

2:30 pm

Continuation: Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Title: Benefits and mistakes of artificial intelligence and its use for web propaganda

Speech

• Alessandro (Alex) Orlowski, Cyber propaganda Expert

Challenge Panel

• Marco Braccioli, Sales Director Defence & Gov, DigitalPlatforms
• Paolo Melchiori, Solutions Engineering Manager, SonicWall

Speech:

• Luigi Piergiovanni, Technical Sales Director, Sielte

Challenge Panel: Manipulation by AI: possibility or certainty?

Chaired and moderated by: Roberto Setola, Professor, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma and Director of Master in Homeland Security

• NicolaPaolino, Partner EY Advisory, Technology Consulting, Cyber Security & Digital Protection
• Fabio Roli, Full Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Genoa
• Nicola Vanin, CISO, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

Speech:

• Giovanbattista Raimondi, Deputy Commander, Cyberspace Operations Command, (COR)

Speech: The “artificial” CISO: the future of the job

• Gerardo Costabile, President, IISFA – CEO, DeepCyber

Challenge Panel: Cyber Fusion Center: the convergence of innovative AI-based technologies to achieve an effective strategy

• Alessandro Ghezzi,Senior Sales Engineer, CrowdStrike
• Andrea Licciardi,Senior Cybersecurity Manager, Tecnimont and Founder and Leader, CISOs4AI
• Alessio Mercuri, Senior Security Engineer, Vectra AI

Speech: How and why geopolitics must influence cybersecurity decisions

• Andrea Scattina, Country Manager Italy, Stormshield

Challenge Panel: Digital PA How to enhance cyber capabilities
Chaired and moderated by: Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

• Mirko Calvaresi, Chief Information Officer, PagoPA
• Antonella Galdi, Deputy Secretary General, ANCI
• Fabio Lazzini, Chief Information Security Officer, Sogei

Closing remarks and acknowledgements: Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia