23-25 March, 2027 | Steigenberger Wiltcher's, Brussels

Conference Agenda 2025

Tuesday 25 March

Day 1

08:00-09:00 Registration

First Floor Reception

09:00-17:00 Special Focus Day

The EU Cyber Acts Conference Starts with Two Special-Focus Full-Day Events

Presenting Sponsor: GlobalPlatform. Prepare now for the requirements of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

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Focused on the global development of cybersecurity certification frameworks for AI systems.

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Wednesday 26 March

Day 2

08:00-09:00 Registration

Sycamore Ballroom

09:00-10:10 Plenary Keynote Session (P10)

Sycamore Ballroom

09:00 Introduction and Welcome (P10a) Wouter Slegers, CEO, TrustCB, Netherlands

09:10 Forging a Cyber Resilient Future: The EU’s Lead Role in Standardization and Certification (P10b) Raluca Stefanuc, Deputy Head of Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Policy, European Commission, Belgium

09:40 From EU Cyber Act Regulation to Industry Adoption: The Challenge in Front of Us (P10c) Daniel O’Loughlin, Vice President Engineering, Qualcomm, United States

10:10-10:50 Networking Break in Exhibits

Sycamore Ballroom

10:50-12:20 Track Sessions

Sycamore Ballroom
EUCC (J11)
EUCS & CC
Moderator: Petra Manche, Manager, Common Criteria, Cisco

10:50 An Update on ENISA Certification Activities (J11a) Philippe Blot, Head of Sector Certification, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Greece


11:20 From Launch to Lift-Off: EUCC Start-Up Challenges and Scaling Operations for Full Compliance (J11b) Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain


11:50 Cloud Common Criteria Certification Considerations (J11c) Mike Grimm, Principal Security Program Manager, Microsoft, United States

Buckeye (First Floor)
IoT Cyber Certification (T11)
Application of Certification
Moderator: Arnaud​​​​ Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation & Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium

10:50 Certification Strategies for Global Cybersecurity Compliance in IoT (T11a) Antonio David Vizcaino Gomez, Cybersecurity Technical Sales Manager, DEKRA, Spain


11:20 Assessing the Cyber RED-DA: Our Take on the Good, the Bad, and the Impact of EN 18031 (T11b) Nuria Carrio, Certification Technical Director, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain


11:50 The Impact of the Cyber Resilience Act on Different Industry Sectors (T11c) Raluca Viziteu, Security Consultant, Secura, Netherlands

Chestnut (First Floor)
Specific Domains and Workgroups (D11)
Experiences
Moderator: Tony Boswell, Senior Principal Consultant, CyTAL UK Ltd, United Kingdom

10:50 Experience and Lessons Learned: Cybersecurity Compliance of Industrial Control Systems Base on IEC62443-4-2 Testing (D11a) Odei Olalde, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Orbik Cybersecurity, Spain


11:50 Closing the Cyber Risk Protection Gap: A Call for Collective Action (D11b) Andreas Schmitt, Global Cyber Underwriting Manager, Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland


11:20 A Positive, Comprehensive and Successful (so far) Multi-Referential Compliance (D11c) François Ehly, Senior Manager Compliance, Almond, France; Thierry Notot, IoT Cybersecurity Manager, Socomec Group, France

12:20-13:20 Lunch in Exhibits

Sycamore Ballroom

13:20-14:50 Track Sessions

Sycamore Ballroom
EUCC (J12)
EUCC Implementation
Moderator: Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain
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13:20 Breaking New Ground: ITSEF’s Journey Through EUCC Accreditation and Authorization (J12a) Wei Yuan, Director of Operations, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain


13:50 Panel Discussion: EUCC Scheme—First Experience in Setting Up the Necessary Ecosystem (J12b) Leader: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors United Kingdom; Panelists: Tyrone Stodart, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, United Kingdom; Ferenc Molnár, CEO, CCLab, Hungary; Sebastian Fritsch, Lab Manager/Head of ITSEF, Secuvera, Germany; Jasiek Tabeau, Project Director for Certification, Riscure, and Member of the SESIP Committee, GlobalPlatform, Netherlands [60 MIN]

Buckeye (First Floor)
Standards and Certification (S12)
Specific Topics
Moderator: Miguel Bañon, Independent Consultant, Convenor ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 3, Spain
Chestnut (First Floor)
Industry (ITC) Alignment (Y12)
Specialised Schemes
Moderator: Odei Olalde, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Orbik Cybersecurity, Spain

13:20 One Principle to be Considered Before Developing New Certification Schemes (Y12a) Alireza Rohani, Certifier, TrustCB, Netherlands


13:50 Harmonising IoT Security: Lessons from Singapore’s Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (Y12b) Edwin Sin, Senior Consultant, Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Singapore


14:20 Navigating EU Cybersecurity Regulations: Challenges for Smart Lock System Developers (Y12c) Marc Le Guin, Head of Evaluation Body IT Security, TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, Germany

14:50-15:20 Networking Break in Exhibits

Sycamore Ballroom

15:20-17:20 Track Sessions

Sycamore Ballroom
Standards and Certification (S13)
Specialised Schemes
Moderator: Wouter Slegers, CEO, TrustCB, Netherlands

15:20 New European Standard—Does a Cybersecurity Certification Scheme Fit into the Framework? (S13a) Elzbieta Andrukiewicz, ITSEF Manager, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland


15:50 The Benefits of the EN 17640 Standard in the Harmonisation of the German and French Fixed-Time Certification Schemes (S13b) Jens Ziegler, Head of Division—BSZ, NESAS Certification, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), Germany; Yannick Moy, Head of ITSEF Licensing, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France 


16:20 Building Trust: Developing a Private Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cryptographic Modules under ISO/IEC 19790 (S13c) Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain


16:50 Navigating the Future of Security Compliance: An Introduction to OSCAL (S13d) Pirooz Javan, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Easy Dynamics, United States

Buckeye (First Floor)
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R13)
CRA Implementation
Moderator: Petra Manche, Manager, Common Criteria, Cisco

15:20 Requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act in Practice (R13a) Markus Engqvist, Lab Manager, atsec information security AB, Sweden


15:50 Assessment of Harmonised Standards for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (R13b) Omar Dhaher, Associate Director, Standardisation and Compliance Policy, DIGITALEUROPE, Belgium


16:20 Panel Discussion: Navigating EU Regulations—The Interplay Between RED, CRA, and EU Certification Schemes (EUCC and Beyond) (R13c) Leader: Jose Francisco Ruiz Gualda, Cybersecurity BU Director, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain; Panelists: Angel Moreno Rubio, Digital Policy Manager, TIC Council, Belgium; Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Product Security Program Architect, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, Czech Republic; Philippe Blot, Head of Sector Certification, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Greece; Monique Bakker, Senior Expert EU Cybersecurity Certification, Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure, Netherlands [60 MIN]

Chestnut (First Floor)
Innovations (F13)
SBOM & EUCC
Moderator: Martin Chapman, Director, ChapIT LTD, Ireland

15:20 How SBOMs and Vulnerability Management Became Essential for Achieving Compliance (F13a) Massimo Ratti, Partner and Solutions Architect, Security Pattern, Italy


15:50 Understanding SBOMs in Real-World Systems—A Practical DevOps/SecOps Perspective (F13b) Andrei Costin, Assistant Professor / CEO / Co-Founder, University of Jyvaskyla / Binare.io, Finland


16:20 Polish Experience on the Implementation of EUCC (F13c) Jakub Dysarz, Cyber Attaché Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU, Poland


16:50 EUCC Scheme Lifecycle: The ISAC Maintenance Model (F13d) Pierre-Jean Verrando, Director General, Eurosmart, Belgium

17:20 Evening Reception

Open to everyone. Located in the Exhibit Area. Catch up your colleagues for a refreshing beverage at the end of the day’s events.

18:20 Dine Out Brussels

Enjoy an informal group dinner with your conference colleagues. This is an add-on to the conference registration. For an additional fee you can reserve your seat for a prix-fixe dinner at a group table. This year’s dine-out will be held at the hotel in the beautiful and historic Walnut Room, part of the original Hotel Le Palace designed by architect Adhémar Lener for the 1910 Brussels Universal Exposition. It was among the first luxury hotels in Europe. Thanks to the generous support of Dine Out Sponsor TUV IT

Thursday 27 March

Day 3

08:00-09:00 Coffee

Sycamore Ballroom

09:00-10:30 TRACK SESSIONS

Sycamore Ballroom
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R20)
CRA Application
Moderator: Gabor Hornyak, Head of Site & Process Certification, NXP Semiconductors, Hungary

09:00 CRA from BSI Perspective (R20a) Sandro Amendola, Head of Standardization/Certification Department, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Germany


09:30 How Will IoT Applications Be Able to Build Upon a Security Resilient Eco-System? (R20b) Sandrine Pic, Security Programs Manager, Nordic Semiconductor, Norway


10:00 Will CRA Solve the Supply Chain Security or Create a Procurement Maze? An Assessment from an Industry Perspective (R20c) Arnaud Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation and Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium

Buckeye (First Floor)
IoT Cyber Certification (T20)
Embedded Application
Moderator: Salvador Trujillo, CEO, ORBIK Cybersecurity, Spain

09:00 Strengthening ETSI EN 303 645: Insights from TIC Council’s Cybersecurity Hackathons (T20a) Jorge Wallace, Cybersecurity Technical Leader, DEKRA, Spain


09:30 Threat Model for Embedded Devices—EMB3D™ (T20b) Adam Hahn, Principal OT Security, The MITRE Corporation, United States


10:00 The Dark Side of Solar Energy (T20c) Erika Langerová, Head of Cybersecurity Research, UCEEB, Czech Republic; Jan Osenberg, Head of System Integration, SolarPower Europe, Belgium

Chestnut (First Floor)
Cryptographic Modules (A20)
Crypto
Moderator: Matthias Brickel, Commercial Business Manager, PQShield, United Kingdom

09:00 ECCG Cryptographic Subgroup Update (A20a) Lucile Gallant Boisard, Cybersecurity Consultant, Internet of Trust, France


09:30 Preparation of Europe Against the Quantum Threat—How to Become Quantum Safe with PQC (A20b) Manfred Rieck, VP Individual Solution Development, Deutsche Bahn, Germany


10:00 On Certifying Post-Quantum Implementations at “High” Assurance Level (A20c) Markku-Juhani Saarinen, Professor of Practice, Tampere University, Finland

10:30-11:00 NETWORKING BREAK IN EXHIBITS

Sycamore Ballroom

11:00-12:30 Track Sessions

Sycamore Ballroom
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R21)
CRA Implementation
Moderator: Matthias Brickel, Commercial Business Manager, PQShield, United Kingdom

11:00 CRA for Device Makers—How Can EN 17927 Simplify Regulatory Compliance? (R21a) Carlos Serratos, IoT Certification Expert, GlobalPlatform, Netherlands


11:30 Panel Discussion: Implementation of the CRA for Product Development in the EU (R21b) Leader: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Security Lobbying & Standardization Senior Manager, STMicroelectronics, Belgium; Panelists: Chris Gow, Director, Cisco, Belgium; Patrik Palm, Director Product Security, Ericsson, Finland; Jan Eichholz, Head of MS Security, Giesecke+Devrient, Germany; Johan Klykens, Director CCB-Certification Authority, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, Belgium [60 MIN]

Buckeye (First Floor)
Standards and Certification (S21)
Open Processes
Moderator: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors, United Kingdom

11:00 You’re Doing WHAT for Security?: Securing the Digital Enterprise with Open, Consensus-Based Standards (S21a) John Linford, Director, The Open Group, United States; Michelle Horrobin, Director, Digital Portfolio at The Open Group, United Kingdom


11:30 Panel Discussion: Bringing Cybersecurity into the European Software Market: An Opportunity or a Tough Challenge? (S21b) Leader: Davide Ariu, OWASP Italy Co-Chair, PLURIBUS ONE—OWASP ITALY, Italy; Panelists: Roland Atoui, Managing Director, Red Alert Labs, France; Roberto Cascella, CTO, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), Belgium; Salvador Trujillo, CEO, ORBIK Cybersecurity, Spain [60 MIN]

Chestnut (First Floor)
Public Policy (B21)
Link to Finances
Moderator: Marc Le Guin, Head of Evaluation Body IT Security, TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, Germany

11:00 Securing the Point of Interaction Terminal Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (B21a) Jeremy King, Regional VP Europe Middle East Africa, Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), United Kingdom


11:30 NIS2 and Cybersecurity—Effective Strategies for Compliance and Risk Management (B21b) Ralf Kutsche, Cybersecurity Expert and Author, bkm consultants, Germany


12:00 Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Driving Successful Implementation of EU Regulations with Certified Professionals (B21c) Jon France, Chief Information Security Officer, ISC2, United Kingdom

12:30-13:30 Lunch in Exhibits

Sycamore Ballroom

13:30-15:00 Track Sessions

Sycamore Ballroom
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R22)
Rail
Moderator: Gabor Hornyak, Head of Site & Process Certification, NXP Semiconductors, Hungary

13:30 Securing Railways: The Impact of Cybersecurity Standards and Certifications on Critical Infrastructure (R22a) Eddy Thesee, Vice President Product Cybersecurity, Alstom, France


14:00 Panel Discussion: Securing the Tracks—Navigating the NIS 2 and CRA in the Railway Industry (R22b) Leader: Amelia Alder, GRC Cybersecurity Manager, Knorr-Bremse, Switzerland; Panelists: Eddy Thesee, Vice President Product Cybersecurity, Alstom, France; Andreas Meyer, Chief Product Security Officer, Knorr-Bremse, Switzerland; Thomas Chatelet, Project Officer, European Railway Agency, France; Dominik Weidtmann, Procurement Rolling Stock, Deutsche Bahn, Germany [60 MIN]

Buckeye (First Floor)
Standards and Certification (S22)
Application
Moderator: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors, United Kingdom

13:30 Securing Europe’s Defence: Enhancing Defence Industrial Base Cybersecurity Maturity in the Face of New Defence Industrial Strategies (S22a) Krzysztof Swaczynski, CEO, SEQRED, Poland


14:00 Panel Discussion: What Should Be the Role of Basic Assurance and Self-Assessment in the CSA/CRA World? (S22b) Leader: Tony Boswell, Senior Principal Consultant, CyTAL UK Ltd, United Kingdom; Panelists: Constantinos Tsiourtos, Managing Director, KINEAS LLC, Law & Technology expert, Cyprus; Andreas Schmitt, Global Cyber Underwriting Manager, Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland; Carolina Lavatelli, CTO, Internet of Trust, France; Fabrice Heiser, Senior General Manager, Brightsight by SGS, Singapore [60 MIN]

Chestnut (First Floor)
Innovations in Assurance (F22)
Open Source
Moderator: Tobias Wagner, Head of BSI ITSEF, Brightsight by SGS, Austria

13:30 Security from the Start: The Financial and Operational Gains of Secure Software Development (F22a) Jeffrey Apolis, Principal Cybersecurity R&D Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, United States


14:00 Panel Discussion: How to Deal with Open-Source Software Used in a Product Under CRA? (F22b) Leader: Arnaud Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation and Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium; Panelists: Mikael Barbero, Head of Security, Eclipse Foundation Inc., Spain; Jordan Maris, EU Policy Analyst, The Open Source Initiative, Belgium; Jean-Charles Verdié, Head of Devices/IoT Field Engineering EMEA, Canonical, France; Matteo Mole, Manager for Cybersecurity Technologies and Innovation, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), Belgium [60 MIN]

15:00-15:30 Networking Break

Sycamore Ballroom. Exhibits close at 15:30.

15:30-16:30 Closing Presentation

Sycamore Ballroom

15:30 Summary Panel Discussion: EUCC and Global Challenges to Mutual Recognition (P23a) Leader: Pierre-Jean Verrando, Director General, Eurosmart, Belgium; Panelists: Sandro Amendola, Head of Standardization/Certification Department, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Germany; Henry Tan, Deputy Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Centre, Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Singapore; Jakub Dysarz, Cyber Attaché Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU, Poland; Julie Chuzel, Policy Officer on European Cybersecurity Certification, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France

16:30 Adjourn