The Speakers
The Summit draws participants from around the globe. They are the champions in the cyber security field, either from the policy perspective or from the implementation side.
Lithuania is proud to have such prominent persons to speak and participate in the discussions about most relevent cybersecurity issues. Below are mentioned few of the cyber champions, who will take a role of speakers in the event.
Michael Pezzullo
Secretary of Department of Home Affairs of AustraliaDavid van Weel
NATO Assistant Secretary GeneralBrandon Wales
Executive Director of the US Cyber and Infrastructure Security AgencyKęstutis Budrys
Adviser to the President of LithuaniaJong Deuk Lim
2nd Deputy National Security Adviser to the President National Security Office of the Republic of KoreaMasataka Okano
Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat of JapanGreta Monika Tučkutė
Deputy Minister of National Defence of LithuaniaDr. Regine Grienberger
Cyber Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office of GermanyAviram Atzaba
Executive Director for International Cooperation Israel National Cyber Directorate of IsraelLiudas Ališauskas
Director of National Cyber Security Centre under the Ministry of National Defence of LithuaniaChristelle Bourquin
Deputy Director Cyber Security Unit under the MOD of SwedenScott Mongeau
EMEA Public Sector Defense, Policing, Intelligence Lead Engineer, GooglePavel Stepanik
Deputy Director of the Strategic Affairs and Engagement Division of the National Cyber and Information Security AgencyJesper Bork Olsen
Chief Security Officer (EMEA North) of PaloAltoDr. Loraine de la Fe
Cyber Threat Context Analyst, MicrosoftRomualdas Petkevičius
Former director of Regional Cyber Defence CentreChristian-Marc Lifländer
Head of Cyber and Hybrid Policy Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO Headquarters, BrusselsEvaldas Serbenta
Director of the Core State Telecommunications CentreTopics
Regional Threats in West and East
- Cyber warfare lessons in the war against Ukraine: malicious Russian activities in cyberspace
- Worldwide Chinese technological ecosystem: governance through technology supply and ways to counterbalance
- China - Russia cooperation in malicious cyber activities: attribution and response
Protection of critical infrastructure from emerging technologies
- Critical infrastructure protection: adversaries and TTPs
- Emerging (disruptive) technologies: new risks or opportunities: AI and 5G technologies
- Supply chains‘ protection: vulnerabilities and ways to tackle them
International cooperation between Transatlantic and Asia-Pacific partners
- International cooperation mechanisms: Counter Ransomware Initiative/AUKUS/QUAD
- Regional cooperation efforts: initiatives providing practical benefits- e.g. RCDC
- Partnerships with private sector: existing and future cooperation solutions to address cyber threats, supply chain, talent shortage
About the Summit
Cyber Champions Summit: a bridge between the Transatlantic and Asia-Pacific is specifically designed for high-level national cyber policy coordinators from NATO Allies and Asia-Pacific partners. It provides a forum to hold open and active discussions on the most relevant cybersecurity issues.
A key focus of the event – lessons learnt from the war in Ukraine and countering Russia’s malicious cyber activities as well as the technological dependency on China, protection of critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks by malicious state and non-state actors, and strengthening of international cooperation between NATO and Asia-Pacific partners, in addition to the role of Public-Private Partnership in cyber security.
Agenda of the event consists of an introduction with a keynote speech, two simultaneous roundtable discussions on different topics and a panel discussion, which will be followed by closing remarks.