CYBER
CHAMPIONS

2023 April 18Vilnius, Lithuania.

Event Begins In

Program

17 April

19:00 - 21:00

Hosted dinner for the participants of the event

18 April

08:00 - 09:30

NATO only breakfast

Hosted by:

- Greta Monika Tučkutė, Vice-Minister of National Defence of Lithuania

Kalniškės hall

08:00 - 09:30

Breakfast for Asia-Pacific partners

Hosted by:

- Liudas Ališauskas, Director of National Cyber Security Centre

Crowne Plaza

09:30 - 10:00

Arrival and registration to the Summit

10:00 - 10:05

Arvydas Anušauskas

Minister of National Defence of Lithuania

Welcome by Mr Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

10:05 - 10:30 PM

David van Weel

NATO Assistant Secretary General

Keynote address by Mr David van Weel, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break (opportunity for bilateral meetings)

Two parallel roundtable discussions

Session 1

11:00 - 13:00

Roundtable discussion on regional threats in West and East (Russian cyber-attacks and influence of Chinese technologies)

Moderator: Romualdas Petkevičius, former director of Regional Cyber Defence Centre

Introductions by:

- Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of Department of Home Affairs of Australia

- Rexhion Qafa, Head of Incident Management Team, National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security

- Pavel Stepanik, Deputy Director of the Strategic Affairs and Engagement Division of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency

- Dr. Loraine de la Fe, Cyber Threat Analyst, Microsoft

Session 2

11:00 - 13:00

Roundtable discussion on protection of critical infrastructure from emerging technologies

Moderator: Liudas Ališauskas, Director of National Cyber Security Centre

Introductions by:

- Christelle Bourquin, Deputy Director Cyber Security Unit under the MOD of Sweden

- Aviram Atzaba, Executive Director for International Cooperation Israel National Cyber Directorate of Israel

- Brandon Wales, Executive Director of the US Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency

- Jong Deuk Lim, 2nd Deputy National Security Adviser to the President National Security Office of the Republic of Korea

- Evaldas Serbenta, Director of the Core State Telecommunications Centre

- Jesper Bork Olsen, Chief Security Officer (EMEA North) of PaloAlto

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch (opportunity for bilateral meetings)

14:30 - 16:00

Plenary session (panel): International Cooperation between Transatlantic and Asia-Pacific Partners

Moderator: Mr Christian-Marc Lifländer Head of NATO Cyber Defence Section

Speakers:

- Michael Pezzullo, Secretary of Department of Home Affairs of Australia

- Masataka Okano, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan

- Dr. Regine Grienberger, Cyber Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office of Germany

- Scott Mongeau, EMEA Public Sector Defense, Policing, Intelligence Lead Engineer, Google

16:00 - 16:15

Kęstutis Budrys

Adviser to the President of Lithuania

Closing remarks by Mr Kęstutis Budrys, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania

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 Australia

David van Weel

NATO Assistant Secretary General

Brandon Wales

Executive Director of the US Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency

Kęstutis Budrys

Adviser to the President of Lithuania

Jong Deuk Lim

2nd Deputy National Security Adviser to the President National Security Office of the Republic of Korea

Masataka Okano

Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan

Greta Monika Tučkutė

Deputy Minister of National Defence of Lithuania

Dr. Regine Grienberger

Cyber Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office of Germany

Aviram Atzaba

Executive Director for International Cooperation Israel National Cyber Directorate of Israel

Liudas Ališauskas

Director of National Cyber Security Centre under the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania

Christelle Bourquin

Deputy Director Cyber Security Unit under the MOD of Sweden

Scott Mongeau

EMEA Public Sector Defense, Policing, Intelligence Lead Engineer, Google

Pavel Stepanik

Deputy Director of the Strategic Affairs and Engagement Division of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency

Jesper Bork Olsen

Chief Security Officer (EMEA North) of PaloAlto

Dr. Loraine de la Fe

Cyber Threat Context Analyst, Microsoft

Romualdas Petkevičius

Former director of Regional Cyber Defence Centre

Christian-Marc Lifländer

Head of Cyber and Hybrid Policy Section, Emerging Security Challenges Division, NATO Headquarters, Brussels

Evaldas Serbenta

Director of the Core State Telecommunications Centre

Topics

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.