The Conference

The business association COTEC Portugal, the Portuguese National Center for Cybersecurity, the World Portuguese Network and the University of Maryland Baltimore County are co-organizing the conference “Innovation Meets Cybersecurity: The Public-Private Cooperation Challenge”.

This conference brings together international experts, companies, public decision-makers and academia in order to discuss the importance of cooperation in the conciliation of the benefits of digital innovation and the risks stemming from cyber attacks.

Regarding this theme, two pieces of European legislation have been put into practice that will be central to firms’ activity. The Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS), adopted in August 2016, is the first piece of EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) harmonizes data privacy in Europe and will be enforceable from 25 May 2018 on, with high penalties for no compliance.

Topics

• Understanding the novel risks of digital disruption in value chains

• Managing the investments in cybersecurity strategies (training, tools, ‘bring your own device’ and ‘air gapping’ policies)

• Developing a culture of security in all areas of the organization

• Discussing practices of embedding cybersecurity principles in digital innovation

• Examining barriers and inhibitors to public-private cooperation and governance mechanisms and good practices of global value chains

Speakers

Program

13.30 – 14.30 CHECK-IN & REGISTRATION

14.30 – 14.45 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Isabel Mota, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Filipe de Botton, World Portuguese Network

António Moreira, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Maria Manuel Marques, Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization

14.45 – 16.00 PANEL 1: Global Innovation Networks: Making the business case for cybersecurity

Keynote: Suzanne Spaulding, Former Under Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security

Panel Discussion: Suzanne Spaulding and Representatives from private sector

16.00 – 16.30 NETWORKING BREAK

16.30 – 18.05 PANEL 2: Governance of Public-Private Cooperation: Progress and challenges

Keynote: Donna Dodson, Chief Cybersecurity Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Panel Discussion: Donna Dodson and Representatives for public sector institutions

Toward a Global Norm Against Manipulating the Integrity of Financial Data
Keynote: Tim Maurer, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

18.05 – 18.15 CLOSING

António Gameiro Marques, CNCS

Francisco de Lacerda, COTEC Portugal