Case study
The 10th Annual European Cyber Security Conference
23 March 2023 The Stanhope Hotel, Brussels
Key Speakers Included
Margaritis Schinas
Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission
Viktor Zhora
Deputy Chairman and Chief Digital Transformation Officer, State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO
Liesyl Franz
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron
Head of Unit Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Policy, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Marina Kaljurand
Member, European Parliament
Miguel Angel Amutio Gómez
Deputy Director General for Cybersecurity Planning and Coordination, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain
André Erich Denk
Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Tarja Fernández
Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Jurriën Norder
Senior Advisor International Relations, National Cyber Security Centre, (NCSC)
Manon Le Blanc
Head of Sector, Cyber Security, EEAS
Domenico Ferrara
Cybersecurity Officer, ENISA
Ann Mennens
Cyber Aware Programme Manager, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Getter Oper
Policy Officer, Defence Technologies, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Yiannis Pavlosoglou
Chairperson Compensation/CEO Succession Committee Chair, (ISC)²
Rigo Van den Broeck
Executive Vice President, Cyber Security Product Innovation, Mastercard
Royal Hansen
VP of Privacy, Safety and Security Engineering, Google
Giacomo Speretta
SVP Marketing and International Business, Leonardo Spa - Cyber & Security Solutions Division
John Fokker
Head of Threat Intelligence & Principal Engineer, Trellix
Florian Pennings
Director EU Government Affairs – Cybersecurity, Microsoft
Hadrien Valembois
Senior Manager, Policy – EMEA, BSA | The Software Alliance
Job titles correct at the time of the event
Event Summary
Forum Europe hosted the 10th Annual European Cyber Security Conference on 23rd March in Brussels, gathering 219 in-person participants to celebrate this milestone and to explore Europe’s response to cyber security issues in a dynamically evolving global risk landscape.
The 10th edition of this conference took place in the context of the rise - in number, level of sophistication and nature - of cyber threats we have seen in the past year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and explored the extent to which the EU’s cyber policy agenda truly allows the block to protect against, prevent and respond to cyber-attacks, while enhancing the competitiveness of the EU’s cybersecurity industry at global level.
This annual European Cybersecurity Conference is part of Forum Europe’s Own-Initiative division where our event producers conceive, plan and deliver event programmes focused on the critical pillars of EU policy. We work independently and alongside policymakers, the civil society as well as industry stakeholders to ensure the content remains timely and relevant.
What We Did:
- Research and programme production
- Identification and invitations of speakers, as well as regular contact with those confirmed to organise the content and format of their contribution
- Sponsor recruitment and management
- Exclusive, invitation-only Pre-Conference dinner organisation with speakers and sponsors of the conference as well VIP guests.
- Raising awareness for the event through mailings, personal invitations and social media posts and translate these activities into registrations
- Organisation of the virtual participation of two speakers
- Website and registration platform design, including the set-up of a waiting list when the event became oversubscribed
- Registrations and delegates management
- Full AV set up and fulfilment, stage design and collaboration with suppliers
- Onsite presence at the event to coordinate all final technical and choreographic arrangements, catering organisation, welcome of speakers and assistance to delegates.
- Coordination of post-event materials, including a highlights video with speaker interviews
Event Partners
Event Gallery
Testimonials
“Great panel discussion and impeccable organisation.”
Domenico Ferrara, Cybersecurity Officer, ENISA
“I enjoyed the networking opportunities and want to applaud the excellent management of the whole event. I regularly organise events as well, so am very much aware of what it all entails.”
Ann Mennens, Cyber Aware Programme Manager DG DIGIT, European Commission
“Thank you for bringing us together, and for the excellent organisation and hospitality! This year’s event was again a great success.”
Iva Tasheva, Co-Founder & Cyber Security Lead, CYEN SCS
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