9:00 - 9:30
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Location: Constanta Maritime University
9:30 - 9:45
Opening Remarks
Speakers include Prof. Gabriel Raicu, Rector of Constanța Maritime University, and Dr. Niculae Iancu from the Maritime Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence.
9:45 - 10:00
Kickoff Keynote: Accelerating European Cybersecurity Innovation in a Competitive Digital Landscape
Presented by Dr. Daniel Dumitrescu, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of InnovX.
10:00 - 10:30
Panel Discussion on Uniting European Technology Innovation
Featuring Ovidiu Pismac from Microsoft, John McCarthy of Oxford Systems, a representative from IBM (to be confirmed), and Andrei Ionita from Bitdefender, moderated by Robert Pufan.
10:30 - 11:00
Discussion on Investment Challenges and Financial Instruments
Panelists include Marton Szoke from Radix Ventures, Konstantinos Lafkas of Unifund, a representative from Karma Ventures (to be confirmed), and Suleiman Arabiat from Elevator Ventures, moderated by Daniel Dumitrescu.
11:00 - 12:00
Showcase of New Technologies
Featuring presentations by Florin Cojocaru, Vlad Cazan, Valentin Bargau, Marijan Bračić, and Virginia Zetu, moderated by Anca Luca.
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 - 16:00
Cybersecurity Workshop
Kickstarting with a special guest speech by Adrian Marinescu, Director of Technology Consulting at EY, the workshop involves assessing resilience against large-scale cyber attacks on critical infrastructures. Participants, including representatives from various organizations, will focus on collaborations to improve response strategies, work in teams to execute a crisis assessment, and present an initial report with proposed solutions.
Moderator: Emanuel Cernat, Managing Partner, Corporate Affairs Strategies.
16:00 - 16:15
Conclusion and Closing Remarks
The workshop aims to produce actionable policy recommendations derived from the insights acquired during the session.