University of Bari Aldo Moro
and the
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security

International Conference

​Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation

16 December 2021 – 09:00-16:30, The Port Authority of the Adriatic Sea - BARI

About

The event aims to connect senior public administration officials, academics, industry, and business representatives working in the cybersecurity sector, in response to the European Commission's call to raise awareness of threats existing in cyberspace, following their exponential increase.

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Objective of the event is the sharing of defense and resilience strategies in the National, European, and international context with a look at the best practices of one of the countries most committed to cyber defense, Israel.

Program

Moderator: Paolo di Gianantonio, Journalist, Rai

08:30-10:00

Welcome and Registration

10:00-11:00

Greetings

• Giuseppe Pirlo, Delegate to the Third Mission, UniBa

• Stefano Bronzini, Rector of UniBa

• Antonio Decaro, President ANCI

• Antonia Bellomo, Prefect of Bari

• Ugo Patroni Griffi, President of the Port Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea

• Luigi De Santis, Honorary Consul of Israel - Puglia

Opening Remarks

• Francesco Cupertino, Rector of PoliBa

• Gianna Elisa Berlingerio, Director Apulian Region economic development

• Salvatore Latronico, President of the Apulian IT District

• Michele Boccardi, Senator of the Italian Republic, Defense Commission

• Antonio Uricchio, President ANVUR

11:00-11:30

The Italian Cybersecurity Strategy

• Roberto Baldoni, Director of the National Cybersecurity Agency

11:30-12:20

The Israeli Way

• Yigal Una, Director General of Israel National Cyber Directorate

• Gabi Siboni, Prof. The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security

12:20-13:00

National Cybersecurity Strategy – The Way Ahead

• Annita Larissa Sciacovelli, Prof. of International Law, Cybersecurity Specialist, UniBa

• Paolo Prinetto, Director of the CINI Cybersecurity Laboratory

13:00-14:00

Light Lunch

14:00-14:45

Professional and Academic Round Table

• Carmela Minuto, Former Senator of the Italian Republic

• Roberto Setola, Director, Master Homeland Security, Campus Biomedico

• Antonino Vaccaro, Director, Department of Business Ethics, IESE, Barcelona

• Danilo Caivano, Prof. Department of Computer Science, UniBa

14:45-15:30

Industry and R&D Round Table

TBD

15:30-16:00

Q&A

16:00-16:30

Concluding Remarks

• Giuseppe Pirlo, Delegate to the Third Mission, UniBa

Scientific Commitee

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