Event agenda
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
10:00 - 10:30
Arrival and Registration
10:30 - 10:45
Intro STARtup Award & Presentation of Judging Panel
10:30 - 21:00
Networking
- The Riverside
Meeting duration:15 minutes time slots
10:45 - 11:30
Pitches STARtup Award (1st session)
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:30
Pitches STARtup Award (2nd session)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:00
Opening keynote: ECSO's Chairperson
Andrea Campora - Chairperson, ECSO & Managing Director, Leonardo's Cyber & Security Solutions Division
14:00 - 14:15
Institutional keynote: European Commission tbd
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:15
Networking
15:15 - 15:30
Keynote: Polish Secretary of State in the Ministry of Digital Affairs
Paweł Olszewski - Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:15
Fireside chat: Building the European cybersecurity ecosystem
- Despina Spanou - Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect) - Andrea Campora - Chairperson, ECSO & Managing Director, Leonardo's Cyber & Security Solutions Division
16:15 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:30
Networking
17:30 - 17:45
Bitdefender Keynote
17:45 - 18:00
Institutional keynote: European Commission tbd
18:00 - 18:15
Announcement of the Winner of STARtup & W4C Awards
18:15 - 18:30
10 Years of ECSO - Remarks from ECSO Board & founding members
18:30 - 18:40
18:40 - 21:00
Networking Reception
Thursday, 25 June 2026
09:00 - 09:30
Arrival & Networking
09:30 - 09:45
Intro CISO Choice Award & Presentation of Judging Panel
09:45 - 10:30
Pitches CISO Choice Award
10:00 - 16:15
Networking
- The Riverside
Meeting duration:15 minutes time slots
10:30 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:15
Institutional keynote: European Commission DG DEFIS
Lorena Boix Alonso - Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DEFIS)
11:15 - 11:45
An ecosystem built over time: ECSO’s role in advancing European cybersecurity financing
2 speakers
11:45 - 12:00
Sponsor keynote
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:15
Fireside chat: tbd
14:15 - 14:45
Fireside chat: European strategy on space
14:45 - 15:30
Networking
15:30 - 15:45
CISO Talk: From certainty to probability: when failure becomes an option
Stephane Lenco - CISO, Thales Group
15:45 - 16:00
Announcement of winner of CISO's Choice Award
16:00 - 16:15