Event agenda
Thursday, 1 October 2026
09:00 - 10:00
Arrival & Registration
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:20
10:20 - 10:40
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:20
11:20 - 11:30
11:35 - 12:20
Networking Break
12:20 - 12:35
Platinum Sponsor: Tactical effectiveness: shifting power away from attackers
1 speaker
Hosted by
12:35 - 12:50
The state of cyber defense – national threats & state response
David Merz (Lead Incident Handler, CERT BUND)
1 speaker
12:35 - 13:35
Workshop: Building resilient OT operations' subtitle - A peer roundtable for CISOs securing Operational Technology. (part 1)
Moderated by Adnan Ahmed (CISO, Ornua) and Christian Brennsteiner (Cyber Resilience Manager, Salzburg AG)
2 speakers
12:50 - 13:05
13:05 - 13:20
13:30 - 14:45
Networking Lunch
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
15:00 - 16:00
Exclusive Diamond Sponsor Workshop: Permanently Imminent: How to Read the Evidence on AI-Enabled Attacks
2 speakers
Hosted by
15:15 - 16:00
Panel - Empowering CISOs: ECSO's vision for active community engagement
5 speakers
16:00 - 16:45
Networking Break
16:45 - 17:00
Platinum Sponsor: AI Trust vs Uptime: Why Available, Secure, and Compliant Is No Longer Enough
1 speaker
Hosted by
17:00 - 17:15
17:00 - 18:00
Platinum Sponsor Workshop: Resilience on Trial - Interactive CXO Crisis Simulation
1 speaker
Hosted by
17:15 - 17:30
The importance of understanding the cyber-physical dimension of the Iberian blackout
1 speaker
17:30 - 17:45
Global offensive security operations - building capabilities with AI enhancement
1 speaker
17:45 - 18:00
Security and privacy challenges in AI-enabled and agentic software development lifecycles
1 speaker
18:00 - 18:15
Emerging Cyber Threats in a Fragmented World: Geopolitics, Collective Emotions and AI Driven Information Disorder
1 speaker
18:15 - 22:15
Networking Drinks
19:15 - 21:15
Networking Dinner
Friday, 2 October 2026
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:05
Platinum Sponsor: Cyber resilience in the age of Frontier AI: How to succeed the transformation to machine speed?
1 speaker
Hosted by
11:05 - 11:20
Lessons learned from the coordinated cyberattacks of 29 December 2025 on Poland energy infrastructure
1 speaker
11:05 - 12:05
Gold Sponsor Workshop: Demystifying CTEM in the age of Frontier AI
2 speakers
Hosted by
11:20 - 11:35
11:35 - 12:15
Networking Break
12:10 - 13:10
12:15 - 12:30
Platinum Sponsor: Rebuilding Identity Trust in the AI and Quantum Era
1 speaker
Hosted by
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 - 13:00
Europe's first marketplace and ranking system for cyber solutions - Cyberhive Matrix 2026
1 speaker
13:00 - 13:30
Panel: Minimum Viable Security for AI: How to encourage the usage of AI while guardrailing it's capabilities.
Hosted by CISO Alliance Deutschland
3 speakers
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 15:00