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WEBCAST APR 22 – COcyber Roundtable on Defence – Civilian Synergies in Cybersecurity

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On Wednesday April 22, 2026, at 13:00-18:00 CEST (11:00-16:00 UTC) the Coordination between the Cybersecurity Civilian and Defense Spheres (COcyber) project hosts a roundtable: ‘Defence – Civilian Synergies in Cybersecurity‘. The roundtable will focus on identifying strategic synergies between civilian and defence cybersecurity actors, discussing findings from the COcyber Needs Assessment (D2.2), and examining opportunities for skills framework consolidation, including alignment between Belgian CyFun and NIST v2. The event is supported by the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).

PROGRAMME (All times CEST = UTC+2)

13:00 Welcome & introduction

13:10 Agenda & objectives of the day

13:20 PANEL 1: Building defence together: strategic synergies for cyber and capability development
NATO Cyber & Digital Transformation Division
European Defence Agency (EDA)
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
Belgian Cyber Command / CCB
Moderator: Mario Beccia, Council of the European Union, Director Cybersecurity

14:40 PANEL 2: EU Research for Cyber
Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition
European Cybersecurity Competence Centre
DG CONNECT
Strategic EU research representatives
Incident Management & Threat Exchange
Moderator: Georges Ataya, Professor and Academic Director / Vice-President, Solvay Brussels School /

16:00 PANEL 3: Research, Cyber skills and education
Education & Skills Development – ESDC Model
Comparison of cybersecurity Skills frameworks across military and civilian – The Rosetta Stone research
Moderator: Georges Ataya – Professor and Academic Director/ Vice-President, Solvay Brussels School/ Belgian Cybersecurity Coalition

16:40 PANEL 4: Industry & Defence: Turning Dual-Use Technology into Operational Advantage
Thales Group
Microsoft
Sopra Steria
Google
Moderator: Steve Purser, Former Head of Core Operations Department, ENISA

17:20 – 17:40 Further actions & reporting

17:40 – 17:45 Concluding remarks

 

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