Cybersecurity Management
Challenges Symposium 2023
Hosted at Franklin University Switzerland
Program 2023
Session 1
Moderator: Davide Gai
12.45 – 13.30
Registration and welcome coffee pastries
The location will be at:
“Nielsen Auditorium”
at the Lugano-Sorengo Campus of Franklin University Switzerland.
13.30 – 13.50
Opening and welcome remarks by:
Kim Hildebrant,
Chairman Franklin University Switzerland
Chairman CMC Symposiums
(Lugano - Switzerland)
The Honorable Michele Foletti
Mayor City of Lugano
(Lugano - Switzerland)
The Honorable Norman Gobbi
State Councilor of the
Canton of Ticino
13.50 - 14.30
His Excellency
David Huang
Representative of Taiwan,
Cultural and Economic Delegation of Taiwan (Bern – Switzerland)
Morris Mottale
Professor Emeritus of Comparative
Politics and International Relations
Franklin University Switzerland
(Lugano - Switzerland)
Fireside chat moderated by Luca Tenzi
Topic: "Cybersecurity and International Relations"
Luca Tenzi
Corporate security and resilience expert
(Lugano - Switzerland)
14.30 - 14.50
Paolo Lezzi
President and Founder of In the Cyber Group
(Lugano, Switzerland)
"What is missing for a real cyber defense?"
14.50 – 15.10
Riccardo Masutti
Cybersecurity at Bitfinex & Tether | Founder AdFulcon SA (Lugano Switzerland)
"Guardians of the Digital Realm: Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape in Crypto"
15.10 – 15.30
Alessandro Trivilini
Head of Digital Forensics at SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences & Arts of Southern Switzerland (Lugano, Switzerland)
“Unleashing the strength of the scientific method in cyber incident response”
15.30 – 15.50
Gaetano Sanacore
Scientific Director of Italian Obervatory for CyberSecurity of Energetic Infrastructures
“Critical Infrastructures and Security European Directives (NIS2; CER;
EU-Machine Dir.2023 - 1230), what is the “AI” positive and Negative (eventually Impact?”
15.50 – 16.10
Alexandre Vautravers
Editor in Chief, www.revuemilitairesuisse.ch and scientific director, Centre d’Histoire et de Prospective Militaires (CHPM).
“Cyber and other multi-domain threats, operations, and conflicts”
16.10 – 16.40
Networking Coffee
Session 2
Moderator: Davide Gai
16.40 – 17.00
Federico Luperi
News Intelligence Director
of Volocom Technology
(Lugano, Switzerland & Milano, Italy)
“AI & Fake News”
17.00 – 17.20
Walter Maffione
CTO at AdFulcon SA
(Lugano, Switzerland)
"LLMs Unleashed: Cybersecurity Next Frontier"
17.20 – 17.40
Antoine d'Haussy
OT Security Practice Head EMEA
Fortinet, Inc
(Lausanne, Switzerland)
"How would Benjamin Franklin secure today’s Critical Infrastructure?"
17.40 – 18.00
Patrick Ghion
Chief Cyber Strategy Officer
State Police (Geneva, Switzerland)
"The Vision 2030 & The Metaverse"
18.00 – 18.20
By Zoom
Jenny Ebermann
Executive Director of Wikimedia (Lausanne, Switzerland)
By Zoom
Marc Bodmer
Cyberculturist & Journalist
(Zurich, Switzerland)
“The human aspect in technology and the gaming side of things”
18.20 – 18.40
Domenico Gallotta
Online Director at Casino' Lugano
(Lugano, Switzerland)
“A Safe Bet”
18.40 – 19.00
Sean Essue
Director of IT at Franklin University Switzerland
(Sorengo, Switzerland)
“The Franklin Case Study”
Closing Statement
Kim Hildebrant
Chairman Franklin University
Switzerland
Chairman CMC Symposiums
(Lugano - Switzerland)
Standing networking dinner kindly offered by Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino.