Future-Proofing Cybersecurity Panel Discussion & Workshop
 

PANEL DISCUSSION ON FUTURE-PROOFING CYBERSECURITY

The Panel Dscussion on Future-proofing Cybersecurity aims at investigating and discussing the current skills gap and professionals’ shortage in the IT security sector. The discussion will revolve around the effective solutions developed so far to cope with the situation and on ways to mainstream and scale them up.

Programme

10:00 – 10:30 Registration & Welcome Coffee

10:30 – 10:50 Setting the scene: Future-Proofing Cybersecurity

  • Jornt van der Wiel – Kaspersky Lab

 

10:50 – 11:45 Panel discussion moderated by Luc Blyaert

With contributions from:

  • Neil Owen – Robert Half
  • Chris Verdonck – Deloitte
  • Martijn van Lom – Kaspersky Lab
  • Daria Catalui – European Commission
  • Jean–Noël Colin – University of Namur

11:45 – 12:15 Question time

12:15 – 12:30 Wrap up and key take-aways


LUNCH RECEPTION

All invitees are welcomed for lunch

12:30 – 13:45

 

FUTURE CLASSROOM LAB CO-CREATION WORKSHOP

This highly interactive workshop ultimately aims to start designing innovative ways to make the cybersecurity sector and careers appealing to young people. The session will bring together key actors in the field of career guidance, secondary and tertiary education, cybersecurity and recruitment. The workshop will investigate how young people perceive cybersecurity careers, the skills and competences most needed in the sector, and engaging ways to enthuse young people about such careers.

14:00 – 14:10 Word Cloud Launch

14:10 – 15:10 first session – Understanding the cybersecurity sector, behind the scenes

       14:10 – 14:20 – First hands experience – short pitches

       14:20 – 15:00 – World café group session & debate (4 perspectives: professionals, employment / education, users’ sectors, youth)

       15:00 – 15:20 – Coffee break

       15:20 – 15:30 – Show & tell

15:30 – 16:20 second session – communicating effectively the cybersecurity sector

       15:30 – 15:40 – Career guidance, state of the art

        15:40 – 16:10 – Brown paper process mapping & gap analysis; group session and debate: where we are today, where we want to be tomorrow, how to get there

        16:10 – 16:20 – Show & tell

16:20 – 16:30 Closing & wrap up

16:30 – 17:30 Networking & light refreshment



Please click here to download the draft version of the programme.