Participants
Representatives of Permanent Missions in Geneva, experts from the capitals working on or interested in issues pertaining to water and cybersecurity, non-governmental and international organizations, as well as other interested stakeholders, academia and the private sector.
Provisional Agenda
14:00 – 14:30 Welcome addresses
• Prof Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Mr Mark Montgomery, Executive Director of the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission
• Ambassador Iztok Grmek, Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia - please see statement here
• Mr. Amir Saggie, Director of the Cybersecurity Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel
14:30 – 15:15 The state of cybersecurity of water infrastructure in Africa
• Moderator: Ambassador Tanja Miskova, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia - please see statement here
• UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – Mr Jean-Paul ADAM, Director, Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Division - please see presentation here
• Nigeria – Mr T. George-Maria Tyendezwa, CFE, Assistant Director| Cybercrime Prosecution Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice of Nigeria
• South Africa - Dr Masike Malatji, University of Johannesburg - please see presentation here
• Microsoft – Ms Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Digital Peace
15:15 – 16:30 Cybersecurity capacity building – opportunities for partnerships and cooperation
• Moderator: Dr Deborah Housen-Couriel, Chief Legal Officer and VP Regulation, Konfidas Digital Ltd., and Advisory Board Member at Hebrew University Law and Cyber Security Research Center
• EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) – Mr Patryk Pawlak - please see statement here
• Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) – Mr Chris Painter
• European Security and Defence College (ESDC) – Ms Agnieszka Wierzbicka
• Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) - Dr Robert S. Dewar
• CyberPeace Institute - Mr Stéphane Duguin, CEO
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion
