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Program

2 days, 4 pillars, +35 sessions, +100 speakers

Theme: Cyber resilience for development

For an overview of the program, please click here.

The program sessions are based on 4 pillars:

Making international development cyber resilient, will make the case for mainstreaming cyber resilience into the international development agenda as a core enabler of digital, economic, and social development. It will discuss the dividends of embracing cyber resilience as an integral part of development cooperation and will foster a better understanding of the added value of incorporating cyber resilience across the strategic priorities of developing countries.

Collaborating to secure the digital ecosystem, will scale public-private collaboration and multi-stakeholder cooperation to address systemic challenges and vulnerabilities critical to securing the digital ecosystem. It will spotlight two critical areas where such collaborations are needed to advance sustainable cyber resilience for development: (1) narrowing the cybersecurity workforce/skills gap, and (2) protecting critical infrastructure and essential services.

Cyber capacity building (CCB) for stability and security, will address and support the role that cyber capacity building can play in strengthening the links between international security and sustainable development, and in contributing to an open, secure, stable, accessible, and peaceful ICT environment. The Conference can raise awareness of, and support, ongoing work at the UN relevant to the framework for responsible State behavior and protecting the digital environment, including through the expansion of capacity building efforts.

In addition, there are regional sessions and special sessions, which are indicated in the session title. Please note that the numbers of the pillars correspond with the numbers of the program sessions. The program may undergo slight adjustments, the website will always reflect the latest program.

Time
Title
Location
9-12

Opening Ceremony

Adlon Ballroom
11.15 - 12.30

1.1. Investing in cyber resilience

Adlon Ballroom
13:30 - 14:15

Lunch

Cedar Garden
14:15 - 15:15

3.10. Connection in progress: cyber resilience, development and international security

Adlon 1
14:15 - 15:15

2.5. Closing the cybersecurity skills gap in developing countries: developing an action agenda

Adlon 2
14:15 - 15:15

1.3. Driving impact: making the case for better evaluation of cyber capacity building

Adlon 3
14:15 - 15:15

4.24 Blueprints for tomorrow: multi- stakeholder models for cyber resilience

Chez George
14:15 - 15:15

Regional session: Africa

Stafford
14:15 - 15:15

Special Session: Combatting Cybercrime with the Counter Ransomware Initiative

Palm
15.30 - 16.30

2.8. Staying ahead of the curve: cybercrime in the era of new tech

Adlon 1
15.30 - 16.30

4.17. It takes a village! The community behind successful technical capacity

Adlon 2
15.30 - 16.30

4.18. Not all about the money: how low-income countries can strengthen their cyber resilience

Adlon 3
15.30 - 16.30

2.6. Strengthening the resilience of critical information infrastructure

Chez George
15.30 - 16.30

Regional session: The Americas and Carribean

Stafford
16.45 - 17.45

1.2. Genie in a bottle? Market mechanisms for cyber resilient development

Adlon 1
16.45 - 17.45

4.27. Hacking the gender gap: unconventional strategies for women’s inclusion in cybersecurity

Adlon 2
16.45 - 17.45

4.22. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: developing national cyber crisis management plan

Adlon 3
16.45 - 17.45

4.23. Think global, build local: the role of regional cyber capacity centers

Chez George
16.45 - 17.45

Regional session: South-East Asia

Stafford
16.45 - 17.45

Special Session: Global mandates, local actions – How cybersecurity capacity building can help implement international commitments

Palm
18:00 - 19:00

2.9. Stronger together: cross-regional approaches to cooperation in cyber capacity building

Adlon 1
18:00 - 19:00

4.15. Volunteerism and other innovative approaches to building skills in cyber-poor environments

Adlon 2
18:00 - 19:00

4.16. Sharing is caring: strategic role of information sharing in the African CERT community

Adlon 3
18:00 - 19:00

4.34. What it takes! Scaling cybersecurity tools and solutions

Chez George
18:00 - 19:00

Regional session: Pacific

Stafford
18:00 - 19:00

Special Session: Cybercrime stakeholder engagement initiative

Palm
20.00

GC3B Dinner

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Time
Title
Location
9.00 - 10.00

Plenary session

Adlon Ballroom
11.00 - 12.00

1.4. Leave no country behind? Addressing assymetries and politics in cyber capacity building

Adlon 1
11.00 - 12.00

3.12. Applying a principles-based approach to cyber capacity building

Adlon 2
11.00 - 12.00

4.20. Cyber resilience in the energy sector: distribution, transmission and digitalization

Adlon 3
11.00 - 12.00

4.25. Unlocking national cybersecurity capacity: a systems approach to building a comprehensive cybersecurity education ecosystem

Chez George
12:15 - 13:00

Regional session: Western-Balkans

Palm
12.15 - 13.15

3.11. Back to the future: lessons for cyber capacity building

Adlon 1
12.15 - 13.15

4.19. How to make Africa’s digital financial services more cyber resilient?

Adlon 2
12.15 - 13.30

3.13. Leveling the playing field: how international law expertise can strengthen cyber resilience

Adlon 3
12.15 - 13.30

2.7. Sharing the success: lessons for developing effective cyber capacity partnerships

Chez George
12.15 - 13.45

Special Session: Improving cyber capacity building evaluation practice – knowledge sharing and community building

Stafford
13.15 - 14-15

Special Session: A future for all – how enhancing legislative and regulatory preparedness can ensure an even adoption of artificial intelligence globally

Palm
13:15 - 14:30

Lunch

Cedar Garden
14.30 - 15.30

4.21. Driving change from within: bottom-up approaches in criminal justice capacity building

Adlon 1
14.30 - 15.30

4.28. Stars, clouds and deep seas: Ensuring secure and resilient communications infrastructure

Adlon 2
14.30 - 15.30

4.14. Integrating cybersecurity in development assistance programs

Adlon 3
14.30 - 15.30

4.26. Thinking out of the box to inspire a new generation of cybersecurity talent

Chez George
14.30 - 15.30

Special session: Mainstreaming cybersecurity into digital development: inputs for multistakeholder compendium

Stafford
14.30 - 16.00

Special Session: Using encryption to secure government data and digital services

Palm
16.00 - 16.30

Closing ceremony

Adlon Ballroom