11 June 2026
Conferences
On 11 June, TDL and SEC4AI4SEC, a Horizon Europe project, are organising a half day conference on different aspects and dimensions pertaining to AI and cybersecurity, hosted with the friendly support of the Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU at rue Montoyer 21 in Brussels.
AI security has become a significant issue in AI systems development and adoption, in addition to its role as a tool supporting both defenders and attackers. From AI-assisted cyber-attacks to data exfiltration, in attacks on critical infrastructure and in support of widespread fraud, AI security has become a top issue.
The conference will discuss and explore topics related to AI security attacks, LLM-specific threats, the latest developments in relevant standardisation as well as AI’s use by defenders in the protection of critical infrastructure, improving evidence of issues and detecting attacks better and earlier than is possible without AI.
Interested? Register and join us on 11 June in the afternoon
Why attend?
As AI continues to reshape our digital world, ensuring AI security as well as leveraging AI to enhance cybersecurity is becoming ever more critical. This event brings together researchers, developers, cybersecurity professionals, and industry leaders to explore the intersection of AI and cybersecurity who will gain insights on:
- 🔐 Security for AI – protecting AI systems from emerging threats
- 📏 AI Standardisation – building trustworthy and compliant AI systems
- 🤖 AI for Security – leveraging AI to strengthen cybersecurity
What to expect
- Expert-led panel discussions
- Real-world use cases and insights
- Interactive demos
- Networking with a cross-disciplinary community
Agenda
15:00 Coffee and tea
15:15 Welcome addresses
- Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU
- David Goodman, Conference Moderator; Senior Consultant, Trust in Digital Life
15:20 Introduction to the SEC4AI4SEC project
- Fabio Massacci, SEC4AI4SEC project leader; Professor, University of Trento
15:30 Panel Discussion: Security for AI
The wider cybersecurity community had a reasonably good idea as to what the threat landscape looked like before the advent of AI technologies, so the focus and scope of this first panel is to look at emerging threats – from AI-assisted cyber-attacks to data exfiltration, LLM-specific threats, in attacks on critical infrastructure and in support of widespread fraud – and assessing how they can be best tackled.
- Afonso Ferreira, Research Director, IRIT (Institut de Recherches en Informatique de Toulouse) and Scientific Advisor for Europe, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
- Apostolos Fournaris, Research Director, Industrial Systems Institute (ISI)
- Davide Martini, Senior Expert, Cybersecurity in Aviation, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
- Stephan Marwedel, Technical Expert, Airbus (Hamburg)
- Maura Pintor, Assistant Professor, PRA Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari
16:30 Coffee and tea break
16:45 Panel Discussion: AI and Security Standardisation
The second panel picks up on the theme of threat assessment and what steps the standards bodies, regulators and compliance assessors are taking or planning on taking to address the emerging challenges.
- Angelo D’Amato, Founder, Vulnir; STAN4CR Rapporteur, CEN and CENELEC
- Sammy Haddad, Research Director, Oppida
- Rob van der Veer, Chief AI Officer, Software Improvement Group (SIG)
- Katinka Clausdatter Worsøe, Attaché for Digitalization, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the Council of Europe
More speakers to be announced shortly!
17:30 Panel Discussion: AI for Security
In the final session, we will discuss to what extent powerful AI tools can and are also being developed and adopted by defenders to protect critical enterprise and infrastructure assets as well as being able to improve evidence of issues and detecting attacks better and earlier than was possible without AI.
- Michele Bezzi, Product Security Manager, SAP
- Agathe Blaise, Research Engineer, Thales (Gennevilliers, Île-de-France)
- Peter Hegedus, Frontend Developer, FrontEndArT Ltd
- Wouter Joosen, Professor, Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven
- Evangelos Markakis, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Principal Investigator Pasiphae.eu Lab, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Heraklion
- Riccardo Scandariato, Professor and Head of the Institute of Software Security, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
18:30 Social networking with table-top demos
21:00 Carriages
Still nterested? Don’t hesitate, register now and we’ll meet on 11 June in the afternoon