This is a preliminary program and is subject to changes in timings and content.
Keynote speaker: Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director, Executive Director, European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC)
Keynote speaker:
Rik Ferguson, VP Security Intelligence at Forescout | Special Advisor at Europol | Advisory Board at Vaultree | Venture Partner at Sparkmind Capital
Panel Discussion:
Panelists:
Dejan Dušić, Group CISO, AikGroup
Nenad Popović, CISO, Addiko banka
Sanja Kekić, President, Women4Cyber
Panel Discussion: Supply Chain Under Pressure: Building Resilience Across Connected Industries
The primary challenge in bridging diverse industries lies in identifying their shared cyber vulnerabilities. This panel highlights that modern threats no longer target single organizations in isolation. Instead, they exploit the interconnectedness of global ecosystems.
Goran Dželajlija, Regional Information Security Officer (RISO) for Europe, Philip Morris International
Dr Milena Nikolić, Cybersecurity Contract Manager, Siemens Energy
Panel discussion: Navigating the Legal and Technical Frontiers of Cybersecurity – NIS 2 and Local Laws – Practical steps and knowhow
Srđan Cicmil, Information Security Country Lead for Serbia, Group Cyber Security Office, Ahold Delhaize
Milan Vojvodić, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Information Society and Information Security Sector, Ministry of Information and Telecommunications (to be confirmed)
Marko Gulan, Cybersecurity Advisor to the Boards, CEO, Astera Advisory
For the first time, the interactive platform brings together key stakeholders from across Serbia’s cybersecurity sector, including companies, startups, government institutions, regulators, CERT teams, educational institutions, civil society organizations, international partners, and support programs.
The launch of Serbia’s Cybersecurity Ecosystem Map represents a major step forward for the country’s cyber community and an important reference point for the wider Western Balkans region.
Labour Gap: How to solve the “chronic deficit” and what next?
Panel Discussion: Resilience Without a Pause: SEPA, Zero Trust 2.0, and Banking’s New Architecture of Trust
Speakers:
Nenad Popović, CISO, Addiko Bank Srbija
AI-Driven SecOps (Evolution of Operations): How artificial intelligence is transforming the daily workflow of SOC and CERT teams by automating incident triage and reducing alert fatigue. The focus is on shifting from reactive detection to proactive threat prediction.
Network Intelligence & Visibility: In the era of hybrid work and cloud infrastructure, traditional network perimeters no longer exist. Discussion on how advanced network detection and response (NDR) and threat intelligence help teams spot sophisticated, hidden anomalies in real time.
Cyber Resilience Beyond Compliance: Regulatory mandates (such as NIS2) establish a necessary baseline, but mere compliance does not guarantee security. How to build a culture of true resilience where SOC/CERT operations focus on business continuity and surviving attacks, rather than just checking compliance boxes.
Human-Machine Synergy in Crisis Management: While AI and automation are powerful tools, incident response still relies heavily on human expertise. How to effectively balance roles between AI assistants and human analysts to accelerate mean time to respond (MTTR) to complex threats while retaining key talent within the team.
Panelists:
Leo Valentić, CEO, Resilix
Nenad Milisavljević, Group Cyber Security Director and Global CISO, United Group
Vladimir Petrović, Team Leader for Cybersecurity & SOC, Unicom Telecom
Panel Discussion: Global Cyber Threats & Critical Infrastructure: From Threat Intelligence to Grid Resilience
As IT and operational technology (OT) converge, critical infrastructure, power grids, and global supply chains face highly coordinated, multi-layered threats that target entire commercial ecosystems. This panel dissects the harsh realities of real-time breach response and the strategic shift from basic regulatory compliance to true organizational resilience.
Operational Reality and Vulnerability in the Power Grid: Exploring how IT/OT integration exposes physical assets—such as smart grids, substations, and production lines—to digital manipulation, where a single breach can cause immediate kinetic and economic fallout.
The Critical First 60 Minutes of Incident Response: Deconstructing the high-stakes coordination between SOC and CERT teams during the golden hour of a crisis, focusing on automated containment playbooks and the decisive business actions needed to prevent a domino effect.
Moving Beyond Compliance (NIS2, ISO 27001, and Supply Chain Risk)
Panelists:
TBC
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This is a preliminary program and is subject to changes in timings and content.