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Program

December 3rd 2024
Executive Halls, “Salvo D’Acquisto” Carabinieri Barracks

AGENDA

The schedule of the speeches is not final and may be subject to changes in the agenda.

8:45 am Registration of participants and welcome coffee

9:30 am Start of the proceedings

Introduction:

  • Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Welcome greetings

Speech: “Space Economy, Opportunities for Innovation and Economic Development”

  • Roberto Cingolani, CEO and DG, Leonardo

Speech: “Underwater, challenges and developments of the new domain”

  • Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO and DG, Fincantieri

Institutional greetings: “The bill (Ddl) to govern the submarine dimension and the establishment of the Agency for the Safety of Submarine Activities (ASAS)”

  • Nello Musumeci, Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies

Speech: “How to govern the underwater dimension and the strategic role the Navy will increasingly play”

  • Enrico Credendino, Admiral, Chief of Staff, Italian Navy

Speech:

  • Luca Goretti, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff, Italian Air Force

Intervento:

  • Giovanni Gagliano, Lieutenant General, Head of 6th Division, ITC, Cyber and Telecommunications, Defence General Staff

Speech:

  • Alessandra Guidi, Deputy Director, Department of Security Intelligence (DIS)

Speech: “Space Economy, the parliamentary procedure kicks off: the latest news on the bill”

  • Andrea Mascaretti, President, Space Economy Parliamentary Intergroup

Speech: “Defence Space Operations in current and future security scenarios”

  • Luca Monaco, Brigadier General (Italian Army), Commander of the Space Operations Command (COS)

Speech: “Submarine cables: challenges, gaps and investments in the EU”

  • Franco Accordino, Head of Unit, Investment in High-Capacity Networks, European Commission

Speech: “The maritime dimension and the underwater challenge”

  • Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto, SCSMM, Admiral, Italian Navy and President of the Strategic Management Committee, PNS – Polo Nazionale di Dimensione Subacquea (National Underwater Dimension Hub)

Speech: “Opportunities and challenges for NATO’s deterrence and defence in the Space and Maritime domains’’

  • Giorgio Cioni, Armament & Aerospace Capabilities Director, A&ACAP, NATO

Panel: “Space and Underwater on Parliament’s schedule”

  • Pino Bicchielli, Defence Committee, Chamber of Deputies
  • Andrea Casu, Vice President, Transport, Post and Telecommunications Committee, Chamber of Deputies

Panel: “Will satellites and submarine cables be targeted by countries that see the West as hostile?”

  • Marco Aliberti, Associated Manager and Lead on International Engagement, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
  • Enrico Borghi, Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, Senate of the Republic
  • Giuseppe Cataldo,Assistant Chief for Technology, NASA
  • Antonio Deruda, Digital Geopolitics Lecturer
  • Antonio Sturiale, Director, Domain Telecommunication Italy, Thales Alenia Space

Speech: “Electromagnetic and Cyber Spectrum in space and underwater defence”

  • Domitilla Benigni, Elettronica CEO & COO, CY4GATE Chairman

Speech:

  • Giulia Pastorella, Member, Transport, Post and Telecommunications Committee, Chamber of Deputies

Panel: Cybersecurity in Space and Underwater

  • Marco Brancati, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Telespazio
  • Stefano Mele, Head of Cybersecurity & Space Law Department, Gianni & Origoni
  • Giuseppe Mocerino,President, Netgroup
  • Tommaso Occhipinti, Co-Founder and CEO, QTI

Speech:

  • Emilio Gisondi, CEO, Defence Tech Holding

Speech:

  • Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy*

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Networking and Round Tables

  1. Cyber Security in Space Communications
  2. Defending Submarine Cables and Energy Pipelines
  3. Critical Infrastructure, Interdependences and Cyber Security between Space Communication Networks and Submarine Cables
  4. Advanced Encryption Technologies
  5. International Regulations and Governance
  6. Space Economy and The Role of Satellites, Anti-Digital Divide Technology

3:15 pm Speech:

  • Alessio Butti, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers*

3:30 pm

  • Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia

Reports from the Round Table Ambassadors

Speech:

  • Luca Salamone, Director General, Italian Space Agency, ASI

Speech:

  • Enrico Bagnasco, CEO, Sparkle

Panel: “The New Frontiers of Space Energy”

  • Giorgio Graditi, General Manager, Enea
  • Dario Tamburrano, Member of European Parliament
  • Matteo Zoppas, President, ICE Agency *
  • Representative, Enel

Speech: “A strategic asset for our future: the underwater domain”

  • Carlo Festucci, Secretary General, AIAD

Panel: “Is there enough space in the Space?”

  • Gabriele De Canio, ESOC Transformation Officer, European Space Agency, ESA
  • Cosimo Stallo, Moonlight/LCNS Navigation Principal System, European Space Agency, ESA

Chaired and moderated by: Marina Ruggieri, Full Professor of Telecommunications Engineering at “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Panel: “The Role of Satellites, Anti-Digital Divide Technology”

  • Nicolas Guillermin, Policy officer, European Commission
  • Francesco Soldovieri, Director, Institute for electromagnetic sensing of the environment (IREA), CNR
  • Michele Zorzi, Full Professor of Telecommunications, University of Padua

Speech:

  • Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner-designate for Defence and Space*

Interview with:

  • Luca Parmitano, Astronaut, European Space Agency (ESA)

Conclusion:

  • Matteo Perego di Cremnago, Undersecretary of State for Defence

6:15 pm Closing remarks

6:30 pm

  • Deluxe Cocktail and Live Music

MODERATORS:

  • Luigi Garofalo, Editor in Chief, Cybersecurity Italia
  • Paolo Anastasio, Journalist, Key4biz
  • Valentina Barretta, Editor in Chief, Energia Italia News
  • Letizia Davoli, Astrophysicist and space journalist
  • Marina Ruggieri, Full Professor of Telecommunications, Department of Electronic Engineering, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

* To be confirmed