European Cybersecurity Fest
Event details
How can Europe better address cybersecurity skills challenges in an era of AI, geopolitical threats, and growing demands for digital sovereignty?
Join us in the European Cybersecurity Fest on 14 October in Vilnius, Lithuania or online for a unique opportunity to hear about the replicable model created by CyberHubs, the European Network of Cybersecurity Skills Hubs.
The CyberHubs network brings education, industry, and policymakers together to strengthen the cybersecurity skills ecosystem from national level to Europe. You will leave the event with concrete ideas on how you can be a part of an existing CyberHub in your country and build one if you don’t have a CyberHub yet.
And what’s more, you will meet other cybersecurity stakeholders across Europe!
PROGRAMME
14 October 2026
10:00–15:30 EEST (Vilnius time) and 9:00-14:30 CEST (Brussels time)
Join us in Vilnius, Lithuania or online
9:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE | |
10:00 – 10:25 WELCOME & OPENING Europe’s cybersecurity workforce and resilience challenge | Alexia Papadimitriou Senior Research and Innovation Manager, DIGITALEUROPE Liudas Kanapienis President, Association INFOBALT |
10:25 – 11:00 HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION Europe’s Cybersecurity Skills Challenge in the Era of AI, Geopolitical Threats and Digital Sovereignty | Moderator: Liudas Kanapienis President, Association INFOBALT Rokas Jonikas Deputy CEO, NCSC Lithuania Ioannis Alexakis Director General, NCSC Greece |
| 11:00 – 11:45 PANEL DISCUSSION Addressing Europe’s Cybersecurity Skills Gap: From National to European Action | Moderator: Edita Pulkauninkė Board Member, Association INFOBALT Lukas Lukoševičius, Adviser to the Director on Digitalisation, Employment Service under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania Jonas Čeponis Dean, Faculty of Informatics, KTU Doris Põld CEO, ITL Jutta Breyer Director, Breyer Publico |
| 11:45 – 12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION From Strategy to Action: CyberHubs in Practice | Moderator: Noémi Csapó EU Project Manager, IVSZ Péter Balogh Subject Matter Expert, University of Public Service Eric Van Cangh Senior Business Group Leader Digital, Agoria Spyros Katsaganis Operational Programs and Digital Technology Initiatives Consultant, SEPE |
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK | |
| 14:00 – 14:45 PANEL DISCUSSION Building a European Cybersecurity Skills Network: From National Hubs to Long-Term European Cooperation | Moderator: Urša Mlekuš Consultant, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Rocío Baeza Project Manager, Ametic Alejandro Velasquez Senior Researcher, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) Manuel Di Frangia Funded Innovation Solutions Manager, Adecco |
| 14:45 – 15:30 SUMMARY PANEL AND FINAL REFLECTIONS Sustaining Europe’s Cybersecurity Skills Ecosystem Beyond CyberHubs | Moderator: Léa Roubinet Digital Policy Analyst, Numeum Winslow Gordon International Project Manager, Campus Cyber Deborah White Industry Skills Coordinator, Cyber Ireland |
15:30 – 15:40 CLOSING ADDRESS From CyberHubs to a European Cybersecurity Skills Ecosystem: A Call to Action | Evangelos Ouzounis Head of Capacity Building Unit, ENISA |
15:40 CyberFest networking reception |
This event is part of the European Skills & VET Week 2026, an initiative of the European Commission organised by Cedefop.
