Workshop on Cybersecurity for Research Infrastructures “Strengthening capacities across research infrastructures in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East”

Contribution List

1. Master of Ceremony (MC) Mustafa Alzubi, Welcome address opening speech by Wassim El Hajj

Dr Wassim El Hajj (AUB Mediterraneo)

29/01/2026, 10:15

2. Keynote: by Eleni Agathocleous Cryptography in the Quantum Era: A New Security Paradigm

29/01/2026, 10:30

3. SESAME-EU projects journey and Project overview

Mr Salman Matalgah (SESAME)

29/01/2026, 11:30

4. Keynote: Cyber threat landscape for research - CERN

Mr Stefan Lüders (CERN)

29/01/2026, 11:45

5. Incident response (BESSY-II)

Mr Vidhya Sasidharan Nair (Helmholtz Centre Berlin (HZB))

29/01/2026, 12:30

6. TBD

29/01/2026, 13:00

7. Cybersecurity at AUB

Mr Mohammad Abbass (AUB)

29/01/2026, 14:15

8. Cybersecurity at ALBA Synchrotron

Mr Sergio Vicente Molina (ALBA)

29/01/2026, 14:35

9. TBD

29/01/2026, 14:55

10. CyNet Cybersecurity

Mr Aristos Anastasiou (CyNet)

29/01/2026, 15:15

11. Panel discussion (PaN, DESY, CERN)

Mr Carsten Porthun (DESY), Mr Stefan Lüders (CERN)

29/01/2026, 15:35

12. Recap and wrap-up, explore next action

29/01/2026, 16:15