Name: Workshop on Cybersecurity for Research Infrastructures “Strengthening capacities across research infrastructures in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East”
Start: 2026-01-29T09:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-01-29T17:00:00+03:00
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Workshop on Cybersecurity for Research Infrastructures “Strengthening capacities across research infrastructures in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East”

Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 9:30 AM

Monday, January 26, 2026
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026

10:00 AM

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
10:15 AM Master of Ceremony (MC) Mustafa Alzubi, Welcome address opening speech by Wassim El Hajj - Wassim El Hajj (AUB Mediterraneo)
Master of Ceremony (MC) Mustafa Alzubi, Welcome address opening speech by Wassim El Hajj
- Wassim El Hajj (AUB Mediterraneo)
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
10:30 AM Keynote: by Eleni Agathocleous Cryptography in the Quantum Era: A New Security Paradigm
Keynote: by Eleni Agathocleous Cryptography in the Quantum Era: A New Security Paradigm
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus

11:15 AM

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
11:30 AM SESAME-EU projects journey and Project overview - Salman Matalgah (SESAME)
SESAME-EU projects journey and Project overview
- Salman Matalgah (SESAME)
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
11:45 AM Keynote: Cyber threat landscape for research - CERN - Stefan Lüders (CERN)
Keynote: Cyber threat landscape for research - CERN
- Stefan Lüders (CERN)
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
12:30 PM Incident response (BESSY-II) - Vidhya Sasidharan Nair (Helmholtz Centre Berlin (HZB))
Incident response (BESSY-II)
- Vidhya Sasidharan Nair (Helmholtz Centre Berlin (HZB))
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
1:00 PM TBD
TBD
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus

1:15 PM

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
2:15 PM Cybersecurity at AUB - Mohammad Abbass (AUB)
Cybersecurity at AUB
- Mohammad Abbass (AUB)
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
2:35 PM Cybersecurity at ALBA Synchrotron - Sergio Vicente Molina (ALBA)
Cybersecurity at ALBA Synchrotron
- Sergio Vicente Molina (ALBA)
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
2:55 PM TBD
TBD
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
3:15 PM CyNet Cybersecurity - Aristos Anastasiou (CyNet)
CyNet Cybersecurity
- Aristos Anastasiou (CyNet)
3:15 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
3:35 PM Panel discussion (PaN, DESY, CERN) - Stefan Lüders (CERN) Carsten Porthun (DESY)
Panel discussion (PaN, DESY, CERN)
- Stefan Lüders (CERN)
- Carsten Porthun (DESY)
3:35 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus
4:15 PM Recap and wrap-up, explore next action
Recap and wrap-up, explore next action
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus

4:30 PM End of the conference + Coffee and networking
End of the conference + Coffee and networking
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: American University of Beirut (AUB) – Mediterraneo Campus

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