Building on past success, this third Vienna Cyber Security Week brings together national and international stakeholders in critical infrastructure and in cyber security for conducting information exchange, confidence building, and enhancing awareness of the risks and state of practice for digital system protection. The conference has four thematic thrusts:
• Diplomacy – exploring international and cross border issues for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and cyber security
• Technology – discussing the growth of the digital world and implementation of digital systems and their protection
• Business – examining business risks, solutions, and opportunities in the digital world
• Science – presenting the current R&D in digital system security

Consisting of multiple tracks over the course of five days, the conference seeks to enhance understanding of current approaches for cyber security worldwide, identify trends, and to provide a global forum for discussion. Special Tracks already identified include:
• Energy Security- protecting the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at affordable costs
• Finance Industry 5.0– addressing challenges for critical market infrastructure
• Cyber Challenges and Resilience in Transportation– prevention and mitigation of cyber impact on rail, shipping, and other transport modes.
• Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Incident Response- establishing required capability, capacity, process, and resilience in combating cyber attack
• Smart City and Smart Protection- enhancing security for the internet of everything
• Combatting Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber-Crime – developing strategies and programmes to counter malicious use of digital technologies
• Women’s Cyber Forum- promoting fair and equal involvement, capacity development and opportunity building

Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:

Structure: The conference programme will consist of an opening plenary session, technical sessions, panel sessions, focused training sessions and a closing plenary session.

Presenting: Persons who wish to present at the conference should submit a synopsis of between 400 and 800 words on one of the topics of interests by 31 January 2018.

Participation and Registration: All persons wishing to participate in the conference are requested to register online. Participants will be notified of their acceptance via formal correspondence.

Conference Fees: No registration fee is charged to participants, but all participants must register and are subject to selection. Side events such as specialized training may require nominal fees.

Sponsors and Exhibitors: The conference has multiple levels of corporate sponsorship available. Spacious exhibition area is available during the conference. Parties interested in becoming sponsors or exhibiting, please contact us.

Working Language: English

Contact: vcsw2019@energypact.org

Venue: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, Vienna, Austria. MAP LINK