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:
- Salvatore Luongo, Lieutenant General, Commander General of the Carabinieri Corps
Speech: “Space Economy, Opportunities for Innovation and Economic Development”
- Roberto Cingolani, CEO and DG, Leonardo
Speech: “Underwater, challenges and development 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:
- Luca Goretti, Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff, Italian Air Force
Speech: “How to strengthen the security ok government communications and to reduce the risk of espionage and hybrid threats”
- Alessandra Guidi, Deputy Director, Department of Security Intelligence (DIS)
Speech: “Maintaining the edge in permanent competition: the importance of space domain and submarine dimension for the terrestrial instrument”
- Giovanni Gagliano, Lieutenant General, Army General Staff
Speech: “Electromagnetic and Cyber Spectrum in space and underwater defence”
- Domitilla Benigni, CEO & COO, Elettronica – Chairman, CY4GATE
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
Speech: “Supply Chain Security in Space & Underwater Domains and European Digital Sovereignty”
- Emilio Gisondi, CEO, Defence Tech – Tinexta Group
Panel: “Satellites and submarine cables between geopolitics and technological opportunities”
- 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
- Ambrogio Michetti, Chief Corporate Officer, Sparkle
- Antonio Sturiale, Director, Domain Telecommunication Italy, Thales Alenia Space
Speech:
- Giulia Pastorella, 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:
- 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
- Cyber Security in Space Communications
- Defending Submarine Cables and Energy Pipelines
- Critical Infrastructure, Interdependences and Cyber Security between Space Communication Networks and Submarine Cables
- International Regulations and Governance
- 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: “A strategic asset for our future: the underwater domain”
- Carlo Festucci, Secretary General, AIAD
Speech: “Space and Underwater Interconnection”
- Luca Salamone, Director General, Italian Space Agency, ASI
Speech: “The New Frontiers of Space Energy”
- Giorgio Graditi, General Manager, Enea
Panel: “Is there enough space in the Space?”
- Lucio Caporicci, Vice President Space Programs, OneWeb
- Gabriele De Canio, ESOC Transformation Officer, European Space Agency, ESA
- Cosimo Stallo, Moonlight/LCNS Navigation Principal System Engineer, 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 / CNIT
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
