BMWi German Cybersecurity Trade Mission to Pittsburgh- Day Conference and Panel Discussion
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), AHP International and the German American Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Chapter, have organized a delegation of German cybersecurity companies for the collaboration with and business development in the United States from November 13 to November 18, 2016.
The program includes an all-day presentation in Pittsburgh where the capability of the German sector is introduced and the German participants present their products and services to companies, administrations, organizations, institutions and other American multipliers of the information technology and cybersecurity sector with professional interest. Special thank-you to Carnegie Mellon's CyLab, for their support and expertise.
9:30 – 17:30 |
German –American Cooperation Forum on Cybersecurity Trends and Solutions |
9:30 |
Registration |
10:00-10:30 |
Welcome Remarks by Introduction by Stefan Peikert, Managing Partner, AHP International Suzi Pegg, Vice President, International, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Jason Hunt, Office of International Business Development, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania James H. Garrett Jr., Dean College of Engineering CMU (t.b.c.) Dr. Christian Stursberg, Referat IVA4 „Sicherheits- und Verteidigungswirtschaft, Stahl- und Metallerzeugung“ im BMWi |
10:30-11:30 |
Panel A: Comprehensive Business Solutions and Cyber-Security Audits - Eric Wright, Shareholder, Schneider Downs - Dennis Pirczalik, Vice President of Business Development USA, CCVossel - Matthias Kirchhoff, Managing Director, Digitronic Computer Systems - Hanno Tilly, Director of Sales, Akquinet - Andreas Roscher, Managing Director, AROSOFT Network GmbH Moderator: Rich Sowalsky, CISA Manager, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP |
11:30-13:00 |
Networking Lunch |
13:00-16:45 |
Panel discussions on Cybersecurity Trends and Solutions with detailed presentations of the German participants Industrie |
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Panel B: Cybersecurity for Internet of Things 13:00-14:15 Secure and Privacy Respecting IoT - Christian Zenger, Managing Director, PHYSEC - Jorge Guajardo Merchan, Senior Expert (Principal) & Senior Manager Security and Privacy Research Group (CR/RTC3.2-NA), Robert Bosch LLC - Professor Vyas Sekar, Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security & Privacy Institute - Mark Coderre, National Practice Director- Security Services, CISO, OpenSky/TUV Rheinland Moderator- John O’Malley, Sr. Vice President, IoT Solutions, Giesecke & Devrient Mobile Security America, Inc. |
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Panel C: Protection of Sensitive Data in companies 14:30-15:30 Securing Internet Communication, Passwords and Mobile Devices - Jan Wendenburg, Managing Director, CERTGATE - Oliver Dehning, CEO, Hornet Security - Christine Ziske, Managing Director, KikuSema GmBH/AB - Adrian Woizik, Managing Director, Thinking Objects - Claudia Frohnhoff, Vice President, Sale & Marketing, Detack GmbH - Prof. Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security & Privacy Institute Moderator: Doug Salah, Manager of Information Security and Networking, Wabtec Corporation 15:45-16:45 After the Breach - Oliver Schmidt, Managing Partner, C4CS LLC - Joseph Wynn,President / Principal Consultant, WynnSecure, LLC - Bruce Chiu- Director, Cohen & Grigsby - Brett Creasy, Vice President and Director of Digital Forensics, Bit-x-Bit Moderator: John Hudson, Principle Consultant, Pulse Consulting |
17:00-17:30 |
Conclusion |
18:00-20:30 |
Evening Reception at the Phipps Conservatory with US and German experts and institutions invited by the Pittsburgh region and the state of Pennsylvania, sponsored by Robert Bosch LLC, UPMC Health Plan, Baker Tilly, BKD. |