INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN CYBERSECURITY

Challenges and Opportunities

12.30-13.00      Registration & coffee

13.00-13.15       WELCOME SPEECHES

• Diana Gligorijević, President of AFA Corporative Board
• Aleksandra Miladinović, Western Balkans Regional Coordinator, Policy Dialog & Stakeholders Relations, EBRD
• Bojan Stanić, Assistant Director of Strategic Analysis & Data Department in Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
• Elena Drago, Women4Cyber Chapters Coordinator

13.15-13.35       KEYNOTE: Career Path of Woman in Cybersecurity

•  Sanja Kekić, President of Women4Cyber Serbia Chapter and cybersecurity expert

In cybersecurity sector only around 20% are women, and it is important to find ways to increase participation of female experts in cybersecurity and use untapped potential.

13.40-14.00       CASE STUDY: W4C Serbia overview

• Jelena Radulović, mentor in Women4Cyber Serbia Chapter
• Tamara Petrović, mentee in Women4Cyber Serbia Chapter
• Damjan Cvetanović, mentor in Women4Cyber Serbia Chapter
• Tatjana Simić, youth ambassador for Women4Cyber Serbia Chapter

Only 35% of girls decide for education in STEM and only 1/5 of them end in tech field. In order to improve their prospects, continuous support is needed. Good examples are W4C mentorship program (7 mentor-mentee pairs in Serbia) and through W4C engagement as youth ambassadors (2 female professionals from Serbia).

14.00-14.40       REGIONAL PANEL: W4C in Western Balkans

• Sanja Kekić, Cybersecurity Expert
• Belma Ohranović, Head of Security
• Denisa Kurtagić, Cybersecurity Analyst
• Katerina Veljanovska Blaževska, Professor in Political and Security issues
• Fjolla Pelaj, Cybersecurity Researcher

14.40-15.00      INTERVIEW: Cybersecurity in Business Community

• Vladan Janković, General Manager of Gigatron

Cybersecurity needs to be taken seriously in every step of daily operations in every organization. Therefore, mapping of main challenges for business sector and sharing practice examples from the field is important obstacle overcoming.

15.00-16.00       CENTRAL PANEL: Legislation on Information Security

• Jelena Jovanović, Advisor to the President and Head of ICT Association in Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, member of Work Group for the new law
• Jelena Bratić, Cloud Security Adviser in Microsoft, expert in information security and digital transformation
• Nebojša Jokić, Executive Director of Cybersecurity Network Foundation
• Branko Subotić, Senior Manager in the Business Transformation sector Ernst & Young
• Petar Oljača, Sales Director in Positive

New Serbian Law on Information Security is in finale stage for entering procedure of approval. It is important to be informed what it brings to business community and what are the implementation challenges.

16.00-17.00      Cocktail & networking