Nineta Polemi is a cybersecurity Professor in the University of Piraeus-UNIPI- (Cyber Security Lab, Dept. of Informatics) and  CTO/ Co-Founder of Trustilio. She served (2017-2020) as Programme Manager and Policy Officer in the European Commission DG (CONNECT H1 Unit entitled ’Cybersecurity Technologies and Capabilities’). She has obtained her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (Coding Theory) from The City University of New York (Graduate Center). She held teaching and research positions in The City University of New York (Queens & Baruch Colleges), State University of New York (Farmingdale), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)-Solvay Brussels School-. She has over 150 publications in security (e.g. port security, maritime security, maritime supply chain security) has organised numerous scientific and policy international cybersecurity scientific events. She has received many research grants (NATO, IEEE) and awards (NSA, MSI Army Research Office IEEE, CYNY, Hellenic Ministry of Maritime, Hellenic National Defense General) and has participated as Project and Technical Manager in more than 60 cybersecurity international, EU and national R&D and commercial projects. She serves as external expert/reviewer/consultant  in ENISA, E.C.(DG CNECT, DG HOME), FORTH, Focal Point.

Prof. Sotiris Ioannidis received a BSc degree in Mathematics and an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Crete in 1994 and 1996 respectively. In 1998 he received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Rochester and in 2005 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Ioannidis held a Research Scholar position at the Stevens Institute of Technology until 2007 and a Research Director at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) until 2020. He is currently Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and Director of the Microprocessor and Hardware Laboratory. He was a Member of the ENISA Advisory Group (AG) from 2017 to 2020, and is a Member of the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (GRNET) Advisory Committee (AC). He is also Chairman of the of the Committee of Ethics and Deontology of Research of FORTH and Member of the Advisory Committee for National Infrastructures for Research and Technology. His research interests are in the area of systems and network security, security policy, privacy, and high-speed networks. Ioannidis has authored more than 200 publications in international conferences and journals, as well as book chapters, and has both chaired and served on numerous program committees in prestigious conferences, such as ACM CCS and IEEE S&P. Ioannidis is a Marie-Curie Fellow and has been the PI of more than 40 European, National, and DARPA funder projects.

Pedro Tomás holds a B.Sc. in Informatics Engineering and completed his M.Sc. with a specialization in Intelligent Systems from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2022. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Coimbra, focusing on the detection of anomalies in cloud-native environments with a keen interest in Federated-Learning, Root Cause Analysis, Adversarial Machine Learning and Explainable AI. Pedro has been with OneSource for several years, where he leads various research initiatives. He has been involved in several European research projects, where his predominant focus has been on artificial intelligence and security.

Dr. Lugo is a psychologist with expertise in cyber defense behavior, Human Factors, and Cognitive Engineering focusing on decision-making, metacognition, and performance under pressure. He has consulted in elite sports, military, education, and health.

Abdelkader Shaaban is a scientist at the Centre for Digital Safety & Security (DSS) at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Vienna, specializing in cybersecurity in the automotive domain. He contributes to national and international cybersecurity projects across automotive, railways, IoT, CPS, critical infrastructure, and smart manufacturing. His expertise includes threat analysis and security requirements management, aligning with standards such as ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/SAE 21434, IEEE 1686, and ISO/IEC 27000.

Mr. Vadim Bogulean is the CTO/co-founder of Binare.io and actively contributes to multiple EU projects (such as RESCALE, LAZARUS, EXTRACT). Mr. Bogulean brings 25+ years of international experience in IT&C industry (embedded, robotics, medical, telecom, billing); is an established software and solutions architect.

Dr. Wissam Mallouli is a senior researcher and project coordinator at Montimage, a French SME specializing in cybersecurity solutions. He has extensive expertise in network security, software testing and AI-driven security, contributing to multiple European research projects focused on automated security, AI-based analysis, and resilient system design. He regularly participates in international conferences, workshops, and training programs, sharing his knowledge on cybersecurity and testing technologies.

Pinelopi Kyranoudi has obtained her master’s degree in Security of Information and Communication Systems from the University of the Aegean (Dept. of Information and Communication Systems Engineering). She served as Network and Information Security Officer at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) contributing: to five publications in the areas of Cybersecurity in Maritime, e-Health, and National Cybersecurity Strategies; to the creation of web tools, and to the organization of  EU Cybersecurity events. During her over 10-year career she also worked in various positions and roles, such as Web and Application Developer, IT Security Engineer, Cybersecurity Researcher, and Lecturer in companies and organizations such as Express Publishing SA, Cosmote SA, Maggioli SpA, and Aegean College respectively, among others. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in the field of Cybersecurity at the University of Piraeus (Dept. of Informatics). She holds a position as a Cybersecurity Researcher at the Technical University of Crete (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), contributing to EU research projects and as a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at Census SA. Her research interests focus on the field of Cyber-Physical Security, particularly in Maritime, OT/IoT, and Threat Intelligence.

Bruno BENDER is Cybersecurity consultant and a reserve officer who has been involved in several multinational developments and projects. He conducted and participated to studies for the Commission on maritime surveillance systems and recently for NATO cryptography, 5G and CIS Taxonomies. He was involved in the modernisation of communication systems on future ships including autonomous ones and supported several security providers in the area of maritime security systems, C4I and cybersecurity and cryptographic modernization. 

Bruno BENDER is still involved in maritime communities as the NATO Standardisation Organisation (NSO) and in technical experts groups on communications and information exchanges.

Sebastian Pape is CEO of Social Engineering Academy (SEA) GmbH. He received diplomas in mathematics and computer science from TU Darmstadt, a PhD from Kassel University and habilitated at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he is also a privatdozent.

Julien Signoles is a Fellow researcher at CEA List, Software Safety and Security Lab, in France. Since 2006, he is one of the main contributors to the code analysis framework Frama-C. His research focuses on runtime assertion checking and applications of formal methods to code safety and security. He has been giving many tutorials and courses on formal methods since 2009.

Violeta is a researcher and project manager with a PhD in Cybersecurity management processes within government and public structures. She focuses on designing, developing, and advancing next-generation internet solutions with a strong emphasis on the human element. Her expertise includes trustworthy AI, cyber awareness and advancing secure digital ecosystems.

Dr. Andrei Costin is a Senior Lecturer at University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) where he teaches several 5 ECTS courses at MSc Cybersecurity level, as well as performs his applied cybersecurity research work and advising a handful of PhD students.

Dr. Costin is also CEO/co-founder of Binare.io as tech-transfer spin-off from University of Jyvaskyla.

Dr. Costin brings 20+ years of international experience in industry, academia/research, tech-transfer, R&D and innovation, entrepreneurship; managed total 2.0 MEUR+ high-tech projects (JYU+Binare); 40+ peer-review papers; speaker 50+ conferences.

Vina Rompoti is a project manager at ITML, actively involved in European projects in recent years, particularly in the field of cybersecurity. She holds a B.Sc. in Applied Informatics in Management and Finance from the Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands and an M.Sc. in Informatics and Telematics from the Department of Computer Science and Telematics at Harokopio University.