CSC Supports the Launch of the Belgian Cybercrime Centre of Excellence for Research, Training & Education

May 27, 2011, 16F Boulevard Général Wahis - Generaal Wahislaan, Brussels

The B-CCENTRE will be a platform for the exchange of knowledge, expertise and training in the field of cybercrime. Starting with a team of 10 full-time researchers, it will combine academic expertise in information security engineering, digital forensics, data protection law, criminal law & criminology with the know-how of international business players and Belgian policy and law enforcement actors.

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) in Belgium & Europe

This conference is organised by K.U.Leuven with the financial support of CSC. The programme will include keynotes, presentations and a panel debate on recent developments in the area of CIIP in Belgium & Europe.

What are the European requirements?
Does Belgium have an effective incident response plan?
What is the position of the private sector in this plan?
How is the situation in the other EU countries?

Conference Programme

10:00-10:30	Welcome coffee
10:30-10:45	Welcome to the B-CCENTRE launch conference Prof. dr. Jos Dumortier, Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI – K.U.Leuven)
10:45-11:25	Presentation of the Belgian Cybercrime Centre of Excellence for Training, Research & Education (B-CCENTRE) Prof. dr. Jos Dumortier (ICRI – K.U.Leuven) Jakub Boratyński (Head of Unit “Fight against Organised Crime” (ISEC), Directorate-General Home Affairs of the European Commission) Cormac Callanan (Industry Coordinator 2Centre Network of Cybercrime Centres of Excellence for Training, Research & Education)
11:25-11:55	Official inauguration of the B-CCENTRE Stefaan De Clerck, Minister of Justice (BE) Annemie Turtelboom, Minister of the Interior (BE) Vincent Van Quickenborne, Minister of Economy & Reform (BE)
11:55-12:10	Tackling cybercrime in the Netherlands Ivo Willem Opstelten, Minister of Justice (NL)
12:10-12:25	Tackling cybercrime in Luxembourg François Biltgen, Minister of Justice (LUX)
12:25-12:45	The European Union Action Plan on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Andrea Servida, European Commission
12:45-14:00	Lunch Offered by CSC Computer Sciences
14:00-14:25	Critical Information Infrastructure Protection policy in Europe and beyond dr. Otto Hellwig, CIIP expert, Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications of the Technical University Graz
14:25-14:50	Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in Belgium: introduction, obstacles and perspectives Bart Smedts, researcher at the Royal High Institute for Defense
14:50-16:30	Panel: Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in Belgium: current status and prospects Moderator: Prof. dr. Jos Dumortier (ICRI – K.U.Leuven) Luc Beirens (Belgian Federal Computer Crime Unit) Charles Cuvelliez (President of the Belgian Consultation Platform Network and Information Security “BelNIS”, Member of the council of the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications) Lionel Ferette (Belgian National Computer Emergency Response Team – CERT.be) Ludwig Van Wemmel (Director Operational Risk Management Dexia, President Operational Risk Committee of Febelfin) Peter Vergote (Board Member of CENTR (Council of European Top Level Domain Registries) and Legal & Administrative Manager of DNS.be) Daniel Letecheur (Belgian Federal Public Service for Information and Communication Technology – Fedict)
16:30-18:00	B-CCENTRE launch cocktail reception Offered by Intel

Find out more about B-CCENTRE.