Cybersecurity Act 2: How can Europe balance resilience, competitiveness and openness?

Venue: L42 business center & workspaces, Rue de la Loi 42, 1040 Brussels

ZVEI, the Electro and Digital Industry Association, and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue are pleased to invite you to a panel debate on the revision of the EU Cybersecurity Act.

With the proposed Cybersecurity Act 2, the EU aims to strengthen its cybersecurity architecture whilst creating greater coherence within the European regulatory framework. At the heart of this revision is the trusted ICT supply chain framework, designed to address both technical and non-technical (geopolitical) risks in critical supply chains. The debate therefore centres on the question: How can Europe effectively mitigate geopolitical dependencies without jeopardising its security? For industry, politics and civil society, the challenge is to strike the right balance between resilience, competitiveness and international openness.

Agenda

14:45-15:00 | Arrival & registration

15:00-15:10 | Opening by remarks Roderick Kefferpütz, Director Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue and Sarah Bäumchen, Managing Director ZVEI / Kathrin Glastra, Head of Brussels Office at ZVEI

15:10-16:10 | Panel discussion with speakers:

• Markéta Gregorová, MEP for The Greens/EFA (Czech Pirate Party)
• European Commission, tbc
• Philipp Offenberg, Head of Government Affairs Siemens Energy
• Dr Clotilde Bômont, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), tbc

16:10-16:30 | Q&A and open discussion

16:30-16:35 | Closing remarks ZVEI

16:35 onwards | Networking reception

For any questions, please contact Zora Siebert, Head of programme EU Democracy & Digital Policy, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue (Zora.Siebert@eu.boell.org) or Sabrina Waizmann, Manager European Affairs, ZVEI (Sabrina.Waizmann@zvei.org)