5th National Cybersecurity and Resilience Forum
October 28 @ 08:30 - 19:00 EET
The 5th National Cybersecurity and Resilience Forum will bring together policymakers, cybersecurity authorities, technology leaders, critical infrastructure operators, academia, and civil society to explore how Lithuania and Europe can strengthen cybersecurity and resilience. Discussions will focus on effective regulation, critical infrastructure protection, secure innovation, AI-enabled threats and Agentic AI, cyber crisis preparedness, and public–private and civil–defence cooperation. The Forum will identify practical actions, partnerships, and capabilities needed to ensure security in times of both peace and crisis.
Organised by INFOBALT with Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense (MoND), Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), global and local tech companies.
October 28, 2026 | 8:30–19:00
Lvivo Business Centre, Lvivo str. 37, Vilnius
Registration: https://luma.com/a26kbd9d
Event Programme
5th National Cybersecurity and Resilience Forum
28 October 2026 | 8:30–19:00
Lvivo Business Centre, Lvivo g. 37, Vilnius
8:30–9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee
9:00–9:10 | Welcome address
Simonas Černiauskas, CEO, INFOBALT.
BLOCK I | NATIONAL SECURITY AND CYBER RESILIENCE
Leadership in a changing security landscape
9:10–10:00 | Conversation with ministers
“Security without borders: from defence to diplomacy – building a resilient Lithuania”
Participants: Robertas Kaunas, Minister of National Defence; Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Moderator: Simonas Černiauskas, CEO, INFOBALT.
10:00–10:20 | “EU cybersecurity regulation: policy directions, objectives and upcoming changes”
Inga Sūnelaitienė, Head of the Cybersecurity and Information Technology Policy Group, Ministry of National Defence.
10:20–10:40 | “A new national cybersecurity governance model”
Rokas Jonikas, Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) under the Ministry of National Defence.
BLOCK II | SECURITY IN THE AGE OF AGENTIC AI
10:40–12:00 | Technology company presentations
“Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026 and Lessons from Ukraine” — Eugene Kahanovskyi, Country General Manager, Microsoft Ukraine and Baltics.
“From pilots to deployment: securing agentic AI systems” — Palo Alto Networks.
Presentation — AWS (topic and timing to be confirmed).
Presentation — Darius Povilaitis, Head of Cybersecurity, Telia (topic to be confirmed).
12:00–13:00 | Lunch break
BLOCK III | BUILDING A CYBER-RESILIENT SOCIETY
13:00–13:30 | Introductory presentation and panel discussion
“Society: the first line of cyber defence” — Tomas Godliauskas (Visuotinė gynyba / Total Defence).
Participants: Tomas Godliauskas (Visuotinė gynyba); the association’s founders (TBC).
Moderator: Rasa Tapinienė.
BLOCK IV | EUROPE’S CYBERSECURITY AGENDA AND LITHUANIA’S 2027 PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU
13:30–14:20 | Panel discussion: “Europe’s digital resilience agenda and Lithuania’s 2027 Presidency of the Council of the EU”
Participants: Inga Sūnelaitienė (Ministry of National Defence); Lukas Paškevičius (Ministry of Transport and Communications; TBC); Dina Lurje (Nord Security); Heidi Nystedt (Microsoft); representatives of Palo Alto Networks and AWS; TBC).
Moderator: Mindaugas Civilka, Partner, TEGOS.
14:20–15:45 | Presentations and expert panel discussion
“National preparedness for threats posed by AI and quantum technologies” — Raimonda Andrijauskienė, Senior Adviser, Cybersecurity and Information Technology Policy Group, Ministry of National Defence (15 min.).
“Magnitudes: Drones, Agent Swarms and the Next Decade of Baltic Cyber Defence” — Sebastian Andrews (Cisco / Splunk).
Expert panel: “Cyber threats posed by AI and quantum technologies”.
Participants: Raimonda Andrijauskienė (Ministry of National Defence); Jonas Čeponis (Kaunas University of Technology; TBC); a SoftwareOne representative (TBC); Sebastian Andrews (Cisco / Splunk).
Moderator: Gintaras Pelenis, Head of the INFOBALT Cybersecurity Group (Check Point).
15:45–16:05 | Coffee break
BLOCK V | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
16:05–16:30 | “When Prevention Fails: Designing Critical Infrastructure to Recover with Confidence”
Jiri Vidgren, Senior Pre-Sales Engineer, Solution Architect, Dell (Finland).
16:30–17:15 | Panel discussion: “Critical infrastructure resilience: lessons from recent incidents”
Participants: Paulius Petrauskas, Vice-Minister of the Economy and Innovation; Grigorij Strelec, Director of the Cybersecurity Operations Management Department, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC); Jevgenij Tichonov, Head of the Cybersecurity Division, Centre of Registers; Darius Kuliešius, Deputy Chair of the Council, Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT); Vygintas Domarkas, Head of Digital Transformation and Technology, Telia; representatives of energy companies (TBC).
Moderator: Linas Pečiūra (TBC).
17:15–17:20 | Closing remarks
Key takeaways and priorities for Lithuania’s cybersecurity and resilience agenda.
17:20–19:00 | Networking reception
Interested in partnerships? Drop a message office@infobalt.lt