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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
8:30–9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee
9:00–9:10 | Welcome remarks
Simonas Černiauskas, CEO, INFOBALT.
BLOCK I | NATIONAL SECURITY AND CYBER RESILIENCE
Leadership in a changing security landscape.
9:10–10:00 | Conversation with Minister of National Defence Robertas Kaunas
“Security without Borders: From Defence to Diplomacy – Building a Resilient Lithuania”
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
10:40–12:30 | Technology company presentations
Keynote 1: “Cyber, Cloud and Continuity – Rethinking Digital Resilience and Preparedness in the Frontline States” — Heidi Nystedt, Director of Government Affairs for the Baltic States and Finland, Microsoft.
Keynote 2: “From Promise to Proof: Verifiable Sovereignty and Resilience in the Age of Agentic AI” — Mustafa Isik, Chief Technologist for Sovereignty, AWS.
Keynote 3: “Frontier AI and agentic AI systems impact on cyber security” — Antti Lehtonen, Director of Technical Solutions for the Nordics, Baltics and Benelux, Palo Alto Networks, in collaboration with AWS.
Keynote 4: “AI vs AI: From Defence to Intrusion” — Darius Povilaitis, Head of Cybersecurity, Telia.
12:30–13:30 | Lunch break
BLOCK III | BUILDING A CYBER-RESILIENT SOCIETY
13:30–14:00 | Introductory presentation and panel discussion
“Society – the First Line of Cyber Defence” — Tomas Godliauskas, Head of the “Visuotinė gynyba” association.
Participants: Tomas Godliauskas, Head of the “Visuotinė gynyba” association; Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, CEO of Telia Lietuva and Vice President for the Baltics at Telia Company.
Moderator: Rasa Tapinienė, Journalist.
BLOCK IV | EUROPE’S CYBERSECURITY AGENDA AND LITHUANIA’S 2027 PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU
14:00–14:50 | Panel discussion “Europe’s Digital Resilience Agenda and Lithuania’s 2027 Presidency of the Council of the EU”
Participants: Gabriel Gorbačevski, Vice-Minister of National Defence; Lukas Paškevičius, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications; Mustafa Isik, Chief Technologist for Sovereignty, AWS; Heidi Nystedt, Director of Government Affairs for the Baltic States and Finland, Microsoft; Dina Lurje, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Regulatory Policy, Nord Security.
Moderator: Mindaugas Civilka, Partner, TEGOS, and Vice President, INFOBALT.
14:50–16:15 | 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.
“Magnitudes: Drones, Agent Swarms and the Next Decade of Baltic Cyber Defence” — Sebastian Andrews, Cyber Security Strategist and Leader, Cisco / Splunk.
Panel discussion “Cyber Threats Posed by AI and Quantum Technologies”
Participants: Raimonda Andrijauskienė, Senior Adviser, Cybersecurity and Information Technology Policy Group, Ministry of National Defence; Antti Lehtonen, Director of Technical Solutions for the Nordics, Baltics and Benelux, Palo Alto Networks; Sebastian Andrews, Cyber Security Strategist and Leader, Cisco / Splunk; Paulius Pakutinskas, Head of the UNESCO Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies and Innovations for Society.
Moderator: Gintaras Pelenis, Check Point, Head of the INFOBALT Cybersecurity Group.
16:15–16:35 | Coffee break
BLOCK V | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
16:35–17:00 | “When Prevention Fails: Designing Critical Infrastructure to Recover with Confidence”
Jiri Vidgren, Senior Pre-Sales Engineer, Solution Architect, Dell.
17:00–17:45 | Panel discussion “Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Lessons from Recent Incidents”
Participants: Grigorij Strelec, Director of the Cybersecurity Operations Management Department, 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.
Moderator: Linas Pečiūra, Services Director, SoftwareOne, and Head of the INFOBALT eGov Group.
17:45–17:50 | Closing remarks
Simonas Černiauskas, CEO, INFOBALT.
Key takeaways, priorities for Lithuania’s cybersecurity and resilience agenda, and a look ahead to 2027.
17:50–19:00 | Networking reception