GERMANY - ISRAEL: Cyber Research & Innovation Roundtable Hosted by the German Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Israel Office of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers

Join our innovative Cybersecurity and industry leaders exchanging knowledge and strategies within the cyber ecosystems in Germany, Europe and Israel.

Session moderated by: Danny Seker, Digital, Industry, Space and Civil Security Senior Director, ISERD, Israel Innovation Authority

Special Welcome Greeting

Orit Farkash-HaCohen, Minister of Innovation, Science & Technology

Welcome

Andreas Könen, Director General Cyber and Information Security, German Federal Ministry of the Interior

Yigal Unna, Director General, Israel National Cyber Directorate

TRACK 1: CYBER & AVIATION: From A German and Israeli Innovation Lens

Keynote

Mr. Christoph Müller, Head of Defense Research at the German Aerospace Center, DLR - The Need for Robust and Resilient Air Platforms in a Networked Environment

Fireside chat

Mr. Christoph Müller, Head of Defense Research at the German Aerospace Center, DLR

Frank Schubert, Airbus Cyber Security, Head of Defense & Strategic Programs  

Noam Krakover, Chief Revenue Officer, Cyber Division, Israel Aerospace Industries, Ex Head of Intelligence and Assessment Division in Strategy and Policy Division, INCD

Moderator: Dadi Gertler, Executive Director of Systems and Technology Alliances, Israel National Cyber Directorate

TRACK 2: CYBER & MOBILITY – A Necessary Pillar of Smart Cities

Keynotes

Prof. Frank Köster, Founding Director, Institute for AI Safety and Security, German Aerospace Center, DLR - The EU‘s unified cloud ecosystem GAIA-X: Enabler for innovative Value Added Services for Mobility & Smart Cities

Prof. Tali Hatuka, Head, Laboratory for Contemporary Urban Design (LCUD), Department of Geography, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University - The Digital City: Critical Dimensions in Implementing the Smart City

Andreas Könen is the Director General Cyber and Information Security. Previously he was the Head of Directorate IT II IT and Cyber Security; Secure Information Technology and ÖS III Cyber security in the field of law enforcement and domestic intelligence by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. Prior to this, he was the Vice President of the German “Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)”.

Mr Könen, a graduate mathematician, joined the BSI in 2006, taking on the post as the Head of the Executive Staff of the BSI, Director General. In 2009 he became the Head of the Division “Security in Applications and Critical Infrastructures” and subsequently Head of the Department “Security Consulting and Coordination”. Prior to the BSI, Mr Könen held various positions in the field of information technology within the German Federal Administration, including executive functions.

The session will include the following talks:- 

Nimrod Vax, Co-Founder and Head of Product, BigID - AI and Privacy - Friend or Foe? Should it be regulated? 

Liron David, Researcher, Tel Aviv University - An Explainable Online Password Strength Estimator

Ernesto Damiani, Professor, Department of Informatics, University of Milan; Director of the Centre on Cyber-Physical Systems, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi  - Models and Security Controls Framework for AI-ML based Systems

Raluca Ada Popa, Assistant Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley Co-Founder and President, Opaque Systems - Enabling learning on confidential data

Roei Schuster, Researcher, Cornell & Tel Aviv University - Machine Learning: A Systems-Security Perspective

Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel graduated from Tel Aviv University with degrees in mathematics, physics and philosophy, earning his PhD in 1988. A retired major-general in the Israel Air Force, Prof. Ben-Israel has served as head of military R&D of the Israel Defense Forces and the Ministry of Defense. He is a recipient of the Israel Defense Award (twice) and the Israel Air Force Award, and was a member of Knesset from 2007 to 2009.

He is the Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and the Yuval Ne'eman workshop for Science, Technology and Security at Tel Aviv University.

In 2010 he was appointed by Israel PM to lead a task force that submitted to the Government a plan which made Israel a major player in Cyber Security.

In 2018 he was appointed again by the PM to lead the next revolution in Israel: Secured Artificial Intelligence.

Menny is an internationally known cyber security expert and a business entrepreneur. He is a strategic adviser to leading enterprises around the world, as well as States and Governments and sits in the advisory board of several startup companies.

Menny is a co-founder of several companies, including Cytactic LTD - Cyber Security and Digital Transformation solutions company. Additionally, he is the CTO of the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at the Tel-Aviv University. Menny is a former CISO in the intelligence services of the Israeli Defense Forces (Capt. Res.) and worked at the leading Israeli banking group in various positions including the head of the IT Audit Department.

Menny is frequently invited to speak at conferences and prestigious events worldwide and his publications are featured in renowned computer magazines, and he regularly appears in the media. 

Gilli is a graduate of Tel Aviv University and recieved her Master's degree in political communications. Gili manages events and activities at the Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security at Tel Aviv University, which includes more than 100 conferences and numerus publications.

Since 2014, she has also been managing the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC) at Tel Aviv University. The Blavatnik ICRC is a leading international body that seeks to increase academic efforts and awareness in the field of cyber security.

Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel graduated from Tel Aviv University with degrees in mathematics, physics and philosophy, earning his PhD in 1988. A retired major-general in the Israel Air Force, Prof. Ben-Israel has served as head of military R&D of the Israel Defense Forces and the Ministry of Defense. He is a recipient of the Israel Defense Award (twice) and the Israel Air Force Award, and was a member of Knesset from 2007 to 2009.

He is the Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and the Yuval Ne'eman workshop for Science, Technology and Security at Tel Aviv University.

In 2010 he was appointed by Israel PM to lead a task force that submitted to the Government a plan which made Israel a major player in Cyber Security.

In 2018 he was appointed again by the PM to lead the next revolution in Israel: Secured Artificial Intelligence.

Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law, and the president of  Tel Aviv University (2019-present). He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and the EMET Prize Laureate (2014). In 2002-2006, he was the Dean of Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.

From 2003 until his appointment as the president of the university, he was also an Associate Member and Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Berkeley, Columbia, New York, Stanford, Toronto and Virginia.

He is a member of the American Law Institute, a former board member of the American Law and Economics Association and a former president of the Israeli Law and Economics Association. From 1997-2002, he was the Director of the Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law.

He is the founder of the journal Theoretical Inquiries in Law and was its editor in chief in the years 1999-2003. He is the author of several books including Tort Liability under Uncertainty (Oxford University Press, 2001) (with Alex Stein), Getting Incentives Right (Princeton University Press, 2014) (with Robert Cooter) and Different Rules for Different People: Personalized Law in the Era of Big Data (Oxford University Press, 2021) (with Omri Ben-Shahar).

He also authored numerous articles mainly in torts and contracts, most recently "The Restoration Remedy in Private Law" 119 Columbia Law Review 1901 (2018) (with Omri Ben-Shahar); "Limited Inalienability Rules," 107 Georgetown Law Journal 701 (2019) (with Stephen Sugarman); "Personalizing Mandatory Rules in Contract Law" 86 University of Chicago Law Review 255 (2019) (with Omri Ben-Shahar); "Free Speech and Cheap Talk" 11 Journal of Legal Analysis 46 (2019) (with Daniel Hemel), “Disclosures Rules in Contract Law” 49 Journal of Legal Studies 103 (2020) (with O. Bar-Gill) and “Tort Liability and the Risk of Discriminatory Government” 87 University of Chicago Law Review 1 (2020) (with Ehud Guttel).