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About The EU Innovation Hub
The EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security is a collaborative network of innovation labs that was established by the Council’s Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) in February 2020. The EU Innovation Hub is a cross-sectorial EU platform and aims to ensure coordination and collaboration between all innovation actors of the wider field of the internal security. The Innovation Hub, being composed of various EU Agencies, European Commission (HOME and JRC), the Council General Secretariat and the EU Counter Terrorism Coordinators Office, works to provide the latest innovation updates and effective solutions to support the efforts of internal security actors in the EU and its Member States, including justice, border security, immigration, asylum and law enforcement practitioners. For more information on the Hub, please refer to: https://www.europol.europa.eu/operations-services-innovation/innovation-lab/eu-innovation-hub-for-internal-security

Schedule

9:00 - 9:30

REGISTRATION

Welcome

Co-chairs of the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security Steering Group
Enrique Belda-Esplugues, Deputy Director General of Communication and Information Systems for Security and Director of the Security Technology Centre, Ministry of Interior, Spain
Nicolas Bessot, Head of Unit for Innovation and Security Research in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs

High level session

Key notes:

  • Agnès Diallo, Executive Director, eu-LISA
  • Montserrat Marín López, Executive Director CEPOL

Interventions:

  • Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director Frontex
  • Andrei Linta, Deputy Executive Director Europol
  • Marta Cygan, Director, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission

Panel #1: Key Enabling Technologies

Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) should be understood as technologies that alone, or in combination with other technologies, have the potential to significantly enhance or deliver new capabilities. The purpose of the panel is to raise awareness on such technologies, discuss ways of strengthening the EU's technological sovereignty in KETs and present how some of those technologies could enhance the EU capability portfolio.

Panellists:

  • Isabel Praça, Professor at ISEP and Senior Researcher at GECAD
  • Isabelle Linde-Frech, Head of Business Unit Public Technology and Innovation Planning - Fraunhofer INT
  • Sean Gaines, President of the board, EACTDA
  • Christian Bratz, Assistant Director Strategic Innovation - Interpol
Moderator: Darek Saunders, Head of the Border Security Observatory a.i., Frontex

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break

Panel #2: Regulatory sandboxes

The Proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act (art. 53) envisages setting up coordinated AI 'regulatory sandboxes' to provide a controlled environment that facilitates the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited time before their placement on the market or putting them into service. In the field of law enforcement, a sandbox can allow developers and innovators to test, experiment, develop their ideas and co-create solutions, ultimately leading to better outcomes for their projects and operational law enforcement tasks. In line with its amended Regulation (EU) 2022/991, Europol is currently developing such a sandbox for law enforcement.
This panel intends to discuss what is considered a game changer for the internal security community, not least against the background of the Commission’s preparation of a European Security Data Space for Innovation.

Panellists:

  • Martin Übelhör, DG HOME F2, Innovation and Security Research, European Commission
  • Jennifer Woodard, Co-founder, Insikt Intelligence and Member of the CERIS Expert Group
  • Petr Motlicek, Idiap Research Institute & Brno University of Technology
  • Eirik Gulbrandsen, Norwegian Data Protection Authority

Moderator: Dr. Dafni Stampouli, Europol Innovation Lab

12:45 - 14:15

Lunch Break

Possibility to visit information stands presenting innovative projects by EU Member States

  • Polícia Judiciária, Portugal
  • Gendarmerie française, France
  • Immigration and Naturalisation Service, The Netherlands

Panel #3: Encryption & access to data

The digital transformation of the society makes metadata and content data an increasingly important component of modern criminal investigations. Even if granted by judicial authorisation, access to this data is increasingly and seriously challenged with the widespread use of efficient encryption capabilities. In order to address the challenge of encryption for EU Internal Security in full compliance with fundamental rights, innovative approaches should be explored and analysed. Although new and emerging technologies can certainly contribute to overcome this challenge, innovation in the field of regulatory framework, data protection, judicial proceedings, could also be considered.

Panellists:

  • Dr. Jurjen Jansen, Cybersafety Research Group
  • Peter Alexander Earls Davis, University of Copenhagen
  • Ministry of Justice Belgium, Ferre Pauwels
Moderator: Laurent Beslay, Scientific Portfolio Leader, Joint Research Centre, European Commission.

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee Break

Panel #4: Bridging the valley of death: ensuring the uptake of outputs of EU security research

The uptake of innovation stemming from EU-funded security research is not a single-step process, and there is no single method of ensuring the market uptake of successful research results. In the domain of civil security, public procurement can be a catalyst for the uptake of innovative solutions. In this panel, actors involved in procuring solutions for police/border guard/first responders will discuss challenges in procuring innovative solutions and bridging the valley of death and ensure uptake of innovation.

Panellists:

  • David Rios Morentin, VICOMTECH
  • Jorge Garzon, Deputy Head of Procurement Strategy and Performance Office, Ministry of Interior, France
  • Eleni Lianou, Center for Security Studies of the Hellenic Ministry of Citizen Protection (KEMEA)
  • Hans-Martin Pastuszka, Head of Business Unit, Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT
Moderator: Ana Lucia Jaramillo, Corvers

17:00 - 17:15

Closing remarks & outlook

Nicolas Bessot, Head of Unit for Innovation and Security Research in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs

17:30 - 19:00

Dinner: Cocktails with Finger Food


Speakers

Nicolas Bessot
Head of Unit for Innovation and Security Research in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs
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Montserrat Marín López
Executive Director CEPOL
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Marta Cygan
Director, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
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Dr. Enrique Belda-Esplugues
Deputy Director General of Communication and Information Systems for Security and Director of the Security Technology Centre, Ministry of Interior, Spain
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Agnès Diallo
Executive Director eu-LISA
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Aija Kalnaja
Deputy Executive Director FRONTEX
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Andrei Linta
Deputy Executive Director Europol
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Isabelle Linde-Frech
Head of Business Unit Public Technology and Innovation Planning - Fraunhofer INT
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Isabel Praça
Professor at ISEP and Senior Researcher at GECAD
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Sean Gaines
Director of Intonational Projects at Vicomtech and the President of EACTDA
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Christian Bratz
, Assistant Director Strategic Innovation - Interpol
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Darek Saunders
Head of the Border Security Observatory a.i., Frontex
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Martin Übelhör
DG HOME F2, Innovation and Security Research, European Commission
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Jennifer Woodard
Co-founder, Insikt Intelligence and Member of the CERIS Expert Group
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Petr Motlicek
Idiap Research Institute & Associate Professor at Brno University of Technology
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Eirik Gulbrandsen
Senior advisor in the Norwegian Data Protection Authority's Technology, Analysis and Security Department
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Dr. Dafni Stampouli
Europol Innovation Lab
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Dr. Jurjen Jansen
Cybersafety Research Group
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Peter Alexander Earls Davis
University of Copenhagen
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Laurent Beslay
Scientific Portfolio Leader, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
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David Rios Morentin
VICOMTECH
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Jorge Garzon
Deputy Head of Procurement Strategy and Performance Office, Ministry of Interior, France
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Eleni Lianou
KEMEA
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Hans-Martin Pastuszka
Head of Business Unit, Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT
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Ana Lucia Jaramillo
Corvers
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Grégory Mounier
Europol Innovation Lab, Head of EU Innovation Hub Team
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Ferre Pauwels
Ministry of Justice, Belgium
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