Innovation Forum on Security and Critical

Innovation Forum on Security and Critical
Infrastructure Protection (NET-SCIP)
Auditório da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, February 22, 2010
Objectives of the Forum
The Innovation Network on Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection (S-CIP)
shall gather the scientific community, the private sector and the main government
agencies with the goal of developing comparative advantages for Portugal in new
security technologies and services for the protection of critical infrastructures.
The convergence of telecommunication networks, information systems and control
technologies has become a reality. The internet is more and more the platform of
choice for the many information flows that support critical infrastructures such as
energy and fuel networks, supply chains for materials, water and food, transportation
networks and healthcare systems, as well as many small, medium and large
enterprises. At the same time sophisticated technologies based on sensor networks
allow for the aggregation of physical data in real time with respect to spaces,
equipment and people. Given the growing inter-dependence of all these systems, the
impact of so call cyber-attacks is no longer secluded to information systems and is now
a real threat both to the infrastructures and basic services on which we all depend in
our everyday life.
Centered on scientific and technological advancement, NET-SCIP shall promote an
inter-disciplinary approach by which experts from engineering, basic sciences,
economy, design and psychology come together to create new knowledge and develop
security solutions for all kinds of users and companies.
As part of this initiative, we shall present a roadmap for the creation of CyLab Portugal,
a consortium among universities and research units aimed at security innovation.
The activities of NET-SCIP are based on the ongoing research projects and graduate
education courses supported since 2006 by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
under the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program. More than 100 researchers and about
150 graduate students are currently involved in the activities sponsored by this publicprivate partnership. It is our goal to continue attracting talented students and
researchers from all over the world, thus gathering the necessary critical mass and
ensuring high-impact contributions towards a more secure world with reliable critical
infrastructures.
Innovation Forum on Security and Critical
Infrastructure Protection (NET-SCIP)
Auditório da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, February 22, 2010
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
09:00-09:30 Check-in, Morning Coffee and Networking
09:30-09:40 Opening Session
João Gabriel Silva, Dean, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade
de Coimbra
José M. F. Moura, Director, ICTI@Carnegie Mellon
09:40-10:00 Guest Presentation
Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon University
10:00-10:10 A Roadmap for CyLab Portugal
João Barros, National Director, Carnegie Mellon | Portugal Program
10:10-11:10 Roundtable Discussion I – Information and Communication Security
Speakers:
Manuel Garcia (moderator), Portugal Telecom
Paulo Mateus, IT, IST/UTL
Tiago Carvalho, GMV SkySoft
André Zúquete, IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro
Frank Pfenning, Carnegie Mellon University
11:10-11:40 Coffee Break with Poster and Demo Session
Collaborative Research Projects of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal program and Portuguese
participation in the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission
11:40-12:40 Roundtable Discussion II – Critical Infrastructure Protection
Speakers:
Eduardo Tovar (moderator), CISTER, ISEP
Nuno Ferreira Neves, LASIGE, FCUL
António Sousa, EDISOFT
Maria Manuel Farinha, ISQ
João Paulo Costeira, ISR, IST/UTL
Edmundo Monteiro, CISUC, FCTUC
Jorge Rodrigues, Critical Software
12:40-13:00 Closing Remarks
João Barros, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon University