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CyberSecurity and AI

Date: May 27th, 2026

Location: NOI Techpark (Faculty of Engineering), Bolzano, Italy

Event Overview

It was the 17th workshop in the series “Computer Science Research Meets Business”. Experts from academia and industry explored cutting-edge technologies, including AI and share practical insights into the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The event comprised of multiple talks and discussion between academia and industry leaders. It was a one day event and was divided into 11 parts.

Workshop Chairs

Anton Dignös(unibz), Johann Gamper (unibz), Bernhard Prünster (Unternehmerverband Südtirol – Confindustria Alto Adige)

Event Agenda

The meeting followed a structured agenda, featuring talks from various research groups and industry leaders:

(14:00-14:15) Welcome Josef Morandell (Sektionspräsident ICT Unternehmerverband) and Johann Gamper (unibz)
(14:15-14:35) Cybersecurity lab at unibz Barbara Russo (unibz)
(14:35-14:55) Weaponizing Intelligence: Offensive Activities for AI Systems Simone Ragonesi (Red Team Expert -Würth IT Italy)
(14:55-15:15) From Practical Machine Learning Security to Incident Reporting Kathrin Grosse (IBM Research)
(15:15-15:35) Anatomia di un attacco Ransomware Ermanno Furlan (Head of Cybersecurity-ACS)
(15:35-16:00) Coffee Break
(16:00-16:20) From the research lab to the market: Secure and reliable monitoring of the supply chain Mariano Ceccato (University of Verona)
(16:20-16:40) KI als Angreifer und Verteidiger – zwei Seiten einer Medaille Tatjana Finger (CEO and founder-consult4ai)
(16:40-17:00) Click Happens: How One Email Can Ruin Your MondayGiuseppe Cascavilla (Tilburg University)
(17:00-17:20) The Cybercrime Business: Why Vilnerabilities Unintentionally Put Businesses in the Crosshairs Stefan Laimer (Head of Security Operations – Konverto) Closing Remarks
(17:20-19:00) Discussion and Come Together

CSLab is proud to collaborate with local stakeholders, including Südtiroler Informatik AG Informatica Alto Adige, Würth Phoenix, and the ICT department of UNIBZ, to strengthen cybersecurity across the region.