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Symposium Legal and Security Issues of ICT, CEPIS-LSI

16. May 2025 Heinz Zemanek Saal, Wollzeile 1, 1010 Vienna Get tickets now

The CEPIS Legal and Security Issues (LSI) expert group brings together experts from CEPIS Member Societies to provide independent professional expertise on IT-related legislation and cybersecurity issues (Legal and Security Issues expert group – CEPIS). Chair: Prof. Kai Rannenberg, Secretary Prof. Marko Hölbl.

The group’s main activities are developing, discussing and promoting CEPIS opinions on current cybersecurity issues and communicating them to the relevant institutions. The group also actively participates in other cybersecurity-related organisations, such as ENISA and ECSO.

The next CEPIS Meeting will be held on Vienna, joining in the celebrations of the 50 years of the Austrian Computing Society OCG.

Participation is free, registration is required by sendng an e-mail: iris25@iris-conferences.eu.

Programme:

  • 10:00-10:15 Opening remarks: Kai Rannenberg, chair of CEPIS-LSI and future president of IFIP

  • 10:15-11:30 Session I – Electronic Identity and eIDAS European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, chaired by Marko Hölbl

    Electronic Identity on Austria, Peter Kustor, Federal Chancellery, Vienna

    European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet from a Human Rights Perspective, Thomas Lohninger, epicenter.works, Wien

    Practical Issues of eID, Christoph Tschohl, Research Institute / Privacy Forum of OCG, Wien

    Discussant: Kai Rannenberg

  • 11:30-11:45 Break

  • 11:45-13:00 Session II – Data Governance and Data Protection, chaired by Erich Schweighofer

    Mastering Huge Data Corpora with LLMs, Anton Geist

    Practical Challenges of Data Anonymisation, Peter Kieseberg, Fachhochschule St. Pölten

    Discussant: Stefan Eder

  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch break and networking

  • 14:00-16:00 – Session III – Security in Cyberspace, chaired by Kai Rannenberg

    Digital Sovereignty – Time to Act!, Harald Wehnes, Universität Würzburg

    Cybersecurity in ICANN, Matthias Hudobnik, Member of ICANN’s SSAC

    Chat Control, Kai Rannenberg, Universität Frankfurt

    NIS2 and GDPR – Inconsistency questions, Stefan Eder, Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwälte / Lawthek at Cybly, Wien

    Discussant: Erich Schweighofer

  • 16:00-16:15 Closing remarks by Kai Rannenberg

Date & Location

The Symposiom takes place on Friday, 16 May 2025, 10-16 hours, Heinz Zemanek Saal, Wollzeile 1, 1010 Vienna.

Conference language: English, comments in German are possible.

Registration

Secure your place at iris-conferences.eu/symp_lsi25

Online participation is possible. The link will be distributed shortly before the meeting.

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