Uplifting Cyber Security and Resilience in Asia Pacific

Workshop aim: To promote greater diversity in cyber security and share game-changing interdisciplinary research between Australia and Japan to address complex cyber security challenges, engage researchers, industry experts and students. Building long term research collaboration and knowledge sharing for effective awareness of cyber security education and industry collaboration between academia-industry to better identify skills gaps in the workforce and priority challenges requiring immediate solutions for industry. Students will be able to participate, allowing them to learn more about the cyber security profession from experts and establish industry relationships.

Workshop schedule (In AEST time):

10:00 am Guest start arriving
10:30 am Morning tea (Australia only)
10:45 am Introduction - Professor Ryan Ko, Chair and Director, UQ Cyber Security
10:50 am Opening remarks - Professor (Hon) Caroline McMillen AO FAHMS, Australia-Japan Foundation Board Member and Chief Scientist for South Australia 
10:55 am Partner address - Ms Kana Shinoda, Founder, Code Blue/Blue Inc
11:00 am Partner address - Mr Toshinori Kajiura, Chairman of Japan Cybersecurity Innovation Committee (JCIC)
11:05 am Partner address - Dr David Stockdale, Director of AusCERT
11:10 am Greeting remarks - Mr Junji Gomakubo, Consul-General of Japan, Brisbane

11:15 am to 12:15 pm Session 1: Round Table Panel Discussion: Uplifting Cyber Security and Resilience in Asia Pacific

Speakers:

• MC: Mr Toshinori Kajiura - Chairman, Japan Cybersecurity Innovation Committee (JCIC)
• Dr David Stockdale - Director, AusCERT and ITS, The University of Queensland
• Ms Ayuko Hayashi - Senior Fellow, Japan Cybersecurity Innovation Committee (JCIC) 
• Dr Ares Cho - National Cybersecurity Project Lead and Director of Industrial Technology Research Institute Taiwan
• Mr Hiroyuki Konno - Counsellor, 1st Critical Infrastructure Protection Group, National Center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity(NISC)

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm Break time /Lunch (Australia only)

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Session 2: Panel Discussion: Telecommunication Cyber Security

Speakers:

• MC: Facilitator: A/Prof Dan Kim - Deputy Director, UQ Cyber Security
• Mr Koichiro Komiyama - Director, Global Coordination Division at JPCERT/CC
• Mr Dirk Hodgson - Director, Cybersecurity, NTT
• Mr Adli Wahid - Senior Internet Security Specialist, APNIC
• Ms Holly Wright - Security Architect, IBM Security (Cybersecurity Development Lab)

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Session 3: Panel Discussion: Diversifying the cybersecurity ecosystem

Speakers:

• MC: Professor Ryan Ko - Chair and Director, UQ Cyber Security
• Ms Kana Shinoda (Various International Communities) - Founder, Code Blue/Blue Inc
• Mr Mike Holm (Recruitment for best team fit) - Senior Manager, AusCERT
• Dr Ivano Bongiovanni (Gender diversity) - Information Security, Governance and Leadership Lecturer, UQ Business School or Ms Shelley Smith - Senior Cyber Capability Strategist, Queensland Government
• Prof Huy Kang Kim (Cyber workforce recruitment, retention strategies) - Korea University, Co-founder of AI Spera

3:30 pm Networking Time (Australia only)

This initiative is funded by The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via the Australia-Japan Foundation grant.

Workshop partners:

About UQ and Blue Inc. (Tokyo) Cyber Security workshop

“Promoting Cyber Security Sector Diversity and Bilateral Interdisciplinary Research”

The University of Queensland, BLUE Inc. (Tokyo), and AusCERT are partnering to offer one day workshop seminars to address complex cyber security challenges, engage researchers, industry experts and students.

Industry professionals from both countries will be presenting across three themes aimed at promoting and sharing game-changing interdisciplinary research between Australia and Japan.