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Rail Cybersecurity Summit Agenda

Rail Cybersecurity Summit

Global Rail Operations & Security Summit

Day One – March 10, 2026

Time🎤 Strategy Theatre🔧 Tech Breakout
8:00Registration
8:45Welcome from Cyber Senate Jamison Nesbitt | Introduction to Chairman
9:00 Managing Cyber Threats in the Age of AI & Quantum Computing Jeanette Van Halteren, Managing Consultant, Thales
9:45 From CyberResilient to Antifragile. How Railway CISO's Can Orchestrate Complexity. Dimitri van Zantvliet, Directeur Cybersecurity / CISO, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
10:10 Panel: CISO Perspectives – Cyber Risk and Vulnerability Oversight in Rail Operations
10:40Networking Break One Hour
11:40 Building Resilient Rail Systems: Leveraging Reference Architecture and IEC 63452 for Cybersecurity Christian Juel-Jensen, Bane NOR Geir Reset Simonsen, Bane NOR OT Intrusion Detection Systems – The Journey and Lessons Learnt Petros Tsekouras, Transport for London
12:10 Building a Cyber Risk Assessment Tool for Rail OT Arinder Badyal, Transport UK Group Liam Sterling, Angel Trains
12:40 Digital Risk Assessment in the Engineering Change Process James Woodhouse, Angel Trains Darren Fitzgerald, Chartered Engineer
13:10Networking Lunch
14:10 Panel Procurement Governance AI in Rail OT Security: Risks, Opportunities, and the Path Forward Miki Shifman, CTO and Co-Founder, Cylus
14:40 Inside the Threat: Human Risk, Ransomware, and Intelligence in Rail Cybersecurity Phil Butterworth, TransPennine Express Bridging IT and OT: Governance and Cybersecurity in a Secure by Design Framework Gertjan Tamis, NS
15:10Networking Break
15:40 From multiple ISMS (chaos) to one ISMS (tranquility) Amin Ben Karroum, Sporveien
16:10 Panel Supply Chain Risk: Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk – From Contracts to Continuous Monitoring
16:40 Safe Tracks Ahead: 5 years on, how cybersecurity in rolling stock design has evolved Bruno Corasolla, Hitachi Rail
17:10 Regulatory Readiness, GBR Bidding & TOC Cyber Assurance Marc Silverwood, Northern Trains
17:40End of Day One

Day Two – March 11, 2026

Time🎤 Strategy Theatre🔧 Tech Breakout
8:00Registration
9:00 TABLE TOP PANEL: Incident Response Under Pressure What Rail Can Learn from Mature OT & Safety-Critical Sectors Kenny Holmes, NDA Lu Wang, NDA Joseph Mager, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
9:45 Using an AI Toolset to Verify and Assess Cybersecurity Cases Against the New Standard for Rail, IEC 63452 Dr Howard Parkinson, University of Huddersfield
10:10 Cyber Risk or Safety Risk? A Multidisciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity Jon Torode, RKH Qitarat
10:40Networking Break
11:10 NIS2 Lessons from the Energy Sector and Transport UK Focused Advisory Cevn Vibert, Vibert Ltd
11:40 Roundtables (NIS2 Oversight & Inspection | SOC Maturity & Threat Hunting | AI Detection & OT Monitoring | OEM–Operator Security Collaboration | IT/OT Governance & Asset Assurance | Visibility Gaps | Legacy OT) David Vonk, Ministry of Infrastructure and Watermanagement
12:45 Roundtable Outcomes
13:15Networking Lunch
14:15 NEW FOR 2026! Crisis Lab: Rail Cyber Response Simulation
15:40End of Day Two
© 2026 Cyber Senate. Agenda subject to change.