11:00 - 13:00 Teaching Hub (via Corridoni, 20)

The conference aims to provide an overview of the role of intelligence services in the digital age, analyzing the evolution of socio-technological and geopolitical factors that are transforming the context of cybersecurity.

Concrete cases of cyberattacks will be addressed, examining the strategic responses of intelligence services and the new threats arising from the adoption of emerging technologies.

The discussion will focus on the operational adaptation of intelligence services to these challenges, highlighting the difficulties in redefining traditional methods and the possible need to establish public-private collaborations.

Particular attention will be given to the growing importance of artificial intelligence, quantum cryptography, and the protection of critical infrastructure.

Finally, there will be a reflection on the changing global perception of national security, exploring the socio-political and economic dynamics driving a “Cyber Sovereignty First” approach, where each nation aims to safeguard its digital sovereignty.

Francesco Tozzi

Cybersecurity analyst at the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID), where he monitors cyber threats targeting the Italian public sector.

His work spans intelligence gathering, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing, as well as tracking data breaches and threat actor activity related to phishing, malware, and attacks by foreign hacktivist groups and collectives. He contributes to the resilience of critical infrastructure through analytical precision and a focus on emerging technologies, grounded in an academic background in physics where he developed a particular interest in quantum computing.

Luigi Martino

Assistant Professor of Cyber Security and ICT Policies at the School of Political Science “Cesare Alfieri” of the University of Florence and a Junior Assistant Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, where he teaches “Cyber Security and International Politics” and “Cybersecurity and International Business” .

He earned his doctorate from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa with a dissertation on protecting critical infrastructures from cyber‑attacks via public‑private partnership models . From 2016 to 2018 he managed the OSCE–UniFi project “Enhancing the implementation of OSCE CBMs to reduce the risk of conflict stemming from the use of ICTs” and in 2017 contributed to the G7 Declaration on Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace . He sits on the Research Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, directs the CCSIRS‑UniFi node of Italy’s CINI National Cybersecurity Laboratory, and in 2019 was selected for the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program on Multilateral Cooperation in Cyberspace .

Luigi Rebuffi

Founder and Secretary General of ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation) as well as Founder and Secretary General of the Women4Cyber (W4C) Foundation.

Graduated in Nuclear Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, he initially worked in Germany on the high power microwave systems for ITER thermonuclear fusion reactor. Then, at Thales, took increasing responsibilities on European R&D in different sectors: telecom, industrial, medical, scientific, becoming in 2003 Director for European Affairs. He created EOS (European Organisation for Security) in 2007 and has been for 10 years its CEO. From 2012 to 2016 he has been an advisor to the European Commission for the EU Security Research Programme and President of the Steering Board of the French ANR for security research. In 2016 he founded ECSO and European cybersecurity community.

Workshop

"UN SECURITY COUNCIL: Reimagining the Cuban Missile Crisis"

15:00 - 18:00 Teaching Hub (via Corridoni, 20)

The workshop consists of a simulation of the UN Security Council set in the historical context of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

The event aims to highlight key dynamics of international diplomacy in conflict contexts, building an engaging narrative based on historically crucial events.

The participants, divided into delegations, will be personally in the shoes of the main actors involved: guided by a faithful framing of the historical context and tensions between the parties concerned, Members will be free to negotiate and reinterpret strategic decisions, approaching alternative outcomes than those actually materialized.

Andrea Knapp

PhD candidate in Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on the decision-making of International Organizations (particularly the United Nations and NATO), conflict intervention, peacekeeping missions and the protection of civilians. In her doctoral thesis, she analyzes state influence on conflict negotiation processes at the United Nations Security Council since 1990.

Andrea has previously worked in the Defence Policy and Planning Division (DPP) at NATO HQ in Brussels and is currently a consultant for the NATO Stability Policing Center of Excellence in Vicenza.

with the participaton of:

The first ever Model United Nations Students Association and delegation of the University of Bologna.

Eager for more community engagement, to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and to build an international environment, they brought to the Forlì campus the world of MUN.

They promote a weekly MUN Club with simulations and training sessions, informal debates, and social events to get to know people from all over the world, all to culminate in the final big conference at the end of the year.