16th International Cybersecurity Symposium

"Cybersecurity for Digitized National Security, Economic Security, and Societal Security: Global Multilateral Public-Private Partnership Actions with Advanced Technologies such as AI and Quantum"





 Special Session 
David Farber Memorial Conference
The Legacy and Future of Cyber Civilization

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (JST)
Venue: Keio University, North Building Conference Hall, Mita Campus, Tokyo, Japan
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Program

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Main Sessions (all main sessions include E/J simultaneous interpretation)

DAY 1: October 27 | West School Building 1F West Hall

min. Content
9:00
JST
15 D1-S1 Opening D1-S1-1 Jun Murai (Senior Advanced Research Project Professor, Keio University)
D1-S1-2 Douglas Robbins (Vice President, MITRE)
D1-S1-3 Nobukatsu Kanehara (Executive Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
9:15
JST
10 D1-R2 Remarks from Keio University D1-R2-2 Kohei Ito (President, Keio University)
D1-R2-1 Teruo Nakatsuma (Director of the Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI), Professor, Keio University Faculty of Economics)
9:25
JST
5 D1-C13 ITRI-KGRI Signing Ceremony Wei-Chung Hwang (Deputy Director of ITRI)
Teruo Nakatsuma
9:30
JST
30 D1-R3 Remarks from Japanese Government (Ministrial) D1-R3-2 Satoru Tezuka (Chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission)
10:00
JST
15 D1-S4 Keynote Speech D1-S4-1 ADM (Ret.) Dennis Blair, (Former Director of U.S. National Intelligence)
10:15
JST
70 D1-R5 Remarks from each of the governments and United Nations D1-R5-3 Andrew Shearer (Ambassador, Australian Embassy Tokyo)
D1-R5-1 Andrew Lee (Minister-Counselor for Economic and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tokyo)
D1-R5-2 Katherine Wilde (Minister Councilor, British Embassy, Tokyo)
D1-R5-10 H.E. Dr. Aurelijus Zykas (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania)
D1-R5-11 Laurie Peters (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Canada to Japan)
D1-R5-9 Merike Grünthal (Counsellor / Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Estonia in Tokyo)
11:25
JST
30 D1-S6 Keynote Speech D1-S6-1 ADM (Ret.) Michael Rogers
D1-S6-2 IIDA Yoichi (National Cyber Director, National Cybersecurity Office)
12:10
JST
65 Lunch Break
13:15
JST
15 D1-S7 Keynote Speech from Japanese Industry, Financial Sector Toru Nakashima (Group CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group)
13:30
JST
15 D1-S8 Keynote Speech
13:45
JST
15 D1-S9 INCS-CoE Speech Luiz DaSilva (Professor, Virginia Tech)
14:00
JST
60 D1-P10 Panel Theme: INCS-CoE
Moderator: Luiz DaSilva
Panelists:
- David Luzzi (Senior Vice Provost, Northeastern University)
- Anupam Joshi (Vice Provost & Chief AI Officer, UMBC)
- Chris Hankin (Professor, Imperial College London)
- Konstantinos Mersinas (Associate Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Muhammad Salman (Head of Computer Engineering Study Program, University of Indonesia)
- Kalamullah Ramli (Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia)
- Rolando Martins (Assistant Professor, University of Porto)
- Takao Kondo (Project Associate Professor, Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI))
15:00
JST
75 D1-S11 Speeches from Japanese Government D1-S11-10 KAWANO Masatoshi (Deputy Director-General for Policy Planning and Supervisory, National Cybersecurity Office (NCO))
D1-S11-6 TAKABA Yo (Deputy Assistant Minister, Foreign Policy Bureau and North American Affairs Bureau)
D1-S11-9 NAKANO Shigeaki (Defense Councilor (Deputy Director General for Cyber Security and Information Technology Management), Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Defense)
D1-S11-12 ONODERA Kenichi (Deputy Director General for Cyber Affairs Bureau, National Police Agency)
D1-S11-4 NIKAMI Hideo (Assistant Director-General, Second Intelligence Department, Public Security Intelligence Agency)
16:15
JST
20 Break
16:35
JST
120 D1-S11-11 IIMURA Hiroyuki (Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Deputy Director-General for Cybersecurity and Information Technology Management
D1-S11-8 OKUDA Naohiko (Deputy Director General, Digital Agency)
D1-S11-5 SAWAKI Kiyoshi (Secretary General, Personal Information Protection Commission)
D1-S11-3 OKABE Fumiya (Deputy Director-General for Cybersecurity and Information Policy, MHLW)
D1-S11-7 NAKAYAMA Yasuhiro (Deputy Vice-Minister for Cyber Security and Information Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
D1-S11-13 OKI Kenji (Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan, Banking and Securities Business Supervision Bureau Deputy Vice Commissioner for Systemic Stability and Risk)
D1-S11-1 TSUGITA Akira (Assistant Minister for Cybersecurity, IT Management, and Evidenced-based Policymaking, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - Japan Minister's Secretariat)
18:35
JST
5 D1-S12 Day #1 Closing

DAY 2: October 28 | West School Building 1F West Hall

min. Content
9:00
JST
5 D2-S1 Day #2 AM Opening David Luzzi
9:05
JST
15 D2-S2 Keynote Speech
9:20
JST
15 D2-S3 Speech Matt Mickelson (PQCC Lead, MITRE)
9:35
JST
60 D2-P4 Panel Theme: PQC, International Emerging Technology
Moderator: Matt Mickelson
Panelists:
- Hart Montgomery (Linux Fondation)
- Matt Campagna (Amazon AWS)
- James Howe (SandboxAQ)
- Hiroki Uchiyama (Director and Head of the Security Innovation Lab at Hitachi America R&D)
10:35
JST
25 Break
11:00
JST
15 D2-S5 Speech Matt Eanes (Director, PAC PMO)
11:15
JST
60 D2-P6 Panel Theme: Intelligence, National Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Matt Eanes
Panelists:
- Kenzaburo Tamaru (Principal Solution Architect, Digital Agency, Japan)
- Junichi Nishiyama (Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Future Engineering (IFENG))
- Masanori Nishi (Former Deputy Minister, Minister of Defense, Japan, CEO, Trans-Pacific Group)
- Barbara Grewe (CEO, Glenwood Global Risk Management LLC, USA)
12:15
JST
75 Lunch Break
13:30
JST
5 D2-S7 Day #2 PM Opening Anupam Joshi
13:35
JST
15 D2-S8 Keynote Speech Matt Fussa (VP, Trust & Compliance Officer, Security & Trust Organization, Cisco Systems Inc.)
13:50
JST
15 D2-S9 Speech Nobukatsu Kanehara
14:05
JST
60 D2-P10 Panel Moderator: Nobukatsu Kanehara
Panelists:
- Shigeki Suzuki (President, Yokosuka Research Park, Former Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
- Mihoko Matsubara (Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT, Inc. Security and Trust Office)
15:05
JST
20 Break
15:25
JST
15 D2-S11 Speech SANO Tomoki (Director General for Active Cyber Defense and Cyber Intelligence, National Cybersecurity Office)
15:40
JST
60 D2-P12 Panel Theme: Active Cyber Defence Utilizing Internationally, including SBOM
Moderator: Sam Hall (First Secretary British Embassy Tokyo)
Panelists:
- Urmas Ruuto (Head of TECH Branch, NATO Cooperative Defence Centre of Excellence)
- Hideaki Watanabe (Chairman, Defense Technology Foundation)
- Gloria Glaubman (Founder & Principal, GMG Consulting)
16:40
JST
20 Break
17:00
JST
30 D2-S13 Speech - TBD
- Naofumi Nagamiya (Executive Fellow, Japan Information Security Audit Association)
17:30
JST
60 D2-P14 Panel Theme: Sovereign Cloud
Moderator: Naofumi Nagamiya
Panelists:
- Akio Isowa (Senior Managing Executive Officer & Group Chief Digital Innovation Officer, SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP)
- Masahiro Shimomura (Secretary-General, NPO Japan Network Security Association)
18:30
JST
5 D2-S15 Day #2 PM Closing Matt Mickelson

DAY 3: October 29 | West School Building 1F West Hall

min. Content
9:00
JST
5 D3-S1 Day #3 AM Opening Muhammad Salman
9:05
JST
15 D3-S2 Keynote Speech Christopher A. Ford (Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, currently director of the School of Defense and Strategic Studies for Missouri State University)
9:20
JST
15 D3-S3 Speech KAGEI Takayoshi (Director, Secretariat of the Personal Information Protection Commission, Personal Information Protection Legal and Policy Office)
9:35
JST
60 D3-P4 Panel Theme: Enhancing Technology, PETs
Moderator: Katsumi Takahashi (Chief Security Scientist of NTT Social Informatics Laboratories)
Panelists:
- Yoshinori Sato (Project Manager Hitachi, Ltd. Business Architecture Research Department, Systems Innovation Center, Research & Development Group)
-Ryosuke Takahashi (Chairperson, Privacy Tech Association)
10:35
JST
25 Break
11:00
JST
15 D3-S5 Speech
11:15
JST
60 D3-P6 Panel Theme: AI
Panelists:
- Sarah Sloan (Head of Cybersecurity Policy, Asia and the Pacific, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Cisco)
- Michael Karimian (Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft)
12:15
JST
75 Lunch Break
13:30
JST
5 D3-S7 Day #3 PM Opening Katsuya Yamamoto (Rear Admiral (retired), JMSDF Strategy and Deterrence Program Director Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
13:35
JST
15 D3-S8 Keynote Speech Shunsuke Fukuda (Sr. Director / Evangelist, Trend Micro Inc. TrendAI Japan Marketing)
13:50
JST
15 D3-S9 Speech - Jun Osawa (Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation・Research Director, DENTSU SOKEN Center for Economic Security Research (DCER))
14:05
JST
60 D3-P10 Panel Theme: Economic Security and Cybersecurity
Moderator: Jun Osawa
Panelists:
- Takashi Ito (Deputy Executive Director, DENTSU SOKEN Center for Economic Security Research (DCER))
- Arata Kuno (Research Director, DENTSU SOKEN Center for Economic Security Research (DCER))
15:05
JST
20 Break
15:25
JST
5 D3-C16 Fraunhofer-KGRI Signing Ceremony - Michael Eckel (Head of Security for Critical Infrastructures / Principal Investigator, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT | ATHENE)
- Georgios Gkoktsis (Deputy Head of Security for Critical Infrastructures, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT | ATHENE)
- Teruo Nakatsuma
15:30
JST
15 D3-S11 Speech Puesh Kumar (SVP, Enterprise Security, Resilience, and National Security Policy American Electric Power)
15:45
JST
60 D3-P12 Panel Theme: Critical Infrastructure, i.e. Energy
Moderator: Tadashi Kaji (Distinguished Researcher, Hitachi, Ltd.)
Panelists:
- Steven Kunsman (Hitachi Energy)
- George Gkoktsis
- Toru Tsuchiya (CEO, Cyber Defense Labs)
16:45
JST
20 Break
17:05
JST
15 D3-S13 Speech Ares Cho (Co-Leader, SEMI Taiwan Equipment and Information Security Task Force; Chair, WG1, SEMI Taiwan Cyber Security Committee; Distinguished Researcher, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI); Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Janus Cyber)
17:20
JST
60 D3-P14 Panel Theme: Critical Infrastructure, i.e. Semiconductor
Moderator: Albert Cheng (CEO, InfoKeyVault Technology Co., Ltd.)
Panelists:
- Ares Cho
- Wei-Chung Hwang
- Takahiro Fujishiro (Senior Director, Business Innovation Operation, Government &Public Corporation Information System Division, Hitachi, Ltd.)
- Satoshi Kai (Project Associate Professor, Keio Global Research Institute)
18:20
JST
5 D3-S15 Day #3 Closing Konstantinos Mersinas

DAY 4: October 30 | West School Building 1F West Hall

min. Content
9:00
JST
5 D4-S1 Day #4 AM Opening Luiz DaSilva
9:05
JST
15 D4-S2 Keynote Speech
9:20
JST
15 D4-S3 Speech Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Professor, Keio University Law School)
9:35
JST
60 D4-P4 Panel Theme: The Significance of Individual “Consent” in the Age of AI
Moderator: Tatsuhiko Yamamoto
Panelists:
- Naoto Ikegai (Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law)
- Mieko Tanno (Senior Advisor, Japan Association of Consumer Affairs Specialists, Former Chairperson, Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan)
- Seiwa Fujiwara (Attorney-at-Law, Kitahama Partners/European Centre for Certification and Privacy (ECCP))
-Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche, (Partner, Taylor Wessing Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB)
10:35
JST
20 Break
10:55
JST
15 D4-S5 Speech Noriaki Okui (President, Data Society Alliance)
11:10
JST
60 D4-P6 Panel Theme: Digital Nippon, Priority Plan for Realizing a Digital Society
Moderator: Hiroshi Nakatake (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Japan Office Managing Director and Japan representative)
Panelist:
- Takahiro Sato (Representative Director, President and CEO, TradeWaltz Inc.)
- Akira Sakaino (Director, Evangelist, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc., Trusted Data Fabric Department Social Innovation Business Solution Division)
- Satoru Yamadera (Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Visiting professor, Saitama University Graduate School of Economics and Management)
12:10
JST
80 Lunch Break
13:30
JST
5 D4-S7 Day #4 PM Opening Christine Callsen (Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Operations, MITRE)
13:35
JST
15 D4-S8 Keynote Speech Yasuhiko Taniwaki (Member of the Board, Representative Director, President and Co-CEO & COO, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.)
13:50
JST
15 D4-S9 Speech Akaishi Koichi (JDTF Chairman)
14:05
JST
60 D4-P10 Panel Theme: Digital Trust Infrastructure
Moderator: Koichi Akaishi
Panelists:
- Naoto Kikuchi (Vice Chairman, Digital Policy Forum, Project Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University)
- Takashi Kai (Researcher, Keio University, KGRI(Global Research Institute))
- Hideki HANAMI (Innovation Platform Agency,Japan (IPA) Digital & AI Systems Design Center (DADC) Deputy Director General)
- Naohiko Irie (Hitachi, Ltd. Infrastructure Control System Division Senior Strategist)
15:05
JST
20 Break
15:25
JST
15 D4-S11 Speech Jean-Emmanuel Pelaez, Hernandez (eSignature & eID expert Expert)
15:40
JST
60 D4-P12 Panel Theme: Public Trust, ISO (Trusted List)
Moderator: Jean-Emmanuel Pelaez, Hernandez
Panelists:
- Wei-Chung Hwang
- Akira Nishiyama (Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFC)
16:40
JST
20 Break
17:00
JST
15 D4-S13 Speech Nick Pope (Chair, ETSI Technical Committee on Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (TC ESI))
17:15
JST
60 D4-P14 Panel Theme: Digital Identity Wallet, Electronic Attestation of Attributes
Panelists:
- Hiroshi Nakatake
- Takashige Noguchi (Global Business Division Co-head of Global Business, WingArc 1st Inc.)
18:15
JST
15 D4-S15 Closing D4-S15-2 Jun Murai
18:30
JST
15 Move to Reception
18:45
20:00
JST
75 Reception Seikyo Shokudo

Parallel Sessions

Day 2: October 28(conducted in Japanese)

North Building 1F North Hall

min. Content
10:00-10:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S1

11:00-11:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S2

13:00-13:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S3 Data Society Alliance

Title: Highly Reliable Data Platform with the Data Credit Guarantee Organization (DCGO)
Moderator: Dr.Hiroshi Mano (Secretary General, Data Society Alliance)
14:00-14:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S4 Privacy Tech Association

Title: Sovereign AI, Data Sovereignty, and the Deployment of PETs — Cybersecurity Across National, Economic, and Social Security
Moderator: Tsubasa Takahashi (Chief Scientist / VP of Research & Development, Acompany Co., Ltd.)
Panelists:
- Daisuke Inoue (Director General of Cybersecurity Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
- Seira Hidano (Senior Manager, Cyber Intelligence Laboratories, KDDI Research, Inc.)
- Takeharu Kondo (Director / Solutions CTO, Acompany Co., Ltd.)
15:00-15:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S5 Japan Digital Trust Forum

Title: What is needed to make e-Seal standard practice?
Moderator: Koichi Shibata (Steering Committee Chair, Japan Digital Trust Forum)
Panelists:
- Naohiko Sagara (General Manager, Secom Trust Systems CO., LTD.)
16:00-16:50
JST
50 D2-T1-S6 Digital Policy Forum Japan

Title: AI Governance and Digital Sovereignty
Moderator: Naoto Kikuchi (Digital Policy Forum Japan, Acting Chairman)
Panelists: Yasuhiko Taniwaki (Digital Policy Forum Japan, Chairman)

Day 3: October 29(conducted in Japanese)

East Research Building 8F Hall

min. Content
10:00-10:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S1

11:00-11:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S2

13:00-13:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S3 InfoKeyVault Technology / WiSECURE Technologies Corporation

14:00-14:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S4 Keio University Global Research Institute, Cyber Civilization Research Center (CCRC)

15:00-15:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S5 Defense Technology Foundation

Title: MOSA, SBOM, and RMF for Continuously Evolving Defense and Critical Infrastructure
Moderator: Hideaki Watanabe (Chairman, Defense Technology Foundation)
Panelists:
- Yoshihiro Sawada (Director, JADC(Japan Aerospace & Defense Consulting) /SHIFT)
- Hideao Mori (President, JADC(Japan Aerospace & Defense Consulting) /SHIFT)
- Takashi Kanno (JADC(Japan Aerospace & Defense Consulting) /SHIFT)
16:00-16:50
JST
50 D3-T1-S6

Day 4: October 30 | North Building 1F North Hall (conducted in Japanese)

min. Content
10:00-10:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S1

11:00-11:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S2 Trend Micro Incorporated

Title: Cyber Risks and Practical Governance for AI Agents
Moderator: Naonari Tanimoto (Specialist, Solutions Engineering Private Sector SE2 Group)
13:00-13:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S3 Google

Title: The Forefront of Autonomous Defense Against AI-Driven Cyber Threats (AI Threat Defense)
Speaker: Itsufumi Murayama (Japan Head of Security Sales, Google Cloud Japan, Head of Google Cybersecurity Center of Excellence)
14:00-14:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S4 Cisco Systems G.K.

Title: Cyber Threats in the AI Era: Evolving Risks and Resilience
Speaker:Kenichi Terashita (CxO Advisor, Cisco Systems G.K.)
15:00-15:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S5

16:00-16:50
JST
50 D4-T1-S6

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