Day One: 29-11-2018
09:00 am
Opening Ceremony
1 hour- AbdulHafiz Mansour, Secretary General, Special Investigation Commission, MENAFATF President, Vice Chair for the EGMONT Group, MENA Regional Representative, Lebanon
- Dr. Alwaleed Alsheikh, Executive Secretary, MENAFATF
- Major Gen. Imad Osman, Director General, Internal Security Forces, Lebanon
- HE Mr. Riad Salame Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon - Chairman, Special Investigation Commission, Central Bank of Lebanon
10:30 am
Session 1: Business Email Compromise and Cyber threat
1 hour and 30 minutes- A look at the Business Email Compromise (BEC) and Cyber threat development & landscape in the financial sector 2015- 2018
- How to combat BEC and Cybercrimes going forward
- Experience with correspondent banks
Moderator: Lt. Col. Albert Khoury, Head of Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau, Judicial Police, Internal Security Forces, Lebanon
Speakers:
- Wissam Maroun, Head of Compliance, BBAC Bank, Lebanon
- Mohammad Dabbour, SVP - Director of Compliance, Arab Bank, Jordan
- Ionut Stoica, Senior Project Officer, Cybercrime Programme Office, Council of Europe
12:00 pm
Session 2: National Cyber Security Strategy
1 hour and 30 minutes- National Cyber Security Strategy: The Government's vision and roadmap
- Regime main players and guardians
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to enhance the Regime
- Challenges of cybersecurity in the European Union
- The National model and doctrine of cybersecurity in EU Member States
- Case Study: The Romanian model on cybersecurity
Moderators:
- Dr. Lina Oueidat, National ICT Strategy Coordinator, Prime Ministry, Lebanon
- Jerome Ribault-Gaillard, Consultant, EU Delegation, Lebanon
Speakers:
- Maya Chamli, Project Manager, Higher Council for Privatization and PPP, Lebanon
- Severine Wernert, Member of Cabinet, Commissioner Julian King, Security Union, EU Commission
- Daniel Ionita, Director of Analyses, Policies and Cooperation Directorate, CERT-RO, Romania
02:30 pm
Session 3: Virtual currencies/Crypto-assets & Blockchain: Risks or Opportunities
2 hours- The rise of crypto-assets: risks, opportunities, regulations
- Blockchain relation to Crypto-assets
- The challenges on blockchain and virtual currency investigations
- EU experience and current policy on crypto-assets
- The use of Blockchain in the Banking & Public Sectors
- Money laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks
Moderator: Dr. Alwaleed Alsheikh, Executive Secretary, MENAFATF, Bahrain
Speakers:
- Amr Rashed, FIU Egypt, Chair of TATWG at the Egmont Group, Egypt
- Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist, Bitdefender, Romania
- SSA Jeffrey Savage, U.S. Secret Service Attaché, Subject Matter Expert, USA
- Col. Carlos Pimentel, European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), EU