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RISE-SD 2023 Conference Programme
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Monday 29.5.2023
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8:00 - 9:00Registration
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RISE-SD 2023 Plenary session - Delphi Amphitheater
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09:00 - 09:30Strengthening Security Research and Innovation for forward-looking strategic planning (Invited Speech)
Giannis Skiadaresis, SSRI Area Coordinator, DG HOME - European Commission
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Delphi AmphitheaterNafsika conference room
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Session1 (DRS)
Chair: S. Kintzios (CERTH), Y. Yanakiev (BDI)
Session2 (FCT)
Chair: P. Van de Crommert (DISSS), S. Vrochidis (CERTH)
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9:30Resilient infrastructures through (pre-)standardization: The STRATEGY Perspective
Ioannis Chasiotis , Project Manager, Satways Ltd.
9:30FCT Invited Speech
Giannis Skiadaresis, SSRI Area Coordinator, DG HOME - European Commission
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9:45FirEUrisk: Dissecting risk to prevent extreme wildfires
Ioannis Gitas, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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10:00Harmonization and Pre-Standardization of Equipment, Training and Tactical Coordinated procedures for First Aid Vehicles deployment on European multi-victim Disasters - VALKYRIES
Yantsislav Yanakiev, Professor, Bulgarian Defence Institute - BDI
10:00Standardization of risk management in public space can be effective and fun
Vivian Gravenberch, Founder and director, DISSS (Dutch Institute for Safe and Secure Spaces)
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10:15SAFERS: Structured Approaches for Forest fire Emergencies in Resilient Societies
Edoardo Arnaudo, Senior Researcher, LINKS Foundation
10:15Standardized scenarios and test methods for assessing the performance of Counter- UAS solutions
Paraskevi Petsioti, Research Associate, ΚΕΜΕΑ
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10:30Proposed actions towards streamlining Europe wide prevention strategies in wildfire management
Pooja Pandey, Research Associate, CERIDES - Excellence in Innovation and Technology, European University Cyprus
10:30ODYSSEUS – Preventing, Countering, and Investigating Terrorist Attacks through Prognostic, Detection, and Forensic Mechanisms for Explosive Precursors
Nikolai Stoianov, Deputy Director, Bulgarian Defence Institute - BDI
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10:45New Technologies to Improve First Responder Safety – RESPOND-A Project
Iasonas Senekkis, Research Associate, CERIDES - Excellence in Innovation and Technology, European University Cyprus
10:45PERIVALLON: Protecting the EuRopean terrItory from organised enVironmentAl crime through inteLLigent threat detectiON tools
Eduardo Villamor, Project Manager, ETRA
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11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
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11:30Co-Protect: Greek cluster for cooperative and interoperable Crisis and Disaster management solutions
George Eftychidis, R&D Project Manager, Satways Ltd
11:30Towards the Prevention and Detection of Grooming Content Online, through AI-based technologies, Training and Awareness Raising Activities: The CESAGRAM solution
Theoni Spathi, Research Associate, CERTH
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11:45The Search and Rescue Project: Emerging Technologies for Early Location of Entrapped Victims under Collapsed Structures and Advanced Wearables for Risk Assessment and First Responder Safety in SAR Operations
Sofia Karma, Laboratory Teaching Staff, Dr. Chemical Engineer, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
11:45Countering Terrorist Financing with AI Technologies - CTC project
Efstathios Skarlatos , Research Associate | Project Coordinator, Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)
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12:00The Data Governance Process within the Digital Chain of Custody
Gabriel Pestana, Professor, INOV - Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering Innovation, Lisbon, Portugal
12:00Confrontation of CBRN-Terrorism Threats (COBRA)
Dimitrios Myttas, Associate Researcher, Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)
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12:15SILVANUS - Integrated Technological and Information Platform for Wildfire Management
Michele Corleto, SILVANUS Project Coordinator, Università Telematica Pegaso
EU sustainable forest management and wildfire policies and practices: Challenges between “As Is” and “To Be” state.

Nikolaos Kalapodis, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies (KEMEA).
Measuring Forest Resilience against Wildfires and Climate Change - Methods and Technical Approaches
Konstantinos Demestichas, Assistant Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
12:15 Analysing and preventing extremism via participation
Youssef Bouali, Senior EU Project Manager, Polish Platform for Homeland Security
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12:3012:30Protection System for large gatherings of people in Religious Sites
Anna van der Stok, Founder and director, DISSS (Dutch Institute for Safe and Secure Spaces)
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12:45 - 13:45Lunch Break
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13:45Search and Rescue: Emergency Technology for First Responders
Susana Izquierdo, Emergency Nourse/Researcher, Escuela Española de Salvamento y Detección con Perros
13:45Water Security Planning for Protection of Places of Worship
Rui Teixeira, Head of Water and Sanitation Department, Municipality of Barreiro
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14:00Is public procurement hindering factor in the uptake of innovation?
Jozef Kubinec, Head of Works and ICT Procurement Department, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak republic
14:00Kriptosare: Behaviour analysis in cryptocurrency transactions
Francesco Zola, Researcher, Vicomtech
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14:15Integration of innovative technologies for safety and security in drinking water networks and the paradigm of aqua3S
Spyros Kintzios, Senior Research Associate, ITI / CERTH
14:15INHERIT- INHibitors, Explosives and pRecursors InvesTigation
Hans Önnerud, Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
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14:30Enhancing pathogen contamination incident management through advanced operational picture and collaboration among incident commanders and first responders
Katerina Valouma, Project Manager, Satways Ltd.
14:30LAW-GAME An Interactive, Collaborative Digital Gamification Approach to Effective Experiential Training and Prediction of Criminal Actions
Katerina Margariti, Research Associate, CERIDES - Excellence in Innovation and Technology, European University Cyprus
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Delphi AmphitheaterNafsika conference room
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Session3 (SSRI)
Chair: A. Poustourli (STWS), J.Kubinec (Slovak MoI)
Session2 (FCT)
Chair: P. Van de Crommert (DISSS), S. Vrochidis (CERTH)
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14:45MultiRATE: R&D readiness level evaluation
Stefanos Vrochidis, Senior Researcher (Grade C), CERTH-ITI,
Dimitris Kavallieros, Senior Research Associate, CERTH-ITI
14:45Geo-spatial crime prediction using a Deep Learning attention-based model
Fabio Caffaro, Researcher, LINKS Foundation
Leveraging Continuous Learning for Fighting Misinformation
Evgenia Adamopoulou, R&D Project Manager, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems
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15:00Policy recommendations for combating new trends in drug trafficking
George Kokkinis, Associate Researcher, Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)
Frideriki Makri, Associate Researcher, Center for Security Studies (KEMEA)
15:00ART-CH: An Advanced Reasoning Tool for Fighting Trafficking of Cultural Heritage
Theodoros Alexakis, Researcher, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems
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15:15NOTIONES - interacting network of intelligence and security practitioners with industry and academia actors
Maria Ustenko, Project Manager/Researcher, Zanasi&Partners
15:15CTD-TRAC: A Complex Threat Detection Tool for Detecting Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Artefacts
Emmanouil Daskalakis, Researcher, ICCS
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15:30EU-CIP: European Knowledge Hub and Policy Testbed for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Emilia Gugliandolo, Senior Researcher, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
15:30Solutions to enHance Interfaith protEction of pLaces of worship form terrorist Danger - SHIELD
Alessandro Marani, Project Manager & Researcher, Zanasi & Partners
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15:45EXERTER – what has come out of a five years network project on explosive threats?
Anneli Ehlerding, Deputy research director, FOI Swedish defence research agency
15:45- 16:30Fighting crime and terrorism: current and emerging landscape, solutions, and opportunities - FCT PANEL DISCUSSION
Chair: Stefanos Vrochidis, CERTH-ITI
Panelists: Eduardo Villamor Medina - ETRA, Vivian Gravenberch - DISSS, Hans Önnerud - FOI, Youssef Bouali - PPHS / DigInnov
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16:00Innovations to counter hybrid threats, results from the first two project cycles (EU-Hybnet H2020)
Souzanna Sofou, Senior Research and Innovation Manager, SATWAYS
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16:15Lessons on Fire by Firelogue platform: gathering and promoting wildfire risk management project results
Mariza Kaskara, Project Manager, National Observatory of Athens
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16:30 - 17:00Coffee Break
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RISE-SD 2023 Plenary session - Delphi Amphitheater
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17:00 - 17:45 Innovation Uptake: Challenges and Opportunities - SSRI PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Giannis Skiadaresis, DG HOME - European Commission
Panelists: Stefanos Vrochidis (CERTH), Nikolai Stoianov (BDI), Emilia Gugliandolo (ENGINEERING), Rainer Jungwirth (JRC), Anneli Ehlerding (FOI)
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17:45End of Day #1
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17:45 - 18:45Tour to the R&D booths area & Outdoor/Demos
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19:30Official Reception & Social Dinner
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