Event program – concise
| Monday, 20th of May | ||
| 20:00 | Welcome Reception | Lobby restaurant |
| Tuesday, 21st of May | ||
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration of the participants | Conference rooms hallway |
| 09:00-09:50 | Opening Session | Europa 3 |
| ARW Co-directors Assoc. Prof. Dorin Radu and Prof. Mirsada Hukić | ||
| 10:00-13:20 | Session I. Critical Infrastructure Protection | Europa 3 |
| Chairs: Prof. Ashok Vaseashta and Prof. Konstantinos Papatheodorou | ||
| 10:00-10:40 | Lt. Alexandru Cristian Hudișteanu, NATO MARSEC COE, Türkiye | |
| Surveillance from Space of Maritime Critical Infrastructure | ||
| 10:40-11:20 | Prof. Gor Gevorgyan, Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Armenia | |
| Protecting Water and Wastewater Critical Infrastructure from Hybrid Threats | ||
| 11:20-12:00 | Prof. Ashok Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, Manassas, USA | |
| Framing scope of Hybrid threats and challenges associated with Critical Infrastructures, | ||
| 12:00-12:40 | Prof. Anatolie Sidorenko, Technical University of Moldova | |
| Functional Nanostructures for Superconducting Spintronics | ||
| 12:40-13:20 | Doina Negrea | |
| Advancing the Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Hybrid Threats throughout System Approach, Standardization and MCDA | ||
| 13:30 | Lunch | Lobby restaurant |
| 15:00-17:00 | Session II. Risk assessment and Mitigation | Europa 1 |
| Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Dorin Radu and Prof. Alina Bărbulescu | ||
| 15:00-15:40 | Prof. Konstantinos Papatheodorou, International Hellenic University, Greece | |
| Empowering Communities: Education for improving Public Awareness and Response Capacity in Earthquake Emergencies | ||
| 15:40-16:20 | Prof. Carmen Maftei, Transilvania University of Brașov | |
| Flood Hazard Analysis for Casimcea River (Romania) | ||
| 16:20-17:00 | Prof. Hukić, BiH Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Forecasting and Mitigating Epidemic Spread During Natural Disasters Triggered by Seismic Events | ||
| 17:00-17:20 | Panel and working group formation | Europa 1 & 3 |
| WG 1 – Hybrid threats, risk assessment and vulnerabilities | ||
| Lead by Prof. Ashok Vaseashta and Prof. Carmen Maftei | ||
| WG 2 – Technology Innovations to Counter Threat Vectors | ||
| Lead by Prof. Yury Dekhtyar and Assoc. Prof. Radu Muntean | ||
| WG 3 – Risk assessment | ||
| Lead by Prof. Alina Bărbulescu and Assoc. Prof. Dorin Radu | ||
| 17:20-18:30 | Working group discussions – Session 1 | |
| Questions will be distributed for discussion | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner | Lobby restaurant |
| Wednesday, 22nd of May | ||
| 09:00-12:20 | Session III. Structural monitoring and assessment | Europa 3 |
| Chairs: Prof. Mirsada Hukić and Prof. Carmen Maftei | ||
| 09:00-09:40 | Prof. Ashok Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, Manassas, USA | |
| AIoT, IoB, and TENG in Critical Infrastructure Protection | ||
| 09:40-10:20 | Prof. Radu Băncilă, Politehnica University Timișoara, Romania | |
| Criteria for the Assessment of Existing Steel Bridges – Case Studies | ||
| 10:20-11:00 | Assoc. Prof. Dorin Radu, Transilvania University of Brașov | |
| Engineering Critical Assessment of the Existing Steel Structures | ||
| 11:00-11:40 | Prof. Arezki Benfdila, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria | |
| Nanoelectronics Based Sensors and Applications | ||
| 11:40-12:20 | Prof. Alina Bărbulescu, Transilvania University of Brașov | |
| Assessing the Impact of the Dams Inception on the River Discharge | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | Lobby restaurant |
| 15:00-16:20 | Session IV. Counter-terrorism for infrastructure applications | Europa 1 |
| Chairs: Prof. Benfdila Arezki and Prof. Yuri Dekhtyar | ||
| 15:00-15:40 | Prof. Yuri Dekhtyar, Riga Technical University, Latvia | |
| Functionalisation of nano/micro Systems Against Microbiological Threats in Water | ||
| 15:40-16:20 | Prof. Metodi Hadji-Janev (BG), Military Academy, Skopje, North Macedonia | |
| Strategic and Legal Aspects of Countering Hybrid and Cyber-based Threats to Critical Infrastructures in South East Europe | ||
| 16:30-17:30 | Working group discussions – Session 2 | Europa 1 & 3 |
| 17:45 | Walking tour – sightseeing Brașov old town | |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Lobby restaurant |
| Thursday, 23rd of May | ||
| 09:00-11:00 | Session V. Solutions for critical infrastructure protection | Europa 1 |
| Chairs: Prof. Nimet Karagülle and Dr. Ilija Djugumanov | ||
| 09:00-09:40 | Prof. Álvaro Rocha, University of Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Cybersecurity Maturity Models: a Systematic Literature Review | ||
| 09:40-10:20 | Prof. Nimet Karagülle, Mersin University, Türkiye | |
| Future of Electrospun Nanofibrous Systems for Decontamination and Protection Against Chemical and Biological Threats | ||
| 10:20-11:00 | Assoc. Prof. Karlo Emmanuel Nyarko, Josip Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia | |
| From Phantoms to Firewalls: Securing Critical Infrastructures in the Age of Hybrid Threats | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | ARW Proceedings: Details and logistics, Prof. Ashok Vaseashta | Europa 1 |
| 11:20-12:00 | WG Feedback and Presentations by the leads | |
| 12:00-12:40 | Feedback session | |
| 12:40-13:00 | Conclusions, recommendations, and future cooperation | |
| 13:00-13:40 | Lessons learned | |
| Closing remarks and ARW summary | ||
| 14:00 | Lunch | Lobby restaurant |
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner | Horizon restaurant |
Working Groups, Panelists and Observers
| WG 1 – Hybrid threats, Risks, and Vulnerabilities |
| Moderators: Ashok Vaseashta, Carmen Maftei Panelists: Lt. Alexandru Cristian Hudișteanu, NATO MARSEC COE, Türkiye Dr. Ilija Djugumanov, Euro Atlantic Council, North Macedonia Scribe: Student from Transilvania University of Brașov Observer: Prof. Marija Milenković, University of Niš, Serbia |
| WG 2 – Technology Innovations to Counter Threat Vectors |
| Moderators: Yuri Dekhtyar, Radu Muntean Panelists: Assoc. Prof. Karlo Emmanuel Nyarko, Josip Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Dr. Gor Gevorgyan, Academy of Sciences of Armenia Prof. Arezki Benfdila, Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria Scribe: Student from Transilvania University of Brașov Observer: Lect. Eng. Ion Crețu, Technical University of Moldova |
| WG 3 – Risk assessment |
| Moderators: Alina Bărbulescu, Dorin Radu Panelists: Prof. Kostantinos Papatheodorou, International Hellenic University, Greece Dr. Emira Bečić, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, Croatia Prof. Nimet Karagülle Mersin University, Türkiye Scribe: PhD Student Mirko Rocca Observer: Prof. Marijana Hadzima Nyarko, Josip Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia |