Agenda
The CRANE All-Hands Meeting is the centrepiece of our annual calendar, bringing together the entire network community to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, ignite new ideas, and strengthen connections across research areas.
The two day event will include:
- Plenary update on CRANE’s progress and next phase.
- Keynote sessions spanning academic, industry and policy perspectives.
- Announcement of CRANE’s first funding call.
- Technical presentation track.
- Poster exhibition.
- Parallel Special Interest Group (SIG) sessions.
- Learned Society Working Group (WG) session.
- Structured networking opportunities across both days.
Event Programme
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Arrival, Registration & Lunch | Foyer |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Opening Keynote Speaker: Peter Haigh, Deputy CTO, National Cyber Security Centre | Main Hall |
| 13:45 – 14:30 | CRANE Introduction and Funding Call Launch | Main Hall |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Refreshments & Networking | Foyer |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Parallel Sessions | Meeting rooms |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | SANE SIG Dr Vadim Safronov (University of Oxford) | EB0.5 |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Economics of Cyber SIG Professor Siraj Shaikh (Swansea University) | EB0.11 |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Horizon Scanning Professor Adam Joinson (University of Bath), Professor Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham) | EB0.15 |
| 15.45 – 16:00 | Refreshments & Networking | Foyer |
| 16.00 – 17:30 | CyBOK Presentation: CyBOK in Action: Supporting Cyber Security Research, Ethics, and Collaboration Panel Discussion: Exploring the benefits of a common framework for research and ethics, and its role in mapping cyber security capabilities across universities. | Main Hall |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Drinks Reception – Kindly sponsored by CyBOK | Pavilion Café |
| 18:30 – 20:30 | Buffet Dinner | Pavilion Café |
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Keynote 2 Speaker: Lorenzo Cavallaro, Professor of Computer Science, University College London Topic: Trustworthy AI for Systems Security | Main Hall |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Keynote 3 Speaker: Edith MacArthur, IT Principal Security Architect, Evernorth Health Services | Main Hall |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Refreshments & Networking | Foyer |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Parallel Sessions | Various |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Learned Society Formation WG Professor Shujun Li (University of Kent) | Main Hall |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Inclusive Careers Professor Lynne Coventry (Abertay University) | EB0.5 |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Tech Talk: | EB0.11 |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Tech Talk: | EB0.15 |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch | Foyer |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Parallel Sessions | Various |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | ACE-CSR (closed meeting) | Main Hall |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Tech Talk: | EB0.5 |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Safe & Secure Robotics SIG Dr Jims Marchang (Sheffield Hallam University) | EB0.11 |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Tech Talk: | EB0.15 |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Refreshments & Networking | Foyer |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Parallel Sessions | Various |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | AI-Cyber SIG Panel Discussion Topic: The importance of research and community development at the intersection of AI and Cyber Security Chair: Associate Professor Biju Issac (Northumbria University) | Main Hall |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Research Practices SIG Professor Steven Murdoch (University College London) | EB0.5 |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Tech Talk: | EB0.11 |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Tech Talk: | EB0.15 |
| 16:00 – 16:45 | Closing Keynote Speaker: Simon Moore, Professor of Computer Engineering, University of Cambridge | Main Hall |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | CRANE Closing Remarks | Main Hall |
| 17:15 | Event closes |
Keynote Speakers
For details about each Keynote Speaker, please see here
Links
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To attend this event, you need to be a member of CRANE, please visit the membership page and complete the membership form.