
The topic of our flagship conference was “Stronger Together: Cyber Capabilities for Vigilant Democracies” and the event took place in June 2025
Check out the academic and policy workshops we organized.

The topic of our flagship conferencewas “China’s Cyber Challenge – Strategic Competition in the Digital Age” and the event took place in June 2024.

Mateusz was the keynote speaker at a webinar organized by, among others, the Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus. During his presentation, he discussed various aspects of threats in the cyberspace. Mateusz also participated in a discussion with the participants, discussing, among other things, security measures in digital environment This was another opportunity for engaging conversation.…

Mateusz took part in a conference co-organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and the European Union, together with the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) in Berlin. The main theme of the conference was “Beyond Firewalls: Protecting Critical Services and…

Lena gave a talk titled “Cybersecurity without Borders – What We Can Learn from Each Other.” The goal of the presentation was to inform the audience about current threats and the lessons that can be drawn from other countries. Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity offer great opportunities but also come with significant risks. Raising global awareness…

The ICS team recently facilitated an event on limitations of active cyber defense postures during a recent IFSH “Kurz erklärt” roundtable at the Berlin office. Cyberattacks against Germany are increasing in both number and complexity, raising calls for more proactive responses. Germany has been debating “active defense” for a while now. However, previous theoretical proposals are…

Mateusz participated in a discussion titled “Digital Threats and the Human Element: From EU Policies to Everyday Life,” organized by EU InfoPoint in Cyprus. He shared his observations about the dynamic changes in cyberspace that present us with new challenges. Challenges that are universal, regardless of geographical location, even if the intensity and consequences may…

Mateusz was one of the keynote speakers at a webinar organized by the Future Shift Labs. The meeting was organized as part of The Bridge series, the main aim of which is to raise social awareness in the area of modern technologies. The meeting focused on new applications for large language models, with Mateusz concentrating…

Matthias participated at the panel “Arms control in crisis: Technological and security challenges” at the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung Konferenz in Osnabrück. The panel explored how traditional arms control struggles to address digital technologies, including software, AI, and cyber capabilities. Matthias argued, that unlike physical weapons, digital tools are inherently flexible, hard to define, easily automated,…

On July 9, 2025, the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) hosted a webinar titled “Cyber Operations in the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza: No Revolution in Warfare Yet.” The event marked the launch of a new research paper by Dr. Matthias Schulze, offering an evidence-based analysis of cyber-operations in the Russia-Ukraine war…

At the invitation of Nottingham Trent University, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a seminar titled “Online-Offline Continuum Approach: New Digital Frontiers.” During the seminar, selected issues related to the development of modern technologies were discussed. In his presentation, Mateusz focused on the new and still poorly understood trend of using deepfakes for political advertising. He pointed…

At the invitation of the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Mateusz Łabuz participated in a conference devoted to new technologies and the regulatory challenges associated with their development. Mateusz moderated one of the panels, titled “Free Speech vs. Content Moderation – Shaping the Future Information Environment.” The conference, co-organized by King’s College, took place in London and brought together…