Federmanager Bologna – Ferrara – Ravenna, a reference association of industrial managers with around 3,100 members in the three provinces, organizes the conference on the occasion of the annual meeting “Cybermanager. Digital innovation and workplace safety in the year of NIS2”which will take place in Bologna on Tuesday 18 June at 5.30 pm at the headquarters of the Ant Italia Onlus Foundation in via Jacopo di Paolo 36.
“The integration between digital and physical security – he underlines Massimo Melega, president of Federmanager Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna and Emilia Romagna – is central in working environments, where artificial intelligence and widespread digital technologies have to deal with increasingly complex threats to the safety of people, production and company management. Managers, at the center of this epochal turning point, lead the adoption of the necessary innovative strategies and are protagonists of change.”
“With the European directive NIS2 on the security of networks and information systems – he explains Roberto Sammarchiinnovation manager and moderator of the conference – the EU strengthens digital security by requiring member states to make an active commitment by October 2024. Managerial skills and technical-scientific skills are two aspects of the same responsibility towards this challenge, which we want to accept also through alliances strategic in the sectors of workplace safety, international relations and research.”
The program
The conference is structured in two parts.
The first focus concerns the role of information security managers in companies. The session will be opened by Vincenzo Colla, Councilor for economic development and green economy, work, training and international relations of the Emilia-Romagna Region; interventions will follow Bruno FrattasiDirector General of the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) on “Directive (EU) 2022/2555, or NIS 2” and Alessandra Poggiani, general director of Cineca, who will talk about “Cybersecurity and supercomputing. Bologna and the role of Cineca for European digital security”.
The second focus will be on the project Lasia, Labor Safety Innovation Awardpromoted by the SIGN network, Italian Scientists in Germany Networkintroduced and moderated by Roberto Sammarchiinnovation manager, founding member of the SIGN network.
They bring their contribution Massimo Melegapresident of Federmanager Emilia Romagna, Giorgio Sbaragliaboard of directors of Clusit, the Italian Association for IT Security, Francesco Santipresident of AIAS, the Italian Environment and Safety Association, Emanuele Gattipresident of Itkam, Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany and founding member of the SIGN e network Giuliano Muziochief corporate relationship officer FBK Bruno Kessler Foundation, multidisciplinary research institution, specialized in the fields of technology, innovation, human and social sciences.
The event is open to the public upon registration on the Federmanager Bologna – Ferrara – Ravenna website.
Members Assembly 2024
The in-depth meeting mentioned above will be held on the occasion of the ordinary annual assembly of the association reserved for members of the three provinces, Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna, during which the 2023 final budget and the 2024 budget will be approved.
Also scheduled in the private part is the delivery of the certificate of merit and loyalty to the members of the Union for over 50 years and of Intercultural Scholarship “Federmanager Bologna-Ferrara-Ravenna in memory of Francesco Longo”, to give the winner the opportunity to set off to discover a foreign destination by attending a language course. The program takes place in collaboration with Interculturea non-profit organization that has been promoting intercultural dialogue for over 60 years through international exchange programs involving thousands of young people and families all over the world.
