Previous RISE-SD editions

The second RISE-SD was held in Rhodes, Greece, in 2023. Among the official guests of the symposium were:

• Marcel van Berlo, EU Manager Civil Security research;
• Paolo Venturoni, CEO;
• Panagiotis Kikiras, Head of Unit Technology and Innovation;
• Grigorios Apostolou, Head of Frontex Liaison Office;
• Cristina Brăilescu, Team Leader Prevention and Preparedness Programme;
• Marianthi Theocharidou, Cybersecurity expert.
• Sebastian Serwiak, Policy Officer.
• Giannis Skiadaresis, SSRI Area Coordinator.
• Athanasios Mantarlis, Deputy Director P.D. Orestiada.
• Georgios Kolliarakis, Senior Advisor Technology, Security, Research.
• Michael Kotsias, General Secretariat for Research & Innovation Head of Unit, EU & International Organizations.
• Guillermo Griem, Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network Policy Officer.
• Emmanouil Fragoulopoulos, Brigadier General, Commander of the Hellenic Research and Technology Center.
• Sergio Albani, Head of Research, Technology Development and Innovation Unit.
• Giulio Maria Mancini, Policy Officer, Coordinator Border Management Innovation.
• Rainer Jungwirth, Teamleader - Hybrid Threats and Critical Entities Resilience.
• Nicolas Faivre, Project Officer.
• Christina Corbane, Leader of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre.

The quantitative expression of the registered participants in the symposium were:

• 6 Civil Protection and Disaster-Resilient Societies;
• 3 Critical Infrastructures Resilience and Smart Cities;
• 3 Better protect the E.U. and its citizens against Crime and Terrorism;
• 5 Effective management of E.U. external borders;
• 3 Enhancing defense of the E.U.;
• 2 Increased Cybersecurity;
• 4 Strengthened Security Research and Innovation;
• 2 Artificial Intelligence.

The first RISE-SD was held during the International Fair in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 2022. Among the official guests of the symposium were:

• Daniel Lorer, Minister of Innovation and Growth of the Republic of Bulgaria;
• Stanimir Georgiev, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria;
• John-Mikal Størdal (online), Director of the NATO STO Collaboration Support Office;
• Erich Staudacher, General Manager, AFCEA Europe;
• Marek Kalbarczyk, Deputy Director Research, Technology and Innovation, European Defence Agency;
• Sebastian Serwiak, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission.

The quantitative expression of the registered participants in the symposium were:

• 27 Research and Innovation Projects;
• 4 Networks of Practitioners;
• 2 EDIDP Projects;
• 2 PESCO Projects;
• 1 National Research Program.