Opening plenary session

   4 June 2025

   EN – FR – ES

   9h00 – 12h30 CET+1 

  Agenda

   Hemicycle

  • Opening
    • Jonathan Attard, Minister of Justice of Malta, on behalf of the President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
    • Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
    • Samuel Nartey George, Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Ghana
  • Cybercrime and electronic evidence: global perspectives
  • Update: Global state of cybercrime legislation and implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocols
  • International treaties on cybercrime: the new United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime (“Hanoi Convention”) and its links to the Convention on Cybercrime (“Budapest Convention”)  
  • Conclusions
Keynote Speakers
Alain BERSET
Alain BERSET Secretary General, Council of Europe
Jonathan Attard
Jonathan Attard Minister of Justice of Malta
Samuel Nartey George
Samuel Nartey George Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Ghana
Moderator and rapporteur
Alexander Seger
Alexander Seger Executive Secretary of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention Committee
Pedro Verdelho
Pedro Verdelho Chair of the Cybercrime Convention Committee, Portugal
Tupou'tuah Baravilala
Tupou'tuah Baravilala Director-General, Digital Government Transformation, Cybersecurity and Communications, Ministry of trade, Co-operatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Communications, Suva, FIJI
Speakers
Aisling Kelly
Aisling Kelly Microsoft's Law Enforcement & National Security team in Europe
Bertha Nayelly Loya Marin
Bertha Nayelly Loya Marin Head of the Global Cybercrime Program for UNODC
Dong UK KIM
Dong UK KIM Coordinator, GLACY-e Project, Cybercrime Directorate, INTERPOL
Edora Binti Ahmad
Edora Binti Ahmad Deputy Chief Executive (Legal Management) at Malaysia’s National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA)
Jamila Akaaga ADE
Jamila Akaaga ADE Deputy Director Public Prosecutions/Head Cybercrimes, Federal Ministry of Justice, Nigeria
Joshua James
Joshua James Regional Counter-Cybercrime Coordinator, UNODC
Laurence Hortas-Laberge
Laurence Hortas-Laberge
Michele Socco
Michele Socco Cybercrime Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Nathan Whiteman
Nathan Whiteman Director / Principal Legal Officer, Cybercrime, Child Abuse Policy and Engagement Section (CCAPES), Attorney-General's Department
William Cameros Martinez
William Cameros Martinez Vice-Minister, Ministerio de Gobernación República de Guatemala