ATHENE Distinguished Lecture Series

At the ATHENE Distinguished Lecture Series, we invite established national and inter­national cybersecurity experts to give us insights into their latest research findings. 

Following a 20-minute lecture and subsequent discussion with the moderator, the speakers will engage in a dialogue with the audience. After the presentation, you will have the opportunity to talk personally with key players in the field of cybersecurity. These lectures are open to the public and interested visitors are welcome to attend. However, registration is required.

The event will be held in person.
The venue for the upcoming lectures is: Fraunhofer SIT | Rheinstraße 75 | 64295 Darmstadt

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Shuttle-Service from Frankfurt

To make it easier for participants from Frankfurt to get here, we are offering a shuttle service from Frankfurt to Darmstadt and back.
The meeting point is: 12:00 PM | Goethe University Frankfurt | Robert-Mayer-Straße 10 | 60325 Frankfurt am Main.
The return trip from Darmstadt is scheduled for 4:00 PM.
If you would like to use the shuttle service, please indicate this on the registration form.


Upcoming Talks

Monday, January 18, 2027  | 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Fraunhofer SIT | Rheinstraße 75 | 64295 Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus
Hesse's Minister for Digitalization and Innovation

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Previous lectures of our ATHENE Distinguished Lecture Series

2026

03.06.2026 | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

HUANG Yiyang
Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Frankfurt am Main

Keynote: "China's Current Development and Prospects for Chinese-German Cooperation"

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21.04.2026  | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

Florian Schütz
Director of the Swiss National Cyber Security Centre 

Keynote: "Technologie und Geopolitik sowie deren Aus­wirkungen auf nationale Cyberstrategien"

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16.03.2026  | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

Claudia Plattner
President of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

Keynote: "Auf dem Weg zur Cybernation Deutschland"

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09.02.2026 | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

Lucas Schmitz
Member of the Hessian State Parliament, spokesperson for the CDU parliamentary group on science and the arts

Keynote: "Forschungssicherheit in Zeiten globaler Systemkonkurrenz“

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19.01.2026 | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger
CEO of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Professor at Saarland University

Keynote: "KI und Europa und KI Transfer im Allgemeinen"

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2025

03.12.2025 | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main

Ralf Stettner
CISO of the Hessian State Government

Keynote: "Cybersicherheitsland Hessen"

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03.11.2025 | Goethe University Frankfurt

Prof. Dr. Roman Poseck
Hessian Ministry of the Interior, for Security and Homeland Security

Keynote: "Innere Sicherheit im digitalen Raum – Prioritäten für ein souveränes und widerstandsfähiges Deutschland"

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2024

02.07.2024 | TU Darmstadt

Tal Shapira
Co-Founder & CTO at Reco

Talk: "A Deep Learning Approach for Detecting IP Hijack Attacks"

See his talk on YouTube.

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13.05.2024 | TU Darmstadt

Prof. Amir Herzberg
Professor an der University of Connecticut

Talk: "BGP-iSec: Improved Security of Internet Routing Against Post-ROV Attacks"

See his talk on YouTube.

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16.04.2024 | TU Darmstadt

Juliane Krämer
Professor at Universität Regensburg

Talk: "On the physical security of multivariate signature schemes"

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12.03.2024 | TU Darmstadt

Carsten Meywirth
Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bundeskriminalamt

Talk: "Ransomware & Cybercrime - Sind wir noch zu retten?"

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