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 take place in person in Frankfurt am Main. Location is Tech Quartier | Platz der Einheit 2 | 60327 Frankfurt am Main.
Upcoming Talks
Monday, February 9, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tech Quartier | Platz der Einheit 2 | 60327 Frankfurt am Main
2. OG | room Hammermann
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“
Monday, March 16, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tech Quartier | Platz der Einheit 2 | 60327 Frankfurt am Main
2. OG | room Hammermann
Claudia Plattner
President of the Federal Office for Information Security
Keynote: "Auf dem Weg zur Cybernation Deutschland"
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tech Quartier | Platz der Einheit 2 | 60327 Frankfurt am Main
2. OG | room Hammermann
Florian Schütz
Director of the Swiss National Cybersecurity Center
Keynote: "Technologie und Geopolitik sowie deren Auswirkungen auf nationale Cyberstrategien"
Previous lectures of our ATHENE Distinguished Lecture Series
2026
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"
2025
03.12.2025 | Tech Quartier, Frankfurt am Main
Ralf Stettner
CISO of the Hessian State Government
Keynote: "Cybersicherheitsland Hessen"
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"
2024
16.04.2024 | TU Darmstadt
Juliane Krämer
Professor at Universität Regensburg
Talk: "On the physical security of multivariate signature schemes"
12.03.2024 | TU Darmstadt
Carsten Meywirth
Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bundeskriminalamt
Talk: "Ransomware & Cybercrime - Sind wir noch zu retten?"
Eventteam
Chair
Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann
ATHENE | Goethe University Frankfurt
Eventmanagement
Robert Tichauer
Tel.: +49 6151 869-142
Mobile: +49 151 17960831
