CYBER CRIME DIALOGUES

Cyber crime looks different depending on where you sit. Cyber Crime Dialogues creates a space to bring together those different perspectives in one place.
Date
July 2, 2026
14:00–17:00 CET⁠
Location
Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
Fee
Free attendance

About the Event

Cyber crime looks different depending on where you sit. Cyber Crime Dialogues (CCD) creates a space to bring these different perspectives together.

At CCD, we first host a conversation on the future of ransomware countermeasures followed by a set of lightning talks, during which each speaker has 5 minutes to present a story, idea, or observation related to cybercrime.

The event brings together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students, including participants of our Ransomware Defence Summer Bootcamp, which takes place that same week. Before and after the talks, there will be opportunities for informal discussion over drinks and snacks.

Secure Your Place

Attendance is free, but RSVP is required as places are limited.


Speakers

Max Smeets

Co-Director
Virtual Routes

Edvardas Šileris

Head of European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)
EUROPOL

Will Lyne

Head of Economic and Cybercrime
Metropolitan Police Service

Monica Kello

Lecturer in War Studies (Cyber Security), Co-Director of the Cyber Security Research Group
Department of War Studies, King's College London

Bernhard Schneider

Senior Intelligence Analyst
CrowdStrike

Emmanuel Atwam

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s student in Cybersecurity
Free University of Brussels (ULB)

Jamie MacColl

Senior Research Fellow
Royal United Services Institute

Hannah-Sophie Weber

Research and Project Officer
Virtual Routes

James Shires

Co-Director
Virtual Routes

Agenda

July 2, 2026
2 PM
Arrival & drinks
2:25 PM

Welcome

by Max Smeets, Co-Director, Virtual Routes
2:30 PM
Conversation
Lessons from the front: What is the future of counter-ransomware operations?
  • Edvardas Sileris, Head of European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), EUROPOL
  • Will Lyne, Head of Economic and Cybercrime Command, UK Metropolitan Police
Moderated by Monica Kello, Lecturer in Cyber Security at the War Studies Department at King’s College London
3:05 PM

Lightning Talks

When Cybercrime Operations and State Operations Merge

  • Bernhard Schneider, Senior Intelligence Analyst and Targeted eCrime lead, CrowdStrike

Inside a Cross-Border Cybercrime Pipeline from an African Investigator’s Lens

  • Emmanuel Atwam, CYBERUS Erasmus Mundus Scholar, Free University of Brussels and former Digital Forensics Analyst, Cybercrime Unit, Ghana Police Service

Assessing What Works in Ransomware Countermeasures

  • Jamie MacColl, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Moderated by Hannah-Sophie Weber, Research and Project Officer, Virtual Routes
3:30 PM

Closing

by James Shires, Co-Director, Virtual Routes
3:35 PM
Apéro
5:00 PM
End of Event

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