Open Source Conference Luxembourg

Lisa Toni Burke

Lisa combines a background in natural sciences with classical singing and a career in media. This combination of delving into technical detail, sieving it for the necessary details, and matching it to the audience is her USP.

​With well over two decades of experience on global stages, Lisa is a trusted presenter for live television, conferences, and cultural events. She is known for her ability to guide engaging, intelligent conversation.

Lisa has tackled all sorts of topics and industries, but has an abiding passion for science, space, high-tech, AI, health, brain health and the arts.

Moderator


Sessions

10-07
09:50
30min
Cyber Commons - Opportunities & Challenges
Lynn Rosa-Andre, Carlos Correia, Tima Soni, Joseph Ermeras, Dr. Emilia Tantar, Pascal Steichen, Lisa Toni Burke

Panel Discussion: Powering Cybersecurity Through Data: Luxembourg’s Vision in Action
Luxembourg has set out a holistic vision, guiding principles and concrete actions to make data, AI and quantum technologies support economic growth and sustainability, through the Luxembourg Data, AI and Quantum strategies 2030.

In order to operationalise this strategy, the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity, through its Luxembourg Cybersecurity Factory, is coordinating the national Cybersecurity Flagship project and is establishing the first Open Cybersecurity Data Space in Europe. Such a data space fosters synergies by facilitating the collection and exchange of cybersecurity-related data like threat intelligence, vulnerabilities, and efficiency of protective measures and is indispensable for the creation of new autonomous cybersecurity tools that SMEs can afford.
What are the ambitions and challenges faced? Let’s hear the insights from the various actors involved.

Expected outcome: Participants will gain practical insights into how the Open Cybersecurity Data Space can enable trusted data sharing, improve threat intelligence and support the development of affordable cybersecurity solutions for SMEs. They will leave with a clearer understanding of the key requirements, stakeholder roles and next steps needed to make the data space operational and impactful.

Topic: Public Sector and international institutions
Auditorium
10-07
11:20
30min
AI Regulatory Sandboxes and Cyber Commons
David Benhamou, Dr. Carlo Harpes, Dr. Emilia Tantar, Dr. Roy Sugimura, Lisa Toni Burke

Panel discussion: The role of open source and cyber commons for preparing for regulatory compliance.

The EU AI Act introduces regulatory sandboxes (Articles 57–59) to help organisations develop, test and validate innovative AI under supervision before market entry. This panel asks how open source and the emerging cyber commons can make this bridge between innovation and compliance more accessible, especially for SMEs, startups, researchers and public bodies.

Bringing together regulators, standardisation and cybersecurity actors, and open-source practitioners, the discussion will explore how shared assets such as datasets, testing tools, reference implementations and conformity-assessment know-how can reduce compliance barriers, and how sandboxes and open commons can reinforce each other: sandboxes provide supervised spaces to experiment, while the commons provides reusable building blocks.

Key questions include: What can a cyber commons realistically offer organisations preparing for AI Act compliance? Where does open source strengthen trust, reproducibility and auditability and where are its limits? How can sandboxes, standards and open commons ensure that lessons learned become shared resources? And how should Europe’s strategic autonomy agenda shape what is built collectively versus procured?

Expected outcome: Attendees will leave with a concrete picture of how open-source tooling and a cyber commons can shorten the path to regulatory readiness, practical entry points for participating in or contributing to these resources, and an understanding of how sandboxes and the commons fit within the broader EU standardisation and compliance landscape.

Topic: Public Sector and international institutions
Auditorium