International Workshop on Cybersecurity and Society (IWCS) ~ March 4-5, 2025
The CIRICS team invites both professionals and researchers to discuss the latest challenges and innovations in “cybersecurity and society“.
Making our cyber lives secure, safe, and private, weather at individual and organizational levels, requires both advanced cybersecurity technologies and best practices.
Our 2-day bilingual workshop will allow us to unite the many disciplines interested in cybersecurity, whether from technical, organizational, or psychological perspectives.
We look forward to welcoming you and exploring redefining with you the next phase of our research agenda and knowledge transfer community.
Sponsor
The CIRICS team is grateful to our sponsor, Portage CyberTech, for kindly supporting the event and taking part in leading our community.
Registration
Please register online using our EventBrite page, all admissions are free for both days, and meals and breaks are included.
Please register to either 1 or both days, and indicate meal preferences.
Location
The workshop will take place in the Grande salle du pavillon Alexandre-Taché at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO).
You will find on this page the instructions to get there, and access via door 1 of the Alexandre-Taché campus.
The sessions of March 4 and 5 will also be open in hybrid mode on Zoom, and recorded for later rebroadcast on YouTube.
Links to our Zoom sessions and YouTube channel will be posted here soon.
Organizing Committee
(please click on our team member’s name to find their personal or team web site)
- Chair: Stéphane Gagnon
- Co-Chair: Patrice Renaud
- Coordinator: Ivo Pessanha
- Session 1: Stéphane Bouchard
- Session 1: Caroline Blais
- Session 2: Mohand Allili
- Session 2: Alan Davoust
- Session 3: Mario Malouin
- Session 3: Anna Margulis
- Session 4: Rhizlane Hamouti
- Session 4: Hamed Motaghi
Program on Tuesday March 4
| Time | Activity | Chair |
| 12:00 | Participant Registration and On-site Lunch | Ivo Pessenha |
| 12:15 | Opening Address | Patrice Renaud, Director, CIRICS Murielle Laberge, Rectrice, UQO Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Québec (virtual welcome) |
| 12:30 | Keynotes Speakers | Bianca Lavoie, Directrice générale de la sécurité de l’information gouvernementale (p.i.), Ministère de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique du Québec (MCN) Richard Larose, Senior Strategic Advisor on Cyber Partnership – Conseiller stratégique principal du cyberpartenariat, Canadian Center for Cyber Security – Centre canadien pour la cybersécurité |
| 13:15 | Presentation on CIRICS Research Program | Patrice Renaud |
| 13:30 | Research Team Overview | 10 CIRICS Researchers |
| 15:00 | Pause | |
| 15:15 | Roundtable on Research Community Building | Stéphane Gagnon |
| 16:30 | Closing Address | Stéphane Gagnon |
| 17:00 | Activity On-Campus | Cocktail at Bar étudiant Le Tonik | Université du Québec en Outaouais |
Program on Wednesday March 5
(please click on our speaker’s name to find their personal web site)
| Time | Topic | Title | Speaker |
| 8:30 | Welcome | Research Opportunities in Cybersecurity and Society | Patrice Renaud, Director, CIRICS |
| 8:35 | Keynote Speaker & Discussant Chair: Stéphane Gagnon, UQO | Keynote: AI Safety in Parliaments: Latest Standards and Compliance Challenges | Fotios Fitsilis, Head of Department for Scientific Documentation and Supervision, Hellenic Parliament |
| 9:15 | Session 1 – Cyberpsychology Co-Chairs: Stéphane Bouchard, UQO, Caroline Blais, UQO | The Changing Face of Online Sexual Exploitation: 30 Years of Research on Offender Profiles AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material | Sarah Paquette, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, University of Portsmouth Mauranne Ste-Marie, Senior Research Analyst, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Taylor Carty, Intelligence Analyst, National Child Exploitation Crime Centre, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
| 10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:45 | Session 2 – Technology Co-Chairs: Alan Davoust, UQO, Mohand Allili, UQO | Cognitive Effects of AI Use: From Augmented Intelligence to Disinformation Influence Cybersecurity Ontologies for Threat Intelligence | Aaron French, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Kennesaw State University Erik Hemberg, Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), MIT |
| 12:00 | Poster Session Chair: Ivo Pessanha, UQO | ||
| 12:15 | On-site lunch | ||
| 13:15 | Session 3 – Privacy Co-Chairs: Anna Margulis, UQO, Mario Malouin, UQO | Acceptation des « cookies » en ligne : quelle éthique du design pour quels résultats? Auto-triage des patients à l’urgence | Sandrine Prom Tep, Professor of Marketing, ESG UQAM El Mostafa Bouattane, MD, Director of the Performance, Decision Support & Privacy Dept., Hôpital Montfort |
| 14:30 | Session 4 – Innovation Co-Chairs: Hamed Motaghi, UQO, Rhizlane Hamouti, UQO | L’Open Banking : Orchestrer l’Innovation dans un écosystème « API-First » Cybersécurité et gestion : Défis organisationnels et solutions innovantes : Cas Portage CyberTech | Hamid Nach, Professor of Business Technology Management (BTM), UQAR Bruce Lévis, Chief Strategy Officer, Portage CyberTech |
| 15:45 | Break | ||
| 16:00 | Experts Panel on Knowledge Transfer Chair: Stéphane Gagnon, UQO | AI Safety: What Can Researchers Do to Help? Ethical Issues Research Team Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) Canada Artificial Intelligence Governance & Safety Canada (AIGS) | Julie M.E. Garneau, Prof. RH/RI, UQO Walter Knitl, President, AIoT Canada Wyatt Tessari L’Allié, Founder & Executive Director, AIGS |
| 16:50 | Closing Address | Toward a Research Agenda for Cybersecurity and Society | Patrice Renaud, Director, CIRICS |