08:30– 09:00

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09:00– 09:30

Goal: Welcome speech and meeting logistics

Speakers:

• A1 Croatia - welcome speech and intro into the organisatio, 15'
  
• ETIS Central Office - welcome, logistics and updates from ETIS, 5'
• Sponsors' welcome, 5'

Q&A session, 5'

09:30 – 11:00

Room TBC

Introductions, 5'

Goal: Welcome speech and agenda overview, followed by a roundtable where all participants introduce themselves (only name, company, role).

Company Updates (part I), 80'

Goal: Each company is allocated 3 minutes to present what threats you focus on and major updates to most recent strategy or plans you made . Also delivering expectations from this 2-day meeting. New members in the group receive a longer time slot, if requested.

A Power Point Template to fill in will be circulated to all members in advance of the meeting. Members who presented their update in Athens (June 2025) are asked to only present news since June.

• A1 Austria
• A1 Croatia
• Deutsche Telekom
• Elisa
• KPN
• LMT
• MEO
• OTE
• Proximus
• Swisscom
• T-Mobile Poland
• Telenet
• Telenor Norway
• + Other

Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Room TBC

Format: Roundtable discussion

Goal:

• Understand how telcos could be better prepared to cover the ‘observation’ phase, before an actual attack or sabotage of infrastructure
• What can we learn from Ukrainian telcos? (remote presentation?)
• Other?

Introduction, 5' & moderation: BCWG core-team

If possible, the following company reps to take 10 minutes each, presenting their approaches, exercises, national or regional collaborations and physical security measures implemented:

• A1 Austria
• A1 Croatia
• Deutsche Telekom
• Elisa
• KPN
• LMT
• MEO
• OTE
• Proximus
• Swisscom
• T-Mobile Poland
• Telenet
• Telenor Norway

Final product:

• A subset of group members is invited to work on a one-pager of best practices to be circulated amonst the group.

13:00 – 14:00

Room TBC

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

Room TBC

Part I - Roundtable introductions & expectations

• This is the first meeting of 2 groups together, a few introductory words about yourselves would go a long way, along with your expectations of this workshop

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Part II - Format: Workshop + presentations

Goal: Successful BCM awareness campaigns are being executed in telcos around Europe. This is an opportunity to share the best practices in the field amongst 15+ telecom operators' representatives.

Workshop in two groups:

1. BCM specialists in each group present the challenges they face when spreading awareness, and note these on a white board, 30'
2. Then, groups come together and each presents the findings, 5' + 5'
3. Roundtable discussion on how awareness teams can support future efforts + presentations of successful campaigns (see below)

Presentation 1: Swisscom and the value of their facilitation card deck, 15'

Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office + group reps

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00

Format: Presentation & Discussion

Goal: Based on experience from telecom operators in Eastern and Northern Europe, ETIS members are invited to discuss how to rethink and bolster the concept of resilience.

Presentations:

• #1: Title TBC, Paweł Dobrzański, CSO/Security Tribe Lead, T-Mobile Poland, 30' + Q&A
• #2: "Surviving the Unlikely, Coping with the Inevitable: The Real Face of Resilience", Martins Kalkis, LMT, 15' + Q&A

Moderator: BCWG Core-team

17:00 – 18:30

18:30 – 19:30

19:30 – 22:00

09:00 – 10:30

Room TBC

Format: Roundtable, 30' + Q&A

Goal: Each member reports on at least 1 incident from their organisation, related to the mission and vision of our group. A Q&A session after each input helps members better understand the issue.

Deep Dives into Ransomware scenarios:

• Presentation 1 of a most-recent case: TBC, 20'
• Presentation 1 of a most-recent case: TBC, 20'

To submit a presentation proposal, simply contact Andrija at av@etis.org.

Moderator: BCWG Core-Team

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Room TBC

Format: Presentations + Workshop

Presentations:

• Reflection on the technical details of the blackout in Spain/Portugal/France in 2025 - presenter TBC
• Reflection on the technical details of the blackout in Croatia/Montenegro/B&H - presenter TBC

To submit a presentation proposal on any of the above, simply contact Andrija at av@etis.org.

Workshop for all BCWG attendees

Goal: Co-create a shared matrix of impactful actions (technical + policy + operational) to guide next-phase investments. 

Introduction: BCWG core-team, 10'

Moderators: BCWG core-team

• 3 groups of 5 participants are created, each one with a rapporteur
• 30 min is allocated for each breakout group discussion
• 10 min for Group 1 to present their results + Q&A
• 10 min for Group 2 to present their results + Q&A
• 10 min for Group 3 to present their results + Q&A

Review of survey results from the BCWG & ISWG meeting in Athens - presentation by Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office, 15' + Q&A

Moderator: BCWG Core-Team

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:20

Room TBC

Format: Discussion

Intro: How to respond once evidence on a more granular level is requested from the regulators? Despite company policy limiting access to those.

Goal: BCWG members to discuss.

Moderator: BCWG Core-Team

14:20 – 14:30

Short Break

14:30 – 15:00

Room TBC

Format: Discussion between all members, 20'

Goal: Understand better the need from BCWG members and whether the mission and vision of the group is still the same. This reflection will help us realize what are further needs to be met, with this group.

Moderator: Andrija Višić, ETIS Central Office

10' Roundtable at the end: every attendee is asked to reflect on the last 2 days and come up with at least 1 topic to address in the next BCWG meeting in Riga, 28-29 May 2026.

15:00