CYBERWAL IN GALAXIA
ACADEMY
EURO SPACE CENTER (LIBIN)
DEC. 7th to DEC. 10th, 2026
Registration opens soon.
800+
participants
5th
edition
14
countries represented
THE FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY WILL BE BUILT BY THE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO SHAPE IT TOGETHER
Artificial intelligence, space-based infrastructure, evolving regulation and questions of digital trust are reshaping the priorities of industry, institutions, academia and defence, often at the same time. In this landscape, expertise alone is no longer enough. What matters is the ability to bring the right perspectives together, challenge assumptions and turn strategic thinking into decisions that hold up in practice. This is the purpose of Cyberwal in Galaxia Academy.
Each year in Wallonia, Belgium, the Academy brings together researchers, cybersecurity experts, technology leaders, public decision-makers and defence stakeholders from across Europe to challenge ideas, build partnerships and turn discussion into action. Its fifth edition marks five years of this exchange — and goes further still, with a sharper focus on real-world case studies, strategic workshops and direct dialogue between the people shaping the field
Hosted at the heart of one of Europe’s most dynamic cyber and space ecosystems, Cyberwal in Galaxia Academy is more than a conference. It is where Europe’s cybersecurity community comes together – not just to follow what comes next, but to help define it.
SPEAKERS
ir. Yvan De Mesmaeker (M.Sc.Eng.)
Secretary General
European Corporate Security Association – ECSA
Vassili Joannidès de Lautour
Consultant in AI for education and affiliate professor at Parma University
Parma University
Vassili Joannidès de Lautour
Consultant in AI for education and affiliate professor at Parma University
Parma University
SIMULATIONS & DEMONSTRATIONS
Some cyber scenarios are difficult to understand until you experience them from the inside.
On December 10th 2026, participants will take part in cyber range simulations designed to recreate the pressure, uncertainty and decision-making of real-world cyber crisis and defence situations.
A rare opportunity to test your judgement, challenge your assumptions and experience how cyber operations unfold when the stakes are high.
SIMULATION “INCEPTION” BY ECONOCOM PSF
Inception is an immersive crisis simulation experience that places participants at the heart of a major cyber incident, with no fully predictable scenario.
Faced with technical, human, media, legal, and operational developments, participants must assess the situation, make decisions, and coordinate their response under pressure.
The experience replicates the dynamics of a real-life crisis through interactions, phone calls, documents, simulated systems, and events that evolve according to the decisions made.
Its objective is to turn theoretical crisis management into a hands-on experience, enabling participants to learn how to understand, decide, communicate, and act before reality catches up with them.
SIMULATION “MISSION ECHO 7” BY CYBER TEAM OF THE BELGIAN AIR FORCE
The Cyber Team of the Belgian Air Force’s 11th Sqn Air Defence presents Mission Echo 7: a live, interactive cyber range demonstration built around a simulated surveillance mission to protect critical infrastructure.
With an unmanned aerial system in the air and the mission already underway, you’ll be drawn into the investigation when something suddenly stops adding up.
Examine the evidence, question your assumptions, and decide where to investigate first.
SECURING ROUTES BETWEEN GROUND STATIONS AND THE CLOUD BY UCLOUVAIN
Watch a routing hijack in action: traffic between ground stations and the cloud services storing Earth observation data is diverted off its normal path. The demonstration then shows how existing protections respond and which vulnerabilities remain.
THE TROJAN PATH : DELIVERING REQUESTS ON ONE PATH, DATA ON ANOTHER TO AVOID GEO-BLOCKING BY UCLOUVAIN
See how the Stork proxy opens a connection on one path and sends the bulk of the data through a second path that would normally be geo-blocked.
DEMO 1 – INDUSTRIAL OT/IOT CYBERSECURITY DEMONSTRATOR BY SIRRIS, CETIC & MULTITEL
Replica of a manufacturing company and demonstration of attacks exploiting various vulnerabilities. Discussion of the level of protection needed (risk-based approach) and its link with the NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Illustration of the network segmentation and configuration hardening approach. Use of AI for real-time cyber attack detection.
DEMO 2 – FREE-SPACE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) BY MULTITEL & CETIC
The demonstrator presents a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system based on the BB84 protocol, operating in free space over a distance of 1 to 2 meters between the two users. The setup establishes a secure quantum channel between two parties, Alice and Bob, using two collimators for information transmission and an attenuated laser source to operate in the single-photon regime.
The system relies on a compact optical design integrating LiNbO₃ phase modulators for polarization encoding and decoding: information is first carried over optical fiber, then transmitted through free space between the two stations. This approach illustrates a practical and scalable solution for secure free-space quantum communications.
DMWay, the middleware developed by CETIC, identifies and separates the data flows exchanged between sites (critical and less critical). The goal is to encrypt only the critical data flow, in order to optimize the use of quantum keys and reduce operating costs.
DEMO 3 – LLM-BASED SOFTWARE SECURITY BY CETIC
The demonstrator showcases attacks specific to LLM-based software and their potential impact.
It is built around a flight plan management application for a company providing drone-based surveillance as a service. The company’s customers submit text-based flight plans, which an LLM then converts into a detailed flight plan for the drone.
The demonstration highlights how vulnerable an unprotected system can be to injection attacks, which can have serious consequences.
WHAT TO EXPECT
A programme built around the decisions, technologies and challenges shaping cybersecurity right now.
Cybersecurity moves too fast for passive learning. Over four days, Cyberwal in Galaxia Academy brings together high-level keynotes, expert panels, real-world case studies, strategic workshops and dedicated networking, each designed to challenge assumptions, compare approaches and turn discussion into action.
Shaped by a highly selective scientific committee and delivered by leading voices in the field, the programme gives participants a sharper read on emerging developments, direct access to the people confronting these challenges in practice, and the connections to turn what they learn into what comes next.
PROGRAM
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
2023 Cyberwal in Galaxia Program
04 – 08 December 2023
2022 Cyberwal in Galaxia Program
12 – 16 December 2022
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