Programme

23rd - 24th October 2025 at the Astrales Grand Hall, Qawra, Malta.

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Thursday 23rd October

Main Track

Time

Main Track

Expert Track

08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00

Welcome Note by Philip B Cortis, Organiser of CTRL+ESC 2025

10:45

From Scripts to Full Automation with Github Copilot - Part A, by Thodoris Theodorou and Nikolaos Antoniou

11:45

From Scripts to Full Automation with Github Copilot - Part B, by Thodoris Theodorou and Nikolaos Antoniou

12:45

Networking Lunch

16:00

From Data to Tools: The Maltese NLP Journey by Prof Claudia Borg, Department of AI, Faculty of ICT, University of Malta

Expert Track

09:45

How to handle Azure Firewall Policies & Rules in IAC & Devops by Didier Van Hoye, Microsoft MVP

11:45

Google Cloud for the Modern IT Pro: A Unified Approach to Hybrid Infrastructure and Security by Giuliano Ribeiro

12:45

Networking Lunch

15:00

Effectivily use the latest AI Models, tools and technologies provided by Google AI and Good Cloud by Mohamed Berrimi PhD, PhD

Thursday 23rd October

Main Track

Time

Main Track

Expert Track

08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00

Welcome Note by Philip B Cortis, Organiser of CTRL+ESC 2025

09:45

How to handle Azure Firewall Policies & Rules in IAC & Devops by
Didier Van Hoye, Microsoft MVP

10:45

From Scripts to Full Automation with Github Copilot - Part A, by Thodoris Theodorou and Nikolaos Antoniou

11:45

From Scripts to Full Automation with Github Copilot - Part B, by Thodoris Theodorou and Nikolaos Antoniou

Google Cloud for the Modern IT Pro: A Unified Approach to Hybrid Infrastructure and Security by Giuliano Ribeiro

12:45

Networking Lunch

15:00

Effectivily use the latest AI Models, tools and technologies provided by Google AI and Good Cloud by

Mohamed Berrimi PhD, PhD

16:00

From Data to Tools: The Maltese NLP Journey by Prof Claudia Borg, Department of AI, Faculty of ICT, University of Malta

Expert Track

Friday 24th October

Main Track

08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00

Address by Hon Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Youth, Research and Innovation

10:15

Address by Hon Jerome Caruana Cilia, Shadow Minister for the Economy and Enterprise

10:40

Securing the Enterprise - Zero Trust Security by Philip B Cortis

12:30

Networking Lunch

13:45

Arabic and low-resourced languages in AI with a look at the challenges the Maltese language brings to AI by Mohamed Berrimi, PhD, PhD

15:45

End to End Digital Forensic Investigation by Philip B Cortis and Craig Hatter

Expert Track

12:30

Networking Lunch

14:45

Accelerate AI with Google Cloud Run by Giuliano Ribeiro

16:45

Closing notes by Philip B Cortis

Friday 24th October

Time

Main Track

Expert Track

08:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00

Address by Hon Jerome Caruana Cilia, Shadow Minister for the Economy and Enterprise

10:15

Address by Hon Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Youth, Research and Innovation

12:30

Networking Lunch

13:45

Arabic and low-resourced languages in AI with a look at the challenges the Maltese language brings to AI by

Mohamed Berrimi, PhD, PhD

15:45

End to End Digital Forensic Investigation by Philip B Cortis and Craig Hatter

Main Track

16:45

Closing notes by Philip B Cortis

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