SCION Day 2022

Speaker: Florian Schütz, Federal Cybersecurity Delegate, National Cyber Security Center

The world wide web was developed in Switzerland more than 30 years ago. Florian Schütz,  the Federal Cybersecurity Delegate from the National Cyber Security Center, explains why we need something new. Outlining why SCION is important at the policy level for Switzerland, he asks, what if, instead of having defense mechanisms in the way of incident response, we actually started building secure systems, such as SCION?

Speaker: Thomas Holderegger, Managing Director - Global Head of Security IT, UBS

Thomas Holderegger is the Global Head of Security IT at UBS and, in a discussion with CEO of Anapaya, Martin Bosshardt, they examine what it means to be an early adopter of SCION technology in the context of the SSFN. They answer the question as to why large financial organizations should innovate when it comes to disruptive internet technology and how they can integrate SCION. Then, they explore how it benefits the implementation of a work-from-home model.

Speakers: Sam Hitz, CTO, Anapaya Systems, Daniel Bertolo, Head of Networks, SWITCH, Eliseo Rodriguez, Head of Connectivity B2B, Sunrise, Stefan Berg, Head of Product Management, Swisscom, Thomas Wacker, Director Core Network Engineering, UBS, Fritz Steinmann, Sr. Network & Network Security Architect, SIX

In this panel discussion, a group of industry leaders discuss their experiences with SCION so far, and their vision for SCION’s future applications. Led by Fritz Steinmann, Senior Network & Security Architect at SIX, panelists discussed difficulties in the implementation of SCION, what benefits the implementation of SCION would bring and their vision for SCION technology.

Speakers:  Adrian Anderegg, Partner, AWK Group, Jerome Dilouya, Founder & CEO, InterCloud, Martin Leuthold, Management Board, SWITCH, Markus Nispel, VP International Markets, Extreme Networks, Egon Steinkasserer, CTO, Swisscom B2B, Robert Wigger, Chief Business Officer, Sunrise, Christopher Koch, Senior Strategy Manager, SIX, Fritz Steinmann, Sr. Network & Network Security Architect, SIX

In this panel discussion, a group of experts discusses strategies enterprises of the future can use to communicate within their ecosystems. They discuss this by looking to answer several questions such as: Why are SCION-based networks secure? What are the biggest hurdles to overcome in implementing SCION? How do service providers have to work together to provide companies the opportunity to switch to SCION networks? Why will SCION benefit clients?

Speaker: Seyedali Tabaeiaghdaei, PhD Student, ETH Zürich

Given its path-selection features, SCION creates an Internet where end-users can shift traffic - and therefore electricity consumption-  to low-emission network operators. Fascinatingly, such environmentally oriented routing creates a reward for providers that invest in energy-efficient equipment and low-emission electricity.  ETH PhD student Seyedali Tabaeiaghdaei gives insight into recent research results into this field, obtained in collaboration with PhD Student Simon Scherrer.

Speaker: Prof. Prateek Mittal, Princeton University

Prof. Prateek Mittal is an associate professor at Princeton University working on protecting legacy internet communications with a secure backbone of an AS. Some of his key contributions include privacy-enhancing technologies and network security. He discusses how the BGP is vulnerable to routing attacks, and the devastating effects this can have. Because the deployment of SCION is currently limited, Prof Mittal is currently working on offering users of the legacy internet safe access to SCION, which fundamentally eliminates the threat of routing attacks.

Speakers: Prof. Vanessa Wood, VP Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations, ETH and Patrick Naef, Project Manager SCION Foundation

In a joint presentation, Vanessa Wood and Patrick Naef announce the effort to establish the SCION Foundation. The SCION foundation is a non-profit organization facilitating the global adoption of the SCION next-generation Internet to meet the growing requirements for reliability, security, performance, and compliance in the digital economy, fueled by the proliferation of and dependency on interconnected machines, devices and people.