Stop Conference

A CONFERENCE DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS

The S//:TOP conference is not just a place for learning – it is a platform for generating new ideas, connecting with industry leaders, and an opportunity to test your skills in real time.

Hacking Challenges

Red and Blue Team face-off in a real-world environment

Workshops and Lectures

Best practices, the latest technologies, and security challenges. Workshops for solution implementation.

Hackathon Live

Practical challenges and solutions for modern cyber threats

Top Experts

CISO/CSO - Lecture on Ethical and Unethical Hacking

Unlock new opportunities: Connect, learn, and grow at
S//:TOP conference

Here, we don't just engage in mere conversations – we focus on innovation, creativity, and securing the future. This is a conference that brings together leading experts in the field of security, with a focus on people and their role in cybersecurity.

Networking

Connecting with leading industry experts

Learning

Gaining new knowledge and skills

Inspiring

Insights into the latest trends and technologies

Growing

Career development and professional growth

SCHEDULE

May 7th // Wednesday

Arrival and gathering (registration available until 7 PM).

16:00-17:00

Welcome Cocktail

CISO/CSO event - invitation only (but there's always someone who sneaks in without an invite).

May 8th // Thursday

9:00-10:00

Registration and Welcome

Participant check-in, catching up with colleagues you haven't seen in a while, distribution of promo packages

10:00 – 10:20

Conference opening ceremony

Opening speech by the organizer, starting with "I will be brief"

10:20 – 10:40

The key guest for whom many have come

TBD

10:40 – 11:00

1:1 conversation with hacker (if police don't caught him before)

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee and some baked goods

Vendor Workshops

Parallel to the 12-hour program in separate rooms, find out why, for example, Lidija Bačić is unfamiliar with XDR, EDR, SOAR, SIEM, email security, and

11:30 – 12:50

TOP Panel discussion (the shortest panel ever, after which most people head out of the hotel)

Experts from different industries (CSO-CISO) publicly discuss the situation of how NIS2/DORA has been adopted both here and there.

12:50 – 14:00

Time for lunch

14:00 – 14:20

Red VS Blue Team Lecture

The common language of Blue & Red Teams, where they diverge and why they don't get along

14:20 – 14:40

The CEO talks about investments in Security and why cost-cutting should not be an option in this area

15:00 – 15:30 (Room 1.)

Financial institutions - examples of money laundering and fraud prevention – A place where many might get an idea of how to do less work in life

15:00 – 15:30 (Room 2.)

Critical infrastructure protection - examples of best practices, Končar – HEP

16:00 – 17:00

Welcome coctail (if there are too many interested, we’ll add a non-alcoholic cocktail to the menu)

A memorable dinner at an unforgettable restaurant (fish, meat, whatever you prefer).

Party at the café – the first one to leave buys a round for everyone

May 9th // Friday

09:00 – 09:20

Double coffee after the party

09:20 – 10:20

Lecture – table top exercise for all participants (those who don't attend won't be able to register for the 2026 conference) – the host is the esteemed professor Morić

10:20 - 10:40

How industrial facilities are protected and why we protect them in the first place

Advanced Workshop

10:40 – 11:00

Another coffee so people don’t fall asleep

11:00 - 11:20

Lecture – This will be TOP (we saved it for the end so that everyone doesn't leave)

11:20 – 11:40

Expert lecture, because the others were considered unprofessional

12:00

Closing of the conference and another treat for the attendees

Dress code: More casual than business

Practical solutions for real problems

Learn how financial institutions and the telecommunications industry protect themselves from cyber threats through practical solutions, and how they set standards and norms in building a resilient digital environment.