Company: ICT Solutions
Speaker: Mr Finian Massa, Strategic Marketing Manager at ICT Solutions
Venue: Informatics Lab (Block B, Level -1, Room 2), Faculty of ICT Building
Duration: 1 hour
This session explores why cyber resilience is rarely a technology problem alone. Through real-world case studies and behavioural insights, it examines how people, processes, and regulation shape security outcomes. It challenges assumptions, highlights common failure patterns, and offers practical lessons on designing security programmes that work with human behaviour, not against it. The session is suitable for anyone interested in understanding how humans actually act under stress and pressure, compared with more academic assumptions.
Mr Finian Massa
Strategic Marketing Manager at ICT Solutions
Finian Massa is Strategic Marketing Manager at ICT Solutions, with fifteen years’ experience spanning commercial strategy and technology delivery. He holds a Master’s in Engineering in Cybernetics and AI, and focuses on practical AI adoption, cybersecurity, and regulation—helping organisations turn complex technical and compliance challenges into clear, actionable outcomes.
Company: KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions
Speakers: Mr Francisco Rosales Lira, Senior Functional Solution Architect, and Mr Muhammed Wassem, Functional Solution Architect
Venue: Informatics Lab (Block B, Level -1, Room 2), Faculty of ICT Building
Duration: 1 hour
This session provides a practical introduction to AI in consulting, linking core concepts to real-world application. It takes a day-in-the-life view of KPMG and explores how AI is reshaping ways of working, decision-making, and delivery. The session focuses on emerging skills, responsible use, and where human expertise still matters, helping students, industry participants, and attendees with an IT background understand the current impact of AI and prepare for future roles in an evolving, technology-enabled environment.
Mr Francisco Rosales Lira
Senior Functional Solution Architect, at KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions
Francisco is a Senior Solutions Architect at MBS with nearly 20 years of international experience delivering ERP projects and driving technological evolution across multiple industries. His hands-on approach to AI adoption, training, and modern consulting makes him a strong advocate and leading voice for the future of work and technology.
Mr Mohammad Waseem
Functional Solution Architect at KPMG Microsoft Business Solutions
Mohammad Waseem is a qualified Chartered Accountant and working as a Functional Solution Architect at KPMG with over 18 years of experience in enterprise ERP and digital transformation. He specialises in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and has led complex, multi鈥慽ndustry implementations globally. His professional interests include the systematic application of AI, and automation within enterprise platforms to enhance organisational effectiveness and support informed, technology鈥慸riven decision鈥憁aking.
Company: EY
Speaker: Mr Michael Azzopardi, Partner, Technology Consulting at EY
Venue: Informatics Lab (Block B, Level -1, Room 2), Faculty of ICT Building
Duration: 1 hour
This session will focus on how agentic AI is changing software engineering. It is aimed at students, industry participants, and attendees with a background in IT who are interested in understanding how AI-driven agents are beginning to influence enterprise systems, development workflows, and the future of software engineering.
Mr Michael Azzopardi
Partner - Technology Consulting Leader at EY
An accomplished IT professional with extensive experience in strategy, architecture, and software engineering, currently serving as a Partner and Technology Consulting Leader at EY Malta. Specializing in IT strategy, enterprise architecture, cloud governance, and agile software delivery, the role encompasses business development, recruitment, and fostering global alliances with leading technology providers such as Microsoft, IBM, and SAP to deliver tailored, innovative solutions.
Organisation: University of Malta
Speaker: Prof. Ing. Carl James Debono, Dean, Faculty of ICT
Venue: Informatics Lab (Block B, Level -1, Room 2), Faculty of ICT Building
Duration: 45 minutes
This session will present the different postgraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of ICT. It is an opportunity for students and graduates to discover the different pathways available, explore areas of specialisation, and identify programmes that best match their career goals or research interests.
Prof. Ing. Carl James Debono
Dean, Faculty of ICT
Prof. Ing. Debono obtained his B.Eng.(Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malta, Malta in 1997 and Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the University of Pavia, Italy in 2001. In 2001 he was appointed Lecturer in Communications and Computer Engineering at the University of Malta and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, to Associate Professor in 2011 and to Professor in 2017. Prof. Debono has served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of ICT between November 2009 and September 2015. He also served as Head of the Department of Communications and Computer Engineering between October 2015 and September 2019 and in 2023. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of ICT. His research interests are in Resilient Multimedia Transmission, Multi-view Video Coding, Computer Vision, and Wireless System Development and Applications.