What comes next for your assets.

Cyber Resilience Act

European Union

Products with digital elements need cybersecurity across their full lifecycle. Reporting duties for actively exploited vulnerabilities apply first.

Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. Full application from 11 December 2027.

AFCEA TechNet Europe

Berlin, Germany

Command, intelligence and cyber in the NATO and EU context. For operators of distributed systems the theme is resilience and a dependable common picture.

EUDEX, Euro Defence Expo

Essen, Essen, Germany · 20,000+ visitors

A format that puts civil and military defence in one room. Topics are protection of critical sites, crisis logistics and cooperation between agencies and industry.

security essen

Essen, Germany · over 20,000 visitors

Trade fair for civil security. Access control, perimeter protection, video technology and the protection of critical facilities.

Held every two years.

OpenKRITIS Conference

Siegburg, Siegburg near Bonn

A conference for critical infrastructure operators. NIS2, physical security and practical implementation in day to day operations.

Network X

Vienna, Austria

Network operations for telecommunications. Fibre, 5G and 6G, transport networks and the security of the infrastructure.

Smart Country Convention

Berlin · 23,000 visitors

Administrative digitalisation and smart city. Government IT and the procurement of digital solutions for the public sector.

IoT Tech Expo Europe

Amsterdam

Industrial IoT, edge computing and digital twins. Close to the question of how sensor data from the field becomes usable records.

it-sa Expo and Congress

Nürnberg, Nuremberg

The largest European trade fair for IT security. OT security, NIS2 implementation and the protection of plants and networks.

Enlit Europe

Wien, Vienna · 15,000 attendees

The European gathering of grid operators. Grid resilience, digitalisation of energy infrastructure and decarbonisation.

protekt

Leipzig

The BSI congress on the protection of critical infrastructure. Operator duties, resilience and the implementation of the new rules.

PMRExpo

Köln, Cologne · around 6,000 visitors

The lead event for critical communications. Public safety organisations, campus networks and control room technology.

GSIS Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

Security in the port and its hinterland. AI, cyber, resilience and supply chains are on the programme, with strong ties to northern German industry.

Perimeter Protection

Nürnberg, Nuremberg

Perimeter protection for plants and industrial sites. Surveillance technology, counter drone systems and the requirements of the German critical infrastructure act.

Held every two years.

E-world energy and water

Essen, Germany

The leading German trade fair for the energy and water industry. Grid operations, smart metering and energy IT.

TAUSENDWASSER

Berlin

Water and waste water. Digitalisation, infrastructure resilience and circular economy in the water industry.

Held every two years.

Zukunftskongress Staat und Verwaltung

Berlin

Administrative modernisation and digital sovereignty. A congress with decision makers from federal, state and municipal level.

HTG Congress

Rostock

Port infrastructure, waterways and coastal protection. A conference about facilities that count as critical infrastructure.

Held every two years.

DWT Cyber Defence Conference

Bonn

Cyber defence for the Bundeswehr, with an exhibition. Protection of networks, systems and the IT behind military logistics.

6G research programme

Germany

The federal government funds 6G research with around 700 million euro. The expectation is networks that combine positioning and communication in one infrastructure.