The Security Calendar 2026–27

Fairs, Forums and Meetings Worth Watching.

This week a colleague and security partner called me from the road. He was on his way to Security Essen. I was not, because I had forgotten it was on.

It is not a comfortable admission, but I suspect it is a common one. When client work fills the diary, the events that keep us current are the first to disappear: the fairs where new technology appears, the conferences where colleagues compare notes, the forums where tomorrow's threats are discussed before they reach our clients. Missing one is no disaster. Missing them as a habit is how practitioners slowly lose touch with the market they advise on.

In a world where we are constantly connected online, there is still real value in meeting face to face. Call it old school, but trust, professional relationships and the exchange of experience are often built more effectively over a conversation, a coffee or a handshake than through another screen.

So I have made myself an overview, and I am sharing it here. It covers the main security fairs, conferences and forums from now until the end of 2027. That includes the large exhibitions and the professional association meetings, and also the smaller gatherings on threat assessment and information influence that matter to those of us who protect people rather than places.

It is a working list, not a complete one. I will update it every quarter, and suggestions are welcome.

Last updated September 2026. Please confirm dates with the organiser before booking.

Autumn 2026

• 6–7 Oct · ONE Conference · The Hague · cyber resilience, public-private
• 7–8 Oct · #Disinfo2026 · Vilnius · disinformation and influence
• 14–15 Oct · ASIS Benelux Fall Meeting · Genk · corporate security leaders (members)
• 20–22 Oct · Milipol Qatar · Doha · homeland security, Gulf
• 27–29 Oct · it-sa Expo&Congress · Nuremberg · IT security, German-speaking market
• 2–4 Nov · GBTA Europe Conference · Vienna · corporate travel and travel risk
• 9–20 Nov · COP31 · Antalya · protective operations, leaders' summit 11–12 Nov
• 10–11 Nov · Family Office Forum Zurich · Zurich · family offices and principals
• 16–18 Nov · World Police Summit · Dubai · policing and technology
• 1–2 Dec · European Family Office Forum · London · family offices and principals

First half of 2027

• 12–14 Jan · Intersec · Dubai · security, safety and fire
• 18–22 Jan · World Economic Forum · Davos · protective operations, business and political leaders
• 12–14 Feb · Munich Security Conference · Munich · security policy (by invitation)
• 24–25 Feb · New Security · Leuven · Belgian security sector
• 1–3 Mar · Enforce Tac · Nuremberg · police and protection (trade visitors)
• 3–5 Mar · ASIS Europe · Liverpool · European corporate security
• 20–23 Apr · AETAP Conference · London · threat assessment and management
• 27–29 Apr · The Security Event · Birmingham · UK commercial security
• June (TBC) · Riga StratCom Dialogue · Riga · strategic communication
• 8–10 Jun · Infosecurity Europe · London · cybersecurity
• 17–20 Jun · Art Basel · Basel · protective operations, private clients

Second half of 2027

• August (TBC) · ATAP Threat Management Conference · Anaheim · threat assessment, global
• 7–10 Sep · DSEI · London · defence
• 20–22 Sep · GSX · United States · global corporate security
• from 21 Sep (expected) · UN General Assembly · New York · peak week for protective operations
• September (TBC) · Monaco Yacht Show · Monaco · protective operations, private clients
• 16–19 Nov · Milipol Paris · Paris · homeland security
• 17–19 Nov · SICUREZZA · Milan · Italian security sector

Not yet dated: the NATO summit in Tirana and the G7 summit hosted by the United States, both in 2027.

Security Essen returns in 2028. This time it is in my diary.