Microsoft Technology Center, Brussels., Belgium
GFCE Europe Regional Meeting 2025
23 October 2025 | 13:00–14:00 CET | Microsoft Premises, Rue Montoyer 51, Red Room – Brussels
The GFCE Europe Regional Meeting 2025, hosted by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), will focus on advancing supply-chain uplift as a key enabler of cyber resilience and sustainable digital growth in the Western Balkans.
Building on the outcomes of the GFCE Western Balkans Cyber Capacity Building Project, the meeting will explore how multinational companies, governments, and SMEs can collaborate to raise cybersecurity standards, foster certification readiness, and drive technology adoption across the region.
The meeting will feature key findings from the Western Balkans CCB Project, followed by an interactive dialogue where industry leaders and partners will share practical examples of public–private partnerships (PPPs), supplier-development initiatives, and scalable models for cross-border cooperation. Discussions will focus on opportunities for co-funding, mentoring, and innovation that strengthen regional cyber capacity and global supply-chain resilience.
The meeting will be conducted in English and hybrid format, held back-to-back with the European Cyber Agora 2025 in Brussels. This is an invite-only event; interested participants may reach out to contact@thegfce.org, indicating whether they wish to join in person or online, subject to space availability.
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Organisation
15 - 16 Jun 2023
Stockholm, Sweden
Digital Assembly 2023
The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission will host this year's Digital Assembly. To ensure a digital, open and secure Europe, European experts and officials will discuss digital innovation, growth, and competition.
The goal is to enhance Europe's position as a leader in technologies and to develop a competitive digital single market with strong cyber security foundations.
6 - 7 Jun 2023
Paris, France
Paris Cyber Summit 2023
European leaders and policy makers come to the Paris Cyber Summit to discuss cyber strategies, cyber resilience, and cyber responses among a few topics.
As countries grapple with the impact of the digital transformations, this summit aims at establishing regional stability and understanding among states.
Topics will include digital sovereignty, strategic considerations, and drafting a European course forward based on common values. This includes fostering trust and conducive discussion among partners.
19 Jun 2023
Berlin, Germany
Shaping Cyber Security 2023
At the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Digital Society Institute at ESMT, and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) are hosting a conference: ''Cyber in Conflict'', Supporting Partners & Avoiding Escalation.
The context is informed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has had a disruptive effect on digital technologies even beyond immediate conflict zones. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure f.e. has become a major national security threat.
Hence, this conference reflects on effective prevention and conflict management tools among likeminded partners.
14 Jun 2023
London, United Kingdom
Chatham House: Cyber 2023
Chatham House has played a longstanding role in regional and global multilateralism. As an independent policy institute they have created a trusted forum for open dialogue.
Their Cyber event will highlight the impact of cyberthreats and cybercrime on the economic functioning and wellbeing of states, businesses and individuals.
They have gathered international experts to speak on cyber resilience and safeguards against cybercrime to foster further international collaboration against cybercrime.
21 -22 Jun 2023
Georgia Cybersecurity Forum 2023
At the Georgian Cybersecurity Forum, ministers, partners, and international expert panelists will come together to discuss regional considerations on:
1) Cyber Capacity Building
2) Challenges for Cyber Resilience Development
3) Global Cyber Threat Landscape
4) Cyber Diplomacy and International Cooperation
5) Black Sea Vision on Cybersecurity
6) Emerging Technologies and Cybersecurity
12 - 15 Oct, 2021
Hanoi, Viet Nam
ITU Digital World 2021
The 2021 edition of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World will take place physically between 12 and 15 October in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The event is being hosted under the auspices of the government of Viet Nam.
The event will bring together policymakers, government officials, regulators, the corporate sector, NGOs, the tech sector, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to exhibit innovative solutions, network, share knowledge and debate with experts.
21 - 22 Jun 2023
Katowice, Poland
CyberSec Forum/Expo 2023
The European Cybersecurity Forum is hosting an on-site only Conference in Poland with attendees from the public sector, civil society, and the private sector.
The event aims to expand networks and foster relationships. It will cover cybersecurity trends and shed light on up-to-date industry standards and best practices on cyberattack response mechanisms. Attendees will hear from actors involved in the development and deployment of solutions and state-of-the-art tools to counter cyberattacks.
12 - 16 Jun 2023
Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Summer School of Cyber Diplomacy 2023
The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission, in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, the e-Governance Academy, and the Estonian Centre for International Development, are organising a fourth high-level training programme for outstanding junior officials from EU member states.
This opportunity provides training to government officials, as well as young professionals and diplomats interested or in involved in cyber foreign policy-making.
Five-days of full programme in Tallinn are offered wherein attendees can expect to develop their cyber diplomacy skills as well as gain insight from practitioners on: digitalization and cybersecurity; international cybersecurity and responsible state behaviour; enforcing cybersecurity frameworks; cyber capacity-building, and how to improve cyber resilience; table-top cybersecurity exercises
20 - 21 Jun 2023
Vienna, Austria
Fifth Intersessional Consultation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime
As part of resolution 75/282, the United Nations General Assembly has encouraged the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes to organize intersessional consultations to gather inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders on the elaboration of the draft convention.
The meeting will be made available live and can be watched on demand and will be stored temporarily on the UN Web TV site.
