Events

21.04.
2026
01:00 pm – 03:00 pm

ATHENE Distinguished Lecture with Florian Schütz, Director of the Swiss National Cyber­security Center

Florian Schütz, Director of the Swiss National Cyber­security Center, is our guest at the ATHENE Distinguished Lecture Series. In his keynote speech, he will discuss the topic of "Technologie und Geopolitik sowie deren Aus­wirkungen auf nationale Cyberstrategien". After a discussion with moderator Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann, he will open up the floor to questions from the audience. 

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20.–22.05.
2026

ATHENE at GPEC 2026

The General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference, or GPEC® for short, is one of the leading events in Germany where public authorities can find out about digital technologies and solutions for internal security, law enforcement and homeland security – as well as training and professional development. ATHENE researchers from Fraunhofer SIT will be presenting an innovative range of offerings relating to IT forensic data analysis and artificial intelligence at this year’s GPEC® in Hall 2 at the Fraunhofer joint stand, Stand No. J32.

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23.–25.06.
2026

ACM CODASPY 2026

The 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY 2026) is taking place from 23 to 25 June 2026 at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main's Westend Campus. This leading forum focuses on high-quality research into security and privacy at the data and application levels. ATHENE is assisting with the organisation and execution of the conference.

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29.09.
2026
10:00 am – 08:00 pm

ATHENE IT Forensics User Day

The annual ATHENE IT Forensics User Day focuses on a new key topic each year, providing information on trends and new developments for practical application in digital forensics and related areas of IT security.

It offers an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas with the speakers, other experts and interested parties. Ample time is set aside for your questions and lively workshop discussions on the presentations, as well as for networking and informal conversations.

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25.–26.11.
2026

BIOSIG 2025

Every year, inter­nationally recognised biometrics experts come together to exchange the latest research results, requirements and developments in biometrics. ATHENE is one of the co-organisers of the conference.

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