Tier 1 roster
Tier 1 strategic anchors — newest roster entries first, then Keyra priority scoring across identity, telecom, banking, government, application security, scale, and maturity.
12 Jun 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Doha, Qatar
GCC flagship cybersecurity conference — sovereign digital trust, national identity infrastructure, and AI governance at national scale.
13 Jun 2026
Doha, Qatar
Closed-door executive leadership interviews in Doha — research for Joseph Callahan's upcoming book series on national transformation and AI trust.
1 Sept 2026
Arlington, United States
Industry summit on digital identity, biometrics, synthetic media detection, fraud, payments, and trust infrastructure — Washington DC / Arlington VA, 1 September 2026.
MWC / GSMA
2 Mar 2026 – 5 Mar 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Global telecom and digital infrastructure flagship where carriers, vendors, and policymakers align on connectivity, AI, and trusted subscriber relationships.
GITEX
7 Dec 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GCC mega-platform spanning AI, cyber resilience, smart cities, and sovereign digital capability investments.
1 Oct 2026 – 3 Oct 2026
New Delhi, India
India's marquee telecom forum tying spectrum, manufacturing, and digital public infrastructure narratives.
9 Feb 2026 – 12 Feb 2026
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
High-velocity GCC tech expo pairing sovereign AI bets with national digitization megaprojects.
RSA Conference
23 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026
San Francisco, United States
North America's flagship cybersecurity leadership forum spanning strategy, product, and incident response ecosystems.
Identiverse
15 Jun 2026 – 18 Jun 2026
Las Vegas, United States
Identity, IAM, authentication, and zero trust converge for practitioners shipping modern access stacks.
13 Oct 2026 – 17 Oct 2026
Singapore, Singapore
Asia-Pacific cyber week tying national resilience investments with vendor ecosystems.
Money20/20
14 Sept 2026 – 16 Sept 2026
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rising GCC payments summit pairing sovereign modernization with mobile-first financial services.
9 Jun 2026 – 10 Jun 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
European convergence on wallets, biometrics, IAM modernization, and fraud convergence.
Black Hat
1 Aug 2026 – 6 Aug 2026
Las Vegas, United States
Premier offensive security and applied research venue influencing how enterprises harden application stacks.
2 Jun 2026 – 4 Jun 2026
London, United Kingdom
UK & EU cybersecurity marketplace pairing expo floors with practitioner-led programs.
11 Nov 2026 – 13 Nov 2026
Cape Town, South Africa
Continental telecom summit intersecting mobile money, spectrum policy, and national digitization.
Money20/20
3 Jun 2026 – 5 Jun 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
European payments and banking innovation nerve center with dense fintech-buyer traffic.
18 Nov 2026 – 20 Nov 2026
Singapore, Singapore
Regional anchor for carrier CTO agendas across ASEAN roaming and digital services monetization.
Web Summit
23 Feb 2026 – 26 Feb 2026
Doha, Qatar
GCC-facing innovation summit extending Web Summit storytelling into sovereign wealth-backed ecosystems.
Viva Technology
17 Jun 2026 – 20 Jun 2026
Paris, France
France's flagship innovation expo tying corporates, startups, and policy around emerging tech.
1 Jun 2026 – 3 Jun 2026
National Harbor, United States
CISO-centric benchmark event where risk appetite, vendor consolidation, and regulatory posture are decided.
Web Summit
11 May 2026 – 14 May 2026
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Emerging Latin American flagship connecting founders, telcos, and banking modernization agendas.
Web Summit
9 Nov 2026 – 12 Nov 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
Global founder and investor magnet surfacing where platforms experiment with trust UX.
22 Jun 2026 – 26 Jun 2026
Vienna, Austria
Deep practitioner forum advancing OWASP frameworks for resilient application security.
13 Oct 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Atlanta, United States
Enterprise conference on implementing XR, AI and digital twins for workforce training, operational support and industrial use cases.
8 Nov 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
Doha, Qatar
GSMA event connecting telecom operators, technology businesses and policy leaders in the Middle East and North Africa.
7 Dec 2026 – 9 Dec 2026
Brussels, Belgium
European XR conference and expo co-produced by AWE and Stereopsia for the immersive technology ecosystem.
6 Jan 2027 – 9 Jan 2027
Las Vegas, United States
Technology exhibition spanning devices, emerging platforms and consumer technology businesses.
2 Feb 2027 – 5 Feb 2027
Barcelona, Spain
Audiovisual and systems integration exhibition covering displays, audio, collaboration and connected spaces.
1 Mar 2027 – 4 Mar 2027
Barcelona, Spain
Global connectivity industry gathering covering telecoms, devices, cloud, AI and enterprise technology.
