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Bonner IT-Dialog 2026
Maritim Hotel Bonn · Bonn, Germany
- Dates
- Wed, 7 October 2026 – Thu, 8 October 2026
- Venue
- Maritim Hotel Bonn
- Location
- Bonn, Germany
- Organizer
- AFCEA Bonn e.V.
- Cost
- paid
- Scale
- intimate
- Recurrence
- annual
- Format
- On-site
Market intel
Moderate pricingmedium confidence
The Bonner IT-Dialog is an intimate, high-level German defence-IT and resilience conference; its 2025 debut drew around 375-400 attendees with an exhibition of showcases and prototypes from the armed forces and industry.
- The 2026 edition expands to two days and is built around AFCEA's 'Gesamtstaatliches Sicherheitsökosystem 2030' study.
- Detailed exhibitor pricing, delegation figures and floor space are not publicly disclosed.
Notable exhibitors
Bundeswehr / Kommando Cyber- und InformationsraumZentrum Digitalisierung der Bundeswehr (ZDigBw)Deutsche Telekom Security
AI-researched Mon, 10 August 2026. Estimates from public sources. Verify with the organizer.
Why it matters
As the successor to the long-running Koblenzer IT-Tagung, the Bonner IT-Dialog is a focused access point to Bundeswehr requirement-owners (particularly the ZDigBw) and other public-sector decision-makers shaping Germany's defence-IT and resilience programmes.
- For SMEs and defence-tech startups, its showcase exhibition and networking with primes, agencies and research institutions offer visibility on where future procurement and capability priorities are heading.
- Its tight, high-level format makes it well suited to relationship-building rather than mass lead generation.
Registration
About
The Bonner IT-Dialog is a two-day conference organised by AFCEA Bonn e.V. under the theme 'Die Resilienz Deutschlands auf dem Prüfstand' (Germany's resilience put to the test), addressing a whole-of-society approach to national security.
- The 2026 edition presents the findings of AFCEA's study 'Gesamtstaatliches Sicherheitsökosystem 2030' and brings together experts from the Bundeswehr, security authorities, administration, science and industry.
- It centres on how Germany maintains political, economic, military and societal capacity to act under hybrid threats.
- The event includes lectures, panel discussions and an accompanying exhibition of showcases from industry and the armed forces.
Topics
C2 / Battle ManagementCyberISR & SensorsDual-useProcurement
Who it's for
PrimesSMEsStartupsInstitutions
Funding behind this kind of event
Instruments open to companies based in Germany, tracked with their call deadlines.
- Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit (Cyberagentur)German Federal Government (BMVg and BMI)
- SPRIND — SPRIND - Federal Agency for Disruptive InnovationGerman Federal Government
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