Around 500 cybercrime experts from more than 100 countries, international organisations, the private sector, academia and civil society will meet for the Council of Europe’s 2026 Octopus conference, marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime.
The conference will provide a global platform to reflect on 25 years of implementation of the “Budapest Convention”, its contribution to international cooperation and the challenges facing cybercrime frameworks in the years ahead. The conference will be opened by the Secretary General, Alain Berset, and Monaco’s Secretary of State for Justice, Samuel Vuelta Simon.
The conference, organised in cooperation with the Presidency of Monaco of the Committee of Ministers, is open to the press from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesday 14 October and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday 16 October for the opening and closing sessions. A series of sessions will be livestreamed.
