Given the considerable interest from across the globe, the Octopus Conference Secretariat has extended the deadline to register for in-person participation and submit entries for the  Youth and Cybercrime Competition to 10 May 2025, 23h59 CEST, Strasbourg time. 

The conference will feature sessions on topics of AI and cybercrime, e-evidence, cyber-interference with democracy, online fraud, and the Second Additional Protocol. Workshops will address crypto-investigations, cross-border e-evidence sharing, cybercrime as a war crime, cyberviolence, youth and cybercrime, and regional perspectives. 

Selected sessions will be livestreamed.

Agenda and speaker updates are available on the conference website.

Registration form to attend the Octopus Conference 2025
More information on this year’s Octopus Conference
More information on previous editions of the Octopus Conference
More about the Youth and Cybercrime Competition (new deadline: 10 May 2025)