14-16 October 2026 | Strasbourg, France | Palais de l'Europe

Organised in co-operation with the Presidency of Monaco to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
(May – November 2026)

               

Focus:

25th Anniversary of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention)

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Opening Plenary: 25 years of the Budapest Convention: lessons from implementation and the road ahead
How international cybercrime framework can remain effective, trusted and adaptable over time
Treaty Ceremony
Main session 1: Interplay between the 2nd Additional Protocol and EU e-evidence package: cooperation with online service providers
Workshop 1: Disinformation and foreign manipulation: responding to cyber interference
Workshops 2,3 Regional workshops
Workshops 4,5 Regional workshops
Main session 2: Scam compounds: threat to national security?
Workshop 6 Transnational repression safeguarding cybercrime and e-evidence frameworks
Workshops 7: Nudification, AI-generated CSAM and NCDII: accountability across the digital ecosystem
Main session 3 Cybercrime-as-a-service impact of AI
Workshop 8: Prosecuting cyber-enabled international crimes
Workshop 9 Illegal use of virtual assets co-operation with VASPs
Lightning Talks + Closing plenary and conclusions