Registrations are now open for this year’s Octopus Conference, which will take place on 16-18 November.

The Octopus Conference provides an opportunity for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as well as international and non-governmental organizations from all over the world to share experience and develop responses.

Given the uncertain COVID-19 situation and to remain inclusive, this event will be held online.

A special event with high level interventions will be organised on 16 November in cooperation with the Hungarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers on the occasion of the 20^th anniversary of the Budapest Convention and the forthcoming 2^nd additional Protocol on enhanced cooperation and disclosure of electronic evidence.

On 17 and 18 November, multiple workshops will punctuate the day, including regional workshops (for Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Africa) and thematic workshops, as well as “lightning talks” with successful proposals of ideas, projects, calls to action presented by participants.

Workshop 8 on the agenda will address cybercrime and artificial intelligence, while workshop 6 will focus on automatic detection of child sexual abuse material – both scheduled to take part on the first day of the Octopus Conference.

A closing Plenary session will take a look at Octopus take-aways.

Registrations are open until 1 November 2021.

• More information on this year’s Octopus Conference and the agenda
• More information on the lightning talks sessions and how to submit a proposal
• Registration form to attend the Octopus Conference workshops
• Registration form to present during the Octopus Conference lighting talks sessions