CyberSecurity, AI & Web3 Community Events Calendar
CyberSecurity, AI & Web3 Community Events Calendar
These events, trade shows and conferences may be interesting for the AI, CyberSecurity, Web3, Software Development, Quantum, ... communities. Some of these events are organised by Howest University of Applied Sciences, some are organised by partners.
Check our our website to know more about our regular Cybersecurity education and masterclasses.
Our free, evening Tech & Meet events can be found on a dedicated website.
Legend: 🚀 means that we present, exhibit and/or organise this event.
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We are always looking for interesting topics and speakers
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Howest is a partner of the Agoria/Sirris, Beltug, Center for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), LFDT, and many other professional organisations
Check out these upcoming events:
June 2026:
- 🚀 OT/ ICS Security Focus Group, 17 juni (9u30-14u), Howest Brugge, georganiseerd door de CyberSecurity Coalition
- 🚀 CRA (Cyber Resilience Act) in de Praktijk, 17th of June (13h30-17h30)
- VISD Launch Event & Info Session on Cybersecurity Project Opportunities, 18 juni, DistriNet KULeuven
- COSIC Course on Cryptography and Cybersecurity (22-25 June 2026, Leuven)
- 🚀 AI & Robotics, 24 June (10-17h), InnovOcean Campus in Oostende
- 🚀 Tech BBQ, 25 Juni (18u-...), Howest Brugge, keynote presentation by Frieke Verniest, DPO van AZ Sint-Jan, and Isabelle Dhelft, ICT-directeur van AZ Sint-Jan
July 2026:
- 🚀 Navy Days 2026, 4-5 Juli 2026 (9-17u), Marinebasis Zeebrugge
September 2026:
- De toekomst begint vandaag: innovatie voor een duurzame en competitieve agrovoedingsindustrie (Workshop), vrijdag 11 september 2026 (10:00-15:30), HOGENT - Campus Schoonmeersen. Organisatie: Vlaamse HogescholenRaad samen met Flanders Food en VLAIO
- CyberBrew 2026, 15 September 2026 (EuraTechnologies, Lille). L'événement qui réunit cybersécurité et culture craft beer. Une journée de conférences techniques, de rencontres et de découvertes brassicoles. Oui, c'est en Français.
- Physical AI & Mobile Robotics: Beyond the hype, 15 September (12-17u30), Diepenbeek, in-person event
- Beltug Summer Bar, 21 september, Brightspace (Heverlee)
- BE‑CYBER, the Cyber Security Coalition’s flagship annual event, 22 september (9u30-17u30), La Sucrerie in Wavre
- BruCON 0x12, 21-25 September 2026, Lamot + Novotel Mechelen, Tickets here
Oktober 2026
- ABISS Summit, 8 Oktober, Kortrijk XPO
- Industrial CyberSec Forum (ICSF), October 13th, Hi!Site (Grimbergen)
- 🚀 Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen, 22 Oktober, Flanders Expo (Gent). Thema: "Soeverein in een Verbonden Wereld" en een Vlaanderen Hackathon.
- 🚀 Navy Captains of Industry Day x Drone West, 29 oktober 2026, Bluebridge Wetenschapspark, Oostende
November 2026:
- 🚀 Mobile Innovation 2026 / BusWorld, 17 November, presentatie door Laurens Singier (Howest)
- 🚀 Hack the Future 2026 - The Curse of Achrona, 24-25 November, Antwerp
- Masterclass Offshore For Sure (O4S) – IT Architecture, date TBA (12u30-17u), De Kaap Vlissingen
December 2026
- CyberSecurity Bites, 3 december 2026, Lamot Mechelen
2027:
- NISDUC (NIS Directive User Conference), the Hague (NL), 11-12 May 2027
- SecAppDev 2027 is scheduled for June 7th - 11th, 2027
Check out our PAST Events here
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Check out the new events and tell us if we are missing your or other events
If you think we are missing interesting AI, cybersecurity, Web3 or software dev-related events, please contact patrick.van.renterghem@howest.be
Finally, be sure to follow @Cyber3Lab on LinkedIn, and sign up for the monthly newsletter (in Dutch) of the Howest Toegepaste Informatica cluster.
Other interesting sources of event information can be found at:
- Etoile Events with Belgian Tech events, a North Star AGI service
- Vlaio Events
- AI Opleidingen at VAIA, the Flemish AI Academy
- IT Conferences in Belgium 2026/2027
- Cybersecurity Bites Event page
- TUA West's Event page
- suggestions welcome!
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Patrick Van Renterghem, AI + CyberSecurity + Web3 + Immersive Tech + Quantum Community Builder & LLL Coordinator
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Last updated on: 6/15/2026
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