Hacking Smart Cities: How to Defend European Critical Infrastructure
Wednesday, 14 February 2026, 13:00–17:00
This exclusive event brings together executives, leading experts, policymakers, industry representatives, and media stakeholders at the intersection of technology, security, infrastructure, and geopolitics. It offers a high-level forum to assess the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber-physical threats and to discuss strategic approaches for strengthening Europe’s resilience and critical infrastructure.
Participants will gain exclusive insights, actionable leadership perspectives, and access to a curated network for intelligence sharing, cross-sector collaboration, and strategic foresight.
The event takes place during Munich Security Week as a side event of the Munich Cyber Security Conference and the Munich Security Conference. It is organized by COMCODE, a member of the Security Network Munich and the Press Club Munich.
Topics at a Glance
- Architecture, development, and interdependencies of Europe’s emerging cyber-physical ecosystems
- Systemic risks arising from AI-driven automation, digital control layers, and interconnected infrastructures
- Cascading effects of disruptions or targeted attacks on energy, mobility, logistics, and urban systems
- Strategic, lifecycle-oriented protection approaches for critical cyber-physical infrastructure
- Detection and mitigation of attacks that manipulate physical processes or compromise operational safety
- Building resilience in environments with blurred, evolving, or undefined system boundaries