Events
it-sa Expo&Congress 2026
it-sa Expo&Congress 2026 is Europe's leading IT security trade fair, running three days in Nuremberg with an exhibition and a dedicated congress programme.
Location
Nuremberg
About the Event
it-sa Expo&Congress 2026 runs from Tuesday, October 27 to Thursday, October 29 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Exhibition hours are 09:00 to 18:00 on the 27th and 28th, and 09:00 to 17:00 on the 29th. The event has run as an independent exhibition in Nuremberg since 2009, having grown out of the Security Forum at Systems Munich, and is now described by its organizers as Europe's largest trade fair for IT security solutions.
Audience and Attendees
The fair brings together international IT security experts, decision-makers, technology providers and cybersecurity professionals. The 2025 edition, the most recent for which figures are published, drew a record 993 exhibitors across five halls and 28,267 trade visitors from 64 countries.
Programme Structure
The event pairs an exhibition of IT security products and services with the congress programme Congress@it-sa, run together with partner associations and organizations, and a freely accessible it-sa insights lecture series. Young companies are recognized through the ATHENE Startup Award UP@it-sa.
Main Topics
The exhibition and congress cover network and data security, cloud and mobile security, industrial security, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
