The Octopus Conference constitutes one of the biggest and finest platforms of exchange in cybercrime gathering experts from more than 100 countries, international organisations, private sector and academia.
The event will provide an opportunity to interface for cybercrime experts from public and private sectors as well as international and non-governmental organisations from all over the world. The conference will also include an area where projects, partners and other initiatives will have the possibility to showcase their work.
Main sessions include
- Artificial intelligence, cybercrime and e-evidence
- Cyber-interference” with democracy
- Online fraud: Pig-butchering
- E-evidence: implementing the Second Protocol
There will be workshops on the topics of
- Crypto-investigations: application of the Convention on Cybercrime and its Second Protocol
- Sharing e-evidence across borders under the Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and other tools: experiences and practicalities.
- Cybercrime as war crime? Lessons from Ukraine.
- Cyberviolence: OCSEA and NCDII
- Youth and cybercrime
- Regional workshops for Africa, Americas,
Asia/Pacific
Conference webpage: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cybercrime/octopus-conference-2025