Overview

The Geneva World Security Forum is a unique annual two-day international security conference, showcase and training centre in Geneva, Switzerland. Held in June each year, the gathering will be a top-level forum that will target key stakeholders in the highly competitive and rapidly changing global security market: policymakers, business leaders, key practitioners, and thought leaders who will work together to anticipate and address the issues on the global security agenda. The Geneva Forum will also be an occasion to raise awareness, showcase products and services and conduct training seminars.

The Geneva Forum is the first global conference designed to facilitate communication between security professionals to anticipate the changing global security environment, promote commercial solutions and discuss policy trade offs.

The Conference of the Geneva Forum is by invitation only and will provide a unique platform for business and government to openly discuss global security issues towards promoting an open dialogue about government strategy and high-tech or commercial solutions. Participants will be the leading figures in industry and key policymakers and practitioners (intelligence agencies, military, academia, etc) from around the world.

Conference Stakeholders


As the conference seeks to be the pre-eminent global security conference at the vanguard of debate and innovation towards a more secure global society it is important to ensure that the following stakeholders are represented:
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Not-for-profit Organizations
  • Civil Society
  • Research and Scientific Organizations
  • Academic Institutions
  • Media and Press
  • Business
  • Cultural Leaders
  • Human Rights Leaders

The Showcase of the Geneva Forum targets: vendors and service providers to showcase their products and services; and government agencies to demonstrate security applications for “homeland security” initiatives. While the conference stakeholders are also targets for the showcase, this platform will be focused on:
  • Developers
  • Suppliers
  • Vendors
  • Resellers
  • Buyers
  • General public

Governments, schools, hospitals and businesses that wish to showcase security applications will also be a feature of the showcase space.

The Training Centre of the Geneva Forum targets: vendors and service providers to offer training on their products and services; and government agencies to raise awareness about their civil security procedures.


While the conference and showcase stakeholders are also targets for the training centre, this platform will be focused on:
  • Developers
  • Vendors
  • Buyers
  • Government leaders
  • Business leaders
  • General Public

The Conference, Showcase and Training Centre will provide a high-impact platform to:
  • Promote products and services
  • Participate in the global security policy debate
  • Engage in high-level networking and business development
  • Raise awareness of issues on the global security agenda
  • Generate sales leads
  • Build corporate brand
  • Reach a targeted global security audience
  • Strengthen the profile of executives
  • Pursue financing opportunities and partnerships
  • Begin a dialogue with relevant stakeholders