The Berlin Security Conference aims to provide a high-level political forum, bringing together senior decision-makers from Europe, the United States, Canada, and other transatlantic partners. The Conference will facilitate open dialogue on current geopolitical developments, emerging risks, and the political choices required to safeguard peace, security, and democratic values.

It is one of Europe’s most significant conferences on security and defence policy. Approximately 2,000 international participants from politics, civil society, academia, and the military are expected to attend. The President of the Conference will be Ms MEP Dr Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.

Lithuania will be the partner nation this year, and will be represented, inter alia, by President Gitanas Nausėda, the Minister of National Defence, Mr Robertas Kaunas, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kęstutis Budrys.

The Conference will be held in Berlin for the 25th time this year.

Location: Military Base Ādaži and Military Base Sēlija, Latvia Date: 19–30 October 2026 Description: The 5th annual NATO Digital Backbone eXperimentation (DiBaX 2026) will take place in Latvia from 19 to 30 October 2026. As the largest edition yet, this milestone event features twice as many partners as the 2025 event.

Key Details for DiBaX 2026:

• Core Focus Areas: Secure, interoperable, open, resilient, and low-latency next-generation networks.
• Scenarios & Testing: Layered Counter-UAS (LCI-X) and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) scenarios.
• Advanced Capabilities: Next Generation Targeting (NGT), artificial intelligence (AI) for target identification and decision advantage, and 5G and satellite communication integration for multi-domain operations.

Key information about the event:

• Location: Pabradė Military Training Area, Švenčionys District.
• Organizers: Ministry of National Defence and the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

Main activities and highlights:

• Exhibition of Lithuanian companies: Presentation of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as ground and maritime unmanned systems by local manufacturers.
• Demonstration flights: Showcasing the practical capabilities of the technologies and the operation of FPV (first-person view) drones.
• Conference: Presentations delivered by representatives of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the Ministry of National Defence, and Ukraine.
• New space: Opening of the Lithuanian Armed Forces experimentation area (SANDBOX) “Vanagas”, which features an FPV drone training track and hosted drone competitions for the units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.