PLENARY SESSIONS - SICC 2026

The SICC Series – CBRNe Conference 2026 will feature three high-level Plenary Sessions, open to all registered participants and designed to set the tone for each day of the conference. These sessions will bring together leading voices from academia, government, civil protection, defence, and industry, offering a strategic overview of current and emerging challenges in the field of non-conventional safety and security.

Each Plenary Session will host keynote presentations from Invited authorities  selected by the Scientific and Institutional Committees of the conference and the Diamond Sponsor.

The talks will address the latest technological, operational, and policy developments shaping the CBRNe landscape — from artificial intelligence and cyber–CBRNe integration to evolving hybrid threats, radiological security, climate-induced risks, and global preparedness strategies. The Plenary Sessions will serve as a unique forum to discuss the state of the art, future directions, and real-world implications of CBRNe science and risk governance. They will also emphasize the importance of international cooperation, cross-sector communication, and the integration of scientific innovation with public policy. By combining scientific insight with strategic vision, these sessions aim to inspire collaboration and critical reflection on how to protect people, infrastructure, and the environment in an increasingly complex global security context.

Plenary Session

Hybrid Warfare and Global Instability: New Frontiers of Strategic Conflict and Societal Resilience

This plenary session will analyse the evolution of hybrid warfare through cyber operations, sabotage, disinformation, attacks against critical infrastructures, energy insecurity, and multidomain destabilization strategies. Particular attention will be devoted to current international crises, protection of strategic assets, societal resilience, and the convergence between conventional and non-conventional threats shaping the future security environment.

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CBRNe Health Security and Medical Preparedness: Protecting Society in Complex Emergency Scenarios

This plenary session will focus on the integration of healthcare preparedness, emergency medicine, biosafety, radioprotection, toxicology, and public health resilience within modern CBRNe frameworks. Discussions will address hospital readiness, medical countermeasures, contamination management, interagency coordination, and long-term consequence management during large-scale emergencies and non-conventional crises.

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Emerging Technologies, Industrial Transformation and Future CBRNe Risk Landscapes

This plenary session will examine the impact of technological and industrial evolution on future radiological, nuclear, chemical, biological, and critical infrastructure risk scenarios. Topics will include advanced nuclear technologies, synthetic biology, industrial interdependencies, cyber-physical vulnerabilities, hazardous material monitoring, supply-chain fragilities, and systemic resilience strategies for increasingly interconnected high-impact environments.