Welcome to an international cybersecurity networking event focusing on EU funding opportunities and strengthening cooperation with other European actors!
Connect4Cyber – Brokerage and Info Day
When? Wednesday 27 August 2025
Where? Team Finland House (Porkkalankatu 1, 00180 Helsinki). Please find instructions on how to get there on the website of Business Finland. (External link)
Language of instruction: English
What?
Connect4Cyber – Brokerage and Info Day brings together cybersecurity actors from Finland and across Europe to discuss current calls under the Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programmes, share project ideas, and build international consortia. The event focuses on calls targeted at the health sector, PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) themes, and funding opportunities for SMEs.
The event is organised by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom and its National Coordination Centre (NCC-FI), in collaboration with the Estonian Information Security Authority (RIA), the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and its National Coordination Centre for Research and Innovation in Cybersecurity (NCC-SE), Business Finland, and the Finnish Information Security Cluster (FISC).
The event offers:
- up-to-date information on EU funding calls
- expert presentations from the field of cybersecurity
- an opportunity to present and hear project ideas
- a chance to find partners for future projects
Registration
The event is free of charge, but requires advance registration. Registration is open until 13 August 2025 or until capacity is reached.
REGISTER TO THE EVENT HERE. (External link)
Preliminary program (subject to change):
| Time | Program | |
| 09:45–10:30 | Registration and networking with coffee | |
| 10:30 | Opening remarks | |
| 10:50 | Keynote: Cybersecurity in the health sector | |
| 11:10 | Keynote: Post-Quantum Cryptography | |
| 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:50 | Presentation of funding calls in cybersecurity | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 | Panel discussion: SMEs in focus | |
| 14:00 | Pitching session | |
| 15:00 | Networking and coffee | Drop-in proposal support
Ask about your project proposal and application between 3 pm and 6 pm. |
| 15:30 | Tips & tricks: How to write a project proposal | |
| 16:30 | Closing remarks and networking with snacks and refreshments | |
| 18:00 | Event ends |
An updated program will be published on the event website in due time.
Information about the pitching session
Interested participants have the possibility to present their project ideas in the pitching session.
Instructions are as follows:
- Participants are requested to submit their pitch slides by 15 August 2025 at the latest to ncc-fi@traficom.fi . A confirmation of receipt will be sent within a few business days.
- If the number of submitted pitches exceeds the available time reserved for the pitching session, the organisers will select presentations based on their relevance to the themes and objectives of the event. All those who have submitted pitch slides will be informed of the outcome prior to the event.
- Participants may use their own slide design, but the slides are recommended to include at least the following information:
- Name of the presenter and the organisation
- Summary of the project idea, objectives, expected outcomes and impacts, and/or the organisation’s expertise and potential role in the project
- Description of desired consortium partners
- Calls in which your organisation is interested
- Each presentation is up to four minutes.
- One separate slide set is requested per pitch. If a participant has multiple project ideas, please submit a separate slide set for each.
- Presentations received after the deadline may be considered if there is still time available during the pitching session.
- All pitching presentations (including those not presented during the event due to time constraints) will be shared as PDF files with the other participants, unless the contributors request otherwise. If you prefer not to share your presentation, please let us know when submitting it.
For more information about the event, please contact ncc-fi@traficom.fi .
A warm welcome to the event!