UNIDIR puts electromagnetic disruption on the Geneva agenda for 11 November.
The hybrid Innovations Dialogue links battlefield connectivity, civilian dependencies and arms control. Registration is open for the Geneva meeting and online participation.
- 2026-11-11
- Geneva
Event: 2026-11-11 · Geneva
Electromagnetic disruption can interrupt a military link while also affecting services that depend on navigation and communications. UNIDIR will bring those military, civilian and governance questions into its seventh Innovations Dialogue on 11 November 2026.
The meeting runs from 09:15 to 18:00 CET at Auditorium Ivan Pictet, A1 B, at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland, with online participation. These are announced arrangements for a future event, not findings from a completed conference.
The programme begins with the electromagnetic spectrum as a strategic domain, then moves to battlefield connectivity. The afternoon addresses cascading effects, arms-control questions and adaptation across sectors. That sequence makes this relevant to defence technology companies as well as operators of civilian infrastructure.
Three connected discussions
Our assessment is that the useful connection is dependency: a resilient device does not automatically produce a resilient service if its operator still relies on an untested external link, timing source or recovery process. Participants can use the programme to compare those different levels of vulnerability.
Registration is open, but the organiser has not published every condition
UNIDIR invites states, civil society, academia, industry and media. The official registration form was accepting responses when checked on 23 October and offers in-person or online attendance. We did not submit a registration or obtain an attendance confirmation.
The event page does not state a registration deadline or participation fee. Interested readers should therefore use the organiser’s page and form for current conditions rather than infer a free ticket or guaranteed place. The form also includes information about photography and recording.
What suppliers and buyers can prepare
For a company working on interference awareness, resilient communications or navigation, a practical contribution would identify the service being protected, what disruption the system can detect and what the operator can do next. Those are different claims from proving who caused an incident.
An infrastructure operator can bring an equally concrete question: which operational decision changes after a warning, and how is continuity demonstrated when a dependency fails? These are our suggested preparation questions, not requirements imposed by UNIDIR or capabilities attributed to a particular exhibitor.
The event adds an international policy setting to a calendar often dominated by product showcases. UNIDIR is the organiser; this is not a NATO event, a procurement call or an MSSG.news partnership announcement.
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