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Events

We also present our work and mission live at various specialist and industry events. We also regularly invite people to our own formats, such as our monthly exchange on digital sovereignty - openCode Connect. An overview of our upcoming events can be found here:

Current dates

October

  • 13.-15. October 2026
  • Booth 103 | hub27
  • Messe Berlin

Smart Country Convention 2026

From 13 – 15 October this year's Smart Country Convention (SCCON) will once again bring together local government, politics, the digital economy, associations, start-ups and science to push forward the digital transformation of the public sector. ZenDiS will also be taking part again: under the motto #WirMachenSouverän (We make sovereignty happen), we are placing particular emphasis on the ‘We’ this year. Alongside the latest developments in our offerings openCode and openDesk, we will be presenting key projects for Digital Sovereignty in government at our booth – projects that we are working on together with our partners. At demo stations and on our own booth stage, we will showcase the community behind the ‘We’ who is working alongside us to create a sovereign and future-proof public administration.

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  • 22. October 2026
  • 11:00–12:00
  • Online Event

openCode Connect October 2026

Digitisation of Room Bookings and Much More

As part of the development of the Digital Centre (DiZ) at the Süderbrarup District Office, there was a need to procure software that would enable the booking of premises and equipment at the DiZ. Extensive research revealed that no suitable solution could be found, so the implementation of Biletado was commissioned as part of the Smart City funding programme. Today, this software is in use throughout Germany and has attracted a great deal of interest, as well as a large number of local authorities and institutions that are actively contributing to its further development. There are already long-term plans to implement larger modules and functions in order to further expand and improve Biletado’s scope of use. Alexander Döll (Süderbrarup District Office) provides insights into the use of Biletado, using the Digital Centre of the Süderbrarup District Office as an example.

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  • 28. October 2026
  • 10:15–11:00
  • Hannover

Public IT

Public IT is organised by c’t and heise, specifically targeting those responsible for IT and digital transformation in the public sector. The event focuses on sovereign cloud and on-premise solutions, as well as automation and artificial intelligence. In practical sessions, participants will learn how Digital Sovereignty and efficient end-to-end digitisation can be implemented from a technical perspective. Digital Sovereignty is a central goal of policy and administration, but the term is often used inconsistently. In this context, Pamela Krosta-Hartl (Managing Director, ZenDiS) will demonstrate, in her presentation ‘Making Digital Sovereignty Measurable: Criteria for a Sovereign Administration’, how critical dependencies within public administration can be assessed and how solutions can be identified to enhance its capacity to act.

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November

  • 17. November 2026
  • 17:15
  • KOMED
  • Cologne

NKCS Conference 2026

Driven by geopolitical developments and global crises, the European cybersecurity market is growing. At the same time, efforts to achieve greater Digital Sovereignty mean that European providers are playing an increasingly important role. At this conference organised by the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NKCS), under the motto ‘Cybersecurity: A Market of the Future – A European Market for European Products’, current developments and initiatives relating to the topic will be examined, and ways in which the cybersecurity sector can be supported effectively and in a targeted manner will be discussed. The conference provides a platform to foster synergies, collaboration and knowledge transfer, and to strengthen Europe through targeted investment and innovation. In his presentation ‘A sovereign foundation rather than in-house development: Opening up the public administration’s software supply chain’, Julian Schauder (DevSecOps Lead, ZenDiS) will demonstrate how products, specialist processes and platforms can be integrated into secure supply chains through ZenDiS projects, such as the Secure Government Container Initiative (SGCI), thereby opening up a broad, sovereign market. The SGCI provides hardened open-source container images for public administration – validated and open.

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Contact us

Portrait Jennifer Tiedemann

Jennifer Tiedemann

Event manager

jennifer.tiedemann@zendis.de