CMA-Event #CMAspring26

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Digital Meeting

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Digital Meeting

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The Critical Messaging Association welcomes anyone involved in the critical messaging industry to join.

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Date

21 Apr 2026

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DIGITAL

#CMAspring26 | Different perspectives and viewpoints – one community for secure communication.


AGENDA

*Subject to change. You are invited for additional contributions.
Registration opens soon.


1 | Activities worldwide. Our friends keep us informed.

2 | Multichannel is concrete—for safety and security.

3 | 2026 Community Events: Bergamo and Cologne.

4 | The cookbook project. Spread the word.

 


Hourly-Schedule


14.00
Registration. Welcome
Dietmar Gollnick | CMA Chairman

14.10
Words from around the world:

A1 | Australia
CMA sister association ARCIA. Same challenges? What solutions? Diverse?
ARCIA President Hamish Duff. (invited)

A2 | USA and beyond
At least four members attended the ICWE in Las Vegas.
Jim Nelson and colleagues report.

14.50
The very different (not only IoT) protocol
Internet of Things with Mioty. But the same goal: civil protection. State wide.
Martino Marcelli from Swissphone Group (strongly recommended)

15.15
Our shared community, but a different perspective:
the world’s largest TETRA network and ideas for the future of public safety digital radio.
Philipp Hasbach BDBOS. Germany. Head of Department.

15.45
And Lower Austria. Multichannel.
Multi-user. Emergency NOTRUF 144 and the challenge of digitalisation.
Stefan Spielbichler. COO. (strongly recommended)

16.15
The successful messenger approach by Stashcat.
What we did right and how things might progress.
Christopher Bick. CEO (invited)

16.45
MUST-ATTEND Events
Nationally and (or) internationally.

B1 | CMAmilano26.
The CMA at the annual attendance conference in Lombardy. A must for various reasons. 7–9 October
Pietro, Sara and Dietmar share their stories and whet our appetites.

B2 | PMRExpo and …
At the Professional Mobile Communications event and in Cologne. Also in joint documents with the CMA …
Michael Rosenzweig. Managing Director PM e.V.

17.15
Don’t forget to spread the word.
Do we have or need two cookbooks?

CB 1 | The independence of critical communication makes security affordable.

CB 2 | Being visible in public and making name for oneself. Documents. Sharing isn’t crime.

CB 3 | More Infos. From France? From Ireland and UK? From Sweden? … From … everybody.

18.30
Expected END
Or, following a heated discussion, perhaps a little later.