CMA event 2026 in Bergamo Italy near Milano from October 7th to October 9th 2026

Location

Bergamo | Hotel Excelsior San Marco
Riazzale Repubblica, 6 - 24122 Bergamo, Italy
Website
https://www.hotelsanmarco.com/

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Date

07 - 09 Oct 2026

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#CMAmilano26 | Collaboration between technology and people. For security in mobile communications.

October 7–9, 2026, in the UNESCO City of Bergamo

 

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Conference place and hotel:

Hotel Excelsior San Marco
Riazzale Repubblica, 6
24122 Bergamo
Italy

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Rooms can be booked at a special rate of 155.00 € per night (double-room single use) and 165,00 € per night (double-room double use), including breakfast.
For reservations write to info@hotelsanmarco.com. A password will be published on the eventpage in your MY CMA Account after booking the event.

 


Pricing:

The pricing is organized in two modules with singular prices.
The Early Bird discount lasts until 15th July 2026.
Special discount for speakers:
Available exclusively this year as a token of our appreciation to speakers from 2022–2026 who are not members of the CMA.
First participant for Gold and Silver Sponsors: free of charge.
Only one discount can be applied to each item.

 

Regular prices
450 € (For first participant from organisation)
250 € (For every next participant from organisation)
General Member Discount: 25%

Early Bird Discounts
Early Bird Member Discount: 75% (for our sponsors 100%)
Early Bird CMA 2022 – 2026 Speakers Organisations Discount: 40%
Early Bird non-Member Discount: 20%

Regular price
130 € (each participant)
General Member Discount: 25%

Early Bird Discounts
Early Bird Member Discount: 50%
Early Bird CMA 2022 – 2026 Speakers Organisations Discount: 30%
Early Bird non-Member Discount: 20%

 

Agenda

(Draft 2026 June 04)

 

0 | Welcome to Lombardy

0.1. A destination for history, nature, technology, and innovation.

0.2. We love Milan and Co.: Our long-standing member Radio Activity (JVCKenwood Group) reports.

1 | Foundations of Decision-Making for critical messaging and more

1.1. The Philosopher: Can there be absolute security? But why is it emphasized time and again?

1.2. The Historian: Why have networks failed? An attempt to rank the causes.

1.3. The Mathematician: How to reduce the probability of failure to one in two hundred. The matter of stochastic independence.

1.4. The Marketer: How nonsensical is it, really, to keep claiming that failures never happen? How to market hybrid solutions

2 | The Practice of Mobile Security. Cooperation. Hybrid Solutions.

2.1. Dedicated solutions.
• POCSAG. Internet of Things.
• DMR and its variants in Italy and France.
• Tetra—declared dead yet so desperately needed—not only in the UK.

2.2. Mission-critical extensions of conventional cellular systems.
• Coexistence or transitioning from legacy narrowband (e.g. TETRA) to secure, ultra-reliable 4G/5G broadband networks. What ist the right way. Continuation of what we discussed at CMAspring26.

2.3. Hybrid solutions—what else.

2.4. Critical Messaging via Cellular. Market. Needs. Solutions.

3 | Things We Didn’t Expect. New Ones. Innovations. Customer Reactions.

3.1. to 3.3. New customers, solutions, partners and conference speakers last few years.

4 | Some CMAmilano26, but Bergamo, Results

4.1. What have we achieved here?

4.2. How do we communicate this to the market?

4.3. What we have not (by a long shot) achieved

 

Call for contributions:
These agenda items also require your participation. Please submit your presentation proposals. Thank you.