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

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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 has been prolonged until August 14th 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 July 31st)

 

13.00 CEST (1 p.m.)
Welcome to Lombardy. Welcome to Critical Messaging Community.


0.1 Critical Messaging – More than ever. Needed. Welcome address from CMA Chairman.

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

0.3 We love Milan and Co.: Our long-standing member Radio Activity (JVCKenwood Group) reports. Sara Isoardo an colleagues will report.

PART I

14.30 (Incl. Shorter Working Break at 15.45)
Foundations of Decision-Making for critical messaging and more


1.1 From a principle point of view. More principal points of view.
Philosophy and History:
Can there be absolute security? But why is it emphasized time and again
Why have telephone networks failed? An attempt to rank the causes. Fight or Cooperation. 
(Impuls by Jim, Prism IPX, USA and Erwin, Technolution, The Netherlands, (inv.) and … . Contributions : All. Summary by Board CMA.)

1.2 From the Mathematical Point of View:
How to reduce the probability of failure to one in two hundred and less. The matter of stochastic independence.
How to write it down and how to share it with the audience and potential users and deciders? How can you explain this to someone who hates maths? 
(Impuls by Dietmar and … . Contributions by All. Summary by CMA Board.)

1.3 The Marketer:
How nonsensical is it, really, to keep claiming that failures never happen? How to market hybrid solutions?
We are not the „alone solving all“ people. But, some others claim. 
(Impuls by Jenna, AmMsg, USA, Madelene, Generic, Sweden, Molly, CST, UK, Estelle, TPL, France and … . Contributions by All. Summary CMA Board.)

18.00
Conclusions

Summary by Chairman. Agreements of ToDos. Draft in preparation for Friday.

18.30
End of the Day.

Time for Networking and Working Dinner. For CMA members: Time for General Meeting.

PART II

9.00
The Practice of Mobile Security. Cooperation. Hybrid Solutions.


2.1 Dedicated solutions.

POCSAG. The continuation of the story from the US reported last October in London. 
Graeme Hull. Swissphone Group.More: up to participants. 

Campus and non-countrywide Solutions: DMR and its variants in UK, Italy and France. 
Short overview by colleagues from Critico, TPL Systemes and Radio Activity. 

Tetra and Voice Data Wireless— Even though it’s been declared half-dead, it’s still so desperately needed – and not just in the UK. Not just impressions from ‘Critical Communications World’ in London in June 2026. 
(Invited: Experts from Motorola Solutions. Germany and UK. Experts from BDBOS, Germany.)

2.2 Mission-critical extensions of conventional cellular systems. Convenience. Grade of Vulnerabilty.

Coexistence or transitioning from legacy narrowband (e.g. TETRA) to secure, ultra-reliable 4G/5G broadband networks. What is the right way. Continuation of what we discussed at CMAspring26.

Shorter Update: Mission Critical via Cellular. Theory and Implementation. 
Charlotte Roesener (inv.). TCCA and Frequentis. Austria.

Broadband Callout: a crucial step forward. One of the important working items in TCCA.  
Hans Petter Nappa. The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom).

12.30
Lunch Break

13.45
Conference Continuation


2.3 Solutions and Hybrid Solutions — what else

Hybrid Alerting: via Pager AND Smartphone.
David Villacastin. TPL Sytemes. France

Critical Comms in Fire. Increasing demand for personal safety, panic alarms and lockdown systems.
Simon Fidler, Scope, UK

PageConnect Dispatch™. More than communications only.
New name. New offer. N.N., American Messaging (inv.)

Paging Operator PLUS. AlarmManager. Selfstanding and non-selfstanding Apps. Features. Market. Synergies.
Dirk Nopens and colleagues (invited). e*Message WIS Ger. Germany.

15.15
Break

15.30
Conference Continuation


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

Is this conventionally yet? First year with new Apple Messaging functions: user experiences and business chances.
Madelene Persson and … , Generic Sweden. (inv.)

Discussion and argumentation round: Secure messaging and group communication over cellular networks for public safety and more. Invited: some representativs of this growing part of critical messaging. Positioning. Relationship with other critical communication world.

17.00
Guided Tour: UNESCO OLD City. Starting with famous Bergamo Funicular

19.30
Dinner invited by Critical Messaging Association. Supported by our sponsors.
PART III

9.00
Things We Didn’t Expect. New Ones. Innovations. Customer Reactions.


3.1. to 3.n. New customers, solutions, partners and conference speakers last few years.

Quality in Radio and Architecture. Customer’s and Member’s reports.
Moderated by Pietro Casati, DAC Systemes

Secure Comms and more. Surprise or not.
Guest from Rohde and Schwarz: Carsten Hofmann. Today and in the past.

Paging player since early 2026: Most important tasks for the new chief executive today. Where does he need support?
Benoit Vevine. e*Message WIS France.

More …


PART IV
10.45

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 longer shot) achieved

OUR FOUR convincing summary PAGES.
To be DISTRIBUTED by ALL.

12.00
Break

PART V

13.00
Special Activity

Communication in beautiful and creative Lombardy. Lago d’Iseo Tour

Start of the Great (Other) Communications Tour. Supported by Bus and Guides.

Communications and support by Franciacorta and Wine, by tradition and innovation by RIVA and famous boat history, by one of the most impressive great lakes.

Around 19.00
Back to the Hotel

 

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