Cybersecurity Conference Delays U.S. Launch, Citing Uncertain Political Climate

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Citing unpredictable political and economic conditions in the U.S., organizers have postponed the first American edition of InCyber Forum. This international cybersecurity conference was set to take place June 17–18 San Antonio's Henry B. González Convention Center. The event, which combines a tradeshow with expert panels, was expected to draw about 5,000 attendees from across the global cyber industry.
'The current policy and economic environment remains both challenging and unpredictable, and the decision to pause the San Antonio conference is consistent with similar decisions made by several other U.S. conferences whose success is impacted by the broader geopolitical and policy landscape,' said FastForward, the event's organizer.
Visit San Antonio spent more than a year working to bring the event to the city.
San Antonio promotes itself as Cyber City USA, with a dense network of cybersecurity operations supporting the Department of Defense, the commercial sector, and local government.
Local hospitality leaders expressed disappointment about the decision to postpone.
Other Global FastForward Conferences a Go
'We understand the organization's need to pause the inaugural event until the current uncertainty settles. We have heard potential concerns from a handful of meeting groups that their attendance may be impacted by political and economic uncertainty, and we are diligently working with them to see how we may help them shore up their convention. We stand by to ramp back up with InCyber Forum for San Antonio when the time is right,' said Mario Bass, interim president and CEO of Visit San Antonio.
Launched in Lille, France, InCyber Forum draws 25,000 attendees annually in Europe.
FastForward confirmed its Montreal conference will proceed in October, followed by a debut Tokyo event.