Event

Connect4Cyber – Brokerage and Info Day, Helsinki

29.9.2026
Team Finland House

Welcome to an international cybersecurity networking event focusing on EU funding opportunities and strengthening cooperation with other European actors!

Upcoming

Registration 

When? Tuesday 29th of September 2026

Where? Team Finland House (Porkkalankatu 1, 00180 Helsinki). Please find instructions on how to get there on the website of Business Finland.

Language of the event: English

Further information 

For more information about the event, please contact ncc-fi@traficom.fi.

Connect4Cyber – Brokerage and Info Day brings together cybersecurity actors from Finland and across Europe to discuss current calls under the Digital Europe (DEP) and Horizon Europe (HE) programmes, share project ideas, and build international consortia. The event focuses on Digital Europe (DEP) autumn 2026 calls and other funding opportunities for SMEs.

Read more and register from the traficom webpage!

Programme (subject to change)

Time: 10.00-10.30
Registration, Networking & Coffee

Time: 10.30-10.45
Welcome Remarks 

  • Anssi Kärkkäinen, Director General of NCSC-FI
  • Elina Holmberg, Director, International Affairs, Business Finland

Time: 10.45-11.00
Strategic-Level Keynote: The big picture – Perspectives on the development of the MFF (Multiannual Financial Framework) and ECF (European Competitiveness Fund)

  • Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director, ECCC

Time: 11.00-11.15
Practical-Level Keynote (NN): A Success Story; a SME that has successfully leveraged EU funding  

Time: 11.15-11.30
Coffee Break & Networking

Time: 11.30-12.45
Cybersecurity Actualities & Funding Opportunities

Updates from the Defence and Digital Resilience Program: Kirsi Kokko, Business Finland

Overview of relevant ECCC administered cybersecurity calls: 

  • Autumn 2026 DEP calls: NN, Project Officer, ECCC
  • Spring 2027 Horizon Europe calls - high-level overview: NN, Project Officer, ECCC

Overview of the NCC-FI and NCC-EE FSTP cascade funding schemes :

  • NCC-EE FSTP funding instruments: Anni Aleksandrov, NCC-EE
  • Case example of NCC-EE FSTP funding: Urmo Keskel, Phishbite
  • NCC-FI FSTP autumn 2026 funding call: Nanni Tuominen, NCC-FI

Time: 12.45-13.45
Lunch & networking

Time: 13.45-14.15
Panel Discussion: Sharing Best Practices for Successful Cybersecurity Funding Consortia

Moderator: Markus Miettinen, Jyväskylän yliopisto

Panelists:

  • Simone Fischer-Hübner, Karlstad University
  • Mike Mekkanen, University of Vaasa
  • Maijastiina Arvola, CSC
  • Entrepreneur(s) from FI / EE
  • NN, Project Officer, ECCC

Time: 14.15-15.45
Pitching Session

Related to forthcoming autumn DEP calls 

Time: 15.45-16.00
Coffee Break & Networking

Time: 16.00-16.45
Breakout Rooms by Selected DEP Calls, Proposal Clinics & Networking  

Time: 16.45
Closing Remarks