DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY STUDIES
FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY
in BANSKA BYSTRICA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
and
civic association INTERPOLIS

has the pleasure to invite you to the

19^TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

SECURITY FORUM 2026

on April 22^nd-23^rd, 2026

at the
Slovak National Uprising Museum in Banska Bystrica
in cooperation with

KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY
in BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND

ARMED FOCES ACADEMY OF GEN. M.R.ŠTEFÁNIK
in LIPTOVSKY MIKULAS, SLOVAKIA

UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA
in PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC

UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL SECURITY “APEIRON“
in CRACOW, POLAND

INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
in BELGRADE, SERBIA

THE POLICE ACADEMY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
in PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY PRAGUE
in PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

THE UNIVERSITY OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN KOŠICE
in KOŠICE, SLOVAK REPUBLIC

FACULTY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY
in WARSAW, POLAND

INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY STUDIES INSTITUTE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC

UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSIO
in KRAKOW, POLAND

INSTITUTE OF SECURITY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
in KRAKOW, POLAND

Discussion topics:

• Regional security in the context of contemporary security challenges
• Theoretical and methodological aspects of the security research
• Environmental and energy security
• Cyber-security and its current trends
• Transatlantic security - limits and perspectives
• Disinformation and hoaxes as a security threat today
• Hybrid threats
• Defensive (Militant) Democracy in the New Security Order
• Anti-Americanism and the Crisis of Transatlantic Trust
• Russophilia and the Crisis of Euro-Atlantic Identity

Languages of the conference: Slovak, Czech and English

We kindly ask you to confirm your interest to participate on the conference through filling up the registration form on the 

https://www.fpvmv.umb.sk/16697/registracia-na-konferenciu

no later than on

April 13^th, 2026

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us.

bezpecnostne.forum@umb.sk

Tel.: 00421 48 446 17 11, 00421 48 446 16 14