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ATHENE at GPEC 2026

May 20 – 22, 2026

Location: Leipzig

The General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference, or GPEC® for short, is one of the leading events in Germany where public authorities can find out about digital technologies and solutions for internal security, law enforcement and homeland security – as well as training and professional development. ATHENE researchers from Fraunhofer SIT will be presenting an innovative range of offerings relating to IT forensic data analysis and artificial intelligence at this year’s GPEC® in Hall 2 at the Fraunhofer joint stand, Stand No. J32.

Services cover the following areas:

  • Training & courses: Digital forensics, T.I.S.P. expert certification, Blue Team training on the ATHENE Cyber Range and many other courses to enhance your skills. . https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/de/weiterbildungen-allgemein/
  • Innovative services: Video analysis for the detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and cyber grooming.
  • Research & development: Contract research and development, tailored to your needs. 
  • IT forensic reports: Court-admissible analyses and expert reports for specialist assignments.
  • Partnerships: Joint research projects on new technologies for law enforcement. 

You are also welcome to attend our free presentations at our exhibition stand and gain exclusive insights into our analysis tools and training programmes – covering topics such as:

  • Darknet: Anonymity on the internet with the Tor browser
  • Digital forensics: Court-admissible reports
  • Multimedia forensics: Authentication of evidence and fake news detection

To arrange an appointment, please email events@remove.this.sit.fraunhofer.de.

ATHENE projects on IT forensics

FROST + ML: Machine learning in IT forensics

CHARM - Protection of minors and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection 

DREAM - Deepfake detection

ATHENE projects on security and privacy in artificial intelligence

DeCNeC - Detection of CSAM without CSAM technologies

LAVA -  LLM-based authorship analysis

Find out more about the Fraunhofer joint stand (in German)

Find out more about GPEC® 2026

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