Geopolitical & security risks
Armed conflicts, terrorism, international tensions, political crises and sovereignty.
European congress · inaugural edition
METRICS SUMMIT 2027
« From risk to resilience»
July 7 & 8, 2027Palais des Congrès — Porte Maillot, Paris, France
About the congress
The European meeting point for anticipation and resilience
Europe faces an unprecedented acceleration of technological transformation that is redefining geopolitical, industrial and societal balances. The question is no longer only how to innovate from TRL 1 to TRL 9, but how to industrialise and scale up on our own soil — while protecting our assets.
Faced with cyberattacks, cascading crises and climate risk, data has become an instrument of influence and governance. METRICS positions itself as the only European congress linking scientific research, R&D, disruptive innovation, strategy, leadership, consulting, technological solutions, governance, law, compliance and insurance — to anticipate, finance and manage the overall resilience of public and private actors.
The risk landscape we address
Environmental & societal risks
Climate change, natural disasters, health crises, pandemics and protection of populations.
Technological & digital risks
Cyberattacks, disinformation, protection of critical infrastructure and the impact of disruptive technologies.
Economic & systemic risks
Economic warfare, industrial resilience, energy sovereignty, financial crises, extraterritoriality and sanctions.
Strategic pillars
14 themes to understand, anticipate and confront tomorrow's risks
Wars, conflicts, cyberattacks, natural disasters, health crises, supply disruptions: risks combine, spread and amplify their effects. How can we foresee them, anticipate them, reduce their impact, manage the crisis and speed up the return to normal? METRICS brings together those who analyse the threats, make the decisions and build the solutions to protect organisations, populations and society.
- 01
Wars, conflicts, intelligence and information warfare
Armed conflicts, hybrid warfare, geopolitical tensions, intelligence, influence, disinformation, cognitive and information warfare.
- Disinformation, deepfakes and opinion manipulation
- Cognitive sciences and network sociology
- OSINT, GEOINT, SIGINT and economic intelligence
- Multimodal AI, semantic analysis and knowledge graphs
- Detection of weak signals and identification of coordinated campaigns
- Strategic communication, prebunking and countering hostile narratives
- Protection of scientific, technological and informational heritage
- 02
Foresight and anticipation of risks
Weak signals, prospective scenarios, emerging risks, polycrises, domino effects, mapping and anticipation of threats.
- Identification of weak signals and emerging risks
- Prospective scenarios for 2030, 2040 and 2050
- Modeling of polycrises and domino effects
- Geopolitical, technological, industrial, climatic and health prospective
- Evolution of hybrid, cyber, space and information threats
- Anticipation of resource shortages and strategic dependencies
- Horizon Scanning, red teaming, simulations and exploration of alternative futures
- 03
Insurance, financing and risk modelling
Reinsurance, systemic risks, PML/MFL, modelling, crisis financing, risk transfer, new forms of coverage.
- Insurability of emerging and systemic risks
- Probabilistic modeling, extreme scenarios and stress tests
- Value at Risk, PML, MFL and sensitivity analyses
- Advanced actuarial science, causal AI and climate modeling
- Reinsurance, captives and parametric insurance
- Risk Engineering, Loss Prevention and technological prevention
- Public-private financing of resilience and critical innovations
- DeepTech funds, patient capital and financing of scale-up
- 04
Innovation and disruptive technologies
Artificial intelligence, generative and agentic AI, quantum technologies, deeptech, new uses, disruptive solutions serving anticipation, protection and resilience.
- Artificial intelligence, generative AI, causal AI and autonomous agents
- Quantum computing, quantum sensors and post-quantum cryptography
- Robotics, drones, autonomous swarms and multi-agent systems
- Digital twins, multiphysics simulation and complex systems
- Space, New Space, Earth observation and orbital surveillance
- Biotechnologies, digital health, genomics and augmented humans
- Smart materials, additive manufacturing, new energies and storage
- Convergence between AI, quantum, space, robotics, IoT and life sciences
- 05
Legal, regulation and compliance: Europe's new weapons against threats
Regulatory sovereignty, sanctions, extraterritoriality, Space Act, NIS2, AI Act, CRA, DSA/DMA, data protection, duty of vigilance, control of strategic dependencies.
- AI Act, NIS2, DORA, Cyber Resilience Act, Space Act, GDPR and DSA/DMA
- Civil, criminal and managerial responsibilities
- Intellectual property, patents and trade secrets
- Export control, international sanctions and extraterritoriality
- Duty of vigilance, governance and alert mechanisms
- ISO standards, certifications, audits and insurability
- Protection, valorization and transfer of innovations
- 06
Cybersecurity and critical infrastructure
Cyberattacks, cyberdefence, critical infrastructure, essential networks, SOC/MDR, cyber-resilience, digital continuity, protection of cyber-physical systems.
- Protection of energy, industrial, digital and logistics infrastructures
- Cybersecurity of industrial OT, IoT and cyber-physical systems
- Zero Trust, microsegmentation and anomaly detection
- Cyber resilience, business continuity and systems restoration
- State cyberattacks, cybercrime and hybrid threats
- Security of digital supply chains
- Post-quantum cryptography and protection of critical communications
- 07
Supply chains, resources and continuity
Supply chain, critical dependencies, shortages, logistics, energy, raw materials, business continuity and securing of supplies.
- Mapping of tier 1 to 4 suppliers
- Modeling of dependencies and cascading effects
- Logistical, commercial, energy and geopolitical disruptions
- Stochastic optimization and predictive AI applied to procurement
- Digital twins of supply chains
- Energy storage, critical raw materials and security of flows
- Business Impact Analysis, continuity plans and reconfiguration of value chains
- 08
Climate, environment and resources
Natural disasters, extreme climate events, environmental risks, water, natural resources, territorial resilience.
- Climate sciences, hydrology and environmental modeling
- Physical risks, transition risks and extreme events
- Adaptation of infrastructures and territories
- Water stress, energy, raw materials and food security
- Earth observation, remote sensing and climate data
- Decarbonization, storage and sobriety technologies
- Climate scenarios for 2030, 2040 and 2050
- 09
Human factors, health and behaviour
Health crises, health, stress, collective behaviour, crisis psychology, decision-making under constraint, training and preparing populations.
- Neuroscience, cognitive psychology and psychotraumatology
- Leadership, cognitive load and decisions under stress
- Mental health, burnout prevention and team resilience
- Human factors in critical systems
- Immersive training, simulations and crisis exercises
- Collaborative robotics, augmented humans and human-machine interfaces
- Social acceptability, trust and responsible use of technologies
- 10
Strategy, governance and leadership
Decision-making in uncertain environments, crisis governance, command, public-private coordination, leaders’ responsibility.
- Decision sciences and arbitration under uncertainty
- Leadership in crisis situations and decision-making under pressure
- Governance of innovation, R&D and critical technologies
- Transformation of organizations and change management
- Role of COMEX, boards of directors and scientific departments
- Skills development, risk culture and collective learning
- Strategy of sovereignty, industrial specialization and technological autonomy
- 11
Industrial resilience and European sovereignty
Strategic autonomy, industrial capabilities, critical technologies, European dependencies, reindustrialisation, economic security, ecosystem resilience.
- Reindustrialization and security of value chains
- Factories of the future, automation and reconfigurable production
- Technological, energy and material dependencies
- Sovereignty of data, cloud, components and infrastructure
- Transition from DeepTech to industrial production
- Cooperation between startups, SMEs, laboratories and major clients
- Financing of strategic technologies and the emergence of European champions
- 12
Applications and technological architectures
Digital twins, data platforms, interoperability, decision-support systems, simulation, space, observation, secure communications, resilient architectures.
- SaaS, sovereign cloud and trusted cloud platforms
- On-premises solutions, edge computing and air-gapped environments
- Simulation platforms, digital twins and Decision Intelligence tools
- SIEM, SOAR, XDR, MDR, cyber ranges and detection systems
- OSINT, GEOINT, SIGINT, knowledge graphs and multimodal analysis tools
- MLOps, LLMOps, model supervision and AI governance
- Risk management platforms, GRC, RegTech and control automation
- Interoperability, reversibility, data security and integration with existing systems
- 13
Robotics, autonomous systems and new human-machine interactions
4th-generation robots, humanoid robots, cobots, drones, autonomous swarms, autonomous ground, maritime and air systems, exoskeletons and human-machine interfaces.
- 4th-generation robots, humanoid robots and industrial cobotics
- Autonomous ground, maritime, air and underwater systems
- Embedded AI, perception, navigation and autonomous decision-making
- Exoskeletons, assistive robotics and augmentation of human capabilities
- Teleoperation, supervision and digital twins of robotic fleets
- New human-machine interactions and human-robot collaboration
- Safety, ethics and trust framework for autonomous systems
- 14
Advice and support for organisations
Risk management, crisis preparedness, continuity plans, organisational transformation, exercises and simulations, strategic support and return to normal.
- Consulting in strategy, foresight, innovation and transformation
- Support for managers and crisis units
- Definition of scientific and technological roadmaps
- Mapping of risks, dependencies, skills and critical assets
- Support for the transition from experimentation to industrialization
- Organization of Open Innovation and scientific cooperation programs
- Measuring performance, resilience and return on investment
Who should attend
Where decision-makers, scientists and operators meet
METRICS brings together the full chain of resilience — from research and industry to governance, law, finance and insurance — around the same tables.
- Executives, COMEX & boards of directors
- Risk managers & crisis units
- Legal, compliance & regulatory directors
- Researchers & R&D organisations
- Industrialists, SMEs & DeepTech startups
- Public institutions & policymakers
- Civil protection services & armed forces
- Investors & DeepTech funds
- Insurers, reinsurers & actuaries
Program overview
Two days, 40 round tables, seven session slots, four parallel rooms
A provisional overview built from the official program. Session titles and running order may evolve as the scientific committee finalises the agenda.
- Power & Threats
- Science & Technologies
- Critical Systems & Resilience
- Economy, Governance & Human
- Partner Fast Track
Day 1 — Wednesday, 7 July 2027
Decisions, arbitrations & alliances on the new world stage
08:30 – 09:15Opening plenaryPlenary
09:20 – 10:20Wave 1
10:30 – 11:30Wave 2
11:45 – 12:45Wave 3
13:00 – 14:00Networking lunch
14:00 – 15:00Wave 4
15:00 – 15:30Networking break
15:30 – 16:30Wave 5
16:30 – 17:00Networking break
17:00 – 17:45Closing plenary of the dayPlenary
18:00 – 20:00Official Alliances cocktailNetworking
Day 2 — Thursday, 8 July 2027
Decide & transform
08:30 – 09:15Morning plenaryPlenary
09:20 – 10:20Wave 1
10:30 – 11:30Wave 2
11:30 – 12:00Networking break
12:00 – 13:00Wave 3
13:00 – 14:00Networking lunch
14:00 – 15:00Wave 4
15:00 – 15:30Networking break
15:30 – 16:30Wave 5
16:30 – 17:00Transition / break
17:00 – 17:45Final plenary of the congressPlenary
17:45 – 18:00Conclusion & networkingNetworking
Sessions run for 60 minutes; shorter 30-minute formats may also be scheduled. Full program coming soon.
Permanent spaces
Immersive rooms & live simulations
Operational formats open continuously across the two days — putting executives in the decision-maker's seat under high-pressure polycrisis scenarios.
Crisis Command Lab
Live command-post exercises with instrumented decision-making under pressure.
Boardroom Session
Executive-level arbitration scenarios for COMEX, risk and legal leaders.
War Room Simulation
Managing a hybrid polycrisis: cyberattack, supply-chain disruption and reputational crisis.
Red Team vs Blue Team — Live
Adversarial simulation grounded in decision science and multi-agent modelling.
Speakers & committees
An international line-up in preparation
Confirmed speakers and the scientific and support committees will be announced as the programme is finalised.
Speakers
Speakers to be announced
Leaders from research, industry, public institutions, finance, insurance and law will take part in the plenaries and round tables.
Announcements Starting October 2026
Committees
Scientific & support committees forming
The scientific committee and support committee curate the themes and may add on-demand sessions. Details coming soon.
Announcements Starting October 2026
Sponsorship
Align your organisation with European resilience
METRICS convenes the decision-makers who shape the continent's response to systemic risk. Sponsorship opportunities are open to discussion.
From risk to resilience
Meet the actors of European resilience
Join Europe's decision-makers, scientists, industrialists and institutions for two days of strategy, foresight and cooperation at the heart of Paris.
July 7 & 8, 2027Palais des Congrès — Porte Maillot, Paris, France
Registration opening soon.