The Safe Place Congress is Poland’s largest event dedicated to the security of public facilities and critical infrastructure, held under the patronage of institutions that ensure the highest standards of the proceedings. Each year, the event is attended by several hundred representatives from key public facilities, critical infrastructure, and the commercial sector, as well as researchers and experts.
The theme of this year's edition is The Security of Organizations and Facilities in the Context of the Implementation of the Civil Protection and Civil Defense System in Poland
We encourage you to review the draft Congress announcement and key information about our event.
Honorary Patrons and Organizers
The idea
The SAFE PLACE Scientific and Technical Congresses serve as a platform for sharing expertise in the field of security. These are the only recurring events where representatives of Poland’s most important public facilities, national security institutions, the scientific community, and the private security sector—including facility security managers, soldiers and law enforcement officers, as well as foreign experts, have the opportunity to share their experiences in building the resilience of facilities and institutions against military, hybrid, and criminal threats. Each year, the Congress is attended by several hundred participants representing a wide range of institutions.
Topics
The main themes of this year's proceedings focus on the following areas:
- Preparing facilities for war, hybrid threats, and criminal threats
- Making buildings and public spaces more resilient to attacks
- Security management in critical infrastructure and facilities subject to mandatory protection, as well as in facilities not subject to mandatory protection
- Civil Protection and Civil Defense
- Challenges and Opportunities for Facility Managers in Light of the Amendment to the Prison Act
- Security of military facilities and installations
- Building resilience in counties, municipalities, and cities
- Fire safety of buildings and spaces
- Collective protection facilities
- Cybersecurity Management in Facilities and Organizations
- Challenges and Opportunities for the Security Industry in Light of the Implementation of the NIS-2, CER, and DORA Directives
- The Role and Responsibilities of Leaders in Safety Management in Facilities and Spaces
- Innovations and cutting-edge technologies in enhancing the resilience of buildings and spaces
- Challenges for architects and designers of buildings and technical security systems in the age of modern threats
- Responding to threats to life and health
- First aid in response to terrorist attacks
- Safety Education in Organizations and Facilities
Target audience
Our event is aimed at anyone interested in enhancing the security of facilities and institutions, in particular:
- Paramedics, KPP emergency responders
- Safety managers in public buildings in Poland and abroad:
- critical infrastructure (including transportation hubs, critical energy infrastructure, water and sewer systems, and gas infrastructure)
- sites subject to mandatory and special protection
- public administration buildings, including those protected by the State Protection Service and the Marshal’s Guard
- military areas, buildings, and facilities
- educational institutions and universities
- shopping centers, office buildings, big-box stores, trade shows
- theaters, movie theaters, museums, and other cultural venues; places of worship
- bank branches, cash distribution centers, ATMs
- skyscrapers, corporate headquarters
- hospitals, clinics, medical facilities
- large-scale industrial and manufacturing facilities
- foreign missions, headquarters of international organizations
- Academics and experts specializing in risks and solutions to enhance the safety of public buildings
- Representatives of public safety agencies
- Representatives of the personal and property security and technical security sectors
- Staff of diplomatic missions
- Employees of international institutions and organizations
- Fire safety inspectors in buildings
- Occupational Safety and Health Inspectors in Facilities and Institutions
Tradition
The Safe Place 2026 Conference is currently in the planning stages. We encourage you to read the reports from our previous conferences.
Safe Place 2026
The IX SAFE PLACE 2026 International Congress of Science and Technology will take place on November 25–27, 2026, at the Windsor Hotel in Jachranka near Warsaw. During the three-day event, there will be over a dozen thematic sessions, featuring dozens of presentations and several expert debates. The first day of the Congress will be conducted in an international format, with simultaneous interpretation of presentations by foreign experts and practitioners. We have prepared this year’s Congress in a modified and engaging format that combines substantive and practical elements, and the entire event will be enriched with numerous attractions and accompanying activities.