Intersec Saudi Arabia has formed two expert advisory committees to set the conference agendas for its 2026 edition, drawing on specialists from aviation, energy and critical-infrastructure organisations to steer discussions on security, resilience and fire safety.
The committees will guide programming for the show’s two flagship conferences — the Future Security Summit and the Fire Protection & Technology Summit — according to the announcement from organiser Messe Frankfurt and its communications agency. Members are drawn from bodies including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Saudi Aramco, Dubai Airports, Red Sea Global and King Fahd International Airport, alongside other regional and international organisations.
According to the organisers, the committees will help shape sessions addressing artificial intelligence, operational resilience, the convergence of cyber and physical security, predictive risk management and next-generation fire protection strategies. The stated aim is to build conference content around the priorities of the operators and end users who run large-scale, high-risk sites.
That emphasis reflects a broader shift in the security industry. As surveillance networks, access control and connected sensors increasingly run on shared IT infrastructure, the line between cybersecurity and physical security has blurred, making coordinated “cyber-physical” risk management a growing priority for airports, energy producers and major developments.
Intersec Saudi Arabia is scheduled for 16–18 November 2026 at the Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center. Now in its eighth edition, the event is billed by organisers as its largest yet. Both summits are CPD-certified, and the Fire Protection & Technology Summit incorporates programming aligned with the U.S. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Organisers have said the conferences will convene more than 110 experts, policymakers and industry leaders across the three days.
The expanding event tracks rising demand for security, safety and fire-protection systems in Saudi Arabia. Vision 2030 giga-projects — from NEOM to Red Sea Global’s tourism developments — along with growth in aviation and energy infrastructure have increased the need for integrated protection systems and the expertise to run them. Several of the organisations represented on the new committees operate exactly that kind of critical infrastructure, from national airports to the energy sector.
By assembling committees weighted toward operators and end users rather than only technology vendors, Intersec is positioning its conference content around real-world operational challenges — a pitch aimed at the engineers, regulators and security chiefs the show is trying to attract. Full agendas, speaker line-ups and exhibitor details are expected to be released in the months leading up to the November event.
Intersec Saudi Arabia is the Kingdom-focused edition of the long-running Intersec series organised by Messe Frankfurt, which also stages the flagship Intersec show in Dubai. The Riyadh event has grown alongside Saudi Arabia’s push to localise security and safety capabilities under its national diversification agenda.
