This two-day event aims to showcase current policing research from across the UK and internationally, providing a platform for academic researchers, practitioners and policy professionals to share ideas, exchange knowledge and explore emerging trends and challenges in contemporary policing.

With a renewed national focus on the value and importance of Intelligence, the 2026 NPCC National Intelligence Conference will explore how we collectively reinvigorate Intelligence led policing across the UK.

The Cityforum Transforming Police Public Contact forum has been running for six years and has become the annual gathering for the police contact management and control room community. Cityforum will continue its work with the National Police Chiefs’ Council Contact Management and Digital Public Contact team and is currently developing the 2026 agenda.

The Australian Institute of Criminology will be hosting the AIC 2026 Conference on 17-18 March 2026. The theme of this year’s conference will be Transnational Serious and Organised Crime (TSOC) and the aim of the event is to present the latest research on TSOC and how this can be applied to policy and practice.

Hosted at Swansea University and attended by 250+ delegates from countries around the world, the TASM Conference is one of the leading international conferences on extremist and terrorist use of online platforms. Attended by a wide range of stakeholders, including tech companies, governments, law enforcement, regulators, civil society and researchers from many different academic disciplines, the conference features keynote presentations from leading experts and a selection of 30+ breakout sessions featuring 100+ speakers.

This conference showcases practical, policy-relevant research with a direct bearing on effective criminal justice administration and crime prevention. The event serves as a platform for bringing together policymakers, academics and influential stakeholders from public, private, and university sectors.

The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) and the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre will jointly host the 8th International Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference, LEPH2026 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK from 6-9 September 2026.