Global Information Summit Australia 2026 - GISA 26, Adelaide

GISA26

21 to 24 July
Adelaide Oval and Lot Fourteen 
Five Eyes and Quad partners

THE UNDECLARED WAR IS ALREADY HERE

Nine weeks from now, Adelaide will host one of the most consequential gatherings of the global information power ecosystem ever staged in Australia.

GISA26 is not another cyber conference. It is the operating forum where Five Eyes and Quad partners, Defence command, intelligence executives, critical infrastructure operators, industry and academia confront the contest we are already in.

State backed cyber operations are mapping our supply chains. Adversary AI is generating synthetic media at machine speed. Critical infrastructure is being pre positioned for disruption. The undeclared war is no longer a future risk. It is the operating environment.

Held at Adelaide Oval, the Global Information Summit Australia 2026 brings together international leaders and practitioners from defence, intelligence, government, industry, critical infrastructure, finance, telecommunications, technology, academia and civil society to connect strategic insight with operational application and tactical execution.

Adelaide is the sovereign industrial heart of AUKUS. It is also a critical node in Australia’s future security landscape. That is why GISA26 is being held here and why your participation matters now.

The Australian defence industrial base needs a venue where capability can be demonstrated, interrogated and progressed into real-world outcomes.

GISA26 uniquely pairs classified-adjacent threat briefings with a curated capability exhibition spanning:

• Cyber defence
• Secure communications
• Operational technology protection
• AI assurance
• Undersea cable resilience
• Counter-disinformation tools

Exhibitors will brief directly to AUKUS primes, Defence, ASD partners and critical infrastructure operators working under the SOCI Act, many already embedded within South Australia’s defence ecosystem.

For vendors, integrators and research organisations, GISA26 represents the shortest path between capability and contract.

For buyers, it is a single room filled with vetted, deployment-ready answers to the threats ASIO has identified.

CONFIRMED & INVITED SPEAKERS

• Vice Admiral Justin Jones AO CSC RAN, Chief of Joint Operations
• Major General Robert “Doc” Watson, Commander ADF Cyber Command
• Lieutenant General Susan Coyle AO CSC DSM, incoming Chief of Army     (invited)
• Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness CSC, National Cyber Security Coordinator (invited)
• General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AC CVO MC (invited)
• Dr Ivana Stradner, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, USA
• Michael Miklaucic, Editor PRISM, National Defense University, USA
• Dr Keoki Jackson, MITRE National Security Sector (invited)
• Professor Debi Ashenden, Director IFCYBER, UNSW (invited)

Plus invited ambassadors and high commissioners of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, India and Japan.

VIEW THE FULL SPEAKER LINEUP

TWO IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES, ONE STRATEGIC OUTCOME

Tuesday 21 July:
Welcome Reception – National Wine Centre of Australia

 Wednesday 22 July:
Dedicated Networking Event for speakers, sponsors and delegates

“In this cyber age an enemy can lurk in the hard drive we bump our knees on.”
General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AC CVO MC