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Network meeting of police innovation labs brought together national and European future units
The Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) and Innovation Hub 110 of the Hesse Police hosted the 5th network meeting of innovation labs at Hub 110 in Frankfurt on 19 and 20 November 2025. Over 110 participants from Germany and eight European countries spent two days discussing research projects, new methods and international cooperation.
The 5th network meeting of police innovation laboratories took place on 19 and 20 November 2025 at Innovation Hub 110 in Frankfurt am Main. The Cyberagentur and the Hesse Police jointly hosted the event to bring together innovation laboratories, project teams and European partner organisations for two intensive days. The event attracted over 110 participants for the first time, making it the largest of its kind to date.
Tim Göttlich, head of Innovation Hub 110, kicked off the event by thanking those present and emphasising the importance of suitable conditions for progress: "Innovation needs freedom, but we also need protection from the individual mechanisms that work against innovation."
The opening already set the tone for the event: fewer frontal formats, more exchange, more collaborative work and, above all, more time for networking. Michael Domberg, Head of Scientific Services at the Cyber Agency, made this clear in his welcome address: "Networking over the two days is the main reason why we are meeting. I am looking forward to the next two days full of inspiration and workshops, where everyone can take away new ideas."
The first day was dominated by German-language poster sessions. Research and development projects from the Cyberagentur, the Federal Criminal Police Office, state police authorities and other innovation hubs demonstrated the breadth of current work – from audio forensics and AI-supported report generation to deep fake detection and new approaches to digital crime scene documentation. Open discussion formats enabled participants to explore the projects in detail and immediately deepen professional connections.
The second day opened the network meeting systematically to European partners for the first time. Innovation units from the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg and Malta presented their approaches. Wenche Medin, Chair of the European Clearing Board (EuCB) and Strategist for Digital Transformation at the Swedish Police Authority, opened the day. "Crime is not local, it is not national. Crime is global," she emphasised, using Sweden as an example to explain the structure and tasks of the EuCB at Europol. This provided important impetus for the subsequent future workshops, where participants worked together to develop topics that had been submitted in advance.
The international response and the high number of participating organisations confirmed the growing importance of the network meeting. Domberg put this into context and referred to the historical significance of such spaces: "Breakthroughs never happened in isolation. They arose where many people came together and combined their ideas. This meeting is such a space – a place where initial thoughts are refined and where open listening and honest sparring are possible."
After two days of intensive exchange, it became clear that the network meeting has developed into a central platform for police innovation work in German-speaking countries and, increasingly, in Europe as a whole. The multitude of new contacts, project ideas and cooperation approaches showed how much the shared space for innovation was being utilised.
Further information:
https://www.cyberagentur.de/
Contact:
Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity GmbH
Große Steinstraße 19
06108 Halle (Saale)
Michael Lindner
Press Officer
Tel.: +49 151 44150 645
Email: presse@cyberagentur.de
Background: Cyber Agency
The Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit (Cyberagentur) was founded in 2020 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the German government under the joint leadership of the Federal Ministry of Defence and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs with the aim of taking an application-strategy-oriented and cross-departmental view of internal and external security in the field of cybersecurity. Against this background, the work of the Cyber Agency is primarily aimed at the institutionalised implementation of highly innovative projects that carry a high risk in terms of achieving their objectives, but at the same time have a very high potential for disruption if successful.
The Cyber Agency is part of the Federal Republic of Germany's National Security Strategy.
The Cyber Agency is headed by Prof. Dr Christian Hummert as Research Director and Bettina Bubnys as Commercial Director.
Dr. Julian Laufs, Head of Partnermanagement
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