Saint-Malo
Tech Calendar
Nine IT events across 2026, charted on the year-axis. The April–May academic cluster has already passed; only Digital Benchmark and the annual Flag'Malo CTF remain.
In the four weeks from 21 March to 14 May the Palais des Congrès hosted six conferences back-to-back — a forum, a defence summit, a quantum-crypto convention and the bundled CPS-IoT Week. Then four months of silence before Digital Benchmark in late September.
The April–May
academic cluster
Three back-to-back events, two of them deeply technical, one bundled umbrella with three flagship conferences and seven workshops sharing a single venue.
Rencontres Stratégiques
des Trois Océans
Inaugural edition. ~100 defence and tech decision-makers on European digital sovereignty (organiser: Vates).
PQCrypto 2026
Code-, hash-, isogeny-, lattice- and MPC-in-the-head constructions plus quantum cryptanalysis. 27 papers from 66 submissions — published as Springer LNCS 16491/16492.
CPS-IoT Week 2026 · 19th edition
The premier annual gathering on cyber-physical systems and IoT: three flagship conferences and seven workshops sharing one venue.
Digital Benchmark Saint-Malo
"L'entreprise 2030 : Agentique, Souveraine, Décarbonée."
~300 CMOs and CDOs from non-competing brands. 25 keynotes, 30 workshops, 50+ vendor meetings. All-inclusive — transport, lodging and meals on the same bill.
Flag'Malo CTF
"Le plus grand CTF de Bretagne."
Annual capture-the-flag organised by IUT Saint-Malo's Réseaux & Télécoms students. Main edition typically December at the IUT campus; exact 2026 date not yet announced.
Year-round anchors
If a single weekend at Le Coquillage doesn't line up with the dated calendar, these two organisations run the steady drumbeat of meet-ups and recurring formats that keep the Saint-Malo tech scene alive between conferences.
Le Poool · La French Tech Rennes-St-Malo
Innovation hub across Rennes and Saint-Malo. Runs Digital Tech Conference, Matinales, Market Pitch, Startup on the Beach and seven incubation cohorts. Easiest year-round option for evening tech meet-ups; check their public agenda for specific dates.
Forum des Métiers du Numérique
Free, public career fair at IUT Saint-Malo. Sessions on cybersecurity, cloud roles, network project management. 2026 employers: Orange, NXO, LACROIX, COMCYBER, Stelogy, Blue. The only Saturday-shaped tech event on the local calendar.
Past · 2026
For completeness — the seven events already concluded by 28 May.
| Dates | Event | Venue | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar | Forum des Métiers du Numérique | IUT de Saint-Malo | Students / public |
| 9–10 Apr | Rencontres Stratégiques des Trois Océans | Saint-Malo | Defence / industry |
| 14–16 Apr | PQCrypto 2026 (17th) | Saint-Malo | Academic crypto |
| 11–14 May | CPS-IoT Week 2026 (19th) | Palais des Congrès | Academic systems |
| 11–14 May | HSCC / ICCPS 2026 | Palais des Congrès | Hybrid + CPS |
| 11–14 May | SenSys 2026 | Palais des Congrès | Embedded AI sensing |
| 12–14 May | RTAS 2026 (32nd) | Palais des Congrès | Real-time embedded |
Trip-planning notes
A Saturday-evening dinner means the IT calendar is mostly already a miss — every major 2026 conference here is mid-week. Forum des Métiers and Flag'Malo are the only Saturday-shaped events.
April–May is the dense window. If a future trip is open-dated, anchoring the Saturday dinner around mid-May lines it up with CPS-IoT Week — ambient activity at the Palais des Congrès and surrounding hotels peaks then.
The September Digital Benchmark window is more closed-format / executive — less drop-in friendly. Dinan sits exactly on the 30 km boundary (30.8 km by road) but surfaces nothing tech for 2026.
Part of the weekend brief
↑ A weekend at Le Coquillage: where to sleep, what to do, what's bookableWalking-distance lodging at or near Le Coquillage
Six options inside a 1 km radius of Château Richeux, ranked by price and proximity.
Special-character lodging within taxi range
Eleven hotels and chambres d'hôtes between on-site and a 30-minute taxi ride away.
Day-trips and activities within 30 km
Saint-Malo's ramparts, Cancale's oyster market, Dinard's Belle Époque, Mont-Saint-Michel.