On 3 March, SIPRI and the Department of National Defence of Canada (DND) held a side event at the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems (CCW GGE on LAWS) in Geneva to present findings and recommendations from SIPRI’s new report titled ‘Responsible Procurement of Military Artificial Intelligence’.
On 26 February, SIPRI, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, hosted a seminar on ‘Managing Maritime Hybrid Threats in the Indo-Pacific and Nordic-Baltic Regions’.
On 19 February, SIPRI convened a briefing titled ‘Stability in Space’ at the United Nations Office at Geneva, bringing together diplomats, technical experts and researchers to examine emerging challenges in the space domain.
SIPRI had an active presence and co-hosted three side events during the 2026 Munich Security Conference (MSC) on 13–15 February.
On 19 February, the Embassy of Ireland in Sweden and SIPRI hosted an event on women’s leadership in peace and diplomacy to mark St Brigid’s Day, a celebration highlighting women in diplomacy, peace, mediation and leadership.