The 8th Federal Conference "Critical Communications Russia: Digital Technologies To Ensure Communications and Safety of Government, Society, and Business" was held on November 5, 2020 in the Hilton Garden Inn Moscow Krasnoselskaya Hotel. It was one of the rare events this year organized offline, but given the epidemiologic situation, both speakers and listeners were also offered an opportunity to attend the forum online. One way or another, over 200 professionals of the critical communications industry took part in the event.
Critical Communications Russia 2020 was endorsed by the international association The Critical Communications Association (TCCA), DMR (Digital Mobile Radio Association), GLONASS/GNSS-Forum, The IoT Market Association, International Academy of Communications, The CIO Club in the Central Federal District. Official media partner of the conference was Information Agency "Security Media".
Gazprom Space Systems was Partner of the forum, and MS-SPETSTELECOM was Innovation Partner. PROTEI was Silver Sponsor, and IskraUralTEL was Bronze Sponsor. Session Sponsors were NORSI-TRANS and OTZVUK. The event was also supported by Micro-Electronics LLC, NIRIT-XINWEI Telecom Technology (NXTT) and Geocybernetic.