The ceremony began with ASTRID’s director of external relations, Daniël Haché, discussing his experience of this year’s event. Thanking everyone involved in the show’s organisation - and in particular the ASTRID User Days team - he said: “You worked so hard to make this happen. I’m so proud of you, and I want to thank you and show my respect.”
Moving onto next year’s event he said: “It’s London’s turn. If you [ESMCP] need help and advice or a second opinion, you know where to find me, and you know where to find the team. Finally, I want to thank everyone who came to Brussels and everyone who visited the ASTRID booth.”
Haché was followed by ESMCP chief engineer and TCCA board member, Cate Walton, who discussed plans for London 2026. She said: “ASTRID has set us a very hard task. You have set the bar very high. As we start work on next year’s event, we’ll be looking at how we can involve our users, suppliers, and partners.
"Bringing CCW to London next year is focussing our minds on what we can tell you about ESN, what we can tell you about mission critical communications in the UK, and on bringing people together to collaborate on making mission critical communications happen.”
Critical Communications World 2026 will take place at London’s Excel centre, from 16th to 18th of June next year.
