BSides Barcelona 2026

The Barcelona edition of BSides, the community-run security conference series: a full day of talks, workshops and networking at the Generalitat's Districte Administratiu on Carrer del Foc.

The organisers pitch it as a break from conference norms — a hackers' meet-up with live cyber-action rather than a vendor floor — and say explicitly that it is for people starting out in the field as well as working professionals. Presentations come from industry practitioners, with interactive discussion sessions on current topics running alongside the workshop track. Doors at 09:00, finishes at 18:00, tickets around 27 euros through Eventbrite.

Why go: BSides events are where practitioners talk about what actually broke rather than what they are selling, and at under 30 euros for a full day this is the cheapest serious security conference in the city. Best for security engineers, pentesters, blue-team people and anyone trying to break into infosec.