The 10 Best IT and Cybersecurity Events and Trade Shows in the St. Louis Area in 2027
The Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis (June 3, 2027, Marriott St. Louis Grand) is the best St. Louis IT and security event of 2027, with about 300 pre-screened senior executives and 6 CPEs. FutureCon St. Louis (February 25, 2027, up to 10 CPEs) is #2 and SecureWorld St. Louis, whose 2027 date is not announced yet, is #3. We ranked on seniority of the room, CPEs, cost, size and whether the date is confirmed.
At a glance
| # | Pick | When | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis | Thursday, June 3, 2027, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM | CISOs, security VPs and other senior security leaders who want a pre-screened executive room and 6 CPEs in one day |
| 2 | FutureCon St. Louis | Thursday, February 25, 2027; check-in 8:00 am, closing remarks 5:00 pm | Practitioners and managers who need up to 10 CPEs in a single day, with a virtual fallback |
| 3 | SecureWorld St. Louis | 2027 date not announced yet; last held September 2, 2026 (16th annual) | Security managers and directors who want a one-day, multi-vendor show with local CISOs on stage and 6 to 12 CPEs |
| 4 | STL TechWeek | 2027 week not fully announced; TechSTL lists a free save-the-date for Monday, April 12, 2027 at 9:00 at The Post Building. The 2026 week ran April 13 to 18 | Job seekers, students and IT leaders who want a free week of tech events with a cyber track |
| 5 | Gateway to Innovation (G2I) | Wednesday, May 5, 2027; doors open at 7 AM (the 2026 edition was April 16, 2026) | IT directors, VPs and CIOs who want peer-driven breakouts with local IT leaders in one day |
| 6 | HMG Strategy St. Louis C-Level Technology Leadership Summit | 2027 date not announced yet; last held August 25, 2026, 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM CT (12th annual) | CIOs, CISOs and CTOs who want a closed-door peer day in Frontenac |
| 7 | GPSEC St. Louis | May 2027 (exact day not shown), 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT; the agenda runs to 5:00 p.m. | Security teams who want vendor briefings in a single day and can attend as a group |
| 8 | STLCyberCon | 2027 date not announced yet; next edition Friday, November 13, 2026, 8am to 2pm (last year: November 14, 2025) | Students, career changers and early-career analysts who want free talks and a job fair |
| 9 | ISACA St. Louis Chapter | Year-round; 2027 events not announced yet. Next listed: Friday, October 30, 2026, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. (Build your own AI agent workshop; the page marks it on hold) | Auditors, GRC and security staff who want local meetings and conference discounts all year |
| 10 | STL Cyber Meetup | No upcoming events listed; 2027 dates not announced yet | Newcomers and working practitioners who want an informal local group |
Pick by what you want
The ranking
Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis

The summit runs Thursday, June 3, 2027, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the Marriott St. Louis Grand, 800 Washington Avenue. Attendance is by invitation, with every attendee pre-screened and approved, and capped at approximately 300 senior-level executives. Admission is $275 on the registration page, while the summit page says $350 each and includes breakfast, lunch and a cocktail reception; stay all day and confirm attendance for 6 CPE/CEU credits. Speakers and sponsors are not named on the 2027 page yet.
FutureCon St. Louis

FutureCon St. Louis runs Thursday, February 25, 2027 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, with check-in at 8:00 am and closing remarks at 5:00 pm. It is hybrid, offers up to 10 CPEs, and includes a keynote at 12:00 pm and a CISO/Industry Leader Panel at 4:00 pm with Daniel J. Stamer of Sullivan Bank. Breakfast, lunch and a wrap-up cocktail happy hour are included; no ticket price is shown.
SecureWorld St. Louis
SecureWorld St. Louis was last held September 2, 2026 at The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis in Clayton, and no 2027 date is posted. It offers 6 to 12 CPEs, two keynotes, 15+ educational elements, a vendor showcase and local association partners. Speakers in 2026 included CISOs from SSM Health, Centene, Post Holdings and Graybar, and in 2025 the ISACA St. Louis chapter listed a Conference Pass at $175 with its code.
STL TechWeek

STL TechWeek is a free, multi-venue festival run by TechSTL. The 2026 week ran April 13 to 18 and included CyberCon on April 15 at Greater St. Louis, Inc. plus a CyberRange session at World Wide Technology HQ; the 2027 save-the-date lists Monday, April 12 at The Post Building. In 2025 it had more than 30 free events, with about 10,000 people expected.
Gateway to Innovation (G2I)

Gateway to Innovation is set for Wednesday, May 5, 2027 at the St. Charles Convention Center, with doors at 7 AM. It is hosted by SIM St. Louis and built around CxO executive panels and peer-driven breakouts. Registration is open to IT practitioners from local companies, and vendors, service providers or consultants who are not sponsoring cannot register.
HMG Strategy St. Louis C-Level Technology Leadership Summit

The HMG Strategy summit was last held August 25, 2026, 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM CT at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, as its 12th annual edition. It is billed as an exclusive summit of senior technology executives, with registration through Cvent. Price and CPE details are not published on that page.
GPSEC St. Louis

GPSEC St. Louis, from GuidePoint Security, is set for May 2027, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT, with the venue still to be announced. The day is registration and breakfast followed by sponsor presentations, including five concurrent talks from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Only sponsoring partners may attend, and price and CPEs are not listed.
STLCyberCon

STLCyberCon is a free half-day at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; the next edition is Friday, November 13, 2026, 8am to 2pm at the ED Collabitat, with free on-site parking. The 2025 edition drew more than 150 people and the 2026 speakers include people from ezCater, Cigna Group, Evernorth and Netskope. No 2027 date is announced.
ISACA St. Louis Chapter

The ISACA St. Louis chapter runs events year-round; its calendar lists a Build your own AI agent workshop on October 30, 2026, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Clayton, though the page marks it on hold. In 2025 it arranged SecureWorld discount codes and warned that it does not record CPE for you.
STL Cyber Meetup

The STL Cyber Meetup has 1,295 members and 94 past events, with talks, vendor demos and panels on enterprise security, forensics and IoT. It lists no upcoming events at the moment, and recent past sessions were online.
Compare the events side by side
| Event | Month | Venue | Cost | CPEs | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis | June 3, 2027 | Marriott St. Louis Grand, downtown | $275 (registration page) or $350 (summit page) | 6 | Senior security leaders |
| FutureCon St. Louis | February 25, 2027 | Hilton St. Louis Frontenac | Not listed | Up to 10 | Practitioners needing CPEs |
| SecureWorld St. Louis | Not announced (last: September 2, 2026) | The Ritz-Carlton, Clayton | Not on page (2025 with ISACA code: $175) | 6 to 12 | Biggest security program |
| STL TechWeek | April (save-the-date: April 12, 2027) | The Post Building and other venues | Free | Not published | Students, job seekers, IT leaders |
| Gateway to Innovation (G2I) | May 5, 2027 | St. Charles Convention Center | Not listed | Not mentioned | IT directors and CIOs |
| HMG Strategy St. Louis summit | Not announced (last: August 25, 2026) | Hilton St. Louis Frontenac | Not listed | Not published | CIOs, CISOs, CTOs |
| GPSEC St. Louis | May 2027 | To be announced | Not listed | Not published | Security teams comparing vendors |
| STLCyberCon | Not announced (next: November 13, 2026) | UMSL, ED Collabitat | Free | Not mentioned | Students and job seekers |
| ISACA St. Louis Chapter | Year-round | Clayton (2026 workshop) | Not listed | Track your own | Audit and GRC |
| STL Cyber Meetup | None listed | Saint Louis, MO (recent events online) | Not published | Not published | Informal networking |
St. Louis IT & security calendar 2027, month by month
Only dates the organizers have posted are listed as set. Events without a 2027 date show when they were last held.
- February · FutureCon St. Louis, February 25, 2027, Hilton St. Louis Frontenac (up to 10 CPEs).
- April · STL TechWeek: TechSTL lists a save-the-date for Monday, April 12, 2027 at The Post Building; the 2026 week ran April 13 to 18.
- May · Gateway to Innovation, May 5, 2027, St. Charles Convention Center; GPSEC St. Louis in May 2027, venue to be announced.
- June · Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis, June 3, 2027, Marriott St. Louis Grand (6 CPEs).
- August · HMG Strategy St. Louis summit: 2027 date not announced yet; last held August 25, 2026.
- September · SecureWorld St. Louis: 2027 date not announced yet; last held September 2, 2026.
- November · STLCyberCon: 2027 date not announced yet; the next edition is November 13, 2026.
Year-round groups and meetups
These are not trade shows, but they are where St. Louis security people meet between the big days.
- ISACA St. Louis Chapter · Posts workshops on its Engage calendar and arranged conference discount codes in 2025.
- STL Cyber Meetup · 1,295 members and 94 past events; no upcoming events listed.
- InfraGard, ISC2, OWASP and WiCyS St. Louis · All four were association partners at SecureWorld St. Louis in 2025, and WiCyS St. Louis held a joint chapter meeting there on September 2, 2026 with TechSTL, ISACA, SheLeadsTech, STL Code and Coffee and InfraGard.
- OWASP Saint Louis · The chapter’s page asks you to follow its Meetup group for events; confirm the group is active before you plan around it.
- ISSA · ISSA appears as a partner on the FutureCon St. Louis page; we did not find a St. Louis chapter calendar on a page we could verify.
Practical tips for attending
Parking: SecureWorld has complimentary self-parking in the attached garage at The Ritz-Carlton in Clayton (2025 page), and STLCyberCon offers free parking on site at UMSL. The other organizers do not publish parking details on the pages we read, so ask before you go.
Hotel: in 2025 SecureWorld’s host hotel was the Hampton Inn & Suites Clayton/St. Louis-Galleria at $195 plus taxes and fees, with a reservation deadline of August 18, 2025. Check the 2027 listing when it appears.
Getting your boss to approve it: bring the cost, the CPEs and the audience. The Cybersecurity Summit lists $275 on its registration page and 6 CPEs; FutureCon offers up to 10 CPEs; STLCyberCon and STL TechWeek are free. Check eligibility first, because the Summit is by invitation, GPSEC is for sponsoring partners and Gateway to Innovation excludes non-sponsoring vendors.
CPE paperwork: the Cybersecurity Summit gives its CPE/CEU certificate only if you attend the entire summit and confirm attendance at the end of the day. The ISACA St. Louis chapter said in 2025 that it does not record CPE for you, so keep your own record and the certificate.
How we ranked these
Questions people ask
What is the best IT and cybersecurity event in St. Louis in 2027?
The Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis on June 3, 2027, at the Marriott St. Louis Grand is the top pick: about 300 pre-screened senior executives and 6 CPEs. FutureCon St. Louis (February 25, 2027) offers up to 10 CPEs.
What are the confirmed 2027 dates?
FutureCon St. Louis, February 25; Gateway to Innovation, May 5; GPSEC St. Louis, May (day not shown); Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis, June 3. STL TechWeek has a save-the-date for April 12, 2027.
Which events have not announced 2027 dates?
SecureWorld St. Louis (last held September 2, 2026), the HMG Strategy St. Louis summit (last held August 25, 2026) and STLCyberCon (next edition November 13, 2026). We list each as not announced until the organizer posts it.
Which St. Louis events give CPE credits?
FutureCon offers up to 10, SecureWorld 6 to 12, and the Cybersecurity Summit 6 for attending the full day and confirming attendance. The ISACA St. Louis chapter said it does not record CPE for you.
Which events are free?
STLCyberCon is free, with breakfast and parking included. STL TechWeek was free and open to the public in 2025, and its 2027 save-the-date is listed as free.
Which events are invitation-only or restricted?
The Cybersecurity Summit is by invitation with pre-screening; the HMG summit is for senior technology executives; GPSEC is open only to sponsoring partners; Gateway to Innovation excludes non-sponsoring vendors and consultants.
Where is parking at SecureWorld St. Louis?
Complimentary self-parking is in the attached garage at The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton (2025 page).
Is there a St. Louis event for students and job seekers?
STLCyberCon at UMSL is free and aimed at students, researchers, practitioners and job seekers; the 2025 edition had a job fair and poster session.
Where does the ISACA St. Louis chapter meet?
Its calendar lists a workshop on October 30, 2026 at the Hampton Inn & Suites Clayton/St. Louis - Galleria Area, 216 N. Meramec Ave, Clayton.
What about the national shows like RSAC, Black Hat and DEF CON?
Those are national shows, not St. Louis events; see our separate list of the best cybersecurity conferences in the USA.
Month of each confirmed or announced 2027 event (1 = January) at a glance
Official sites
- Cybersecurity Summit: St. Louis · cyberriskalliance.swoogo.com
- FutureCon St. Louis · futureconevents.com
- SecureWorld St. Louis · events.secureworld.io
- STL TechWeek · techstl.com
- Gateway to Innovation (G2I) · g2iconference.com
- HMG Strategy St. Louis C-Level Technology Leadership Summit · web.cvent.com
- GPSEC St. Louis · go.guidepointsecurity.com
- STLCyberCon · umsl.edu
- ISACA St. Louis Chapter · engage.isaca.org
- STL Cyber Meetup · meetup.com
Sources
- cybersecuritysummit.com
- app.futureconevents.com
- futureconevents.com
- events.secureworld.io
- engage.isaca.org
- eventbrite.com
- stlpr.org
- umsl.edu
- blogs.umsl.edu
- umsl.edu
- engage.isaca.org
- wicys.org
- owasp.org
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