Who are we?

COGES (Commissariat Général des Expositions et Salons du GICAT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the French Land and Airland Defence and Security Industries Association GICAT – Groupement des industries de défense et de sécurité terrestres et aéroterrestres.It is devoted to promoting French land and airland Defence and Security industries and their sectors worldwide.
In this purpose, COGES creates targeted events both inside and outside France. It organises:

• EUROSATORY: the leading International Land and Airland Defence and Security Exhibition. It is held every even year in June at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. The next event will take place from June 17 to 21, 2024.
• EXPODEFENSA: The Defence and Security exhibition reference in Latin America (tri-services: Land, Air and Naval Forces) will take place at the CORFERIAS Convention Centre in Bogota, Colombia, from December 5th to 7th, 2023.
• SHIELDAFRICA: the leading African event that offers responses to Security & Defence needs for a safer Africa. It will take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
• IDEAS BY COGES EVENTS is an e-conference on a defence or security topic. This monthly meeting aims to bring together experts, decision-makers, institutions and users. A free service, iDeaS by COGES Events takes place every 3rd Tuesday of each month live, with replays available. Infos for the next e-conferences.
• NATIONAL PAVILIONS: support of the French companies on foreign exhibitions by exhibiting under the banner France.
• BUSINESS MEETINGS.

Serving French industry, COGES is present each year at no less than twenty Defence and Security exhibitions worldwide. Thus it acquired true expertise regarding this kind of event and its markets for the full benefit of the exhibitors.

COGES collaborates with hand-picked partners to provide optimal services to companies participating in these events.