The 18th Annual Critical Communications World congress kicks off today at the RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

It is the world’s leading conference and exhibition dedicated to critical communications, and showcases the latest advances in communication, telecommunication, business, electronics, informatics classification, informatics and aesthetics. It is expected to attract about 4,000 participants, professionals, exhibitors, expert speakers, and media from over 120 countries.

The theme for this year is, "Developing Critical Communications in a new era of data, applications and emerging technologies”. The three-day event will focus on data, applications and critical control rooms, cyber security and future technologies, Emma Banymandhub, the event director, said in a statement. The conference is sponsored by Motorola Solutions, Airbus, Huawei, Leonarda, among others. It ends on June 2.