We’re Looking for Great Speakers
The Call for Speakers deadline is June 15. The Federal Cyber Certification Series Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations from industry professionals with experience in technology, application, and policy of certification standards. We are seeking:
Front-Line Professionals
We prefer high-quality vendor-neutral presentations from ICT product developers, integrators, consultants, procurers, deployers, administrators, government organizations, and academia.
Strong Topic Focus
Our focus is on the future specification, development, evaluation, certification and approval of standards for ICT products, services, and processes in the US federal space.
Neutral Content
We prefer proposals from front-line implementers. Product vendors are encouraged to recruit clients and partners who are front-line implementers as presenters.
Benefits of Speaking
As a speaker, you’ll receive complimentary full 2-day conference registration, an $830 value. Your name, photo, professional biography and organization will be featured in conference promotion and the conference web site. Over 850,000 marketing impressions are made in this promotion campaign. One complimentary speaker registration per presentation is permitted. Additional co-speakers will receive discount registration of 20% off published fees. For any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Submission is Easy
Only a proposal title and brief (about 75-word) description is required for submission. All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, relevance to conference focus, and speaker experience. English is the official language of the conference.
About the Submission Process
Conference Format
Our program consists two days of 30-minute presentations (including time for Q&A), and 60-minute panel discussions. We solicit proposals for high-quality presentations and ideas for panel discussions that will be of interest to the community involved with the technology, application, and policy of certification standards. Key topics include:
- Navigating U.S. and Global Cyber Regimes
- Compliance-by-Design for ICT Products
- Unifying IoT, SBOM, Cloud, and AI Compliance
- Cyber Trust Mark: What Manufacturers Need
- FCC vs. EU IoT Labeling Standards
- Maintaining Compliance After Certification
- Making SBOMs Actionable for Certification
- SBOMs as Attack Vectors
- Aligning SBOM Rules Across Agencies
- Inside FedRAMP 20x Modernization
- FedRAMP vs. ISO, DORA, NIS2
- Leveraging Control Equivalency
- Securing AI, Defending with AI
- AI Certification: What’s Coming
- AI Compliance in Cloud Environments
Online Speaker Proposal Management System
Speaking proposal submissions and reviews for the conference are managed through our online submission process which allows the presenter to submit a proposal and check the status of their submission. The Program Committee will review the submissions and notify the authors of the results. If you have any questions about the process, please contact us at [email protected].
To Submit a Proposal
- Click above: “Click Here to Submit”
- If you have not registered previously, click “Create an Account.” Otherwise login and skip to #6.
- Enter your contact info and register.
- You will receive an email with an activation link. Click the link to activate your registration.
- Login to your account.
- On the Dashboard, click “+New Speaking Proposal.”
- Enter your speaking proposal and submit. You’re done!
- Follow the same login process to check on the status of your proposal.
Due Dates for Presentation Proposals
Review and Comments: June 9, 2026
Acceptance Notifications: June 16, 2026
Presentation Slides Due: October 13, 2026
Checking Status and Notification of Your Submission
Once the review of your submission is finalized, you will receive notification by email. You can also check the current status of your submission by logging into the submission page.
Conference Program Committee
- Tony Bai, Chief Solutions Officer, RISCPoint
- Andrew Freund, Founder & CEO, Kraken Compliance
- Chris Jantsch, Analyst, ASEC
- Shashi Karanam, Senior Manager, Cybersecurity GRC, Comcast
- Smita Mahapatra, Senior Security Industry Specialist, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Larry Pesce, VP of Service, Finite State
- Steve Pratt, CISO, Sentar, Inc.
- Bill Rutledge, Fed Cert Series Project Director, and President, Cnxtd Event Media Corp.
- Shaunak Shah, Manager, Engineering, Intertek, Acumen Security
- Kate Stewart, VP, Dependable Embedded Systems, The LINUX Foundation
- Chris Williams, Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect, Leidos