Speaker Proposal Form

End User Perspective & Real-World Security

We encourage sessions that examine the real operational environments where security programs exist.

Examples may include:

• Best Practices: Private Sector vs Government Security
• Security Design Through the End User Lens
• Accessibility in Security Design
• Understanding the End User Experience
• What End Users Wish Vendors Understood
• What Integrators Wish Manufacturers Understood

Security Strategy & Operational Design

Sessions that explore how security decisions are made and implemented in real environments.

Examples include:

• Security Design and Risk Budgeting
• From Compliance to Confidence: Rethinking Security Strategy
• Guards vs Algorithms: The Hybrid Security Model
• Designing Security in an AI-Enabled Environment

Security Leadership & Business Decision-Making

Security leaders must increasingly translate technical challenges into business decisions.

Examples may include:

• Translating Security Risk for the C-Suite
• Security as a Business Decision, Not a Technology Decision
• When Security Loses the Budget Battle
• Communicating Security Risk to Non-Security Stakeholders

Policy, Regulation & Security

Security professionals often operate within complex regulatory and political environments.

Examples may include:

• Responding to New Security Legislation
• Navigating Challenging Regulatory Environments
• When Policy and Security Goals Collide
• Case Studies in Industry Advocacy

The Future of Security

Examples include:

• The True Meaning of Convergence
• Where physical security, cybersecurity and IT operations actually intersect
• Organizational convergence: who owns security, IT, and risk?
• The operational challenges of cross-disciplinary security teams
• Convergence in practice vs convergence in marketing
• Skills the next generation of security leaders need to operate in converged environments
• The Security Leader of 2036
• Evolution of Cybersecurity in the Physical
Security Industry
• AI’s Impact on Security Operations
• AI Governance in Security Systems

Business, Marketing & Industry Strategy

Forward-looking discussions exploring where the industry is heading.

Security leaders increasingly operate at the intersection of technology and business.

Topics may include:

• Building Strategic Partnerships That Actually Create Revenue (Co-Selling)
• Security as a Business Tool, Not Just Asset Protection
• Understanding the Language of Security Technology
• Separating Hype from Reality in Security Technology

Professional Growth & Industry Leadership

AcceleRISE focuses on developing the next generation of security leaders.

Examples include:

• From Technician to Executive: Career Pathways in Security
• The Talent Gap in Security: Myth or Structural Challenge?
• What Young Professionals Get Wrong About Security
• Building Your Professional Voice in the Industry

Ethics, Sustainability & Industry Responsibility

Security increasingly intersects with broader ethical and societal questions.

Topics of interest include:

• Ethical Implications of AI in Security
• Sustainability in Security Infrastructure
• Data Centers, Energy Use and the Security Ecosystem
• The Evolution of DEI in the Security Profession

Foundations & Skill Builders

Introductory sessions designed to help emerging professionals better understand important concepts across the industry.

Examples may include:

• Introduction to Security Standards
• Understanding Access Control Systems
• Introduction to Physical Security Architecture
• Sign Language for Security Professionals