Call for Presenters

We are currently looking for cybersecurity professionals and faculty members who are interested in giving a presentation at CyberForge 2026. The conference will have 3 tracks, each covering a range of topics related to cybersecurity. Below are the details on the tracks, potential topics, and how to submit a presentation.

Track 1: Capture the Flag Competition Skills

This track is aimed to provide students and participants with useful skills to know when going to compete in a Capture the Flag competition. Below is a list of potential topics for this track.

• CTF Overview

• Cryptography

• Web Exploitation

• Binary Exploitation

• Reverse Engineering

• Forensics

• Networking

• OSINT

• Privilege Escalation

• Scripting

• Secure Development

• CTF Strategy and Teamwork

Track 2: Cybersecurity Career Pathways

This track aims to provide students with information about what it is like to work in different cybersecurity fields as a career and to provide students with information on how to prepare for a job within these fields. Below is a list of potential topics for this field:

• Digital Forensics

• Offensive Cyber

• Defensive Cyber

• Government Contracting

Track 3: Cyber Workshops

This track aims to provide students with hands-on experience with different cybersecurity tools and systems in order to help gain experience to assist them in preparing for a cybersecurity career. Below is a list of potential topics for this path:

• Threat Detection

• Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

• Metasploit

Submission Deadline: December 31, 2025 @11:59pm

Notifications will be made by February 1, 2026 @11:59pm

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.