The 2025 UK Cyber Week call for papers is now open!
Year on year, UK Cyber Week delivers an engaging program with workshops, and inspiring talks from technology leaders.
With an approval rating of "Exceptional" from 90% of the attendees in 2024, if you have a topic to share, read the criteria listed to be considered as a speaker using the button below.
If you're a tech vendor or consultant, you can view the sponsorship opportunities by clicking here.
We’re looking for sessions from the community for the following categories:
Cyber security for business leaders
Seminars to help the C-suite, VPs and directors across all industries understand the increasingly complex nature of the cyber security landscape.
Uncover the challenges and the potential of cyber security, along with the vocabulary and frameworks to support strategic decision making when securing their organisations' cyber-resilient future.
Cybersecurity for IT and Cyber Professionals
Session Format
Technical Level
We operate a seminar grading system that has been well received by visitors to illustrate how accessible the content will be to the audience, so please ensure to include the complexity level for your suggestion.
Those technical/complexity levels are:
Level 1: ABSOLUTE BEGINNER
We all have to start somewhere, and if you’re a business leader we’re not going to overwhelm you with acronyms or specialist subjects. This is the stream for you if you’re dipping your toes into cyber for the first time. Here, we’ll show you how your business can be affected and give you the basics.
Level 2: I'VE HEARD OF RANSOMWARE
So, you’ve got a little bit of cyber know how but there are definitely some gaps left in your knowledge. If you know what a firewall is and how Ransomware can impact your business, but that’s about it – then this is a session for you.
Level 3: IT SAVVY
You might work in the IT department and you are familiar with things like Cyber Essentials. You know what WannaCry was and wish more people would use 2FA. You do have some parts of your role that require cybersecurity skills.
Level 4: ADVANCED IT SKILLS
You are a technical IT professional. You are professionally involved in keeping your organisation secure and whilst it isn’t your full-time job, you need to know how cyber is evolving - people depend on you.
Level 5: CYBER PRO
You are a certified cybersecurity professional. Infosec is what you do, so you’re looking for high-quality insight from industry leaders and change-makers. No problem, stop by these sessions to level up your cyber knowledge.
Level 6: RESEARCHER/ENGINEER/HACKER
You know if you’re level 6.
Submission Requirement
Please submit a headshot, biography of the speaker including qualifications, company / institute and previous events that your speaker had presented at.
Include 5 bullet points to surmise the session as well as a 300 word abstract to define the benefit your submission will offer to our audience.
As a guide and best practice to secure a presentation slot, submissions
More than one submission may be submitted, but please submit these in separate emails.
All applicants must read and agree to the Call for Papers Terms prior to making a submission.
Aside from the content, to be successful in being invited to speak at UK Cyber Week - please ensure that all of the submission requirements that have been listed are met.
We are inundated with requests to speak, meeting all of the criteria will be advantageous to progress past the first review.
If you have any questions or encounter issues please get in touch cfp@ukcyberweek.co.uk