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Red Canary CFP tracker: May 2026
A monthly roundup of upcoming security conferences and call for papers (CFP) submission deadlines
At Red Canary, we champion knowledge sharing within the cybersecurity community. To support this, we actively track calls for papers (CFPs) for security conferences, empowering our experts and others in the community to contribute their insights through speaking engagements.
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Open CFPs
The following CFPs are listed in order of submission due date. All close in the next 90 days.
SANS Cloud Security Exchange Summit 2026
San Francisco, CA & Virtual | August 17-18, 2026
Submissions due by May 8, 2026
SummerCon 2026
Brooklyn, NY | July 10-11, 2026
Submissions due by May 15, 2026
SecTor 2026
Toronto, ON | October 6-8, 2026
Submissions due by May 26, 2026
CYBR.SEC.CON 2026
Houston, TX | September 15-16, 2026
Submissions due by May 31, 2026
Wild West Hackin’ Fest 2026
Deadwood, SD | October 7-9, 2026
Submissions due by June 6, 2026
Watch Red Canary’s Mike Devens and Kellon Benson’s talk from last year’s WWHF: Hacks Hackers Hate Built In Bins to Bunk Baddies
Rochester Security Summit 2026
Rochester, NY | October 14-15, 2026
Submissions due by June 14, 2026
CornCon 12 2026
Davenport, IA | October 1-3, 2026
Submissions due by June 30, 2026
BSides Augusta 2026
Augusta, GA | October 24, 2026
Submissions due by July 13, 2026 (CFP opens May 18)
Queen City Conference 2026
Cincinnati, OH | November 13-15, 2026
Submissions due by September 1, 2026
Subscribe to Red Canary on YouTube for recordings of Canaries speaking at various security conferences and other educational videos.
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