Call for Sessions

What are the Black Hat Summits?

These half-day and full-day topic-focused events bring the community together to discuss, debate, define and celebrate the current and future state of the industry.

From AI to Financial Services, and Innovators to Investors, each engaging, expert-led, insightful and innovative half-day and full-day Black Hat Summit takes place before Briefings and the main conference begin.

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Summit Descriptions

Determine which Summit your submission falls under. A complete list of Summits can be found below.

• Black Hat USA CISO Summit
• Black Hat USA The AI Summit
• Black Hat USA Financial Services Summit
• Black Hat USA Innovators & Investors Summit
• Black Hat USA Cyber Insurance Micro Summit
• Black Hat USA Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Micro Summit

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Speaker Benefits

Selected Summit Speakers will receive:

• One complimentary Summit pass per Speaker. (Passes are not transferable.)
• Recognition on Black Hat USA Website as a Summit Speaker.

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Submission Requirements

1. Submissions may only be entered by speakers (no submissions from PR firms/marketing representatives).
2. Black Hat does not accept product or vendor-related pitches.
3. Black Hat will disqualify incomplete submissions; complete your submission in its entirety.
4. Individuals may submit more than one proposal, but each proposal must be submitted via a separate submission form.
5. Each submission must include biographies of the proposed speaking team.
6. Submitters may be contacted directly if Advisory Board members have questions about a submission.
7. Selected speakers are expected to present in-person.

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Terms

By submitting a proposal, submitters selected to speak understand and agree to the Terms as detailed in this section.

• By speaking at a Black Hat conference, Speakers grant Black Hat permission to record, reproduce, distribute, advertise, and show a Speaker's presentation including but not limited to blackhat.com, conference proceedings and materials, audio, video, printed and/or electronic ads, fliers, mailers, etc.
• The Black Hat Advisory Boards will have access to all submissions and materials.
  • Prospective Speakers should not directly contact any Black Hat Advisory Board member regarding the status of submission(s) or feedback.
• Reviews, acceptances and/or declines are conducted on a rolling basis.
• All correspondence and queries should be sent to summits@blackhat.com
• Summit passes are non-transferable.
• Co-workers, PR representatives, etc. must register and pay the appropriate fees to attend the Summit.
• If the presentation is deemed to be a work of plagiarism or a blatant vendor pitch, the Speaker will not be considered for future speaking opportunities.
• Black Hat reserves the right to change scheduled speaking times as necessary. While every effort will be made to honor assigned times, Speakers may be called upon to present at any time during the Summit.
• Black Hat reserves the right to rescind an accepted submission without reason.
• Black Hat believes the InfoSec community should be truly open to everyone. As such, Black Hat is committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, or religion. Speakers are required to follow the Black Hat Code of Conduct.

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Other Submissions

To submit to another program, such as Briefings, Trainings or Arsenal, refer to the links below.

• Briefings
• Trainings
• Arsenal

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Additional Event Information

Please visit blackhat.com for previous conference archives, information, and talks. Updated announcements about Black Hat will be posted to newsgroups, security mailing lists, and the Black Hat website when available.

Black Hat reserves the right to change or modify our Terms, dates and/or content of this page at any time without prior notice.

Again, feel free to reach out to summits@blackhat.com if you have any questions.