As a conference specifically focused on the needs of the independent cloud practitioner community, we’re particularly interested in security-focused presentations that don’t fit neatly into the main tracks of other cloud conferences. We're looking for talks from any practitioner who is responsible for securing a cloud service or service provider. The definition of "practitioner" here is deliberately vague - and definitely encompasses more than just “engineer”.

First time and independent speakers are particularly encouraged to submit. If you’re new to the industry and/or a novice speaker, and have never spoken at a major conference before, we’re especially interested in hearing from you and want to help you put together a stellar talk. If you submit by the 30th of May, we’ll share review committee feedback in depth and provide you a point of contact on the review committee who can offer suggestions to hone your talk for the fwd:cloudsec audience. Please do not select this box if you’re an industry veteran with years of experience, or a regular conference speaker - we appreciate that everyone would like feedback on their submissions, and we’d love to provide it, but the review board is time limited and we’d like to focus our feedback efforts where it’s most needed.

Some notes on submissions:

• Any author may only submit up to two talks. If you submit more than two talks, all of them will be rejected. Where multiple authors are speaking together, an author may be listed on only two talks or all of their talks may be rejected. If you want community feedback on half-formed ideas before submitting: many prior attendees, speakers and review team members are still active in the #fwdcloudsec channel in the Cloud Security Forum slack.
• Talks must be submitted by the author / speaker, and not by PR agencies or marketing teams on the speaker’s behalf.
• All submissions must adhere to the disclosure policy outlined in the CFP details.
• Most talks are expected to be 20-minute talks on a single topic. It has been our experience that 20 minutes is enough time to deliver a focused talk to other experienced practitioners on most topics. There are a very limited number of 40-minute slots available for more in-depth discussions. If you’d like to propose a 40-minute talk, please be sure to include a clear justification of what would merit the additional time.

For more information, we encourage submitters to read over the CFP details posted on our main site. It may also be worth your time to read one of the organiser's takes on common mistakes and what makes a submission stand out.

You can enter proposals until 2025-07-11 23:59 (Europe/Berlin), 3 weeks, 4 days from now.