Call For Speaker Guidelines

If you are submitting a proposal to speak, please read the following guidance before submitting. Submissions that do not follow this guidance will be rejected.

Session Duration

Each session is planned for one-hour. The session will include 50 minutes for presentations and 10 minutes for attendees to stretch, get coffee, et al.

Solo/Team Speakers

If a speaker is presenting solo or in a team, they must plan for:

• 40 minutes of presentation time
• 10 minutes for Questions and Answers from attendees
• Solo/Team speakers that go over the 40-minute threshold will have their presentation stopped by the moderator. In other words, plan your presentation.

Panels

Panels may use the entire 50 minutes. The panel moderator is responsible for actively pulling questions from attendees during at least the last 10 minutes.

The CUI-CON moderator may remind the panel moderator at 40 minutes if the attendees have not had a chance to ask questions of the panelists.

Panelists are limited to 2 minutes to introduce themselves.

Target Audience

The target audience for all presentations are Organizations Seeking Compliance under CMMC. The presenters should assume the audience has varying levels of knowledge regarding CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, and regulatory requirements.

So, do not assume the attendees know the arcane language and acronyms compliance & Information Security wonks speak.

Session Topics

Session topics should focus on one of three key questions:

• What is CMMC and why do I have to do this?
  
• How does my organization get ready for a CMMC Conformity Assessment?
• What tools and methods can we use to get ready?

CUI-CON will try to schedule sessions in these three themes during the respective half-day blocks.

Session Rules

• Speakers that read their slides verbatim or do not speak to the audience will be booed off the stage
• Sessions are not to be used as sales pitches for your organization
• Session presentations will use a CUI-CON formatted PowerPoint template. The presenter is allowed to brand the page about them and the contact page with their company information.
• Presentations will be provided to the CUI-CON team no later than 24 hours prior to their presentation

Session Proposal Requirements

All proposals are due by 15 Oct 2022. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Session Proposal Reviews

• All session proposals will be reviewed by the CUI-CON sponsors.
• Their decisions are final and they may deviate from these guidelines as they see fit.
  
• Session presentations will be determined by 31 October.
  
• If a session is not accepted and an accepted presenter backs out, the CUI-CON team may ask if you are still interested.
  

Speaker Responsibilities

Speakers are responsible for:

• Covering all travel costs to and during CUI-CON. Registration fees will be waived for accepted speakers
  
• Being on-time for your session(s)
• If moderating a panel, the panel moderator is responsible for ensure panelists attend or find backups as needed