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.

Curated 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.

Tech Talks

Tech talks are meant to covered in 20 minutes plus 5 minutes for Q&A on how to do a specific thing using products commonly used by companies in the DIB to process, store, or transmit CUI or the protect CUI.  This is not a sales pitch for your product, but a tech how-to session.  Examples include how to use Azure Sentinel to identify inactive accounts per 3.5.6 or how the Microsoft Cloud App Security to control the use of External systems per 3.1.20.

Target Audience

The target audience for all presentations are Organizations Seeking Certification 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 and information Security wonks speak.

Session Topics

  A speaker may submit additional alternative topics.  We do want people to speak to curated topics foremost.

Session Rules

• 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 June 2024. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Session Proposal Reviews

• All session proposals will be reviewed by the CUI-CON event staff.
• Their decisions are final and they may deviate from these guidelines as they see fit.
• 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