CALL FOR SPEAKER PROPOSALS NOW OPEN: THE 2024 NICE K12 CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION CONFERENCE
[Washington D.C., April 9, 2024] - The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference Call for Proposals will open today, April 9, and run until 11:59 pm PST on June 11, 2024. The 10th annual conference will be held on December 9-10, 2024, at La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas, with pre-conference workshops on December 7-8. The national event is hosted by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) and funded by a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This year’s conference theme is “Spurring Collaboration in K12 Cybersecurity Education.”
The 2024 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is a two-day event that brings together educators, professionals, and thought leaders in the field of K-12 cybersecurity education to promote collaboration, share innovative practices, and explore methods to enhance cybersecurity education in K-12 settings.
The NICE K12 Conference is known to cybersecurity-related educators and educational stakeholders as the best place to engage with the thought leaders and pioneers leading the charge in classrooms, schools, districts, and regional and statewide cybersecurity education programs. The NICE K12 Conference is the national hub for providing innovative teaching and learning resources for K12 educators to inspire their students to be the future cybersecurity workforce.
The NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is a two-day event that will focus on strategies to inspire cybersecurity career awareness, stimulate career exploration, and enable cybersecurity career preparedness for today’s youth. The conference will feature successful examples of collaboration, bold experiments and innovations, and other potentially game-changing methods in support of bringing together K12 educational leaders from academia, non-profit organizations, and government for two days of presentations, discussions, and focused hands-on workshops.
The NICE K12 Conference Planning Committee seeks proposals from organizations and individuals with diverse perspectives, including K12 educators, school counselors, higher education faculty, employers and practitioners, non-profits, curriculum providers, research centers, and training and certification providers. Topics should align with one of the five conference tracks: Increasing Cybersecurity Career Awareness, Engaging Students Where Disciplines Converge, Stimulating Innovative Cybersecurity Educational Approaches, Promoting Cybersecurity Career Pathways, and Promoting Cyber Awareness.
For more information on how to submit a proposal or to support the conference as an exhibitor or sponsor, visit the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference website at https://www.k12cybersecurityconference.org/
NICE, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is a partnership between government, academia, and the private sector focused on cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development. The mission of NICE is to energize and promote a robust network and an ecosystem of cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development. NICE fulfills this mission by coordinating with government, academic, and industry partners to build on existing successful programs, facilitate change and innovation, and bring leadership and vision to increase the number of skilled cybersecurity professionals helping to keep our Nation secure. For more information on NICE, visit https://www.nist.gov/nice
The Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) certifies digital products as compliant with state and federal requirements for handling protected personal information. iKeepSafe helps organizations achieve and maintain compliance through product assessments, monthly monitoring, annual training, and assistance with remediation. Governors, First Spouses, and State Attorneys General from throughout the United States joined with law enforcement agencies, and child safety advocates in the formation of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) a national effort promoting the safe and healthy use of technology. iKeepSafe was founded by Jacalyn S. Leavitt, former First Lady of Utah, in 2005. Over the past decade, iKeepSafe has become a leading organization trusted internationally by families, educators, and industry. For more information on iKeepSafe, visit ikeepsafe.org.
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For more information, contact Felicia Rateliff, Conference Organizer,
via email at K12Cybercon@ikeepsafe.org