Campus Safety Conference (CSC) will celebrate 13 years of peer-to-peer education, networking, solution showcases and trainings July 2026 in National Harbor, MD outside of Washington, DC.
Experts and practitioners with deep knowledge and experience in campus security, public safety, emergency management, facilities management, and technology are encouraged to submit detailed speaking proposals addressing safety and security topics facing higher education institutions, healthcare campuses and K-12 schools/districts.
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The 2026 National Campus Safety Conference will be held in the summer. We also intend to offer a one-day summit alongside our sister show, EDspaces, in the fall. If interested in joining these conversations, please indicate your interest in your proposal. These are the dates and locations for both events:
Campus Safety Conference – National Event
July 13-15, 2026
National Harbor, Md.
Safe by Design with EDspaces
October 27, 2026
Kansas City, Missouri
Our 2025 summer event brought together more than 500 professionals in K-12, higher education & security positions. Attendees from 38 states were onsite, and 68% of our qualified audience had a title of director or above. Attendees reported an 84% satisfaction rating with CSC 2025, and our conference sessions were a huge reason for that!
CSC affords security directors, chiefs, emergency management directors, facilities managers, technology executives and other administrators responsible for protecting schools and institutions of higher education the opportunity to meet face-to-face with their peers and share lessons learned and promising practices. We encourage leaders to bring their teams to maximize the educational opportunities.
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Our sessions are collaborative, innovative, and peer driven. They provide the resources and training schools need to increase preparedness, communication, and response prior to, during, and after a variety of safety and security incidents. We continue to focus on being a national resource for education, relationship building, and connectivity.
Our presentation proposal portal is now open, and submissions are due by January 9, 2026.
Here are the different tracks CSC 2026 will be offering:
- Team Training & Techniques
- Leadership
- Prevention & Policy
- Future Planning & Emerging Solutions
- Current Events
Topics of Interest Include, but are not limited to:
- Sourcing & comparing technology
- Managing controversial speakers
- Trends in safety for community colleges & trade schools
- Lessons learned & case studies from current events and campus changes
- Leadership training during crisis
- Emergency operations, safety and communication plans
- Emergency drills for staff, students and parents
- Campus police & security training programs
- Mental/behavioral health case studies
- System upgrade projects
- Grant writing and working with funding
- Active assailiant incidents and response
- Threat assessments
- Behavioral assessments
- Severe weather emergies & natural disasters
- Protests on campus
- After school & extracurricular safety
- Clery/Title IX compliance
- Re-unification plans
- De-escalation
Sessions focused on audience engagement and key takeaways with strong participation are highly encouraged.
If you’re interested in submitting a topic for us to consider, please use the following form. You can use the portal to keep up to date on the status of your submissions. If approved, you’ll receive a list of tasks to complete within the portal.
Campus Safety Conference 2026 Proposal Dates and Deadlines
- The Call for Speakers portal opens November 17, 2025
- Presentation submissions are due by January 9, 2026, by 11:59 PM EST (Late submissions will not be accepted, no exceptions.)
Additional highlights:
- Presentations should be based on facts, popular topics, trends, lessons learned, experiences, and leading practices.
- Presenters are strongly encouraged to provide tangible takeaways for attendees with their sessions
- Certified instructors are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.
- If you are submitting on behalf of a company product, you must also reserve sponsor space at the event if selected. All vendor led sessions are PAID opportunities.
- Case studies in which a co-presenter is from a school, district or university/college are encouraged, particularly for paid opportunities.
- Presentations submitted must include references to ensure the data and content is correct and valid.
- All presentations must be thoroughly fact-checked.
- Sales pitches will not be accepted.
- CSC is unable to provide any form of compensation or reimbursement for expenses
- All speakers are required to use CSC branded templates for presentations.
- All speakers receive a complimentary conference pass for themselves and a discounted rate for one guest.
Contact Dana McClay at [email protected] with any questions.
